Weaving in Term 2

Lisa came and showed us some of her weaving out of Harakeke.  She told us a flax bush is just like a whanau and that we need to only cut the outside flax(grandparents). 

 

We are going to be making a fish and star out of flax in Week 1 and 2. 

Let Mrs Eaton know if you can help out on a Thursday afternoon from 1.40pm

New Kerb for School

On Wednesday near the end of the day we went out the school gate and saw the concrete mixer going around and around.  The concrete went down the chute to the blue box, the blue box made the shape of the kerb.  It looks pretty fancy.  We can't wait until it dries and we can park there again.

By Gypsy and Riley

 

Pests in NZ Forests

We have been researching about pests in our NZ native forests.  We had to make our research into a powerpoint.  We have done a fabulous job and 1 page of our powerpoint in on display in our classroom.  Come and take a look at our display or have a look at our powerpoints.

Hat Day

VINNIES

Te Whetu and Liam picked up pine cones as part of 

their Vinnies activities today.  Great job!

Water Conservation

Mrs Stivens came from Masterguard this morning.  She talked to us about how we get water and how the water cycle works.  We had some great ideas about how to save water.  Here are some of them:

1.Put a bucket beside you in the shower and use that water in the garden.

2. Don't spend too long in the shower.

3. Put a bucket out to collect rain water and save it for the garden

Gypsy is making it rain

Sera is being the sun

Gareth is holding up the clouds

 

And lastly, it's a good idea to have a water timer so you don't leave your garden hoses on too long.

Assembly Certificates

On Friday Will got his certificate for his extra efforts in spelling and maths.  

Lela got hers for getting faster at her basic facts.

Well done, keep up that fantastic effort!

GOLDEN TIME

Golden time happens on a Friday afternoon, we get to go out for around 45 minutes to a chosen activity if we've had a really well behaved week.  We all achieved this this week.  Here's some pics of a couple of our activities:

Madison and Lela enjoyed getting out PE gear and making up
their own game.



Gypsy and Edelma with their awesome art work

NETBALL SKILLS

Shelly from Mid Canterbury Netball came to coach us.
We had to hold the ball between our feet when she blew her whistle.

Teagan throwing the ball behind her head and catching it behind her. Great skills Teagan!

 

Teagan and Jordan were amazing at throwing the ball up while they were sitting down and then quickly standing up to catch it again. Well done! 

Student of the Week

Edelma received Student of the Week last Friday at assembly.

Edelma got this because:

She adds detail to all her work

She has a positive attitude

She has awesome listening skills

She always works well with others and

 she has a happy, smiling, personality

WELL DONE EDELMA!

We look forward to seeing who gets our next award :)

 

Triathlon

Some keen sports children took part in the triathlon.  From Room 11 Riley took part.  Here are some photos.