The Mud Run!!

Well done to the children that participated in the Tough Young Guy and Girl Challenge today.  What a great day it was!

Tough Young Guy and Girl Challenge

Twenty Seven students are off to run in the Tough Young Guy and Girl challenge tomorrow at Ngaruawhia Christian Camp.
They will be travelling by bus at 8.50am and returning by around 1.30pm.
Thank you to all the parent support and of course the students who have been training hard for this event.
I can't wait to put some photos up after tomorrow!!!

Hockey Festival 2016

Hamilton East School Hockey Teams, the Geckos, Kiwis and Tuataras started their Hockey season with a Hockey Festival at Innes Common.

Grading is all done and the Teams are full of energy.
Go HES Hockey!!

Stand tall, Reach high
Tū Tangata, Tū Māia

Visit to Hukanui Marae

If you fast forward through you can see the full HES Kapahaka performance.

Hockey Festival Draw

Hockey Festival Draw

Working together with small balls

Last term once swimming was all finished we moved onto small ball skills.  We had Erin from Project Energise come in and help teach us some skills and a couple of great games.  Here are some photos of Room 8 working with Room 5 to help teach them small ball skills like throwing and catching.

Winter Sports

Winter sports are well underway at Hamilton East School.

We currently have:
Three hockey teams
Three Netball teams
Two basketball teams
A rugby team and
A soccer team.

With so many sports happening around our school please keep an eye on the blog for information or check the appropriate websites for draws etc.  There may also be notices that come home so watch out for these.