Soccertastic!!

Dribble, shoot and she SCORES........I [Elliie Kershaw] Made it to the under 12s for soccer. I have been playing for 2 months now and got to the A team. I will be going to Blenhim to destroy all the other soccer teams. So wish me luck !!!!

Under 12 Town Nelson Rugby Rep Team

Congratulations to Fa'avae and Matthew for making the Nelson town representitive team for positions Number Eight and First five on sunday the 26 of July.

12th grade soccer reps

Congratulations to Izaak Cunningham , Jackson Barber , Jayd Cosmatos and Riley Haymes for making it into 12th grade representatives of Nelson who travel to Blenheim on October the 3th , 4th , 5th and 6th.

American Independence Day

On July 4 is American Independence Day.This day is celebrated by big parades and parties.The Americans declared independence on July 1776. They decided to declare independence because the taxes were to high. So the revolutionary war between America and England was started.

America won and became independent. The first president was George Washington. We also call Independence day 

The fourth of July,

The Glorious fourth

and , The fourth.      

Canada Day!!!

It's Canada day!

On July the 1st 1867 Canada became a dominion. At the time Canada was under British rule. Canada was formed from the provinces, upper Canada, lower Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. It was the first country to be called a dominion. The first prime minister was John A. Mcdonald. In 1867 the population was around 3.4 million. Canada was granted its own constitution in 1982. 

By Paige (a canadian)

Science Fair

We've done it! We have all completed a science fair project and now you can view them in the hall.  Parents can sign in at the main desk just inside the school foyer.

Come in and take a look at some of the supercool questions students asked and the scientific method they undertook to answer their question.

From Algae Bloom to absorbent toilet paper, you have until Wednesday next week to see that no stone was left unturned in a quest for the scientific truth!

My Dad Drives Indy Cars for a Hobby...

During a Monday morning discussion we wandered across the topic of fast cars.  Paige, unlike many of the other girls began to show a similar level of interest that the boys were, of course, enjoying.  Paige then put her hand up and shared, "My Dad drives Indy cars for a hobby".  This, as you can imagine stopped the class silent leaving some boys, as well as our teacher 'gobsmacked'.  "Sorry Paige, can you please repeat that?", inquired Mr Luke.

We discovered that Paige's family have a devoted family history with motorbike and car racing!

Progressing from motorbikes (after too many injuries) Paige's Dad raced cars such as the BMW 2002 series, Lotus Super 7, GT1 (like  Holden/Ford V8 series) and then the famous Indy cars.

Paige can be seen here in one of two 3.5 litre V8 indy cars that produces 730hp at 10,500 rpm!  Top speed......... 330kph! That's OVER 3 TIMES New Zealand's current legal road speed limit!

If you would like to know more (we have more cool facts and pics from Paige's parents), come in for chat and a look.  After we discovered this we found out that there are also many more gifted and talented parents in the room.  If this is what the parents are doing, could you imagine where we will all be in just a few years time..........?