The Year 1 and 2 classes visited Halswell Quarry to enjoy the 'Junior Park Explorers' programme. Celia and Tracey from the Christchurch City Council discussed native birds, seed dispersal, pollination and decomposition. The children especially enjoyed hunting for insects amongst the rotting logs. Fabulous parent help thank you.

My office view has certainly improved! ⛷🎿🏂🛷

Hinoki delighted in being a tuatara for our dress-up day for Book Week. It was great to see so many children going to the effort to be a real book character, and also donate books. During the event, children were able to visit the Scholastic Book Fair and purchase books and stationery items. There was an opportunity for the teachers to swap classes and read the story from which their character had come from. Due to the weather, the parade had to be adapted to a moment of glory on stage in the hall. Thank you to all the tuakanas who helped our year group manage this.

We are really enjoying learning about what it takes to care for our environment.

Thank you Mitre 10 for our amazing wheelbarrow and $25.00 voucher.

By Krishanu in Room 5

"Our Maths Ako plans include lots of choice, lots of fun and lots of problem solving!"

We had so many photos to share we thought we'd write another article. Thank you again for all of the support we received so our tamariki could enjoy such a fun filled, educational week! It has set our Kaitiakitanga ako plans off to a roaring start!

Here you see Chris and Savannah doing the final steps of their science based ako plan. They literally forced chemicals to react. Read below for more info.

Merrin is performing on Thursday Nov 7th 2019. Parents are advised to purchase tickets asap as mentioned below.

The four teams that entered into the tournament were the Year 3/4 Merrin Magicians, Year 4 Merrin Magic, Year 5 Merrin Muppets and the Year 6 Colourful Merrin. Each team played 6 games during the day with everyone’s skills improving throughout the day. There were also lots of smiles! The tournament was all about how many goals you could get. Each team got a different coloured wristband depending on how many goals they managed to get. At the end of the day, there was a best-dressed award for each grade. The Merrin Magicians and Colourful Merrin team were awarded first place in their grades! They both won flip out vouchers for their whole team, guess their team break up is sorted! The teams were coached by four Year eight students and four past Merrin Students. It is so fantastic to see them giving back to the Merrin club and giving up their time to pass on their netball skills. Thank you to all the managers and helpers for making the day happen. Also, thank you to our awesome sideline supporters!

After Mother Nature put a stop to the tournament last Wednesday, she rewarded us with the perfect day for winter sport on Monday.

French knitting - Learning a new skill.

This week, 30 children from Years 5-8 went to listen to some of New Zealand's famous authors and got a taste of some awesome new books!

Myah and Maddie from room 5 interviewed Ms Dillion-Roberts to find out about what she does.

Thank you for your support on Monday for our SPCA Cupcake day.

Get your dancing shoes out because this week we have our Annual School Disco....

Have you thought about joining the PTA?

Term 3 has been off to a great start and we are super excited to have new people come and join us here at Kelly Club!

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Dear Merrin School Community, My name is Jasmine (Jaz) Rohland and I am the newest addition to the Merrin School Board of Trustees. I’m the mum of two of our Merrin Whetū Kohara.

The Merrin School Worm Farmers have more of their worm juice to sell - its a great fertiliser for your garden.

Here are some of the books donated as part of Book Week.

The Hell Pizza Reading Challenge is on again, read books and get free pizza!