February 2013

Meet the Teacher February 13th at 5.00pm

Ted our class bear

This morning we were lucky to hear about a great adventure that Ted had.

Inquiry

Today Nina bought in her inquiry project.  Nina had investigated how the estuary habitat had been affected by the earthquake. She presented her findings after lunch with a clear voice and showed us her understanding. Nina your work was awesome. Well done on a great finish to your inquiry.

Some dates to remember

28th, 29th November Student Led Conferences

1st December Sports Day

4th  December Family Fun Day

8th December Junior Prizegiving

13th December Trip into town to Christ's College

Week 10 Term 3

Please come in and view the children's art ready for the calendar fundraiser before you place your order.

The Talent Quest was a great success and well done Maia from our room who won the junior prize. I hope you enjoyed that enormous lolly pop!

We are planning to go to Orana Park  week 1 next term. I will send some information home this week, we will need to provide transport in private cars.

News Flash 8th September

Unfortunately we have had to postpone our mini production until next Friday the 16th September. Poor old Maui is sick!

Please keep your child home if they are unwell. We have a nasty stomach bug going around and a scary virus.
We also have nits in the class so please check your child's hair.

See you next Friday

Gym on Friday

Hi all don't forget to bring back your permission slips and money to Paula. We will be leaving at 10am.

Any help would be appreciated during the making of our mural. This Wednesday and Thursday at 2.15pm we will be french knitting and cutting out material to use on the mural.

Thanks

29th August Recount writing

On Saturday I made some scones. I got the flour out of the cupboard then I had to get some cream out of the fridge. Then I had to put the flour in it. I made a mess. My Mum was on the phone when I did it. Then Mum helped me. I want to bake the scones again next Saturday.
By Lucy

In the weekend I went to Connor's birthday, he turned 18. The party was in Darfield. I had potatoes and garlic bread and sausages. I stayed up and watched the rugby until well after 11pm I got ginger beer and watched the rugby. We lost.
By Kelly

Student Led Conferences

I am looking forward to seeing you all next week with your child!

 If you have something you would like to discuss without your children present please make another time before or after school.

Maui and the Sun

0ur mini production with the year 8 buddy class is on Friday Sept 9th during school assembly. We have had lots of interuptions to our practices and the snow has also put us behind in our fine tuning. It is a short 15-20 minute show and well worth a look!

Two days off school due to snow

On Monday I skiied down Heathcote Valley Hill. Evelyn my friend came. It was a little bit scary then we went back to my house and had soup. Then we played a teenager game. It was awesome! I like the snow because it is sparkley.
By Coby

On Monday I saw some snow. I threw snow balls at Dad.  We built a snowman  it had elf ears. We had to find the newspaper in the snow. I pushed Dad over he said " Watch it!" After that I went inside for a hot chocolate and watched Chciken Little.
By Kelly

On Monday I woke up to snow. I went out in the snow in my pajamas. I was freezing. My Mum got a text from school.  When I  came back in my Mum made a milo she put 2 marshmellows in it. After that I went on my Mum's computer. I played  Stardoll and Ca-Bloom. After that I had a lemonade.
By Maya

Recount writing week 2

In the weekend I went to Ariana's party. It was at the Airforce Museum. First we had to get into dark green suits, they were Airforce suits. Then we got to do a course that was made of cones, tyres planks and a big net. The net was hard to get under. Next we went into this plane that we could jump out of. All of us got to do it 4 times. After that we all went in this  old house. It stunk in there. I got to sit on the bed, Coby did too. Lastly all of us got to go into a very special room. There was special helmets to wear while we were pretending to fight animals. Later we had lunch. For lunch we had hot chips and cheerios, ice cream and jelly. We had little plane biscuits with chocolate on them. They were very yummy. Nina's mum Bex picked me up and then we had a playdate. I want to have my party at the museum next time.
By Maya

Week 11

This week we said goodbye to Sue Brown who has been teacher aiding in our room. She was so much fun and had such a positive way of working with the children. We will miss her!

Last week we met Bugsy, today we met Slinky the Rat....I just coped. I was looking for the Pied Piper.

Enjoy the photos! Have a safe and relaxing break!

Whaea Sarah

(I will post photos in the holidays as our network is down today)

Descriptive writing 12.7.2011

I am a boy. I like to play with my friends they are birds. I have 4 teeth missing. I have a rats tail at the back of my head. I have blue eyes. My hair colour is dark brown. My age is 7 years.
By Luke

I am a boy. I have blonde short hair. My Birthday is May 26th. i am 7. I have lots of freckles. I have blue eyes. My favourite sport is rugby.
By Riley

Red and Black day

Today we celebrated a birthday and had fun wearing red and black to school.

Two days away and we are all okay for tomorrow 16 June

Hi everyone, we have cleaned up and are business as usual tomorrow! Feel free to pop in and support the children at any time during the day.

Inquiry Term 2

Hopefully things are ticking along at home with the Space inquiry. Students should have a focus question to investigate and are beginning to collate their information before they decide how to present it.

Silly Bands
Please don't bring these to school to share or swap. Just wear them on your wrist and forget about them! They are causing some drama at break time.

More writing

In the weekend my sister Briarley had a birthday party it was Nemo party. There were games we did a treasure hunt. We found lollypops. We went on the trampoline we also watched the movie of Nemo. There was a dog at the party we kept him in a cage. We had a cake then my sister opened her presents.
By Coby

Shared kai to celebrate Matariki

We were a little unsure if our potatoes were going to be yummy...

 We baked our potatoes early in the morning and kept them warm in the crockpot. The day was cold so they were the perfect lunch to warm us up. Some children came back again and again for more toppings of sour cream butter and tomato sauce.

Some writing

On Monday I went to Birdling's Flat, it took 17 kilometres because we biked there. At the end my Dad caught a baby shark it was great and fun. When we were heading home we saw my friend, his name is Callum.
By Gus

In the weekend I went to pick up a German family at the airport. Matai is 10 years old she speaks German. We went to the cafe.
By Amelia