We ran our Senior School assembly today...

...and did a fantastic job!  So much more confidence since our production!  Big ups to Room 9 for presenting your parts with confident voices and looking up at the audience occasionally!

A super shout out to our Techies - Amber and Jack who set up our sound system and laptop.  Amber made sure our video and projections were timed perfectly and Jack's job was to ensure the volume of the mic and video were ear friendly!

Our newsreport crew - Holly, Jack and Amber through a video clip, introduced Room 9's learning "news report" style and set the tone for our assembly as a reporter/interviewee situation.

Our gymnastics experts Emma H, Maya, Kobe, Toby and Nathan C deserve a special mention for showcasing their skills:
forwards rolls, forward straddle rolls, dive rolls, backwards rolls, backwards straddle rolls, handstands into forward rolls, back handsprings, back flips and a round off into a back hand spring!  Just to be specific!

Ka mau te wehi Room 9!



Here is our opening vid - we like the music - Gold by Owl City.




As Good As Gold from JB on Vimeo.

Super Shiny Super Rugby Trophy

This is certainly not your average cup that you can drink your milo out of.  It's the prized and coveted Super Rugby cup and it came for a visit right here at Hillcrest, along with its custodian Mr Andrew Strawbridge (Assistant Coach).

The senior children waited with eager anticipation to stand next to this gleaming trophy and even get a firm grip on some part of it.  Yipee, Room 9's turn came and although these kind of photo opportunities are rare, some of us managed to get snapped with our eyes closed (good one Mrs Bell)... the glare from the cup was a little too much maybe.

During out special assembly, recognition of achievement was given to our very own boys rugby team and also our girls netball team.  Both teams and their fantastic coaches have done HNS very proud this year!