Congratulations to Matthew Gibb (Y4 Mathematics). Sarah Hull (Y6 Writing) and Sarah Lawrence (Y5 Writing) who were presented with medals for being the top scoring students in their year groups in New Zealand. These students were presented with their medals at a ceremony in Auckland last weekend. Congratulations on this outstanding achievement!
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2011 Canterbury Rugby Champs
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We would like to congratulate Wills Wynn Thomas for winning the Merton’s Academic Scholarship to Cathedral Grammar. We wish Wills all the best for this new adventure in 2012.
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POETRY COMPETITION 2011
Congratulations to all children who have been involved in writing poetry in the classroom this term for the Elmwood Normal School Poetry Competition. It is great to see the writing talent here at Elmwood is alive and well. Congratulations to the winners:
Year 0 - Samantha Fowler
Year 1 - Will Coggan
Year 2 - Lexi Feller
Year 3 - Harry Waddington
Year 4 - Elizabeth Rice
Year 5 - Emily Davey
Year 6 - Mia Andrews
Congratulations to the finalists:
Year 0 - Rata Shaw
Year 1 - Andrew Buchan, Jamie Donnelly, Lucy Aitken, Elle Roze Ilkiw, Aimee Stanton, Chloe Hartwell, Annabelle Irvine
Year 2 - Phoebe Donald, Zak Buist, Polly Ansley, Jazzy Algie, Mitchell Perrim, Gabriella Eastgate, Isobel Kenny, Nicholas Gibb
Year 3 - Thomas Clarke, Claude Tellick, Moby George, Duncan Hamilton, Thomas Semple, Edmund Hollis, Issy Story, Charlie Leonard, John Oakman
Year 4 - Ella Newberry, Theo Pask, Sophie Hill, George Forbes, Joo Eun Kim
Year 5 - Paris Andrews, Mark Wilson, Millie MacAlister, Sacha Skinner, Paige Moore-Brown, Jemima Porter, James Garrill, Sarah Lawrence
Year 6 - Isabella Clarke, Katherine Champion, Nellie Evison, Isabella Peacock-Price, Maleka Henderson
A special thanks to Greg O'Connell, a children's poet, for judging the competition.
Thank you to "Children's Bookshop" for generously donating a variety of beautiful poetry books and novels as prizes for the competition.
"Children's Bookshop" has recently moved from Victoria Street to 227 Blenheim Road.
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CANTERBURY CROSS COUNTRY
Well done to the 15 children that represented Elmwood and the North Zone at the Canterbury Primary School Cross Country. All achieved impressive results!! Special congratulations to those students who finished in the first ten places in their year group. They have been selected in the Primary Sports Canterbury Cross Country Team for 2011. Well done, it is a FANTASTIC achievement! Link to the photo slideshow.
Canterbury Team Selection:
9 Year Old Boys
- Hugh Charles (10th)
9 Year Old Girls
- Gaby McKellar (5th)
- Emily Shaw (6th)
- Millie MacAlister (8th)
10 Year Old Boys
- Cullen Moody (11th) 1st Reserve
10 Year Old Girls
- Tara Keenan (10th)
- Akeira Worthington (11th) 1st Reserve
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2011 Rugby League Champions
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