Apr 30, 2018 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog
Our Year 1 and 2 classes participate in Physical Education lessons together. Today we visited Alice’s Wonderland through Yoga. We developed our concentration and listening skills. We followed complex instructions to manipulate our limbs into yoga positions...
Apr 20, 2018 | Wētā - Year 4 blog
Hi parents, I thought I’d take a moment to share with you some of the special events we had in Term 1. ASB Get Wise Session In early March we had a representative of the ASB Get Wise programme, Jadyn, take the years 3 and 4’s for a...
Apr 11, 2018 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
We have been learning how to write and give instructions. Firstly we watched a you tube clip on how to make a paper helicopter. We then wrote instructions on how to make the helicopter for a year 4 student to follow. From this exercise we discovered written...
Apr 10, 2018 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog
Our Year 4, 5 and 6 students went to Shakespeare Lodge for a four day camping trip………..not to be outdone, our Year 1, 2 and 3’s all decided to have a mini-camp here at school. Tents, pancakes, egg toss, egg and spoon races and an egg hunt...
Apr 5, 2018 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
Whoever thought pitching tents, eating pikelets, and playing games in the sun could be so much fun!! Egg throwing and catching was interesting especially when some people got egged. Lastly we finished by having an Easter egg hunt. It was really difficult as we had...
Apr 3, 2018 | Tui - Year 2 blog
What is as big as an elephant but weighs nothing? The elephant’s shadow! As part of our Science this term we have been learning about light and dark and what makes shadows. On a recent sunny day, we went outside and figured out how to make the biggest shadow we...
Apr 3, 2018 | Tui - Year 2 blog
The whole school had a brilliant outing recently when we all visited Ti Point Reptile Park. The sun was shining which encouraged all the reptiles to put themselves on display as they basked in the warmth. We were lucky enough to pat a tortoise, get up close with...