Des Hunt Visit

The Year 5 and 6 students attended a session with New Zealand Children's author Des Hunt. He writes fiction books based on science and technology. Des entertained the students with his stories. He shared a valuable message that if your work is first rejected, keep trying as eventually you will be successful. Authors such as Dr Seuss and J.K. Rowling had their stories rejected  by publishers many times before their work was accepted.

Skills For Life

Fun times with Manuel from Sport Taranaki - teaching the Room 7 students exciting new games that require skill and resilience.

Sign Language Week

Room 7 students were lucky enough to have Lisa, who has a hearing impairment, visit our class to give the students a 'taster' course in sign language. We are all now practising to ensure we become more familiar with New Zealand's third official language.

Road Patrol Training

A selection of Year 6 students completed their road patrol training this week with the local police education officers. The officers commented on the mature attitude our students displayed. Well done to everyone involved.

Barrett Lagoon Trip

Room 7 students were lucky enough to visit the Barrett Lagoon as part of our wetlands study. Mr Archer, from the Regional Council, shared lots of very interesting information about the area along with the importance of looking after wetlands.

Interschool Swimming Competition

 The Oakura School 2017 interschool swimming team performed very well today at the Bell Block pool. Everyone gave 100% towards their races and we came away with some great results which included winning the relay. Well done to everyone involved.

Basketball Training

Room 7 had a great time practising their basketball skills with two expert coaches from the Taranaki basketball team. There was lots of laughing and healthy competition as we did our best to dribble the ball correctly.