Celebration time

Congratulations to these super people who got certificates for great learning at celebration time today.

Kerri was our MVP for our school value of Self Control, Aaron was our writer of the week and Olivia shared a library book. Well done everyone!

Happy birthday

Today it is Kerri's 8th birthday and on Tuesday it was Charlie's 7th birthday. Harry came along to sing Happy Birthday and find out if they got any presents.  We hope they both have an awesome day!

Share the road

Today we had a visit from the Share the Road Team. Maureen told us all about road safety and introduced us to Glo Bro! We met Brennan who is riding in the Tour of Southland next week. He showed us his safety gear and his bike. Aaron and Georgia could lift his bike with one hand!

We will go out and cheer for Brennan on Monday!

Te Reo

We are so lucky to have Whaea Bex from Menzies college come to our school every Friday to teach us Re Reo. Today was our first lesson and we made name medals to help us learn how to ask someone their name and to introduce ourselves. 

Ko wai to ingoa?

What is your name?

Ko..................... Taku ingoa

My name is  .......................

Probability

Today we played some games to see if they were fair or unfair.  We also practiced the  vocabulary of probability ( words like - unlikely, impossible, certain, likely, even) to see what colour lollies we could pull out of a bag.

Celebration Time

Paige and Shaelin got certificates for great learning at celebration time today.  Rueben and Ryan also got certificates for awesome learning this week!

Calendar art

Here is a little sneak preview of the kiwiana art we  been doing for the Home and School calendar art fundraiser. You will be able to purchase yours shortly!

Finding out about India

Today we had an expert speaker to tell us about life in India - Manmeet!

We asked her so many questions about clothes, food, school, celebrations, houses etc.

Manmeet did an amazing time explaining Indian life to us - thanks Manmeet!

Manmeet brought a suit along to show us what Indians wear to special celebrations. The suit is too small for her now so Shaelin wore it for us. 

Celebration time

These fabulous people either reached their goals or got certificates for great learning at celebration time today. Awesome work guys! 

Great stories to read

Check out Paige L and Kerri's stories about their tapoles.  Also have a read of Manmeet and Sky's stories about what we are learning for Inquiry.

Math

Today, for learning about probability at math time we are playing games to see if they are fair or not!  

Kiwiana

Here is a question to ask Mum, Dad or even Grandparents:

What is Kiwiana?   What is special to New Zealanders?

Week 1, Term 4

Welcome back to the last term for the year!

I hope you all had a fantastic two weeks off and are all ready for a busy last term.

This term’s Inquiry question is: How is my life in New Zealand/Aotearoa different from those living in another country?  We will be learning about what life is like in NZ compared to living in India or Japan.

This Week: sunhats will be issued

Thursday: Library

Upcoming Events:

Week 3 – Monday 27^th October, Labour Day

Week 4 – Tuesday 4^th November, Pet Day

Week 5/6 - Swimming

Learning Partnership Task: Reading, spelling and basic facts Spelling – Write three or more words into sentences. Don’t forget capital letters and full stops.

Newspaper Reporters: Ryan, Sky, Paige McEwan

Have a great week!