A Special Visitor

On Friday we had a special visit from an old classmate, Tilly! She came in to see us with her new baby brother Reuben. Everyone was very excited to see her. A few of us got to have a cuddle with Reuben. 

We showed Tilly all the things we've been doing and because it was raining and lunchtime we got to play inside with her. 

We really enjoyed seeing Tilly. She was a wonderful friend and classmate. Whilst we would love to have her back at Yaldhurst we are pleased that Tilly is loving her new school and has made some good friends. 

Kids to Town

Thursday 25th of August will go down in the Yaldhurst School history books for being an incredible day, where Yaldhurst School and Te Pihinga showed off how great they were to Christchurch.

Miss Sutherland and Mrs Spragg were so impressed with how well each member of Te Pihinga conducted themselves on the bus to town, in eating their morning tea outside the Art Gallery and as we waited patiently for our groups to start. 

 Next you all continued to be amazing as you walked around the Art Gallery looking at all the artwork. Mrs Spragg even got a compliment from one on the employees after her group left the Britten display. The lady was very impressed with how the group sat and listened to John (the fab volunteer who showed the group around).

Then Yaldhurst School performed to the large audience that had gathered. We are pretty sure Mrs T wiped a tear away after watching the junior school perform Tena Koe and It's a Rainbow. It was pretty mind blowing.

Finally you all sat down, ate your lunch and then walked like the Model students you are to the Botanic Gardens. And the photos tell us how much fun it was.

Ka pai tamariki for being so incredible and for showing Christchurch what a HERO school we are!

(And thanks fantastic parents for coming to help!)

Olympic Fun Day

What an amazing time Thursday afternoon was. Everyone looked incredible in their House Colours and we could feel the buzz of excitement from the moment you all arrived at school.

There was a great range of activities for groups to 'compete' in. We heard a lot of positive comments about the obstacle course, throwing gumboots, dress up relays and the brick building. Thanks Mr Matthews for doing such an incredible job organising it all.

The best part was seeing so many of our students be amazing Yaldhurst Heroes and show sportsmanship throughout the afternoon.

Here are some photos of us in our house teams: