Tuesday, 26 August 2014

Look who came to visit us!

This morning Seth from Room 6 brought his 4 week old puppies to school. We were so excited to have a cuddle. 
















The Bug Man is visiting Westport


Time: 12pm
When: Sunday 31 August 2014
Where: Solid Energy Centre


Saturday, 23 August 2014

Compassion

This term our value is "Compassion".  We wrote some stories about how we are compassionate to others.







Fun Friday Art Activities in Room 7/8

On Friday we had lots of fun working on our Maori Koru paintings.  We also made some fabulous folding flowers.


Jade chose to paint her koro purple (tawa).

Torie chose purple  (tawa) too!

Ava chose to paint her koro yellow (kowhai).

Tristan chose orange (parakaraka).

Great brush stroked Tristan!  Tino pai!


Ava and Aydan working hard on their folding flowers.

This Weeks Awards

Congtatulations to Kylah and Levi for getting this weeks Principals Awards and to Bonnie for achieving five Awards this year.  Tumeke!

Thursday, 21 August 2014

Happy Workers in Room 7 & 8

Look at all the happy children in Room 7 & 8 as they complete independent activities at reading and writing time.
Levi working on strengthening his fingers with the playdough (and having a lot of fun as well!)

Alex making a great stencil picture.  Tino pai Alex!

Felix colouring his Freddo Frog

Usher sure loves working on the I-pads!

Ashley working very hard on her Fredo Frog.

Aliana being funny and creative.  She made a camera to take a picture of me taking pictures!

Welcome Mrs Fairweather

We welcomed Mrs Fairweather back to our class when Mrs Forsyth and Mrs Tikey were both away at their Reading Course.  We liked the story she read to us.

200 Nights Reading!

Congratulations to Aliana Russ for completing 200 nights of home reading.  Tumeke Aliana!

Monday, 18 August 2014

Super Handwriting!

Today in Room 7 we were learning how to write the letter Jj.  Kieran and Aydan did a great job in their handwriting books and both got to go and visit Mrs Dustin with their awesome work.  Tino pai Aydan and Kieran!




Kieran and his Dad with his awesome work.  Tumeke!


Aydan and her Mum with her fantastic work.  Great stuff Aydan!

Tristyn's new haircut!

Last week Tristyn was REALLY excited about getting his hair cut... and here he is with his ultra cool mohawk hair! 
Too cool for school!


Wednesday, 13 August 2014

More Magnificent Maths!



Wow Ross.  What a tall tower you have built!

Torie, Usher and Jonathan are learning different ways of making 5 with the game Frogs in the Pond.

Well done Kylah for solving addition problems by coutning on from the largest number!





Jaxon did a great job with his homework last week.  Well done Jaxon.

Tristan Kirkwood also completed all his homework too!  Tumeke Tristan!

Great effor on the homework Sam!

Willow and Kylah have been busy making peg board patterns.

Maori Myths & Legends

We have really been enjoying reading some maori myths and legends in Room 7/8
Torie, Keiran and Aydan with three fantastic legends.  We all decided that we really liked the illustrations by Peter Gossage.