During Term 1, Years 5 and 6 participated in a cycle safety programme. Children enjoyed the opportunity to bring their own bikes to school and were taught how to check that their bikes and helmets are safe to use. After this, they enjoyed cycling and playing games...
Year 5 had an exciting day on March 10th. We enjoyed spending time in the college with our visitor who taught us all about the history of chess, the names of each piece and how to play the game. We even had an opportunity to play a few games:
Thank you to all of the wonderful families who came on our outing the the Beach Picnic at Shakespear Park with us in February. All of the children from the whole school had an absolutely wonderful time. Thank you to those parents who helped out on the...
On 26th February, Year 5 and 6 students attended Swim Sports at Northern Arena. Here, they competed in various races. It was fantastic to witness the confidence and competitiveness of the students. Below are a few snaps of the day.
Congratulations to all of our College and Primary Year 5 & 6 competitors who entered our annual Swimming Sports event on Wednesday, February 26th at Northern Arena. Our annual Swimming Sports is a busy and exciting day, and it was very pleasing to see lots of...
Welcome all Parents, Families and Students to the Year 5 2020 Blog. Our class this year is called the Mātātā Class. We have had a wonderful start to the year. The class have settled back into school life incredibly well. This term we welcome Sabine and Jude into the...
100% of Wentworth College domestic Year 13 students gained University Entrance this year, an outstanding achievement. We are very pleased with how well our students performed in their Cambridge papers at the end of last year. 66% of the Year 12 students gained...
Tuatara class have had a busy start to Term 4, starting with assessments in the first few weeks. I am incredibly proud of all of our class members for having positive attitudes towards their assessments and giving it their all. This term we welcome Ann into our...
Congratulations to Wentworth College student, Sophie Ogden, for being selected to represent New Zealand as a member of the International Geography Olympiad team at the 2020 International Geography Olympiad (iGeo) in Istanbul, Turkey next year. Sophie, a Year 12...
On Wednesday and Thursday our Years 7 and 8 students potted up approximately 800 native tree seedlings under the guidance of Gail, the Trees for Survival field officer. They are now housed in the two shadehouses and we will be keeping a close eye on them to ensure...
Wentworth College achieved 3rd place for Spanish in New Zealand in their category (out of 27 schools) and we have now received the certificates. Congratulations to: Jack, for his Gold award for answering 6,414 questions and placing in the top 2% of 150,000 competitors...
Wow, what a fun term we have had in Tuatara class! Below are some photographs of some of the learning that we have been doing: During one of our Data Handling lessons, we had a special visit from some of the year 3 students, who were conducting a survey. Both classes...