Fireman Trev gives Year 8's one last ride! By Miss O'B

Fireman Trev visits the leaving Year 8's of 2015 by Miss O'B

Fireman Trev travelled to Toko School to have his annual trip on Monday 14th December to farewell our very special Year 8 group. Each student got a chance to have the traditional ride in 'flick' the fire engine around the Toko School field and where given some very special words of advice for the future from Fireman Trev. Thank you for the visit Trev we really appreciate it from the Year 8 group 2015.

Room 5 Camp 2015!

Room 5 Camp 2015! By Miss O'B

Room 5 headed off to camp on Monday 23rd November till Friday 27th November 2015. We headed over to Turangi for camp! We rock climbed, we ccompleted the Tongariro Crossing and some even climbed to the top of Ngauruhoe! We made rations at the Waiouru Army Museum, we played mini putt, we cruised the Huka Falls! We had a go at action Taupo and we swam and hyderslided!

We had so much fun! We just had a ball! Here are some photos of the action on camp! Enjoy! :)

 

                              

                                       

Rowan wins Alf Bayly Award

Rowan wins Alf Bayly Rugby Award By Miss O'B

Rowan Slater - 2015 Alf Bayly Award Recipient

Congratulations to Rowan Slater of Toko School who is the 2015 recipent of the Alf Bayly Trophy.

Rowan was vice captain of the Stratford Under 13 team and captained Toko School to their 5th consecutive McLeod Shield title.

On top of this Rowan captained the Central Ross Brown team and was selected in the tournament team at the Roller Mills Northern Regions Tournament where he was representing the TCRT Taranaki Under 13 team.

The Alf Bayly Trophy which was first presented in 1909, has been won by players including former All Blacks captain Graham Mourie, former All Blacks utitily back Neil Wolfe. Bayly played first-class rugby at just 16 and went on to represent New Zealand between 1893 and 1897.

Congratulations Rowan we are so proud of you!

Lions Speeches 2015

Peyton wins Lions Speech 2015 By Miss O'B

 The Lions Senior Speech Competition was held on Tuesday 20th October at the Toko Hall. Toko School did extremely well with Peyton W getting 1st place on his speech about domestic violence and Rowan S got 2nd place with his speech on pranking. Charlie W also took part in the competition with a speech on how to keep his mum happy.
 The school would like to congratulate both Peyton and Rowan S on their achievements and wish them well for the Regional Competition in Hawera.

Black Sticks Come to Toko School

Black Sticks Women Hockey Players come to Toko School By Miss O'B

 On Monday 19th October two black sticks hockey players Petrea Webster (119 caps for the Black Sticks) and Olivia Marry (100 caps for the Black Sticks) came out to visit Toko School as part of the Oceania International Hockey Tournament being held in Stratford.
 The girls both play striker and shared their wisdom about the game and their experiences with children in a question and answer session and then followed this with a skills session with some of our keen hockey players. A great time was had by all. Here are some of our action photos :)

Central Ross Brown Team

Central Ross Brown Team By Miss O'B

 Here are some of our boys representing Central Rugby in the Ross Brown Team 2015. Rowan S, Rowan C, Brittan O and Josh H all made the team and played in an exciting tournament.
 Rowan S captained the team. Way to go boys!

Calf and Lamb Day 2015

Floral Arrangements 2015 By Miss O'B

On Friday 16th October we got busy creating our floral arrangements for Calf and Lamb Day in our new classroom! Checkout some of our creations!

New Deck

Room 5's New Deck! By Miss O'B

Here are Room 5 on the first day of their new classroom enjoying the new deck and having their morning tea. Thank you to all that where involved in the stages of the build, planning and completion. We really love it!

Here we are supporting Fonterra in the milk drive! Moo!!!!!!

Room 5's New Classroom

Room 5 gets new classroom! By Miss O'B

 On Monday 12th October we finally were able to get the new keys to our very special classroom!
We love the shape, space and bright colours within it!
 Please come and take a look! We feel very lucky to have it!

