Strength, Balance and Flexibility - August 2016

On Friday the 5th August the Years 6, 7 and 8 students were lucky to have Rachel, a teacher of Tai Chi and Qi Gong visit and lead the students through a training session.  

Rachel is visiting Samoa from New Zealand and offering classes at the School of Yoga and Taichi Studio, Meredith Compound Levili.  

The students found the session relaxing and fun and some are keen to try this form of exercise again.  Thank you to Marjorie Meredith for initiating this visit and for more information on classes, pop down to the Meredith Compound in Levili and speak to Marjorie.  

Rachel and Marjorie with the students.

Inter-School Touch and Netball Tournament - 4 August 2016

What a wonderful, action-packed, exhausting day!  All year 5, 6, 7 and 8 students participated in this sporting event held at the beautiful grounds in Pesega.

We are very proud of all our students who showed great skill and handled the long day with a positive attitude. 

A special mention and thank you to three parents who gave up a lot of their own time to prepare the students for this tournament with training in the weeks leading up to the tournament. 

Firstly to Tasi Schuster who guided our girls with netball coaching and training them.  Her words of encouragement and advice really made a huge difference to the girls level of skill.  For a small school we did very well to have three out of four netball teams placed third in the tournament.  Thank you Tasi for giving up time from work and being such a great role-model for our girls.  We certainly hope you are up for the challenge next year!

Secondly to Liza Hodson who coached the year 7 boys touch team and Ben Nicol who coached the year 5 boys.  Again you both gave up your own time and were such a great help with coaching these teams.  The year 5 team were awarded a trophy for showing great sportsmanship.

We appreciate the support and help these parents gave and thank you to all the other parents, grandparents and friends of the school who came down on the day and supported our teams.    Fa'afetai lava.

It is wonderful to play along other schools and to enjoy the challenge of a sporting competition.  

Year 5 girls Volleyball Win - June 2016

Congratulations to the Year 5 girls who took out the winning title at the recent Volleyball Championship held at Ah Mu Academy.  

The girls worked as a team and showed great commitment.  Well done girls.

Table Tennis Competition - June, 2016

On the 3rd of June the Samoa Table Tennis Federation hosted a tournament.

Congratulations to the VBS team consisting of Analei, Viona, Amelia, Benjamin, Ariinui, Nicholaj who gave up their public holiday to represent VBS.

All students enjoyed themselves and showed great sportsmanship.

A special mention to Analei who won the girls tournament.

Mālō lava iā te outou le finau!

VBS Tennis Champions - May 2016

Congratulations to our students who participated in the recent Tennis Hot-Shots Inter-School Tennis Championship Tournament.  This tournament was held on Saturday mornings throughout April and May.  It was fantastic that the students gave up their free time to represent Vaiala Beach School.

Thank you to Yvonne Carruthers who coached our students.  The hard work and commitment paid off as VBS won the overall tournament.  A special mention and congratulations to Samoa Primary School who did a fine job also in the tournament. 

Soccer Tournament - March 2016

Year 5,6,7 and 8 students recently took place in the Private Schools Soccer Tournament.

Congratulations to all students who participated.  One year 7 student, Ceira Kennedy reflected on the day writing the following piece.

I went to the Soccer Tournament on Thursday 10^th of March. It was located in the Football Federation of Samoa. When I arrived I was worried that I was going to let my team (V.B.S. 1) down. I was standing on the field of our first round. Anything could happen. I looked into the eyes of Robert Louis Stevenson School girls. We had the same goal. WIN FOR THE SCHOOL! The whistle blew. It was intense. The sun burned bright on our innocent faces. It was as if the sun was roasting us for his dinner. One goal was scored to them - not a good sign. The whistle blew. It was over. We lost. We huddled together. We had seven more chances to win. We were only at the beginning.

We had a hydration break and then we were back. From that point on we won every game. Victory was very close. Our last game was finished. Now to see who will get some praise. The boys were called. A job well done to them. The girls were announced. Result: my team WON FIRST PLACE!!! Our effort had been paid off. It was a triumphant moment. We were so happy that we smiled from ear to ear for the rest of the boiling day.

For more information on this great tournament visit Samoa Observer

Table Tennis - Girls Take Gold - 22 August 2015

Five students represented Vaiala Beach School in a tournament hosted by the Table Tennis Federation of Sāmoa.  This tournament was the first that the students of Vaiala Beach School have entered.

The five students who represented our school were Analei Pelesasa, Andrea Schuster, Charlize Fesili, Noah Meredith, and Manu Lima.  If there’s one thing we know for a fact, is that these kids had a great time.

This inter-school competition took place at S.A.S.N.O.C in Tuanaimato. Though hidden from the public, competitive spirits grew.  The six schools that had competed in this tournament were George Brown Primary School, Marist Primary School, Pesega Middle School, Sāmoa Primary School, St. Joseph Primary School and Vaiala Beach School.

As the tension heated, the students played harder than ever before. Analei Pelesasa said “it was a great challenge” she couldn’t be more excited for the next tournament.

Even though the male contenders from our school played hard, the girl’s had stolen the spotlight getting the gold. Sāmoa Primary, not far behind, had stolen the silver, and boasting with bronze was Pesega. Along with the boys ceremony, third came Marist Primary, St. Joseph snuck into second, and first was Sāmoa Primary.

Thanking Richard McFee from the International Table Tennis Federation and Tuna Matalavea for this blissful experience for all these children to be able to show off their Table Tennis skills.

These students had a great time interacting and did very well.

Written by Andrea Schuster (Vaiala Beach School Year 8 student)

Athletics Day -Thursday 27 August 2015

For more details:

Athletics Day Poster
Athletics Day Notice 26 Aug 15

Athletics Day Notice 18 Aug 15

Touch Rugby with Glenn Feaunata - August 2015

The Years 5,6 7, and 8 boys would like to thank Glenn Feaunata.  Glenn is from the ‘Pacific in Union’ and has been at Vaiala Beach School promoting and teaching Touch Rugby skills.  Glenn’s visit has been a great help to our students who are competing on Friday the 7^th August in a Touch tournament. 

Thank you Glenn we appreciate all the time you have given to help our boys. 

Table Tennis with Richard McAfee and Tuna Matalavea - June 2015

This week Vaiala Beach School have been fortunate to have two table tennis coaching sessions with Richard McAfee and Tuna Matalavea.

The children thoroughly enjoyed the sport.

Our special thanks to the Samoa Table Tennis Association which has generously donated a table tennis table and some equipment for our students.

NRL Coaching with Brandon Costin - May/June 2015

Vaiala Beach School students were thrilled to have Brandon Costin and his crew from NRL visiting our school.

The students participated in touch rugby skills and played a few games.  

It will be great to put these skills to use in term three at the touch tournament.

Thank you Brandon and NRL we really appreciate your time, energy and awesome coaching skills.  

Years 1-4 Soccer - 01 May 2015

A reminder that our Years 1-4 students are participating in an inter-school 'Just Play Soccer' day tomorrow - Friday 1st May 2015.

Please ensure your children are at school no later than 8:15am as the buses will leave promptly at 8:30am.

All children will be transported back to school at 12:00pm