Springston School Sportdesk

Year 8 TV studio session at Capital E

Wellington Camp 2016

Wellington Day 1 on PhotoPeach
 
 Wellington Camp Day 2 on PhotoPeach
 
 Wellington Camp Day 3 on PhotoPeach
 
 Wellington Camp Day 3&4 on PhotoPeach
 

Those Sonic Pets!

Lantern Poetry by Mitchell

Boat

Racing

Splashing water

Tumbling over

Jet

Guns

Shooting

Killing deer

Making dinner

Rifles

Speed

Drifting

Making smoke

Racing round corners  

Fast

Refugee Simulation

Today we had our refugee drama where we acted out a refugee scenario to see what it would be like to be displaced from our country due to war. We had to leave under cover of fire and then cross the border into another "country" and set up a refugee camp. It was a realistic and thought provoking experience for many and gave us a good taste of what real refugees must experience.

Refugee Facts

Did you know that more than 13.5 million people are still in need of help inside of Syria.

Did you know that in October 2015 Russia began launching airstrikes at ISIS targets in Syria. The bombings have continued so far killing at least 2000 civilians and forcing even more Syrians to flee for safety.

Did you know that around the world more than  40,000 people are forced from their homes every single day.

Did you know that more than half the world's refugees are children.

One in five displaced people are from Syria.  

This makes me feel extremely lucky that I'm in New Zealand.

(a Syrian refugee camp)


Posted by Will

Koru Games

Last week Sonic spent 3 days at the Koru Games. Some of the sports played were: badminton, table tennis, lawn bowls, football, basketball, tennis, touch and sevens. Here are some of the photos from the events.

Book Week Celebration

Koru Games

Training for the upcoming Koru Games is now underway...

Daffodil Day Assembly

Congratulations to our Senior netballers for coming second in the Canterbury Champs!!!
And a huge thank you to Sophie and Georgia for helping to raise over $200 for the Cancer Society.

Cantamaths Competition 2016

Congratulations to the two teams of mathematicians that took part in Cantamaths last night at the Horncastle arena. Both the Year 7 and Year 8 teams performed well and finished mid field with scores of 35 and 40 respectively. Great effort team!

Next Step Inquiry

Today we discussed what life would be like as a refugee and matched captions to pictures of refugees in different situations. We learnt a lot more about the different types of refugee and also points they have in common.

Inquiry Brainstorm

What does the word "refugee" mean to us?

Mini Olympics

Well done Sonic Leaders - a great day organised for all the school. Springston Mini Olympics 2016 on PhotoPeach

Japanese Visitors

Today the Ambassador Team did a great job of showing a group of Japanese teachers around our school. Tino pai team!

First day of Mandarin

Jack shows off his kung fu panda skills at Mandarin today. We learnt how to say "hello teacher" - ni hao lao shi!

Teamwork

On Tuesday we had to stack cups but the only problem was we couldn't use our hands.
It was great to see the teams that were able to communicate together and get the job done.

Mitchell's Pathway (Maimai)

Check this out for an amazing pathway...