Huia 1 - Our History 2009 - 2014

(Established 2009) This is the history of our Year 7 and 8 classes in Huia 1 at The Gardens School, NZ. We wrote for ourselves, our families and friends and for anyone who wanted to know what life was like at our school. From 2009 to 2013, Huia 1's teacher was Mrs Vincent. 1n 2014, classes changed and Huia 1 became Miss Murphy's room, with Mrs Vincent teaching on Thursday afternoons in Term 1. This blog has now ceased regular publication but is a record of our time together in Huia 1.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Putting the Fun into Fund-Raising for Christchurch

Christchurch written in cans.

On Thursday our school held a " Water Day" to help raise funds for the Red Cross's Christchurch Earthquake appeal. Everyone paid $1.00 and contributed one tin of food as an entrance fee. For this activity our school raised $450 and donated 537 tins of food. Last week our mufti day raised close to $1,800 dollars for the Red Cross.

For a water day, there are hoses and big troughs of water on the field and the students fill up water pistols or squirty bottles and throw water at each other.

This time, we had a zoom slide. Mrs Whitehead brought a big piece of black polythene and everyone ran up to it then slid along it. We used a garden sprinkler hose and lots of detergent to keep it slippery.