Softball

We were lucky enough to have softball instructors in for two training sessions. Check it out!

Our 'Get NZ Writing' buddy school

The buddy school we shared our 'Get NZ Writing' postcards with was Rm 12 Goldfields School in Cromwell.
Check out the awesome work they shared...

Race Relations Day 2017

An amazing effort from all Owairaka students and staff on this years Race Relations Day. A great opportunity to celebrate the diversity of our school and share our amazing food and cultural traditons with each other.
Big thank you to Claire's mum, Victoria, for coming in to teach the class how to make paper window flowers. Awesome!
Check out some of the photos from the day...

Duffy Assembly magic

We were lucky enough to be visited by the very talented Madison Nonoa this afternoon at our Duffy Assembly. She shared her passion for reading and her talent in singing. Amazing!
The students all got their Duffy books this afternoon and have rushed home to read.

 Here is her bio:

Madison has a Bachelor of Music with first-class honours from the University of Auckland. She is a Sir Edmund Hillary Scholar at the University of Waikato, where she is studying French and German. A Dame Malvina Major Emerging Artist with New Zealand Opera, she this year performs Papagena in The Magic Flute. She is a former member of the New Zealand Youth Choir, an alumna of the New Zealand Opera School and New Zealand Singing School and has been a finalist and winner of many aria competitions around the country. In the 2014 Lexus Song Quest, Madison was the youngest semi-finalist and RNZ Concert Listeners’ Choice Award winner. 

Get NZ Writing project

Rm23 recently took part in a great initiative called 'Get NZ Writing' where classes around NZ buddied up to share their creative writing and a snapshot of who they are.

Check out the photos of our work...



We can't wait to get the awesome work of our buddy class from somewhere in NZ. Watch this space!

Fonterra Office Takeover

School focus for Weeks 8-11 is...