Photo Gallery

Cross Country at Lysnar Reserve (167 photos)

Another fabulous day! Our whole school walked to the Lysnar Reserve and ran the challenging cross country course. It was a great effort by all pupils who persisted and completed their particular run, encouraged by their school mates and a large group of parents. It was great to see the whole hearted support for all runners no matter where they...
Science Fair Projects 2010 (19 photos)

Tom made a rocket for his science fair project. Sam helps Tom with the initial take-off. Tom's project has created a lot of interest throughout the school!
Student-Led Conferences (19 photos)

At Wainui Beach we have 100% of our parents attend their child's student-led conference. At the conference the children celebrate their learning with their parents and families. They use their books to show the progress they have made. We use goal guidelines and benchmark sheets to report progress in relation to the National Standards. Our students share their goals with...
Students Learning (14 photos)

In Term 3 we are focussing on Science. Classes are really enjoying learning through doing science experiments.
inter School Sports (47 photos)

During Term 3 we are having weekly Rugby and Netball games with other local schools.
Wacky Hair Day to support Autism (22 photos)

Our end of Term fun day for Term 2 was Wacky Hair and Wheels day. We brought a coin to raise money for Autism and had a parade to check out all the wonderful hairdos.
New Library (18 photos)

We have built a fabulous new library, designed by Chris Shaw - Pacific Modern Architecture. Recently Chris won two architecture awards for the library. A big thanks to all the tradesmen from D. Stevens Ltd who worked so well with us. It is very well utilised by the students and teachers.
Dress Up Day Celebration (12 photos)

Once a term we are going to have a celebration of some sort. In Term 1 the students (and teachers) could dress up. The whole school went to the beach where they had a treasure hunt in pairs with their buddies. It was a beautiful day and a fun time for everyone.
Camp Kaitawa (28 photos)

In February all our Year 6 pupils went to Camp Kaitawa at Lake Waikaremoana for 5 days. They had a great group of teachers and parents go with them. The weather was fine and they had a wonderful time.
Sharing our learning (4 photos)

Within the school we pair up a younger child with an older child as 'buddies.' We find this works really well for us as there are lots of opportunities for this pair to work and play together. It encourages older children to take responsibility for a younger child and the little children have an older one who 'belongs' to them....
Athletics Day (20 photos)

We had a fabulous day for our athletic sports on 3 November. Everyone participated and did their best. We had lots of parents supporting us.
Water & Wheels Activity Wai Syndicate (5 photos)

During the last week of Term 4 2009, our youngest students had a wonderful time with water, bubbles and bringing their skateboards and scooters to school.