Karearea in training

What a surprise when I came back after lunch to see Ellah and Kaiyo tucking into Billionaire Boy! Our karearea love reading!

Year 4 Camp!

Here are the photos from Year 4 camp! We had a great time! Thanks to camp parents Murray, Christina and Kerri. If you would like a copy of any of the photos, please let me know with an email address and I'll send them through. If you click on the photos you will see a bigger version of them. Thanks Mr B

Room One's Hairy Maclary story!

We hope you enjoy our retell of Lyney Dodd's famous Hairy Maclary story! We loved having Lynley visit and teach us about rhyming, rythym and funny names. So we thought we'd have a go at inventing our own Lynley Dodd characters! We hope you enjoy them!

Hi folks! Check out Room One's amazing retell of the battle of Le Quesnoy from World War 1. It was a battle that occurred just one week before the end of the war and resulted in 137 NZ soldiers dying to free the French town from German soldiers. Le Quesnoy's citizens maintain a strong link with New Zealand and remember the sacrifices our soldiers made to free their town every year on ANZAC day.

Our day in the trenches.

Welcome back to term 2! We have been learning about the ANZAC's and finding out about the history of our own families and other New Zealand soldiers at war. Thank you all for sharing so much of your families pasts. On Friday we had a morning 'in the trenches at Gallipoli.' We listened to sound effects from war as we imagined what it would be like to be there. We ate dry crackers for food and tap water for drink. We wrote letters home and there were rats and all sorts of creepie crawlies in the trenches! Then we went to battle. It was sad to see some of our friends get injured or pass away. We held a moment of silence for them. It was a good way for the kids to experience the sadness of war.

Our Koru Art

Since Waitangi Day we have been learning about making lovely koru patterns to create some exciting art! We finally finished our last piece last week. The kids could choose between creating art where they didn't take their pen off the page, or some art where they based their koru around a centre line or trunk! We hope you enjoy the amazing difference in the art they all produced.

EOTC Week!!!!

Hi Folks,
We've had a terrific time on EOTC Week! Here are some links to photos of some of the activities!
Check them out and show Mum or Dad the fun we had!