Welcome to the Takahe Class blog! The Takahe is a very special native New Zealand bird. Our children think that a Takahe looks very similar to a Pukeko……but we all agree that it is definitely BIGGER! I wonder what similarities the Takahe has with the...
Mini-camp was a huge success this year! Our Year 4, 5 and 6 friends went to a One Day Camp and we decided that we didn’t want to miss out on the fun……so, we had a mini-camp at school! The weather was a little changeable so we pitched the tents...
We have had a very busy few weeks. The beginning of Term 4 saw us work hard to complete all of our end of year assessments. We have done a wonderful job and have made great progress in all curriculum areas. Next, we visited MOTAT (Museum of Transport and...
….because I am running really fast in the cross-country race! We were so very excited that the school was able to hold our annual cross-country event at the end of Term 3. It was lovely to see and hear the cheering crowd urging us towards the finish line....
We had a new teacher in our Kiwi Class today. Our new teacher (a lovely member of our Kiwi class) brought in the most interesting news and discussed perspective and different viewpoints of objects, such as a cup. We then drew three different views of the cup!...
The new mantra in our Kiwi class is…… Grow, Protect and Taste vegetables. Our Kiwi Class have become members of a special club called the Little Garden League. This is an initiative designed to encourage children to enjoy vegetables and develop an...
Father’s Day provided our Kiwi Class with the opportunity to remind their dad’s of how loved and appreciated they are! The Kiwi Class were extremely excited about making cards for dad and they couldn’t wait to take them home. I hope that all of our...
Term 3 has seen two new students join our Kiwi class. A very big WELCOME to our new Kiwi class friends! Thank you to the Kiwi Class for being ‘bucket-fillers’ and welcoming our new friends.
What a wonderful way to end not only English Week, but also Term 2! Book Character Day was a wonderful opportunity for us to share our favourite stories and characters with our friends. At times it felt like Wentworth Primary was actually Hogwarts as there were many...
Sewing – what an absolutely wonderful skill for children to learn! A Kiwi class friend gave us all a challenge this week! Could we sew a button onto some material using a REAL needle? Well………we rose to the challenge………we used...
Last week we had some wonderful Shared News which was contributed by one of our Kiwi class friends. We discussed the importance of safety equipment and we even had the opportunity to try it on!
On Tuesday we were the luckiest class in the land because our school was allowed to go to Kelly Tarlton’s AND we had the entire aquarium to OURSELVES! We certainly made the most of it! We saw sea horses, touched starfish and we even made our own colourful fish...
