What an amazing, wonderful day we had on the last day of 2021. Only five children arrived in Room 17 today, but they had a fun-filled day.
Today, the children who were at school took home their self portraits. One they painted at the beginning of the year, and the other one was painted this month (December). I think they all did an awesome job!
Mr Burt bought some Boomwhackers for Team One. We love playing with them, and started learning to play some songs. We hope you enjoy our movie that shows the beginning of our learning journey.
Here we are at the beginning of Term Four. Oh My Goodness! Where is the year going? And...we're back learning online! That wasn't in our plan, but we're good at 'Just rolling with it'.
I hope everyone enjoyed the two weeks of holiday, even though we couldn't go to the places we'd usually go to, or do the things we'd normally do during a holiday. I hope that you enjoyed simply being with your family, and having fun, relaxing times with them.
Did you watch the School's Immersion Assembly this morning? If you did, you would have seen all the Teams sharing what they would be learning this term. Here is the movie that Team One made to show a bit about what we are learning this term. Enjoy!
It's the last day of Term 3. Even though our term was a bit unexpected, we all just 'rolled with it'. Thank you to the wonderful tamariki that turned up to our Team and Class Meets, and to those who completed online learning and shared it with me. You are all superstars.
And...a huge thank you to the Mums, Dads, Nanas, Grandads, and older brothers and sisters who helped our lovely children to complete online tasks. Your input has been soooo appreciated.
Enjoy having a bit of a relax for the next two weeks, and, providing everything goes as planned, I will see you back in class on Monday 18th of October. Woo Hoo!!
On Tuesday, Ruth and her Mum made a poi. Here's a short movie showing them working together. Nice job, Ruth and Mum!
Team One are having a Wacky Wednesday on each....Wednesday, of course! :-). Today we all dressed in our pyjamas and brought out soft toys to our Meet. Everyone looked so relaxed, and the variety of toys was awesome! Great job Team One. I look forward to seeing what next Wednesday will be like.
Ruth has continued to work each day. Here is some of her work from today. Love your artwork, Ruth. Nice heilala flower to celebrate Tongan Language Week.
Christopher's Mum sent me a lot of work that he has been doing over the last week. I have chosen just a view to share with us all. Here are pages of his written work, plus photos of shapes around his house.
Ruth has been very busy working at home. Here's some of the work she did on Wednesday.
Elysabeth and Gano have been working hard at home. I love the work they have both been doing. Great job girls!
Great work, Jerry. It's so good to see you have been doing learning at home. Thanks for sending the photo. Keep up the awesome work, Jerry.
This term our School-wide theme is 'Healthy Me, Healthy You'. In Team One, we will be learning ways to be healthy and happy. The teachers made a movie to introduce the topic to the school. We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it.
May is already here, and Term Two has begun.
As is normal for our school, we begin the term with an assembly that introduces the school to the theme of the term. This term our them is
WATCH THIS SPACE!
Team One will be learning about the sun and the moon, and the role they have for the earth. We'll also be learning about our solar system. It's going to be a great term.
Here's the video that the teachers from our team created to introduce the topic. Enjoy!
On Sunday Mrs Shirley and her husband were in school putting together the basketball hoop and the outdoor kitchen. Thank you so much for making it possible for the kids in Team One to play with their new equipment.
Oh my goodness! Today was a VERY exciting day for Team One.
Students from Kings College in Otahuhu came to our school to deliver sports equipment that they bought using money they made by having a bake sale. (Phew! That was a long sentence!)
Mrs Shirley's daughter was one of the students who came. She and her friends baked muffins, cakes and biscuits, and then sold them to other students at their school. All the money they made, the used to buy us:
lots of small balls some big balls
2 balance bikes a basketball hoop
a couple of bouncy hoppers an outdoor play kitchen and.....
an outdoor soccer goal
WOW! We are going to have so much fun playing with all the equipment.
THANK YOU SO MUCH students at Marion Bruce House.
Today we had a visit from a much-loved member of Mrs Forbes' family. Their Giant Flemish rabbit, called JoJo. He was huge! We all got to give him a pat, and some of us brushed his very soft fur. Mrs Forbes brought the leash they use with JoJo, and he had a little hop within our circle of people.
Thanks, Mrs Forbes, for bringing JoJo to visit. We loved seeing him.
Today was also Pizza Making Day! Yep - you heard right. We made pizzas. Little ones. But they were tasty. We put sauce on the bottom, and had the choice of ham, pineapple and cheese to put on top. Most people put all three toppings on, while others chose put only one or two toppings on their pizza. Whatever we chose, we loved making, and eating, our own little pizza.
I wonder what we'll make next time!
Today we were allowed to wear mufti to school. If we could, we were asked to wear something purple to support Epilepsy Awareness Day. Here are some of the children in Rooms 13 and 17 who wore mufti. What a happy looking group!
Today Rooms 13 and 17 were the stars on PENN (Pt England News Network). We thought you might enjoy meeting some the Treasures of the New Entrants and Year Ones.
Our school value for this year is Cherish Our Treasures - Tiaki Taonga. We are all treasures to be cherished. Enjoy our movie.
This morning we helped Mrs Shirley, Mrs Forbes and Miss Hockly make Apple and Pear Crumble. We helped chop the pears. While they were cooking, we put the flour, brown sugar, rolled oats, and butter into a bowl to make the crunchy crumble.
Once the apples and pears were cooked, Mrs Shirley put them into a dish and sprinkled the crumble over the top. Then she put it back into the oven. Once it was cooked, we got to eat it with some ice cream too. It was delicious! We are clever bakers!
Here are a few photos of us cutting the pears, mixing the ingredients, and also a short video of us eating our delicious apple crumble. Yum, yum....YUM!
Yesterday we had lots of fun doing fitness with Miss Vaafusuaga. We loved having the choice of which exercise we wanted to do. Thanks, Miss Vaafusuaga. We hope we can do this again sometime.
Enjoy our short video.
Today was our schools' day to spend at the beach. Everyone walked down to Pt England Beach for a fun time playing on the sand, in the water, and on the grass and park. We are blessed to be so close to the beach. Some parents came along too, and had fun with their children. Our trips to the beach are always the best! We were all very tired when we got back to school, and were looking forward to going home. Even Miss Hockly and Mrs Shirley were feeling like having a sleep! 😀 💤
Rooms 13 and 17 started swimming today. It was so much fun. We can't wait to go again tomorrow.
What a wonderfully sunny day to have Team Rotations. Team One had three different activities to play. Everyone had a lot of fun. Here's some of our children jumping over the hurdles. Great job, everyone!
