High Flyers

30 Articles

Chromebooks Enrich Learning At Bluestone

BluestoneMarch 2, 2022

Chromebooks used in years 3 to 8 enhance learning experiences. Read More

Santa visited Bluestone to present ice blocks to all students

Bluestone SchoolDecember 17, 2015

On our last day of school for 2015 we had a surprise visitor! Read More

Bluestone Senior Prize Giving 2015

Bluestone SchoolDecember 17, 2015

Our senior students celebrated the end of their school year in style! We congratulate our students on a wonderful year at Bluestone. Read More

Super Little Bakers!

Nikki GeddisDecember 14, 2015

If you need some baking done ask the Super Little Bakers in Room 15. Read More

ANZAC- High Flyers remember.

Sharlene HeaphyDecember 14, 2015

As part of our integrated unit on Anzac, we created clay poppies.  We glazed them and fired them in our kiln, and these are the results. Read More

Basketball – Bluestone Bolters 3rd place in the Year 5/6 A Grade 2015

Julie LangfordDecember 10, 2015

Team Photo: Back Row, Tracy Rees (coach), Nick Webb, Lucas Mullings, Joshua Rees, Lucas Wederell, Front Row, Jackson White, Connor Leach, Hayden Teixeira. Read More

WOW! It's great being a Year 6!

Kay HinesDecember 6, 2015

There are lots of opportunities to grow leaders in the High Flyers. Everyone is part of road patrol for North Street and Hurdley Street. Some students are trained as peer mediators, librarians and Stepping to Success kindy buddies. Read More

Room 5's Big Buddies at Bluestone 2015

Erna LinyardDecember 1, 2015

Room 5 explain why they liked their big buddies in Room 12 this year. Read More

Learning Through Skype

Daniel FinlaysonNovember 30, 2015

Room 16 video conference with a class from the North Shore of Auckland Read More

Year 5-6 Kapahaka Competition

Ian PoulterNovember 29, 2015

Each year our Year 5-6 classes face off in a kapahaka competition. The competition is intense and this year saw teachers also involved in the performances, with Room 15 being awarded the Kapahaka Class Trophy. Read More

 Hoodwinked in Room 14.

Rebecca HamiltonNovember 25, 2015

Traditional tales with a twist! Characters take on new form, as budding authors reinvent old stories. Read More

Punctuation takes on a new form in High Flyers!

Rebecca HamiltonNovember 12, 2015

What if punctuation took a vacation from your writing? Who would save the day? How would your audience cope?  Read More

High Flyers' Camp 

Daniel FinlaysonNovember 8, 2015

The High Flyers' teachers and students have spent the last week at Woodend Christian Camp. Read More

Fraction/Decimal Fun in Fourteen

Rebecca HamiltonNovember 2, 2015

Are you able to think proportionally with numbers on the go? Read More

Wearable Art Hits Bluestone

Kate VaughanOctober 30, 2015

What a night, what a result! The Hall was sizzling with energy at Bluestone School on Thursday night when our annual Wearable Arts Competition got underway. Read More

BBQ for Lifepod

Daniel FinlaysonOctober 28, 2015

On Tuesday and Wednesday of week 3, the students of Room 16 organised and ran a sausage sizzle to raise funds towards a Lifepod. Read More

Senior Athletes show their ability

Ian PoulterOctober 28, 2015

Senior students showed plenty of determination and skill at our senior athletics competition with 7 records being broken. Read More

Bluestone winners in District Reading Quiz

Bluestone SchoolOctober 22, 2015

Bluestone won the Year 5-6 section and were second by just one point in the Year 7-8 section. A huge thank you to Gillian Ross for preparing and encouraging our teams so well. Read More

Top Team hits the High Flyers'

Daniel FinlaysonOctober 21, 2015

On Wednesday the 21st of October, the students of the High Flyers' pod took part in the Top Team challenges. Read More

Bluestone Kapahaka - Manawanui

Bluestone SchoolSeptember 24, 2015

Manawanui is our performance group that entertains our students and performs at many venues including the Flava Festival. Read More

Team Building for Year 5-6 with guidance from Polytech Students

Bluestone SchoolSeptember 15, 2015

Bluestone was fortunate to have a wonderful group of enthusiastic Polytech students who took our Year 5-6 students through a number of team building activities. Read More

Briana is a speech winner!

Bluestone SchoolSeptember 7, 2015

Congratulations to Briana on winning the Year 5-6 speech competition at Bluestone School, then going on to win the Lions Speech competition for Year 5-6 children throughout our region. Read More

Kids 4 Kids Performance

Ian PoulterAugust 20, 2015

Bluestone students joined Jackie Clarke to perform a wonderful range of great NZ songs Read More

Maths Week  (10 - 14 August)

Kay HinesAugust 12, 2015

Have you ever thought about how maths is part of everyday life and that there are lots of ways we can practise this important part of our learning? Read More

Artarama 2015

Siobhan WilsherAugust 7, 2015

Each year, schools across the South Canterbury region send their best artworks for public display in a stunning gallery setting. Read More

Room 13 Egg-Sitting Challenge

Kay HinesAugust 4, 2015

Hopefully, the students will get an appreciation of the hard work you do as parents and caregivers. Read More

Flying Eggs – Room 16's Great Egg Drop

Daniel FinlaysonJuly 31, 2015

On Friday the 31st of July Room 16 made eggs fly in THE GREAT EGG DROP! Read More

KIDS 4 KIDS

Jannette AldridgeJuly 21, 2015

The Concert is on August 20th at the Southern Trust Evens Centre, 70 Morgans Road Timaru Read More

Keeping Ourselves Safe

Kay HinesJuly 20, 2015

Keeping Ourselves Safe is a personal safety programme designed to give students the skills to cope in a range of situations. Read More

Bluestone Vaudeville Concert

Alison CoombridgeJune 23, 2015

A team of Year 5 to 8  students have been putting a lot of time and energy into practising their roles for the Vaudeville concert. Read More

2015 at Bluestone School