It's not all work and no play at Chilton. Opportunities to extend experiences beyond the classroom are everywhere.
Year 1 have been watching monarch caterpillars turn into butterflies with interest. Thank you to Pippa’s mum for supplying us with some swan plants and monarch caterpillars.
We have been keeping our eyes on butterflies coming out of chrysalises. Grace
We have been making butterflies. We made pretty patterns on black paper. Sienna
We have been looking after the caterpillars. Susan
The stripes on the caterpillars were green, white and black. Hannah
If there are dots on the wings that means it is a boy. Gracie
It was fun on the iPad. We liked the letter apps for practising our spelling. We made music on GarageBand and it sounded cool. We played on the piano and we made a beat on the drums. Neve and Alana
Rachel and Stella lay down a beat track on GarageBand.
On Wednesday we had the iPads in Year 2. We used the spelling apps and we looked at all the letters and we had to make them into words really quickly! It was fun. Meredith and Tiffany
Meredith and Alexis practice spelling on an iPad.
A new Junior School House Board has been blessed by the Rev Jean Malcolm at the Junior School Chaplain's Assembly. Gone are the cardboard logos of each House and instead we have a magnificent wooden board that the girls in the Junior School will be able to see where their hard earned points go each week.
The House Board was the project of the 2010 School Council and serves to illustrate the close links betwen the Chilton Secondary and Junior Schools. The house tradition is strong at Chilton with fierce but friendly rivalry at its peak during key house events organised throughout the year including Swimming Sports, Athletics Sports and House Music. The four houses: Benbow, Hansell, Lewis and Stowe are named after people who worked hard to establish the School . Read on if you would like to find out more about the history of Chilton's House system.
Pictured below are seven of our eight 2012 House and Deputy House Captains with the new Junior School House Board. Year 6 girls are elected to these roles as part of our Junior School leadership programme.
Week 4 was all go with the Junior School from Preschool to Year 6 all taking part in Education Outside the Classroom (EOTC) for the week.
Despite variable weather most activities went ahead according to schedule and there are many tired but happy girls heading home at the end of the week.
Raft construction and racing brought out the girls' competitive spirit on Monday while the younger girls enjoyed setting up tents on big field.
Our Years 4-6 risk-takers enjoyed everything on offer on Tatum Park from rafting at Captivate Adventures and experiencing the '3rd level' on the flying fox to orienteering and the high-flying kiwi flyer. While not much sleep was had the first night it was a much quieter night on the second evening. We are very proud of all the girls for taking on new challenges with such enthusiasm.
Years 1-6 spent Friday at Wainuiomata Pool enjoying the ever-popular slide and a sausage sizzle. The Princess and Pirate themed day for Preschool also proved very popular. A great end to a fabulous week.
See a selection of photos from the week below.
