Discovery Time is a hit with all

We welcomed two new students to Room 9 this week.  Maxx and Mikaela have settled in well to our class and the students have been making them feel welcome.

Today they were introduced to Discovery Time and all the students were demonstrating wonderful social skills while they constructed and discovered!

Over the next few weeks we are concentrating on our Key Competency skill, "Thinking".  We will be thinking about what we are thinking!  Asking questions about our thinking, solving problems, explaining what we are thinking and using what we know to help us learn new things will be ways we can develop this skill.

  There was a lot of thinking and problem solving happening at discovery time on Friday!

Mid-Winter Masquerade night market

Congratulations to some of the choir who were asked to perform at the opening of the Morrison Square mid-winter market.  They performed some songs with the choir, "Off ya Rockers" and sounded beautiful, just like a singing native bird!

It was great to see so many Room 9 students there supporting the choir as well.  We love the community we have in Nelson!

No Child Left Inside Term 3

We had an amazing first session with Catherine from No Child Left Inside on Tuesday.  This term we are practising our team work skills and how working together in a team needs everyone's help and contribution.

Doing games with the parachute was a big success!

Student Led Conferences were enjoyed by parents and children alike

On Thursday Nelson Central School held Student Led Conferences for the first time.  The students were very excited to have the opportunity to share their learning and celebrate what they have done in the classroom.

The initial feedback I have received is very positive and everyone seemed to love the experience, finding it a really positive way to interact with their child at school.  We would really welcome your feedback so this process can be reviewed properly.  Please complete the feedback form given to you on the night or fill out the on-line survey sent out by Whaea Pip, our Principal.

Check out these photos of the day.



Student Led Conferences on PhotoPeach

Tree Planting - caring for our environment

Now we are an Enviro School we were given the opportunity to help with the improvement of the stream along the Willow Walkway through the programme called Wild Life Habitat in school.  

Our class helped to plant the area just after the ford crossing on the corner outside St Joseph's Junior school.  We planted a New Zealand native grass called Anemanthele lessoniana, better known as NZ wind grass.  The students did an amazing job, with the help of Rob, Rick and three Year 13 Nelson College students.  Digging was pretty tough in places, trying to overcome rocky ground and tree roots.  But we soldiered through.

We know the work we have done will help care for our environment, attracting more wildlife and providing us with quality air to breathe.  The plants on the bank of the stream will give the aquatic life in the water a more attractive habitat, providing shade and places to hide from predators, as well as attracting more food.  

We are the guardians of our waterways and it is our responsibility to keep them healthy.  We have helped that to happen today.  Ka Pai, Akomanga Iwa!!

Wig Wednesday helps Child Cancer

Thanks to the generous support of NCS students Wig Wednesday raised over $400 which will go towards the Child Cancer Foundation.