School Production

We had a great night at the Regent theatre presenting 'He waka eke noa'

Maths week

We did a whole range of activities last week to celebrate maths week.
We had a maths wall, number of the day, quiz of the day, guess the number of jelly beans in the jar, matific, kahoot and many other fun things.

Congratulations to the following students who took part in the Matific challenge:

Gold finishers
Joseph, Joshua, Emily

Silver Finishers
Elijah, Crystal W, Abby

Bronze finishers
Liam Mo, Fergus, Payton,

Tea Ceremony

Some students were very lucky to take part in a Japanese tea ceremony at school today.

Samoan Language Week

This week we celebrated Samoan language week with a range of activities including songs, greetings, stories and today we had a visit from Malakai's dad who taught us some greetings, phrases and how to count in Samoan.

Science week

This week we have done a lot of different activities which have involved science.
Today Dr Naffa did some experiments with us which were really cool.
We learnt about molecules squeezing together, about indicators for alkaline and acidity and we made Elephant toothpaste!
We had a lot of fun... we noticed and observed so many different things.
Thank you Dr Naffa for making it such a cool session.

We caught bugs in a dish!

Bugs

Leaf Samples

Matific Ideas for fun maths activities!

                                          Click the link below for ideas for the 15th of May which is 
                  International Family Day. A time to stop and celebrate families and the roles they play in our lives.
                                       
                                                        Matific Maths Family Night!     

Ladder Race

Playing a Game of "Chuck the Chicken"

Relays

Commonwealth Games

Goal Setting Evenings

On the 27th and 28th of March we invited our Whanau to come to school so that we could share our learning goals with them.

Duathlon

Last week the year 1-3 students participated in the Duathlon.  They had to run and bike.  It was hard work biking on the grass.  We were very lucky with the weather too.

A Special Visitor!

On Friday afternoon, Elsa's Mum, Hannah Fang, came to our Kete to play her violin for us.  Hannah began playing the violin when she was 3 years old.   She played a song from the "Moana" movie for us.  After that, she asked us what we would like to hear.  We asked for "Shake It Off."  Hannah had never played that one before but she is so good at playing the violin that she was able to play it anyway.  Hannah is an AMAZING violinist!

Beach Education

We went to the Surf Life Saving Club and tried lots of different things!

Our Sleepover

We turned our kete into a bedroom!

Sleepover and Beach education at Himatangi

Last Thursday we had our Sleepover at school. 

We started the evening with an orienteering activity. It was really hard to find one of the clues but it was really good fun.
We had supper, then we created a "Surfer Dude" because we were going to Himatangi Beach the next day.

Road Safety Walk

The year 3 students went on a road safety walk down Albert Street.  We practised our skills for crossing the road by stopping, looking and listening.   We found that we needed to be particularly careful when we were near carparks and walking past driveways.  We also needed to make sure that we looked in all directions that the traffic was coming from before crossing the road.

                         

Te Kete Manawa 2018 Class!

We have had a great start to the term! Some of our highlights so far include a scavenger hunt, air conditioning in the classroom and finding out that we have a think tank this year. We are going to decorate it with lots of fish. We look forward to sharing our learning with you.

TKM