Right Choice Reward

What a day!  Thanks to the Manawatu Standard photographers for these great photos.

Year Six Farewell

We farewelled our Year Sixes on Tuesday night.  Congratulations to all Year Sixes and especially to Sara, who was awarded the new Arts Trophy.  Ana and Luke were joint winners of the Bergerson Trophy for all-round excellence.

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Thank you Campbell, for these great photos.

Junior Neighbourhood Support Winners

Congratulations to Saul and Natalya for winning the BIG prize.  Enjoy some of their writing about the day.

My Moment

It is the day I find out if I will get my big chance. It’s 11:50 – 40 more minutes until the Junior Neighbourhood Support winners are announced. “Dang,” I think.

  “Its going to be a longer assembly today so we are going at 12.15,” says TC, my teacher. 

  “This is great,” I think in my mind. I look at my watch. It’s 12.00. I know that time is moving but it seems like it it’s just, well, stuck. Come on… five more minutes until assembly… two more minutes… one more minute… Ding Ding Ding!!!!

 My palms are sweaty as I enter the school hall.  My brain is racing, my heart is pumping. I go to sit down and I can’t feel my legs.  I’m

just numb with excitement.

   ”Ok now everybody, here are the two winners of the big prize.  The first is a Year Five from LC13.”   I have this in the bag. “Saul Pasene.”

This is great. This is wonderful. I think its the best thing in my life.  This feeling flies and sparks in  my stomach.  It is my moment.

by Saul

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Now it’s my big day and as I come out from the office all I can hear is children and teachers saying, Good luck”.  I get my big helmet on and I am struggling to see.  Suddenly the police officer lifts me onto his 1000cc BMW motorbike.  I am trembling like someone shaking a drink. I’m off like the speed of lightning.

In the nick of time I am at the airport, ready to go to the rescue helicopter.  I’m soaring through the sky, seeing the awesome views and looking at small schools.

Next it’s to the council to have some yummy morning tea at the mayor’s office.  I am scared because Jono and some police officers are sitting by me.

At ten pin bowling I come 1^st at bowling out of the girls and 2^nd out of everyone.  Yeah!  It’s time to go to one of my favourite eating places: Breakers.  I am only one to have a kiddy meal.

Finally at the squash gym we have some lessons on how to hit the squash ball.

And that’s my neighborhood support day.

by Natayla, LC13

Choir Prize Winner

Congratulations, James, and thank you for being such a loyal reliable and enthusiastic choir member for so many years.  We wish you well as you head to Intermediate and hope you continue to enjoy the joy of music.

Athletics Day

The rough weather moved aside so that Riverdale students could enjoy a huge day of running, jumping and throwing at the Massey Athletics Track on Tuesday.

Thank you Mr McCallum and your trusty team of assistants for all your hard work and organisation.

More photos (taken by Mrs McCallum)

House Competition Results:

1st: Tui

2nd: Kakapo

3rd: Kereru

4th: Takahe

Te Puawai – SPOTY

We were hugely proud of our wonderful Te Puawai group as they performed magnificently at the recent Manawatu Sportsperson of the Year awards.

Te Puawai – SPOTY,

Touch Cancelled 21 November

Today’s Touch games are cancelled.

Sports Cancellations – Friday 11 and Saturday 12 November

Teeball, Cricket and Monrad Touch are all cancelled.

Digi Award Success

Congratulations to all Riverdale students who had their work forwarded to the Digi Award finals.  Three projects from Riverdale School were selected for the finals out of over 600 entries from all around the Manawatu.

They were:

• ‘Rippa World Cup‘ by Ana, Maddi and Payton (Documentary category).
• ‘Kids Stay Kids’ by Sophie, Sara, Tyler, Campbell, Cindy and Rebecca (Advertisement category)
• ‘We Are Who We Are’ by Ana, Maddi, Linda, Jaime, Aidan, Lucy, Tom and Matthew (Advertisement category)

“We Are Who We Are” won the best advertisement for Year Four to Six students AND the supreme Year Four to Six award.  They also won a fabulous Laser printer.

Congratulations to all involved, and especially to the finalists and winners.  Take a look at what our students have created.

Official Photo Link

City Library Summer Reading Programme Ballot

Hello everyone, this is a notice for you all regarding our Summer Reading programme, it has been a wonderfully successful programme that promotes the enjoyment of reading, and would be especially valuable for reluctant readers. Because of demand for places, we have had to go to a ballot system. This will open at the dates given in the notice.

The Summer Reading Programme is a reading programme for children aged 4 – 10 years of age. It promotes the enjoyment of reading for children and invites them to talk about the books they have been reading with library staff through a number of report-in sessions.

There are rewards that children can earn through the programme and it finishes with a great finale party where they will receive their prize book, certificate and medallion.

The programme runs from the 5^th of December through to the 19^th of January. It is currently in its 14^th year and has been a wonderful success for many families who aim to keep the reading bug going over the summer break.

Apply for the ballot draw online for your child at http://citylibrary.pncc.govt.nz/ or complete a ballot form at the Central or Branch libraries from Monday the 7^th of November at 10am through to Sunday the 20^th of November.

 If you have any queries, please contact Children’s Librarian

Ross Meads at ross.meads@pncc.govt.nz or phone 351 4100 ext. 7379.