Principal's Special Certificate

Ayla and Nataleigh were awarded Special Awards today - they have been collecting up all of their class and principal's awards.

Week 11 winners

Well done to Riley and Kaleb who received Principal's Awards today in assembly. Ka pai!!

Measuring Fun

We have been learning about weight (mass) and volume/capacity over the last at two weeks in maths. We have looked at heavier and lighter, comparing weights, using fulcrum scales and using a standard weight to weigh everyday objects.  Today Mrs Fairweather's groups were looking at capacity - estimating and checking which vessel holds the most water and comparing/ranking from vessels which hold to least to the most.

The Day the Ambulance Came to School

Last Friday we had a mufti day at school to raise money for St John's.  We are also really privileged to have the ambulance come to school in the afternoon.  We all got to have a look inside.  Kaleb and Mrs Fairweather got to have a turn at being lifted into the ambulance in their special chair.  We also got balloons and lollipops!!  Thanks Leanne for bringing the ambulance to school!

Special Principal's Awards

Congratulations to these children who have received Special Principal's Awards.  These are given out when a child has received 5, 10, 15 and 25 Classroom Certificates (or other school awards). Remember to save these up and take them into Taryn when you have reached one of the milestones. When you get to 25 you get $10 to spend on the next book club!!

Week 10

A huge Ka pai to Amber and Kai for winning our awards this week for your awesome work in maths.  

Penny the Prolific Pooing Cow

This week Ayla brought a book and cd from home for us to share.  We loved singing it so much that we shared it with Rooms 5 and 6 too!  Tomorrow in assembly we will be sharing it with the the whole school - this is not a polished, practised performance but you are welcome to come and join us.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zuYF_Xlbkw

Week 9

Well done to our award winners this week... It was super hard to choose just two winners for our Top Campers because we thought everyone was just amazing but in the end we decided both James and Kane stood out for their wonderful manners, enthusiasm and showing heart.  Well done! 

Week 7

Well done to Ambrose and Chloe for winning the Principals Awards this week.

Reminder Of Easter Weekend Holidays

Please remember that schools are closed on Good Friday, Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday.

http://parents.education.govt.nz/essential-information/news-stories/schools-closed-on-easter-tuesday/

A Wee Snippet from Our Rocky Shore Visit

Week 6

Well done to Olive and Vladimir for winning the Principal's Awards this week...

  

Principal Awards

Congratulations to James and Isla winners of Room 7 & 8 principal awards

Maths time!

In the afternoons in Room 7/8 we do maths.  At the moment we are looking at addition and subtraction and reinforcing number knowledge.  We use a task board and move around activities... Teacher, group box, all about numbers and practice.

Nataleigh, Krystle and James are working with the teacher.

The Clownfish are doing some maths practise.

Today the Clownfish were awesome at playing games.

#thefairestofthemall

On Friday the whole school was entertained by the Playhouse theatre group.  They put on a wonderfully entertaining show that had us all in fits of laughter and watching intently.  It also had a serious message about how we need to live our lives in the real world instead of being glued to our devices, living in the virtual world.

Here are some pics from the show...

Week 3 Winners

Well done Ayla and Aidyn for being awarded Principals Awards in Week 3!

Congratulations Tyler and Krystle for winning the Principal award this week

Statistics

For Maths during the first two weeks of the year we have been learning about Statistics.  We have been posing questions, making predictions, collecting data, displaying data and making statements about the data. Yesterday we went out by the obstacle course to collect data about the colours of cars travelling past our school.  

Hot Day

A few mothers Sheltering from the summer sun.

Superstars Cricket

Your child may have brought home a notice and registration form for superstars cricket.  This is for children in years 1-4 and is on Tuesdays for the next 6 weeks.  There is no cost for this, just take your child and their registration form along on Tuesday.

Bulłer Cricket

We were really lucky on Friday at assembly because we had some of the Buller Cricket team and their manager bring the Hawke Cup to show our school.  The Buller team won this from Canterbury Country in their very first Hawke Cup challenge last weekend.  Our very own Mr Adams plays in this team.  This weekend from the 12th-14th February the Buller team will be playing their first defence against North Otago at Craddock Park - it would be great to have lots of local support. We might even head along to watch for a wee bit on Friday!!

Our Writing

Come and check out our awesome stories about things that we did in the holidays.  This is where our published writing will be displayed - keep checking it out as it will change regularly.

Welcome to 2016!!!!!

We are all so excited to be back at school!!!!

Gingerbread Reindeer

Today, as well as having our athletic sports and picnic, we have been busy making gingerbread reindeer... It was lots of fun and they look great.

Our Amazing Tree

Come and check out our fantastic tree made from our helping hands. It looks amazing!!!

Congratulations Room 7/8!!!

Well done to all the wonderful artists in our class! We won the people's choice prize at the Plunket Christmas Tree Festival :-) we are looking to a fish n chip lunch next week for our prize.

Transport Making Morning

Our making morning was a great success and there were lots of different vehicles created...

More measuring...

We are learning why we need to use standard units for measuring- Morris was 6 1/2 of Mrs Fairweather's hands tall and 11 of Emma's hands tall. The length of his arm was 22 multi link cubes.