Victoria Avenue School Athletics Day

This week we headed to Millennium Stadium to participate in our annual athletics day. The weather was cloudy, windy and slightly wet at times but we managed to make it through the day relatively unscathed. Room 19 students competed in 4 main events:

• Long jump
• Ball throw
• 60 metre sprint
• 100 metre sprint

Many of us made it through to one or more of the finals including:

• Holly (long jump)
• Logan (long jump)
• Zach (long jump)
• Katherine (long jump)
• Henry (ball throw, 60 metre sprint, 100 metre sprint)
• Grace (long jump, 60 metre sprint)
• Ava (long jump, 60 metre sprint, 100 metre sprint)
• Sam (ball throw)
• Callum (ball throw, long jump, 60 metre sprint, 100 metre sprint)
• Addy (ball throw, long jump)
• Emison (ball throw, long jump, 60 metre sprint, 100 metre sprint)
• Gracie (long jump, 60 metre sprint, 100 metre sprint)

A BIG congratulations to Emison, who achieved 2nd place for ball throw, 3rd place for long jump and 3rd place for the 60 metre sprint.

Well done to ALL students who participated and tried their best.

The Year 4 classes went to MOTAT this week as part of our inquiry topic: 

Curiosity Can Lead To Innovation. 

We had a look at a variety of inventions and innovations throughout time.

Sammie and Erana chatting on some 'ancient' phones

Rex and Ava trying out an 'old' piece of technology...the typewriter

Emison and Ella using slate like children did at school during at the beginning of the last century

Olivia, Anna and Logan writing with quills

Addy and Grace matching up older and newer items that have been innovated

Gracie got to ring the bell and wear the drivers hat while we were on the tram ride

Room 19 in the old school house

An old favourite...invented in New Zealand!