What a special week last week was for Gleniti School.

On Friday our two Kapa Haka teams competed in the Flava Festival at the Theatre Royal for the first time. This event has been going for a few years now and so it was great that we could be a part of it all. I’d like to thank everyone who supported our teams. There was quite an army of supporters in the back ground organising and making uniforms and in particular I’d like to thank Suzanne Robinson and Trish Watton for all their time and efforts. A huge thank you also to Matua John, Whaea Margaret and Kylie Latu for all the work that they did in getting our teams stage ready.

Our teams all looked so great on stage! Well done everyone.

On Friday night our Gleniti A Hockey team played Bluestone in their final. The rain might have put a dampener on the match, but you couldn’t tell as our team won 5-1. As a result we won two trophies, one for being on top of their pool during the round robin and one for being the winners of Division 2. For the record the team went through the season undefeated, winning all but one of their games, which was a draw.

Thank you to those parents and children who came and marched alongside our teachers during the Strike Rally last Wednesday. Your support was wonderful and we all appreciated it greatly.

On Monday we counted up all the cans that had been collected as part of the Salvation Army Cans for Good Project. Wow! What an amazing response from our school. We counted over 240 cans of food. Thank you everyone, what a great effort.

This coming Friday we have a special guest joining us on Footpath Frenzy. Timaru Mayor Damon Odey will be joining us as we walk to school from the corner of Pages Road and Hunter Hills (8:30am start). Mayor Odey is infamous for his colourful shoes, and so we’re inviting children to fancy up their shoes to mark the occasion!

Congratulations to those who received Principal Awards at the assembly last week.

Steve Zonnevylle

Principal

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