Sri Lankan New Year Celebration
Room 4 were super lucky this week to learn about and celebrate the Sri Lankan New Year with Isuli and her family. They came in and bought...
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- Feb 26
Cyclone Relief Fair Day!
On Friday (24th Feb) we held a fundraiser in the form of a fair day with all proceeds being donated to the Red Cross. Our senior students...
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- Feb 8
Kicking of Whanau Groups for 2023!
This morning we had our first whanau group meetings for 2023. It was awesome to start the morning off with a whole school hui and waiata...
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- Dec 5, 2022
Junior School Train Trip!
On Monday 28th November our junior school headed up to Kingston and took a ride on the Kingston Flyer! It was such an awesome experience...
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- Sep 18, 2022
Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori 2022
We had an awesome week last week celebrating Maori Language Week here at Balfour School. We had daily Whanau groups learning new kupu...
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- Sep 12, 2022
Tongan Language Week Celebration 🇹🇴
Last week we celebrated Tongan Language week here at Balfour School. We are so lucky to have such an amazing Tongan community here at our...
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- Aug 5, 2022
Fair Afternoon!
This afternoon our year 5 & 6 students ran a fair afternoon as a fundraiser for their school camp. They did an amazing job and everyone...
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- Jun 30, 2022
Young Ocean Explorers
Today we were lucky enough to have Riley from Young Ocean Explorers here to talk with us about her job and show us some stuff about our...
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- Jun 17, 2022
Westpac Chopper Appeal Day! 🚁
Today we held a mufti day to raise money for this awesome Charity. As a school we raised $312.00. A huge thank you to our community for...
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- May 13, 2022
Balfour School Golden Time
On Friday afternoons we celebrate the end of the week by having Golden Time. This is to congratulate all those children in our school who...
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- Dec 3, 2021
Gurt & Pops
Today we were visited by Harriet, Poppy and Fern. Harriet is an author and the founder of Gurt & Pops. She has an amazing message to...
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- Nov 26, 2021
Junior Camp - Arrowtown
This week our year 3 and 4’s have been away exploring Arrowtown. They had heaps of fun exploring the town, learning some history,...
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- Nov 11, 2021
Enviro Day
Today (11/11) we had Poppy and Hannah from Thriving Southland come and educate us about catchment groups, pests, river health and much...
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- Nov 7, 2021
Gumboot Friday!
Friday 5th November was Gumboot Friday. We had a great time holding a gumboot throwing competition!
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- Nov 1, 2021
Tour of Southland
Today we went and cheered on the Tour of Southland riders as they came right past the school! Very cool!
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- Aug 13, 2021
Kapa Haka!
This year we have been working hard on our Kapa Haka with the goal of performing at the Murihiku Polyfest in Invercargill. We are now 13...
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- Apr 5, 2021
Meet the Teacher Night
On the 25th of February we had our Meet the Teacher night. It was great to see all the children enjoy the waterslide and BBQ put on by...
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