McLeod Shield 2015

McLeod Shield Victory in 2015 By Miss O'B

 Toko School continued it's 5 year unbeaten rein with the McLeod Shield in 2015. We played on Thursday 24th September in the final against St Josephs Opunake at Yarrows Stadium. It was a tough game and we were stoked to come out of it as the winners.
 We would like to thank Gordon Slater our super coach for coaching us again this year and giving up his time for us we really appreciate it! Here are some of our action shots from the day,

Taranaki Cross Country 2015

Great Results at Taranaki Cross Country 2015 By Miss O'B

 Toko School did really well at the Taranaki Cross Country which was held on the last Wednesday of Term 3 2015 in Hawera. The 9 Year old girls which involved Heidi S, Pascoe W, Alexia M and Hollie E won the team award for coming in in the fastest 4th place. Way to go girls!
 Heidi S also came in 2nd in her race to win a medal and stand on the podium! An outstanding result!
We had many top 20 finishers and a great day was had by all!

                                        

Speechboard 2015

Room 5 take on Speechboard 2015 By Miss O'B

 Room 5 will be taking part in New Zealand Speechboard this week. We have been preparing so full on the last few weeks and are looking really forward to the challenge and application of skills Speechboard brings.
 Here are some of our individual Speechboard boards. We have explored a range of topics we all enjoy learning and speaking about. We all also have a group performance and novel reading to share with the assessor.
 Finally in Year 8 we have to do a Social Speech and in Year 7 a telephone conversation. We are really excited about this week! Best of luck to all who are taking part :)

Rural Cluster Cross Country 2015

Room 5 Rural Cluster Cross Country 2015 Results By Miss O'B

Congratulations to the following runners:

12 & 13 Years Boys
2nd Rowan S
3rd Jayden

12 & 13 Years Girls
1st Heather
3rd Emma

11 Year Boys
1st Max F

Well done!

Toko School Cross Country 2015

Room 5 Toko School Cross Country Results 2015 By Miss O'B

Congratulations to the following runners:

Year 12 & 13 Boys Results
1st Rowan S
2nd Jayden
3rd Rowan C

Year 12 & 13 Girls Results
1st Heather
2nd Emma
3rd Julia

Year 11 Boys
1st Max F
3rd Lucca

Year 11 Girls Results
2nd Eleanor
3rd Wenerata

Well done!

Methanex Maths Quiz Teams 2015

Room 5 takes part in the Methanex Maths Competition 2015 By Miss O'B

 Room 5 sent two very clever groups of mathematicians up to New Plymouth Racecourse on Friday 28th August to compete in the Annual Methanex Maths Competition.
 Maz, Max, Emma and Jazmine represented the Year 7 group and Brittan, Xavier, Thomas and Julia represented the Year 8 group.
 They were involved  in 30 minutes of non stop mathematical problems to answer over a range of strands. They did really well as they competed against other schools around Taranaki.

Methanex Maths Projects:
 We had some very successful results with the Methanex Maths Projects we submitted these are as follows:
-1st Jazmine and Eleanor - Year 7 Group Project
-2nd Maz and Rhys - Year 7 Group Projects
-1st Max C and Joseph - Year 8 Group Project
-Merit - Jayden and Trilyn
-Merit - Alex Gilling - Individual Project

Well done to all winners! :)

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                        YEAR 8 QUIZ TEAM

        

St Mary's Open Day

St Mary's Open Day by Miss O'B

 Room 5 were invited to St Mary's Open Day on Tuesday 25th August. We took part in Food Technology, Drama, Chemistry and Physics sessions in a High School Setting.
 We all throughly enjoyed our morning. Here are some photos of our learning in action.

                                    

Students win tickets to Taranaki Rugby Games

Taranaki Tickets go out to keen fans! By Miss O'B

 Toko School entered a competition with Hotter Engineering to win free tickets to the Taranaki Rugby Teams home matches in New Plymouth. We were successful and placed the five tickets in a draw for all students to win the free tickets.
 Here are the lucky winners Ephraim, Libby, Jayden, MacKenzie and Cody! Enjoy the games guys! Go the Naki!!