Year 6 GraduationThursday December 15th

2011

Whakaakoranga no ake atueEducating for the Future

December 2011

Today’s Program:

11:00 Brunch

11:30 Welcome (Kapa haka/ Julie Walkley)

11:35 Year 6 Speech (Madeline Newsome)

11:40 Year 6 song (The Climb by Miley Cyrus)

11:45 Cloud 9 (Rm 9) Certificates

11:55 “Oh, The place you’ll go!” by Dr Seuss.

12:00 Principal’s Speech (David Reardon)

12:10 Year 5 speaks to farewell the year 6 students.

12:15 Learners Anthem

12:20 Dozen Fresh Eggs (Rm 12) Certificates

12:30 Final Thoughts (James Rea).

12:40 Shared Lunch

12:45 Speech: Charlotte Donald

Thanks to Russell Street School Supporters’ club, Whanau Roopu, Kapa haka, Board of trustees, Teachers, Support Staff and Children. Without your contribution this special day

would not be possible.What a fantastic year it has been!

December 2011

Haera ra Farvel Sayonara Auf Wiedersehen Ciao Adios Farewell

We are pleased and honoured to be able to farewell you today, as you look around our school and plan the next step in your educational journey. It is always rewarding to review the year and the fantastic contribution you have made to our school’s success. We trust that you have enjoyed your time at Russell Street School and take with you many great memories, skills and friendships.

We have included a summary of some of the events and highlights from this year. These characterise the educational outcomes and fantastic learning opportunities we have achieved and value. What a wonderful 2011 learning program.

Some key 2011 events at Russell Street School were:

Term 1 Swimming Sports (Lido pools) Student led conferences Seed 2 Table room 9

Term 2 Matariki - Maori New Year celebration Myths and legends Maori performance Seed to table room 12 Cross Country (Skoglund Park)

Term 3 Strike Performance (drum performance) Science discovery Manawatu Digi Awards

Term 4 Athletics (Massey athletic track) Kiwi Golf CO2 Drag Race Cars Graduation

Thanks again for the wonderful contribution you have made to this successful year.

Ehara taku toa, he taki tahi, he toa taki tini

My success should not be bestowed onto me alone, as it was not individual success but success of a collective

James ReaDeputy Principal

December 2011

December 2011

R.S.S. Graduates 2011:

Cloud 9 (Room 9): Stephen Baker (Teacher)

Abby BROWN Y6 Rm9Alice PLIER Y6 Rm9Benjamin FUNKE Y6 Rm9Connor DUNLOP Y6 Rm9Danielle PARKINSON Y6 Rm9Emma ROWE Y6 Rm9Evan VAN NIEKERKEN Y6 Rm9Flynn THORNEYCROFT Y6 Rm9George McFARLANE Y6 Rm9Hamish EAGLE Y6 Rm9Hem CHOKSHI Y6 Rm9Ia STRAWBRIDGE Y6 Rm9Isaac CHAN Y6 Rm9Jasmine GARDINER Y6 Rm9Jazz PEARSON Y6 Rm9Jessie BROWN Y6 Rm9Joshua TURNER Y6 Rm9Laura MURRAY Y6 Rm9Lincoln PHILLIPS Y6 Rm9Luke OWEN Y6 Rm9Shalini SRINIVASAN Y6 Rm9Sumayah AL BAHADLY Y6 Rm9Timothy CARPENTER Y6 Rm9Tyler JOHNSTON Y6 Rm9Vayda PRICE-STANDISH Y6 Rm9Zoe BELL Y6 Rm9

Dozen Fresh Eggs (Room 12): Lou Peck (Teacher)

Aedan OWEN Y6 Rm12Alisha LAWSON Y6 Rm12Amelia PERSSON Y6 Rm12Conan KIMURA Y6 Rm12Georgia JOBSON Y6 Rm12Haleigh HOOK Y6 Rm12Jake FAVILLE Y6 Rm12Jennifer ROTHERHAM Y6 Rm12Kara OGDEN Y6 Rm12Kelli CHRISTIE Y6 Rm12Kobe LEA FA Y6 Rm12Korie WINTERS Y6 Rm12Leah HOLMES-ATKINS Y6 Rm12Luke JUST Y6 Rm12Martin JOSEPH Y6 Rm12Molly-Rose ATTENBOROUGH Y6 Rm12Ruby NEPIA Y6 Rm12Samwise ELKINGTON Y6 Rm12Taine EVANS Y6 Rm12Thomas HANNAN Y6 Rm12

Student Images:December 2011Cloud 9 Room 9 2011 Teacher Stephen Baker

Hem Isaac Evan Luke

Alice Emma Lincoln Connor

Notes & Autographs:

December 2011

Dozen Fresh Eggs Room 12 2011Teacher Lou Peck

Year 6 Leavers Speech.

