Year 1-4 Production: The Button Box!

On Monday the 1st of September, and Tuesday the 2nd of September, the Year 1-4 students performed a play called ‘The Button Box!’ The Button Box tells the story of how, when Grandma and Grandpa’s two grandchildren, Alice and Jack, are visiting, they have an argument, and they knock over grandma’s button box. They then beg Grandma and Grandpa to tell them the story of each button, and each story is told through song and dance. Mrs Bierwith, our performing arts teacher, wrote the script and choreographed,  Ms Harwood-Matthews, our music teacher, did all the music and she did the choreography too. Mrs O’Meara, 7OM’s classroom teacher, also helped out with the choreography, and many mums were there to help with make up and costumes.

Grandma was played by Sophie Hodgson, Ella H’s little sister, and she did an incredibly good job. Grandpa was played by Paris Hague, and she was brilliant as well. Alice was played by Sophie Thomas, and Jack by Emma Gabriel, and they both were fantastic too!

Then there were many dancers, including: the island dancers, the irish dancers/leprechauns, the Bombay dancers, breakdancers, the crows, and the frog king dance. One of the crows was played by Sarah Cox, Ella C’s sister, and two of the irish dancers/leprechauns were Kathleen’s twin sisters, Sylvie and Evelyn King.

Well done to all the Year 1-4’s, you put on a spectacular performance, and a big thank you to all the parents who helped out, and to Mrs Bierwirth, Mrs O’Meara, and Ms Harwood-Matthews, as well as the Year 1-4 teachers for making the play possible, and we are sure everyone enjoyed it.

Here are some photos of The Button Box:

Selwyn House School Students Are Famous!!

At 4:30 on Tuesday Selwyn House School had video about the school that was the CTV channel. This video starred some of your amazing teachers and parents at Selwyn House School. This video also starred some of the most important people of the school us!

This video was to promote the school so that people can see what they are missing out on if they don’t come to Selwyn House school. This video is great because it shows or PYP program and shows what subjects we do here.This video was a brilliant idea to help promote the school because lots of people watch CTV and it is also now on Youtube! Also this video shows the opportunities available at Selwyn House School so everyone can see what we do here. Here is the video about Selwyn House School.

On the 27th of May Eliza, Aria, Chloe, Amelia H and Isabel went to Hagley Park to represent the year seven girls in the Independent Zone Cross Country. It was a windy day but that didn't stop us. The year six's went first and then it was the year seven's. We started warming up and were going for jogs up and down the field. They finally called the year seven girls up and our faces were full of determination. The hooter was going to go off in 3-2-1... GO!!! We were off. We ran 3km and we were all happy to have all finished. It was a great day with Paris Carroll coming in second for the year five girls, Eliza Meekings coming in first for the year seven girls and Aria Carroll coming in fifth for the year seven girls also. Selwyn House is very proud of these girls because they are going to represent Selwyn House in the Canterburys. All the girls that represented us at the zones did a really good job and they should be proud of themselves. Thanks to Mrs Taylor for cheering for us on the sidelines and all the parents that helped with transport on the day, we are incredibly grateful.        

By Amelia H.

Mrs Lapthorn's Farewell

Mrs Lapthorn, our Principal has been the school’s principal for 23 years, and now she has decided to move on from Selwyn House. The Choir had been preparing a special surprise for her at her party on Friday night- the Choir had gotten past members of the Choir to join them to celebrate Mrs Lapthorn’s farewell by singing We are the Future!

On Thursday, we had a farewell assembly for the whole school. The Choir sang again, and so did the year ones, twos, threes and fours. The year ones and twos sang Forever Friends which was so cute! The year threes and fours got dressed up in retro white suits with cuffs and sang “Mamma Mia!”, but we can all agree the teachers were the best!

The teachers got dressed up in patchwork dresses and overalls. Can you guess what they were dressed up as? They were dressed up as orphans from Annie and sang “Hard Knock Life”! To make the whole assembly even funnier, an old teacher, Mr Mutch, came dressed up as Darth Vader!

Mrs Lapthorn spoke, and at the end, the year eights rolled out the red carpet for Mrs Lapthorn to walk down. To top it all off, we all got sweet cupcakes at the end! :)

By Hattie, Ella H,Evie, Ella C, Caroline and Izzy!

The Itinerant Concert

On Tuesday night, we had an Itinerant Concert. Most terms we have an Itinerant Concert to show how far we’ve come in our music lessons at school. We all love Itinerant Concerts because we get to play in front of our friends and parents.

We had cellists, violinists, guitar players and a flutist. There were a range of pieces from Boiled and Roasted to Love, Love, Love. Lots of parents came to watch, and the boarders came too!

Three of the boarders played in the concert, there was Seoyoung (Year 7), Aria (Year 7) and Paris (Arias sister, Year 5). They played either Guitar, Cello, Flute, Piano or Violin. It was an amazing concert and all the boarders loved it. Everyone played really well. The concert was full of fun and music. The boarders all mentioned that they loved it. Everyone is looking forward the next one in Term 3!

By Hattie and Joanna

On the 4th April Selwyn House School had an annual opening day! This was an exciting experience for all especially the parents and kids who were coming around to see our school.

We were excited to see all the visitors looking at our and all the girls were nice and welcoming to our visitors.

The year eights did a great job showing the visitors around the school and introducing them to teachers and staff.

By Caroline and Amelia

Netball Trials

Swimming Sports

On Saturday 15th Selwyn House School hosted their annual School Fair! There was great excitement from students, parents and the public.

It was an exciting day from food and drinks to a pamper room or massage. There was also lots of games/rides including lots of bouncy castles, live entertainment, a white elephant and even a Devonshire Tea.

The crowd was buzzing with excitement as soon as they walked into the gates. The day was a tremendous effort from everyone and all the girls brought their manners with them.

Of course, none of this wouldn’t be possible without all the effort that the parents and the teachers put in. Each year group made a different type of food or treat and ran their own stall with help from all the parents and teachers.

We know that most of the people reading this didn’t go to the fair, but don’t worry because we have attached a video so that you can still experience of being at the fair. Enjoy!

Overall, the fair was a terrific experience for all, and I know that we all enjoyed ourselves.

Harvest Festival

Harvest Festival

 On Friday it was Harvest Festival. This is an annual tradition at Selwyn House- every year we bring some packaged food in to donate to the City Mission. We have a prayer by some of the students (one of them said “Thank you for all of the chocolate in the world!”) and a prayer from Reverend John.

 This year we donated heaps of food and the representative from the city mission said how grateful he was that we brought so much for. We also had a song called All Good Gifts which was sung by the Senior Chamber Choir. The Senior Chamber worked really hard on preparing the song and were really excited to perform it.

 By Enya and Hattie

Father Daughter Breakfast

On Wednesday, we had the Father-Daughter Breakfast. The Father-Daughter breakfast is an annual event where we get to take our dads along to school for breakfast. The Boarders bring along a teacher or caregiver. We all wrote thank-you notes to our dads for coming. Father-Daughter breakfast is a fun time for the dads to talk to other dads and have a great time.

Unfortunately, as everyone was getting their breakfast, the fire alarms went off (Luckily there wasn’t an actual fire, but it was still annoying...) We all had to evacuate, but they brought the food outside, so we could still have our breakfast. Everyone loved it! Here is an Animoto showing the photos and videos we took.

 Does your school have an annual tradition like this? Tell us in the comments below! By Hattie