Shayde's Antarctic Skua Bird

Shayde received a postcard from his dad all the way from Antarctica! It had a photo of an Antarctic Skua bird on the front. Shayde's dad said in the postcard that the Skua is "like the seagull of Antartica" because "it eats all the leftovers and hangs around the rubbish dump".



Shayde with his postcard and the Christmas tree decoration he made for his mum and dad.

Shayde's postcard from his dad with the Antarctic Skua bird on the front.

Below are some links to some more information about the Skua and other Antarctic birds:

Antarctic Fact file link

Wikipedia information

Tokomaru School Athletics 2011

It was a stunning day for our School Athletics this year; the sun was shining and everyone was ready to compete!    A huge thanks goes to our awesome Home and School for the iceblocks after we had finished.

Check out some of the photos from the day taken by photographer of the day, Lukaz:

Tokomaru School Athletics Day 2011 on PhotoPeach

Annabelle's Shells

Annabelle brought some shells in to share with the class. She got them when she went to Foxton Beach on one of the sunny days we have had lately.