Wellington Wanderers

Year 6 had an incredibly busy schedule for their Wellington trip. 

As well as witnessing lively debate in Parliament, they also spent time behind the scenes at Weta Workshops, discovering how weapons, armour and prosthetics were created for movies such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Avatar. 

                                     

 The Treaty of Waitangi and other constitutional documents were investigated at the National Library, with some children able to trace their family history on the interactive exhibits. We were also fortunate to be taken into the basement archives of the Library to see how books, music and other documents are stored and transported via their own railway system. We discovered that the Library holds an ancient receipt, etched into a clay tablet, dating back to Ancient Babylonia and the largest Atlas in the world! 

After squeezing in a ride on the iconic Wellington cable cars, we finished our trip with a visit to Te Papa, contrasting historic and modern immigration patterns – realising that no matter what our reasons and where we came from, we are all New Zealanders.

Capture the King

Seventeen Wentworth Primary students took part in the annual Hibiscus Coast Chess Tournament held in Silverdale last week. Students ranged from Years 2 to 6 with varying degrees of chess experience but all were keen players. There were almost 100 competitors from six different schools and each participant played seven matches. We witnessed many tough battles across the boards and, whatever the outcome of each game, the sporting behaviour displayed was wonderful.

Our top player was Vincent, who finished in 7th position overall but we had many others playing matches on the top 5 tables during the tournament. Wentworth School ended the tournament just beaten into 4th place. Congratulations to all our chess champions!

Ah, ah, ah, ah, Stayin' Alive!

If you are in need of First Aid, our Year 5 and 6 students are the people to help! We learned how to assess an accident scene; how to call for help; and all about DRS ABC.

Have a look at the fun we had when the NZ Red Cross came into school to teach us these lifesaving skills!

It's fun to stay at the YMCA

Where can you kayak, mountainboard, go orienteering, climb, learn to cook pancakes in the outdoors and have fun with all your friends? The YMCA, of course!!

Try...Try...Tryathlon

We had a huge turnout for the Weetbix Tryathlon at Manly Park on Sunday 25th March. Congratulations to all our competitors, who completed an ocean swim, a bike ride and a run before being awarded their gold medals.

Our school also had the largest percentage of participants so won a prize of basketballs, netballs and footballs. Hurray!