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Angelina

Wednesday 22nd Sept was "Fancy Feet" day. We celebrated getting to school in sustainable ways (walking, cycling, scootering) by dressing up our feet! We had odd shoes, high-heels, decorated shoes, sparkly shoes, faces drawn on our feet...and the bald guy even wore red nail polish!!



Check out this link to find out all about our very own Westmere School Try...
 * = Everyone knows that Triathlon is the greatest sport EVER invented in the history of all mankind!

[|Westmere Try] All of us in CS19 are supporting this fantastic event...see you on the start line! Check out the clips below. Having a go at the Westmere Try could lead to something big.This could be any one of us in 10 years time...The 2020 World Triathlon Champs?....ya just never know!! media type="youtube" key="iROsDCzDRRI?fs=1" height="385" width="480"

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Friday August 20th We were fortunate enough to have some "senior" members of our community join us. We were entertained by their amazing stories of what life was like for them in the"old" days...that is, anything before 1995! Some of our grandparents went to school in the 1930's, others in the 1940's and 50's. Their stories of being caned, drinking warm school milk, walking to school barefooted through the snow etc etc made us realise how lucky we really are!!! It was a priviledge for us to have them sharing their experiences with us. We are very grateful that they were able to support and enrich our learning.

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Here are a couple of Photostory clips of some of the things we saw and did at MOTAT. We went there as part of our Themed Learning topic, exploring the History of Auckland. We had a great day looking at and interacting with many of the displays and equipment that was there. We have made the pictures run like an olden day movie to make it look like we were really back in time!!

media type="custom" key="6477377" Check out our photostory we put together. It plots our journey through our art project called "The Hands Of Learning" for our school Art Exhibition. We hope you enjoy watching it!

We are all following the soccer World Cup in South Africa...GO THE ALL WHITES!!!! Click here to view the latest results, information etc: [|**World Cup**]

To celebrate the All Whites marvellous performances at the World Cup in South Africa, we held our own Westmere World Cup soccer match. Monday 21st June, a huge and very vocal crowd lined the soccer field to watch the action as the "Terrific Teachers" took on the "Year 6 All Stars". In a thrilling game, full of drama, excitement and controversy, the Terrific Teachers won by 2 goals to 1. Deborah (Basher) Jones and Lynn (I hope my nails don't break) Swney got the glory as goal scorers for the Teachers team. Bonnie Crawshaw-McLean smashed in a magnificent goal for the Year 6 All Stars, but it wasn't enough to overcome the skill and determination of the slick Teachers team. Just like in the real World Cup, there were the inevitable controversial refereeing decisions...the worst of which resulted in one of the teachers being sent off...unbelievable!! Thank you to everyone who participated either as a player or supporter...it was great fun!

NEWS FLASH...Congrats to Spain for winning the Cup BUT our All Whites were the ONLY TEAM not to lose a game during the tournament...WE ROCK!!!