Outreach Manawatū Students Shine in 2024
Edwin is in Year 8 and attends St Peter's College in Palmerston North. Edwin wrote an informative report on endangered animals and enjoys using Canva on his laptop to create visual reports. Edwin's writing also recently progressed to the final stage of the ‘Writer's Ribbon’ competition at school, where he used great language features, vocabulary, and sentence structure in his writing. He enjoys running and plays Futsal at school.
Te Peehi goes to Taihape Area School and is in Year 2. Te Peehi received a certificate at a recent assembly for excellent writing on Matariki. Ka pai!
John goes to Mangatainoka School and is in Year 3. John is developing his literacy skills through the Fingerspell Our Way To Reading program and is making fantastic progress. He enjoys writing down the words he has learned by looking at the picture, the sign, and then the fingerspelling.
Jeron goes to Cornerstone Christian School and is in Year 7. Jeron did a report writing about the effects of the ozone layer on our planet. While doing this, he learned new concepts and vocabulary that he now uses in his other writing projects.