Gumboot day

Gumboot day
What is gumboot day? 

Gumboot day  is a native celebration of Taihape, New Zealand . It occurs the Tuesday after Easter, and has been a regular event since 1985. It is a celebration of all things to do with gumboot, and includes the famous gumboot throwing contest.The aim of the festival is to break the world record for the longest gumboot throw. It is a family event, which includes a number of other competitions such as the best-dressed gumboot and ‘shoot the loop’ with gumboots. Gumboots can also be tossed skyward on any day of the year in the official Gumboot throwing lane located in the 'Outback', just behind Taihape's main shopping centre. 

Here is a photo of the poster we designed to advertised Gumboot Day.

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Guru Ideas

This year the Gilberthorpe Guru team have made a google doc of things we will try to do this year. Here is a list of a few of the things we have thought of.

We hope you like them and our next step is to actually make these ideas come true.

St Patrick's Day

This year we had our annual St Patrick's Day, planned by the Gilberthorpe Gurus. Lots of people joined us wearing green, funky clothing. Us Gurus were happy to make you guys happy and we made sure it would be fun! We created a green wave of fun and funkiness! We hope you guys a a "🍀clovery🍀" day and had fun with your class and friends.

Here is the poster we designed: