The School Van

In the school holidays Charlie's Mum organised a signwriter to put pictures on the school van. Now the van represents our school by letting everyone know there is a school in Waihola. The design on the van has the new WDS logo on it, with some children playing, yachts on the lake, and the Waihola Hill.
Madeleine

We think the van is awesome and we feel proud to ride in it.

Proud children pose for a photo. L to R - Beatrice,Tylah, Dorothy, Madeleine, Brooke, Evie, Charlie & Michael.

WDS Cross Country

We have been practicing for weeks for our own WDS Cross Country, and the Taieri Schools Cross Country being held next week. 
This week we had a lovely winter's day for our race. The sun was shining and we had many parents along to support & cheer for the children. One of our parents was brave and fit enough to run with the children! We all noticed the commitment, effort, and encouragement for others shown by the children.

Year one place getters.

Year 2 place getters.

Year 3 & 4 place getters.

Museum Trip Rock Solid

Last week we had a great trip to the Otago Museum and took part in two programmes. The first programme was rock solid where we watched our Museum teacher, Kate show us how to make a volcano with food colouring ,baking soda and vinegar. 



Our teacher Kate makes a print in sand from Dorothy's hand and then pours in 'plaster of paris' to show how a fossil would be made millions of years ago.

In the second programme we found out from our museum teacher, Kim that ancient vases told stories. She told us an exciting story about a vase. Then we looked at the other vases and made up our own stories!



The Man and the Bird

Three Men and a Woman



Our whole class are excited to be learning about rocks and fossils. Already we have a rock collection for the science table.

 Welcome to Term 3 - from Room One

Term 3 has started with our highly engaging topic, Digging up the Past, where we are finding out about landforms, what makes our land change over time and what is under the earths crust.