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Monday, March 11, 2013

Warrington Wawa Way


The annual WaWa beach triathlon was a success with perfect conditions - calm sea, low cloud and plenty of support. The individual champion event was won this year by Waitati student Lucan with a strong challenge coming from Purakanui. It was great seeing some younger Warrington students participating in the team event, then re-entering the individual challenge. We have some strong candidates for the next few years.

2 more weeks of swimming before we turn the heat pump off the pool for the season, a group of students will be representing Warrington at the East Otago swimming competition this week.

The after school surf group has been making the most of the wonderful summer with over a quarter of the school involved. Last week the group were entertained with a fishing kayaker being chased out of the water by an inquisitive sea lion who then turned its attention to the large group of Kings High School students also making a hasty retreat from the water.

Room 1 students have begun working on their archaeological test sites in the paddock. Many of the students have been surprised by the hard ground and rigorous scientific process that is required. So far we have found traces of a brick like substance and plastic. There has been some thoughtful discussions about uncovering moa or human remains – you will probably hear about it if we do! We are still on the hunt for small pointing trowels or cake slices.

The year 7/8s are on the bi-annual pilgrimage to Sutton camp this week, they will be hiking the local area and exploring the historic features.

No surf group this week - the next one will be on Monday 11th March then back to Wednesday the following week.

Working bee reminder: Saturday 16th March 9am-1pm. Many hands make light work...

Parent teacher interviews are on 18th and 19th of March. Don't forget to book your appointment!