Well what an eventful time it has been. There is so much going on for our students, both in school and at various activities outside of school. Our students are very fortunate with the variety of opportunities they have to represent Breens in the wider community. I know that Brian has already highlighted a few of these but below are some updates on some other learning activities our brilliant Breens students have been involved in. BP Challenge Our student Problem Solving team are competing as I type this at the BP challenge at Villa Maria College. We look forward to reporting to you in the next newsletter about how they got on in the competition. Press Social Science Competition Our Social Science team will be travelling to the Town Hall on Thursday to compete in the Press Social Sciences Quiz. Next week, Breens will host the Otago Daily Times Social Sciences Quiz in our hall on Tuesday 26th October from 4-6pm for Year 5 & 6 and from 6.30-8pm for Year 7 & 8s. Best of luck to all those involved. Model United Nations Next Thursday (28th October) a group of delegates from Breens will represent our school at the Model United Nations General Assembly. We wish them the best of luck in their venture. Speech competition Last Friday, the finals of our Breens speech competition was held. It was a fantastic and entertaining afternoon with an impressive variety of speech topics and styles. Well done to all involved. Well done and good luck to our winners: Calvin Kruger, Caitlin Wright, Rebecca Hunter and Ashy Batchelor (all Year 7), Sam McMillan, Emily Fraser, Dainya Stevens and Laura McKeown (all Year 8) who will now go on to represent Breens at the inter-schools competition at Kendal.. Entrance testing At the moment, we are holding entrance tests for Year 6 students who will be coming to Breens next year. I am really enjoying meeting our new students and we will be sorting out classes for next year very soon. If you have a child in Year 6 who is planning to come to Breens next year but has yet to drop in enrolment forms, please contact the office and we will be happy to help you out with that.
Just a note to say that after typing this update, we had a wee shake up this morning. I can happily report that our students remained calm and sensible through this morning’s (long) aftershock. They knew exactly what to do and took all necessary safety precautions. Many thanks to our staff who managed the situation very well and it’s lovely to note the caring atmosphere around the school as everyone made sure everyone else was ok.