Some great graduation photos

Some more photos

Karate

Tatsuya and Ryuichiro demonstrated a "kata" -predetermined moves. They looked awesome and impressed everyone with their powerful moves and shouts.

Graduation Photos

It was a great graduation. These are some photos from the homestay graduation on Wednesday the 10th of March, 2010. Everybody had a good time and the students presented their experiences really well. There were quite a few laughs with some of the photos, which also helped the students relax a bit and enjoy their graduation even more. A big "Thank you" to all who helped make the evening a wonderful occasion!!

Cadbury World

Today, the students enjoyed a tour around the Cadbury Chocolate Factory. They received lots of chocolates, but I don't think that they liked the liquid chocolate. I think that they thought it was too sweet!!

St Clair Beach

What a great way to spend a hot day!!

Organ Pipes

It was a lovely day to go to the organ pipes on Mt. Cargill today. For those who don't know, the organ pipes are long cylindrical looking pillars of rock that have the appearance of organ pipes. We drove to the quarry, where the carpark was and walked for about 15 minutes up hill to get to them. Since we had some time we then walked up to the transmitter station on the very top of Mt. Cargill. All of the students did the walk very well, but I think that they were all relieved to get back to the car and rest. Another great experience that the students will remember, I'm sure!

Cricket

The students had a really great time playing cricket today at Logan Park. We used a couple of practise cricket balls (not too hard) and played on the artificial turf. The students all said that they enjoyed the experience and some of them are practising outside the classroom as I'm writing this, now. They have to straighten their arms when they bowl - a lot of the students are bending and then throwing the ball - just like baseball I suppose (ha ha).

We're also getting ready for graduation on the 10th and 12th of March. The students are preparing their presentations and also writing about their NZ experiences for the graduation book. Here's a photo that I'm thinking of putting in the book.

Photos from the Photo Competition

Okay, I decided to put all of the photos up onto the blog, so that you can judge if you want to. The only thing is, is that you will have to explain the photos to me. You can choose only two photos - one from the "People" category, and one from the "Nature" category. I think that you can see which category is which. Remember that the competition ends tomorrow at 5pm. I have also decided to have the prizegiving at the student's end of year party in Great Taste on Wednesday, so I can announce the winners later that afternoon.