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Preparing for the Jump Jam Challenge 2011. Our girls came 7th.

We celebrated our multi cultural diversity last Friday with an International assembly. Many of our international students dressed in their national dress which presented a colourful spectacle. Our newly established Kapa Haka group opened the assembly with music, poi and a haka.

Congratulations to our
Chess team (Andrew, Han Young, Lixin and Akshat) who competed at the South Island championships on Thursday in Ashburton and were runners up. They also became the Canterbury champions and will represent Canterbury in Tauranga at the National Championships.

Fantastic boys!

Daffodil Day 2011
Best dressed today, 26 August 2011 are:
Senior school - Millie Clark
Middle school - Amanda Chin
Junior school - Jorjia Cattermole

Snow at Westburn
On 15 and 16 August the school was closed because of a heavy snow fall

Canterbury Netball Representative
Georgia White, Year 8, has excelled in netball for the last two years. She was selected last year for the Canterbury A team and after 5 trials this year was selected for the Canterbury A team AND selected as captain of the team. This is an outstanding achievement as Georgia trialled along with 300 other Year 7 and Year 8 students. As captain Georgia is required to make speeches and represent Canterbury. The team plays all over Canterbury and also Timaru, Dunedin and Kaikoura. Congratulations Georgia, what a great advertisement for Westburn!

Alex Tutty, Year 3 won a bronze medal in the under 10 years grade at the recent Canterbury Cross Country Championships. Well done, Alex.

New Zealand Champion
Mackenzie Figgitt, Year 8 travelled to Perth with the New Zealand Rhythmic team to compete the Australian National Championships recently competing against 18 Australian teams. Mackenzie won 2 bronze medals, one as a member of the NZ international Stage 4 team and the second in the individual apparatus clubs final.

She then went on to compete in the New Zealand National Championships as a member of the Canterbury team and won 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medal resulting in 1st overall and becoming the New Zealand champion for International Stage 4. You are amazing, Mackenzie.