Nov 26, 2019 | Tui - Year 2 blog
Today we took advantage of this fabulous weather and got outdoors to explore states of matter. As this was a Science topic from earlier this year, we were pretty sure we knew EVERYTHING there was to know about solids, liquids and gases…until we made cornflour...
Nov 21, 2019 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog, Piwakawaka - Year 1 Blog
You would be at Athletics Day! Our whole school Athletics Day is a highlight on our school calendar. We had so much fun taking part in events such as gumboot and dart throwing, long jump, bean bag shot put and our favourite event, the obstacle course. The Wentworth...
Nov 20, 2019 | Wētā - Year 4 blog
Athletics Day Art We’ve got our still-life Art on display in the classroom. Still-life could only describe the art of the students, not them personally!
Nov 7, 2019 | Katipo - Year 3 blog
Did you know…….. That if a boat has a V shape with no weight in it, it will sink. You cannot push a cup upside down in a bowl of water because the air fills the space in the cup. Objects with air in them float. We discovered water can act like the force,...
Nov 7, 2019 | 2021 Primary Classroom Blogs, Wētā - Year 4 blog
Halloween Mufti Day Science For science we have been looking at electrical circuits. We’ve made some interesting discoveries in regards to how parallel or series circuits affect a light bulb’s brightness.
Nov 6, 2019 | Moa - Year 6 blog
Congratulations to Wentworth Primary’s top chess player, Ananda, who competed in the National Chess Championships, held in Christchurch recently. We are incredibly proud of you!
Nov 6, 2019 | Moa - Year 6 blog
Congratulations to Amy and Atia, who won our Wentworth Year 6 speech competition. Both girls went on to the Hibiscus Coast Lions Speech Finals. Atia gained third place overall with her speech about the importance of chores – and some handy hints for getting out...
Nov 6, 2019 | Moa - Year 6 blog
Four teams of Year 6 engineering whizzkids took part in the Vector EPro8 STEM Competition, competing against other local schools to solve intricate problems using maths, science, electronics and technology. It was a nailbiting event with Wentworth teams consistently...
Nov 5, 2019 | Mātātā - Year 5 blog
Tuatara class have had a busy start to Term 4, starting with assessments in the first few weeks. I am incredibly proud of all of our class members for having positive attitudes towards their assessments and giving it their all. This term we welcome Ann into our...
Nov 5, 2019 | Tui - Year 2 blog, Uncategorized
We thought we would celebrate the lovely warm weather! What a lovely way to celebrate the sun!
Nov 1, 2019 | Kiwi – Year 1 Blog
On the 31st of October we had a mufti day, sausage sizzle and bake sale. The money raised will be donated to an ex Wentworth Primary student who is sadly very unwell at the moment. Our Year 0 and Year 1 class embraced the Halloween theme and a wonderful day was had by...