FIT GUARD

New mouth guard provides data for early detection of concussions

Anthony Gonzalez invented the fit guard to provide early detection (uncovering)  of concussions. He made it so that when you are wearing it,  if you get a big knock to the head it would flash green if nothing happened, blue if it's minor or red if you have a concussion. These Fit guards are only available in the USA at the moment but I'm sure that it will spread fast all over the world! If they were in NZ I would have already begged my parents to buy it for me (but I'm sure they never would unless I paid)!  I would recommend to get this mouth guard if you are a forward and have a head knock a lot or if you play in high school

By Toby  T

                                                                                                                     Year 6

Crazy Cross Country

This week we had our LAST ever V.A.S. Cross Country!

We ran...and ran....and rannnn....and then we did a quick sprint!

2km's down and we had the first three places for the boys Year 6 run. First, second and third!

Check out our photos, can you spot someone you know?

Best thing to do before a race is relax! 

 Deep in thought pre-race.

Adoring fans watching the runners

I think I can win, if I concentrate really hard I think I'll be the fastest...

KOStable Gordon off for the fourth time today... 

And they are off! 

Warming up... 

First, second AND third!

Woohoo! Congratulations to all of the runners and their supporters! 

NZ's new flag

New Zealand is heading to a referendum about our flag.

What do YOU think? 

Should we change our flag? Why or why not? 

If we were to change our flag, which design do you like the best? 

Read this newspaper article to find out more 

Math week - Wednesday 12 August

Our math week trail that we did around VAS today.

 There was some estimating, adding, finding, multiplying and maybe even a little bit of cheating...

Estimating the size of the flag pole
[ Maia, Ji Woo, Hugo, Giacomo, Maria and Adam ]

Leaving the top courts after working out the perimeter and area
[ Toby, Willow, Cole, Hannah and Maia ]

Team work deciding how many students there are in the Senior School
[Jerry and Lyam] 

Maths week!

This week is MATHS week! 

We have been doing problem solving and this afternoon we had an afternoon of maths!

Here are some photos of the maths trail we did around the school before we got stuck into some math inspired art...

Keep Calm and use Instagram

Maria and Portia's hopscotch