Fundraising Fun!

The seniors are fundraising to get funds for sports activities that are available at Victory Primary.



We get to choose from...

MUFTI - you get to wear your own choice of clothes instead of uniform.

SAUSAGE SIZZLE - you get a tasty sausage wrapped in bread and covered in tomato sauce.

FACE PAINTING - you get to choose from fearsome tigers to beautiful butterflies.

WHEELS - dare devils get to race at high speeds across jumps.

JUICY/ICE BLOCKS - you get an ice cold treat to tingle your taste buds.

The students think this day is ka pai!

By Renata and Sian Pi

A Word from the Principal

Mrs Taylor is the acting principal until we get a new principal. "The year has started positively with lots of energy and excitement from the teachers and children." said Mrs Taylor. She enjoys that everyday there are different things happening - for example interviewing leaders and finding out about their good ideas.



"I really enjoy being the principal. It makes me happy to see children grow and become more confident," she said. "I think it will be an exciting positive year." Mrs Taylor loves being the principal because she gets to make decisions everyday to help children learn and be independent and make good choices.

Riverside Swimming for Seniors

This year (2014) all of the Victory Primary School students went to the school swimming pool for lessons. The students enjoyed swimming although when it got to the seniors turn it was a little chilly sometimes.



The seniors also went to Riverside Pool. At Riverside pool the students got to learn survival skills using life lifejackets. The students enjoyed putting their skills into practice in deep water.

By Tha Mi, Room 11

Visitor From Overseas

Olive has come to our school from England. She is staying for two weeks. The thing she finds different is the accent. She finds it very hard to understand the "E" in words like ten.



Olive has enjoyed swimming because they do not do it very much in England as it is very, very cold.

By Olive and Sarita

Whaea Cindy (Room 12)

Whaea Cindy and her husband have travelled a lot and they host international students in they're home.

Whaea Cindy enjoys learning about other cultures so Victory School allows her to learn even more about other cultures.

 Whaea Cindy has worked in eight different Primary Schools in New Zealand and around the world. In her spare time she likes exploring the outdoors. She has two pets at home - they are dogs. In her class she has five fish. Last Year she lived on the Kapiti Coast.

Humans vs Wasps

On the 28th of February the middle syndicate went to the beach for a treasure hunt with 12 senior students to help. Everything was going great until someone stepped on a wasp nest, then everyone had to run for safety.



Twenty children got stung by wasps and some were sent to the hospital along with one adult who had a really bad allergic reaction.

Victory students and staff hope that all involved are now well and have recovered from their unexpected adventure!

Swimming at Riverside

Room 11 has been swimming at Riverside Pool.



Some children were diving into the deep end. They had life jackets on. Ms Duncan was teaching the other children to swim.

"It was really, really warm," said Hannah. "I liked diving down to the bottom of the pool and getting things from the bottom."

Mrs Kerry - Room 5

Mrs Kerry loves how everyone at Victory School is so friendly. Her class is terrific so it is fantastic teaching them.



Before Victory School Mrs Kerry taught at Tahunanui School. She loves helping her daughter and looking after her house. She is trying to be better at riding her bike.

Mrs Newlands - Room 17

Mrs Newlands loves how friendly the staff, children and parents are. She said everyone is so supportive. Mrs Newland's class are amazing. She enjoys their beautiful smiles and how happy they are.



Mrs Newlands worked in Brockville School in Dunedin. Mrs Newlands thinks the most interesting thing about Victory Primary School is the culture and diversity. In her spare time she likes to run, take her dog (Lizzy) to the beach and relax. Her favourite things to teach are maths and science.

New Teachers at Victory: Matua Dylan

Matua Dylan is enjoying Victory Primary School. He enjoys how everyone is so happy, helpful and RESPECTFUL. He is really enjoying Room 13.



Before he studied to be a teacher, he was a pupil at Victory School. He enjoys the culture and diversity at Victory Primary School. In his spare time he plays guitar and likes to paint. His favourite thing to teach is Music and P.E. He has one dog named Graci and a cat named Graham. He is from Nelson.

The awesome leadership groups

This term the Year 5 & 6 are taking part in leadership development in groups. The leadership groups are: Sports Leaders, Fundraisers, Journalists, Peer mediators, Librarians and Environmentalists.



In these groups they are starting to learn independence, responsibility and commitment.

Exihibition at the Refinery

Phoenix, Blade, Oliver, Dan, Kelly and Tia walked to the Refinery Artspace by ANZAC Park to see Ben Jackson's solo exhibition.



They looked at lots of pictures with hearts, and pictures of his family members. Phoenix, Blade and Oliver also got to see the blankets, mat and balls that were made out of computer wires.

Phoenix said her favourite thing was Tim's Grandma's tea set.

After they looked at the objects they had to go back to school. On their way they played on the Victory Square playground.