Halfway Bush Primary School

We can all be extremely proud of our children and their performance at the Polynesian Festival on Wednesday. Their performance was fantastic and their behaviour was outstanding. They have worked incredibly hard over the past few weeks to bring their performance up to a very high standard. This was a wonderful opportunity for them to [...]

Book Week 2011 was a great success. We started with a family meal and launch of our “Snuggle Up and Read” promotion. Storyteller Kaitrin McMullin entertained us with tales of Matariki. With visits to the Public Library and special guests coming into the school to read to the children we have had a fabulous time exploring [...]

Room 1 have had an amazingly busy term with a number out outdoor education days. They have visited Trotters Gorge and Shag Point, The Pyramids at Victory Beach and the tunnel network at Taiaroa Heads. They walked from the Organ Pipes to Sawyers Bay down the Grahams Bush track and then on to Aramoana for [...]

On Friday we were fortunate to visit Balmacewen Intermediate to view a performance organised by India Dunedin. We were treated to traditional music and dance items from Rajasthan. It was a colourful display with amazing traditional costumes and lively music which we thoroughly enjoyed. The show was compered by young Dunedin members of the Indian [...]

Brighton Beach became our classroom for the day on February 25th. An excited buzz could be heard all around as the children boarded the bus for the beach. Life Guards from Surf Life Saving New Zealand took the children through water safety and sun safe rules in a fun and interactive morning of activities. Fortunately [...]

We finished the 2009 school year with a wonderful performance of “Little Red Rocking Hood” a modern adaption of one of our favourite fairy tales. The children absolutely sparkled as they entertained a packed hall of family and friends. With a live band the audience were transported back to the 60’s with hits like Rock [...]

The Year 5 and 6 children have just returned from a four day camp at Sutton. Everyone had a wonderful time! The programme was action packed starting with a rock hopping expedition at Woodside Glen before the trip out to the Sutton Camp. After settling in there was an excursion to climb Smooth Cone and [...]

Last term we introduced “Discovery Time” to our programme. Each Wednesday morning the children work together in a hands on, activity based programme. Children are able to choose from a wide range of physical, art, technology, drama, cooking, language and mathematics activities. The emphasis is on children making choices about, and directing their own learning. [...]

We have just completed our first 10 week block of swimming at Moana Pool. The children have had a wonderful time and have made great progress. Each week they had half an hour in the leisure pool and then a half hour lesson with the instructors from Swimsation. Thank you so much to all of [...]