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Inter-school Cross Country

I was proud to be part of a very successful morning with many of our Renwick students finishing in the top 10 of the inter-school cross country event.I would like to pass on a big congratulations to all the runners who represented Renwick School as it is a true acknowledgment to be selected to represent the school at this level.Here are the results of those who finished in the top 10 of their year group:Year 5 girls: Poppy S 1st place, Leonie Y 3rd placeYear 6 boys: Iggy O 4th placeYear 6 girls:...

Science, Technology, Electronic and Math (STEM) Friday Club

STEM is another Friday club option we offer to our tamariki.  Last week the group were learning coding which sits within STEM area.  For many of us, this is new learning but for our students, this will make up a lot of their learning and career pathways....

Maia whanau visits Falcon Trust

Last week Māia Whānau went to visit the Marlborough Falcon Conservation Trust inBrancott Road. This is a volunteer-run charitable trust which is focused on the conservationof the New Zealand falcon, known as the Kārearea, which is listed as “At Risk”. Lizzie talked to the students firstly about how they rescue hurt birds and help rehabilitate them before releasing them locally. She told the group how they also breed the falcon as there are only between 5,000 – 8,000 left in New Zea...

Ski day for Renwick students

What a great feeling it was to farewell 100 students off at 7.30am for a day's skiing.  It seems such a long time ago that we have been able to do this.The day was extremely successful with many highlights.  These events allow many of our students opportunities that are not always available to them and for others another day in an environment they enjoy.A huge thank you to Caroline, Nick, Tore, Toni and Ainsley, staff team, for their support and organisation.  Thanks also to the m...

Lego Club at Renwick School

We run Lego Club at Renwick School  to strengthen and develop social and communication skills through working collaboratively to create Lego pieces.  Each student has a role in the group which they are responsible for,Builder (who builds the Lego),  Supplier (who gives the correct Lego piece to the  builder)  and Engineer ( who reads the instructions and asks the Supplier to give the correct piece to the builder), each child gets the chance ...

Friday Clubs, Term 3, 2022

Our clubs afternoon started very well with the sun shining and students very excited to be learning with other students from Y3-8 and new teachers.   Our teachers came together and created the following clubs and the students were able to choose which one they wanted to be involved with for the first 5 weeks of Term 3.  Clubs are: Art, Crafts Pacifica, Kapa Haka, STEM (Science & technology), Knitting & Crotchet, Enviro, German and Mountain Biking.   The quote of the afternoon came...