Olympian Day

On Friday 24 August we warmly welcomed a group of 7 Olympians to our school. The sun shone, the sausages were delicious and the visiting Olympians joined in playing games with us.

The senior children decorated our school with flags and balloons. The decorations were everywhere.

Will, Samantha, Luciano and Bobby enjoyed the sausage sizzle.

Our Kapa Haka group welcomed our Olympians to Merrin.

When they arrived we let out a huge cheer and we waved our flags.

We were fortunate to have a visit from Nathan Handle, Seamus Marten, Tim Myers, 

Shane Archbold, Neil Emblem,Kevin Marr and Sarah Walker.

The team from 'Classic Hits' introduced everyone to the crowd.

Kate received a cheque for $1000 worth of Sports equipment. We are very thankful to her for wining this amazing day!

In the afternoon we played games with some of the Olympians. The games were organised by Sports Canterbury. 

Shaun Archbold helped Samantha with the obstacle course. Shane is a track cyclist.

As part of the obstacle course we had to jump over hurdles, jump in a sack and climb under a parachute.

Shane signed Ronan's bike.

He gave Ronan one of his special Olympic badges.

We all wanted to see Sarah Walker's silver medal.

Room 1 enjoyed having their faces painted with the Olympic rings.

Mrs Coker kindly delivered flags to all of the classrooms.

We cheered so much that we even got slightly sore throats!

Samantha and her buddy Melissa enjoyed looking at Sarah Walker's silver medal.

Sophie and Megan got to meet Sarah Walker and she signed their posters.

Saya thought Sarah's silver medal was very big!

Thank you to all the organisers for such a great day.
Well done Kate!