Rachel Hunter Visits Woolston School

Last weekend, while Rachel Hunter was in town for the Rise Up Christchurch Telethon, she visited Woolston School. She had seen some of the poems written and read by students from K2 and the Earthquake rap composed by students in Ruru 2 and wanted to meet these students who had experienced the February 22 earthquake. She said she was moved by their expressive performances and what they had been through.
It was fantastic to meet Rachel in person and see how kind and caring she was. She made us all feel very special.

Woolston School Cross Country

Woolston School held their Cross Country races in Woolston Park on Tuesday the 17th May. It was a fine sunny day, although at times the wind was quite gusty. 
The students all made a great effort and we look forward to some good results at the Zone Cross country on June 9th.

Duffy Role Model Assembly

On Wednesday, May 11th Woolston School had a Duffy Role Model Assembly.

The role model who spoke of her life experiences and how reading has enriched her life

was Anna Richards, the most capped Black Fern and top scorer.

Anna has travelled to many countries playing rugby and has had a wealth of experiences

which she shared with us.

Anna brought along some rugby jerseys she has swapped with other players at various international matches. Students who could guess which country the jersey came from 

got to try it on before she left.

Kerry from Paper Plus also attended our Role Model Assembly with Anna.

We are very grateful to Paper Plus who donated a great many books to Woolston School.
It was very exciting to receive these books.
It was just like Christmas!

Schoolathon

Recently Woolston School was asked to launch the Schoolathon initiative.
We sung our school song to welcome our visitors.
It happened to be be Pink Shirt Day, Anti-bullying Day, so lots of the students were wearing pink.
Some of the students from Kererū 2 read out their descriptive earthquake poems which vividly captured many of the sights, sounds and feelings they experienced on February 22.
Finally, Ruru 2 performed the rap they had written to help them come to terms with the devastating effects of the February 22 earthquake. They are a bilingual class, so had studied the story of Ruaumoko, god of earthquakes. Their teacher had lost his house and all his possessions, so had to temporarily move north, and they were awaiting his return, while in the meantime the Deputy Principal taught their class.
Click on this link to see some of the poems being read and the Ruru 2 rap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQQOICMLm_k