Outstanding Attendance Awards

Four children from Room 16 received Outstanding Attendance Certificates at our last Team Assembly.  Alexandra, Anne Marie, Feiloaki and Samson came to school more than 90% of the days that school was open and their learning benefited from such regular attendance.

Christmas Stories

Picture and story by Anne Marie

Picture and story by Maria

Picture and story by Fateh

Picture and story by Chevelle

Picture and story by Nate

Team One Certificates

Feiloaki and Samson have been working hard to get work completed and filed so they were this weeks Team One Certificate winners.  Maggie has been listening to instructions to be able to try new techniques in Art and Maria has been working at learning her numbers and helping her group solve maths problems.  They received their certificates from last week.

Feiloaki, Samson, Maggie, Maria.

A Fonterra Treat!

A big thank you to Fonterra for the treats they gave the whole school yesterday.  Here are some of the children's story which show how much they appreciated their treat.

"I was waiting for the ice block and I liked the kiwi fruit and strawberry bit too.  I collected the rubbish in the rubbish bin."  Story and picture by Samson

"The ice block we had yesterday was yummy.  I liked the strawberry part and the kiwi part.  It was nice.  Thank you Fonterra."  Told to the teacher by Siulua

"We all got an ice block from Fonterra.  It was yummy strawberry and kiwi fruit.  We are lucky because Fonterra also give us milk.  We like the milk too."  Told to the teacher by Tupou

"Yesterday we got a kiwi and strawberry ice block from Fonterra.  It was really yummy and delicious.  We are lucky.'' Told to the teacher by Mariposa

Samson and Anne Marie.

Alexandra.

Anne Marie, Pene and Siulua.

Room 16 and 17 enjoy their ice blocks under the tree.

Maggie says, "Its yum!"

Tupou and Feiloaki say "Thanks Fonterra!"

Maria thinks strawberry and kiwi fruit ice blocks are yummy.

More Young Ocean Explorers Stories

"Steve talked about the ocean and he saw a turtle.  He saw a shark and he took a picture."  By Maria

"I saw a shark."  By Pene

Clay Club

The Clay Club were lucky to have a special tutor Jasmine, come to the help the children with their projects.  Maria and Samson were able to join in and experience making objects out of clay.

Maria with the tray of objects and Samson beside her.

Some of the works of art.

More works of art.

Mr Vogt and Jasmine with the Clay club members.

Young Ocean Explorers at Pt England

Steve from the Young Ocean Explorers came to talk to the children and show some footage that he had shot of marine animals.  Steve is an underwater cameraman and he had some amazing photos of whales, sharks, turtles and other fish close up in their environment.  His talk was a great motivation for our writing as these stories and pictures show just how engaged the children were.

"At school I saw Steve and then we saw some little fish.  Steve went diving in the water."  By Alexandra

"I went to assembly and I saw Steve.  I like the sea animals and he talked about the animals and he took a photo of an octopus."  By Samson

"I went to see the sea.  I was looking at Marlin and turtles and I saw Steve.  Me and Steve went to see the animals."  By Nate

Steve is a camera man.  He goes under the water.  He took photos of a marlin.  It came up close.  Sharks, seals and turtles have sharp teeth."  By Tupou

Biking Again!

There was much excitement when it was announced that all the muddy puddles on the bike track have been fixed and the children can now use it again. 

Alexandra on a small bike

Samson on a bigger bike joining his friends on a bike ride.

Pt England Cross Country 2018

Room 16 were well represented in the year one boys race with Samson coming first and Tupou coming second.  It was a very close finish.  Well done to Samson and Tupou.  Your training helped you run the whole course without stopping.

Using our iPads for Inquiry

This term in Inquiry we have been thinking about healthy eating and other ways we can keep our self fit and healthy.  At the end of the term the children had to do an activity on their iPad using the skills they have learnt such as copy, paste and duplicate to show what they had learnt.  Here are three of the children at work on the task.

Samson copying an object.

Logan thinking about a choice.

Nate completing the activity. 

Building with Magnetic Shapes

Samson used his imagination to build a house out of the magnetic shapes.

More Ducks At School Stories

Story and picture by Mariposa

"I saw the ducklings on the field.  I like the ducklings."  Story and picture by Chevelle



"I saw the duck and the ducklings too.  The seagull was going to stand on the duckling when the Mother Duck was looking away so the ducks and the ducklings went back to the creek."  Story and picture by Samson

"The duck is on the field and he can fly.  The little ducklings can't fly."  Story and picture by Alazye

Our "Duck Says Don't " Stories.

Room 16 enjoyed reading the story "Duck Says Don't" by Alison Ritchie.

Goose goes away on holiday and gives Duck the job of looking after the pond while she is away.  Unfortunately Duck is a bit too enthusiastic and signs soon appear everywhere and his friends decide they don't like being bossed around and they leave.  I will let some of our writers share their stories of how Duck solved this problem.

"I saw Goose and he is going on holiday.  Duck is in charge of the pond.  He put up some signs like "No swimming", "No fishing".  At the end of the story he was kind and everyone played with him."  Story by Samson

"Duck said, "No splashing Dragonflies and Frogs."  Duck said, "No swimming, no racing, no jumping."  He was bossy.  Everyone is sad when Duck is in charge of the pond.  He was being mean."  Story dictated by Tupou

"Duck is so not being kind.  Duck was so not being kind when he put up the signs.  Then Duck put a new sign up.  Because Duck was mean to his friends they went away."  Story by Alexandra

Joshua's first two page story about Duck.  A great recount Joshua.

"I like the Duck because he was kind at the end.  Duck was not kind at the beginning and the frogs went away and the frogs found somewhere else to play.  The frogs met some new friends and the Duck said I am sorry frogs."  By Joshua

Feeding Time for the Eels

Off to fed the eels - Tupou, Alexandra and Anne Marie

The children fed the eels this morning and they were rather hungry.  They jumped up to eat the crab meat, splashing some of the children.  The children came back to class very excited that they were able to see the eels moving around their tank and splashing.

"I like touching the eels and I saw the eels.  The eel saw the crab meat on the lid (of the tank) and he splashed my face."  Picture and story by Samson

Picture and story by Alexandra

"I touched the eel five times."  Story and picture by Fateh

"I touched the eels back and he ate the crab meat." Story and picture by Mariposa 

"I touched the eel.  It was slimy.  It was slimy and fun."  Story and picture Kura

"I fed the eels and I had some eel food.  We fed the eels and they were happy.  We had fun and so did the eels."  By Anne Marie

Jump Jam At Friday Assembly

Each Friday members of different teams have been demonstrating ways you can get fit and have fun.  This Friday it was team one's turn to show everyone how we love doing Jump Jam.  Logan, Samson, Anne Marie and Siulua were the representatives from Room 16.  They sure got everyone up and enjoying doing Jump Jam proving you can have fun while exercising your body.

"Put Your Rubbish In The Right Bin."

At Team Assembly we have been talking about the need to "put your rubbish in the right bin" and the consequences to our environment if we just let our rubbish blow into the creek or down to the beach.  This was motivation for Samson, Maggie and Alexandra to write about why we need to put our rubbish in the right bin.

"I had to sweep the bay.  My brother had to help me.  My Mum came to look at the rubbish and she saw it was cleaned."
Picture and story by Alexandra

"The rubbish goes to the sea and to the fish.  The fish eat the rubbish.  The fish get sick."
Picture and story by Samson