Itsss SPIRIT WEEK ! :) wooohoooo !! Spirit week here at Branksome is equivalent to Athletics Day at Tamaki EXCEPT it lasts longer and they have tons more spirit then we do . No offense , Love you all :( Okay , so here is how it goes. For four days they have different ways of dressing up in your house colours . Each grade comes up with a theme that matches their grade colour. Our grade colour is Orange and our theme is Welcome to the Jungle ! Classic dont you think ? Every lunch time there are Grade activities which people participate in order to get points. Its an all out battle on who will win ! So much competition in the air :) Speaking of Spirit , I am fully overwhelmed about how much effort Branksome has put into relief for Haiti . There are boxes filled with used shoes for Haiti and they also have a donations box outside of their office for any donations. They have been having cookie decoration sales and lollie kebabs . It's AWESOMMEEEE ! So far they have already raised over a grand ! and with the pennies for peace that they contributed as well , and wait for it - They raised nearly $9,000! Impressive much ? :) I am such a mellow hearted person (cough) so I love this kind of thing. 20 points for Branksome ! Love it . Oh .. BIG NEWS ! I went to the CN Tower today ! and the Sky Tower is not as awesome as the CN TOWER is ! We went straight after school with some of the exchange students from Australia and it was amazing ! It was getting kind of dark , and when you look out it is like just a beautiful wave of lights. Auckland beat that ? Lol . Its amazing . Lovinggg it . :) Shall post photos up soon. Anyway , there is one teacher that I really must talk about and hope to steal and bring back home. Mr Mcvay is our history teacher and I have no idea what it is but he has an awesome teaching method . He talks , has disscusions, and he really gets his class thinking ! He will have people fully justify the reasoning for their answers and there will just be full on discussions. At the end of the day you have used all your brain cells and you start questioning everything and thinking about everything. Its a huge help with all other classes . :) I love it .. Oh & while I am on the subject of amazing teachers ? I would like to say Welcome to my new History teacher Mr Dale ? WELCOME SIR ! :)
Will keep everyone posted on the happenings of spirit week .
Love from
Christine Savele
Headgirl 2010
Really enjoying your posts and reflections and amazed by how many people are reading this!!! Keep em coming. Mrs Burt
ReplyDeleteWow Christina! What an awesome time you are having. Don't forget about us down here, just starting school - so, so hot here. Keep up the good work. Marie Norton
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