Term Three's Underway

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:06:34 +1200

Hi, and welcome to term three 2010 on The Terrace. It has been low key start what with mid winter chilly starts and a couple of rainy days. However, the children are just as enthusiastic as ever and programmes are up and running as are extra curricular activities such as choir, gymnastics and ukulele. The seniors are looking forward to a ski trip in week three. Next week is room two’s time for assembly, so if you are able to, pencil it into your diary.
Photo is of Room 15 Crazy Hair Day to celebrate Matariki, June 14 2010. Gallery

Rays of Sunshine

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:52:39 +1200

It is the depths of winter at Clifton Terrace this week. The shortest day has come and gone and I guess the days are getting longer but that’s not noticeable as yet. So, we have been lucky to have one or two rays of sunshine to buck us up this week. The first one was a nation wide thing that hopefully bucked up all New Zealanders and that was our fabulous All Whites. For those who don’t know or have been visiting Mars lately, our national soccer (football) team made it to the World Cup, and there, against the odds, they did amazingly well in pool play, drawing all their matches. To give a bit of support from us here, on the Terrace, we had an all white day on the Thursday before their last pool match. It certainly helped, as they did not lose, but sadly they did not make it through to the next round. However, they certainly showed many of the traits that we encourage here at CT... giving things a go, perseverance, and teamwork. WELL DONE THE ALL WHITES.
As well as that ray of sunshine, we also had one closer to home. Room three (New Entrants) hosted assembly this week with a display of their pictures of Maui and the Sun. The pictures were absolutely fantastic and the children extremely confident about speaking in front to the older children and our adult visitors. WELL DONE ROOM THREE.
gallery of pictures

Costume making R9 and R10

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:02:30 +1200

Prior to the production, Rooms Nine and Ten were working on an inquiry project to do with costuming. One of the aims was to create a range of costumes to use in the production. Today, at assembly, Room Ten presented their finished results, and very creative, they were too!
Click here for an explanation by Asha and Amelia of their topic.
and here for the photo gallery

Production

Fri, 4 Jun 2010 14:20:46 +1200

This week has been HUGE at CTS. The big days that we have all been working so hard towards finally arrived and it was our time to shine with the school production, ‘A Big Green Adventure’.
The senior children, an army of parent helpers, teachers and, of course, Judy, have been working extremely hard from the middle of Term One on this years production. All this hard work came to fruition on Wednesday with two shows and culminated with a final show on Thursday evening. The show involved solo singing and group singing as well as dialogue. The children, whether they were cast, choir, lighting, props, sound or costuming all rose to the occasion to make all three shows memorable. Congratulations Guys and Gals, you all did a magnificent job and can be very proud of yourselves.
A big thanks to Judy, may you now sleep peacefully!
Visit our picture gallery and a DVD of the full show will be available in the foyer shortly!

Cross Country

Fri, 21 May 2010 08:57:57 +1200

The annual cross country has rolled around already and once again it was an exciting event and an overwhelming success. The whole school take part and the entire event is run inside the school grounds. When you visit our gallery of the event, take time to look at the setting. We are very lucky here at CTS to have one of New Zealand’s prime spots for a school and not only does the view reflect this, but our grounds as well. The day was an ideal day for running with a cloud cover to keep the heat down and firm under foot. The juniors went first (in ages) and then on to the seniors. There were many personal best run, not only among the winners, which reflected our Clifton Terrace ‘can do attitude’, and ‘perseverance’. Congratulations to the winners at all age levels, the other place-getters, all who gave it a go and to our two championship winners, Amelia and Alexander.
Photos
Medal winners