Vaiala Beach School - Samoa: School Events

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Farewell to Tanya, November 2016

On the 7^th November, 2016 we hosted a very special assembly to farewell Tanya

Southgate. Tanya has worked at Vaiala Beach School for the past 11 years. She returns to New Zealand with her daughter Amelia. Tanya has been the School Administrator and is often the first person of contact for our new families. Tanya has created many new systems for the school and we appreciate all her hard work and commitment to the school. On behalf of all the staff, parents and students we wish the very best for Tanya and Amelia and thank them both for being such significant people and making Vaiala Beach School a better place.

Term 2 Assembly - now available on DVD - June 2016

The end of Term 2 Assembly was a celebration of our student's talents.

We are grateful to the Hunt family who kindly arranged for the assembly to be filmed.

The quality of the filming is great and students have enjoyed watching the event again.

To order your copy, send $10 to the office.

Inter-School Speech Compettion - 23 June 2016

All the contestants.

On the 23^rd June, 2016 the year 7 and 8 students from Peace Chapel School were invited to compete in a Speech Competition. The completion consisted of 4 students from each school.

We were lucky enough to have Professor Silafau Sina Vaai and Dr Josephine Samson as the judges for this event.

Congratulations to all 8 contestants who competed. Thank you Peace Chapel for participating.

Professor Silafau Sina Vaai, Analei Craig-Pelesasa (3rd equal), Amelia Southgate-Peni (2nd) Francine Siafui from Peace Chapel (3rd equal) Dr Josephine Samson and overall winner Alexia Slaven.

2016 Speech Competition

Amelia Southgate-Peni is the Vaiala Beach School 2016 Speech Competition winner. She delivered a thought provoking speech about Prejudice.

A special congratulations to Aine Bolger who won the Year 5 section, Annabella McInnes took first place for the Year 6 students and the Year 7 and 8 winner and overall winner was Amelia Southgate-Peni.

Congratulations to the following students who made it to the finals:
Year 5
Aine Bolger, Alanalier Craig, Eve Meredith &
Olive Elia.
Year 6
Aniva Clarke, Annabella McInnes & Richard Saili.
Years 7 & 8
Alexandria Slaven, Apaula Tafea, Analei Pelesasa
& Amelia Southgate-Peni.

Vaiala Beach School Disco - April 2016

For more information: Vaiala Beach School Disco

The end of 2015!

The end of the year if fast approaching. Here a few events coming up.

Week 8: WACKY WEEK

Monday 23 Nov	Crazy Hat Day – Create a hat or decorate one you have.
Tuesday 24 Nov	Turbo Tuesday – Bring something with wheels.
Wednesday 25 Nov	Weird Wednesday – Wear something a little weird and odd.
Thursday 26 Nov	Funky Hair Thursday – Funk up your hairstyle!
Friday 27 Nov	International Day – Find something international to wear and we can guess the country you represent!

Week 9:

· Tuesday 1^st December, VBS Has Talent – A fun show to watch. 10.45am start.

Week 10:

· Last week of school.

· Reports are sent home.

· Tuesday 8^th December, Class Parties and Mufti Day (no Gold Coin)

We finish at 12pm, Friday the 11^th December.

Maria Doyle comes to town!

Maria Doyle (front row right) with the teachers at VBS.

The staff at VBS were lucky enough to have professional development with the talented Maria Doyle from Australia. Maria Doyle was in Samoa for just a few weeks but in that time she gave her time to help our teachers become better teachers. You can read more about this on Maria’s website.

Click here for more on Maria Doyle

Thank you Maria for the fun session where the teachers became students!

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.