Last week of school (Yes - Summer Break starting in December)

Ellie's friends from school, Grace, Jorgia, Kesha, Jannie and Ellie

I have never experienced a Christmas holiday season with my kids excited for summer break. It is just strange. Very strange. This is the last week of school for both kids. Ellie is graduating from primary school !

 For Ellie, this last week of class included a "nature week" in which there were serveral outdoor field trips to various locations in Dunedin. It was fun to come along as a chaperon.

This trip was a 4 mile hike through the middle of Dunedin. There are many great paths in town that are super thick with ferns and streams.
We had lunch at this resevior

After the tramp (hike) the kids wrote in their school journals about their impressions of nature....I am looking forward to reading Ellie's thoughts on this. We will recieve a profolio of all the work she has done here for the past 3 months. It is sad to me that she is leaving elementary and onto the next phase. Although, it feels like New Zealand's middle schools keep the kids young still. There is no rush to leave childhood here....


Ellie's 6th grade teach (Mrs K) Love her!



fern closed up

super silly

Friends on the bridge................

Good times, good times.

6th grade!