Hi I’m Maddie,

When I was five I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. My answers were things like fairies and princesses but now that I’m a Year 6 my answers would be different.

One of my most favourite times was with Joy and Julie. I had so much fun.We did heaps of Science and Art and I really wanted to be a scientist that year. I loved it when we did lots of gardening, like the time when we planted the cactus and they grew from just one leaf. I still have mine at home. I’ve learnt that plants are just like humans, some can be shy, and some can be confident and stand out from a crowd.

In Year 4 it was so much fun playing soccer and when we had the plastic free day. I loved it when we got to go to UCOL and make heaps of muffins in their kitchens. It was so inspiring that it made me want to be a master chef.

Year 5. What a year! We had Whaea Maryanne. In her class we did really fun things and we were always laughing at her awesome sense of humour. One of the most memorable times was when we tried to beat Room 12 in soccer. This year has been amazing. One thing that I would remember forever would definitely be camp. I learnt at camp to give everything a go and don’t give up even if it’s really challenging.

One of the most challenging things at camp was running to the beach and back with Lou. Lou never realized how far we actually went.

Another thing I learnt was to overcome my fear at camp. There was so many wonderful and fearful activities, like the flying fox for example. High! Scary! But really fun!

All these years that I have been at Russell St I have made lots of friends and learnt heaps. One of the most important things is to always have a buddy with you whether you are feeling up or down.

So now when somebody asks me what I want to do when I grow up, I will have the confidence to say……

“I will do whatever I dream”

Maddie Newsome. 2010.

December 2011

Lunch Speech I have had a great six years at Russell street school I am going to miss it but I will still have lots of memories that will last forever.  Some of these memories include pie or not to pie and Deb  pie-ing  me in the face.  Another great memory is raffle for a ride and when I won a ride in a ford f150.

I had 2 fantastic years in Debs class learning about all the amazing technology we have.  I learnt lots about the planets, spiders and how to make quizzes and cross words using hot potatoes. It was fun having our buddies from Whakarongo School come for the day and for them to see our school. 

I had an awesome year last year in Lou's class learning about a wide variety of different things: We learned how to set up our own business and this wasn’t as easy as I thought.  We had to go to the bank and to the suppliers and we had to design and make all of our products.  We were responsible for advertising and hiring staff.  We came across real life problems such as the suppliers not having all the supplies we needed.  I had loads of money at the end and we had to pay our staff wages!Another highlight was building baking soda and vinegar bottle rockets and then seeing if they would land with a parachute on them but it did not work very well.  It was heaps of fun experimenting with designs and trying to meet Lou’s challenge of landing our rocket!

My time at Russell Street School has flown by and I can’t believe I am leaving to go to Intermediate.  It has been rewarding being able to have leadership responsibilities as a Year 6.  Being a road patroller has taught me lots of new skills and shown me the importance of road safety. 

It has also been fun this year going to el rancho camp and doing lots of fun activates like kayaking, making bivouacs, orienteering, flying fox, mini golf, water slide, confidence course and the low ropes.

The best part of learning about science this year has been exploring what makes coke and mentos react.  I loved seeing the experiment Explode out of the bottle and some of the designs go higher than my head. 

Term four has whizzed by faster than ever and what better way to spend term four than learning about and making a fast, aerodynamic CO2 car.

  The teachers here are amazing and they all have different personalities and cool ways of teaching so thanks to all the teachers that have taught me it has helped me lots and it will help me lots more at intermediate.    So as I head off to intermediate, I would like to say thanks to David  the principal,as this is a great school and I will always have happy memories of my time here at Russell street school. By Charlotte Donald

December 2011