Odyn's Duffy Certificate

Odyn collected his Duffy certificate and selected a Scooby - Doo book which he kindly shared with the class.  Everyone enjoyed listening to Scooby - Doo adventures and on Monday Odyn wrote "My Mum read me a book.  It was my Scooby book."

Making Kite Tails Fly

At Makerspace the children are making kites.  They tested materials to see what would make good kite tails and found crepe paper was light enough to fly and so would make good kite tails.

Xavier, Alarmanda, Jeremiah, Jerome and Talanoa testing kite tails.


"I flew my kite.  It is good at flying.  It is a blue kite.  It flew up high."  By Flynn

We went to fly the kite tails.  They went up. "  By Odyn

Muddy Puddles

With all the rain Auckland has experienced lately, our playing fields have become a little muddy in places.  While mud is great to slush around in and attracts children like a magnet, Mr Burt asked the children to stay out of the mud and the puddles so that the grass did not get damaged.  The children were very good and remembered to keep out of the puddles at playtime and lunchtime.

"Keep out of the puddles.  I like green grass."  By Bentley

"I have to stay out of the puddles. because we are not allowed in the mud."  By Alarmanda

Making Dragon's Fire

The first frost of winter provided a good discussion topic for writing.  Jerome went out and discovered the grass was all icy, white and crunchy.  He ran inside and announced he could make "dragon's fire".  Of course all the children wanted to find out how he could do this so he shared his "secret".

"I can make dragon's fire outside in the cold."  By Jerome

Get, Set Go Kiwi Sport

Through the Get, Set, Go programme the children have been learning a variety of skills from balancing, throwing and catching, doing an obstacle course and listening to instructions to be able to participate in games.  They have all enjoyed learning these new skills thanks to the Sport Auckland coaches.

Always Here, Never Late

These group of children were the term 2 week 2 winners of the Always here, never late certificates.  Well done to Marzuli, Ahasi, Seini, Jerome, Abbey and Bentley for making the most of their learning time.

Friday Helpers

On Friday afternoon seven pupils from the Mt Hobson Middle School come to Pt England to do Community Service.  They came to help us with some paper weaving activities as it will soon be Matariki (the Maori New Year).  Weaving new baskets is one of the traditional crafts undertaken during Matariki.  It was a bit tricky trying to make the paper go over and under but with an extra pair of hands to help the children were soon able to complete the task.

Bentley is making the ends neat.

Jerome making the paper go over and under with a bit of help.