BRONZE Care Award - MAX

Yay! Max received his Bronze CARE Award last week. Keep up the amazing work Max!!!

Spanish Fun

Room 1 and 2 are very fortunate to have Mrs S teaching during the middle block each day. Last week Mrs S taught Room 1 the colours of the rainbow in Spanish. The students loved learning a new language.

Week 5 Certificates

Congratulations to Raukawa and Schuyler who have worked really hard to be organsied in class. Keep up the amazing work!

Art Gallery Trip

Room 1 had a fabulous trip to the art gallery. Check out the amazing pieces of art that were created.

CARE Award - Eti

Congratulations to Eti who received his Bronze CARE Award in Week 4. It was a lot of hard work and he totally deserved it.

Play Based Learning

In Room 1 we love to play and the learning that occurs whilst we are playing is fantastic. This morning Jack and Leo went about to create their own ten pin bowling lane with blocks and a plastic ball. The language I overheard was outstanding and it is great to watch them create their own fun before school.

CARE Award - Yulia

Congratulations to Yulia for receiving her Bronze CARE Award early term 4. She worked extremely hard to achieve this award.

Kiwisport with Naomi

Every term we have some fantastic sessions with Naomi from Sport Otago for our Kiwisport Sessions. This term we started off with learning some rugby skills. Check us out!

Outstanding Writing

This term for writing I(Miss Reeves) have the privilege of working with 16 wonderful writers. They have been working hard all term developing their skills and on Monday 13th November Max and Sera blew me away with their independent writing.

Making Tapa with Mrs Tofia

Over the past two terms the staff have been working with Mrs Tofia in developing culturally responsive writing practices in our classrooms. This term Mrs Tofia took some time out of her busy schedule to come in and teach all students how to make Tapa. The students got to hold traditional Tapa as well as watching a video of it being made in Samoa. The students then had a go at making their own Tapa.

DOLLS HOUSE

WOW what a great excitement there was one Monday morning when Room 1 arrived to a brand new massive dolls house! Thank you so much to the Stanley/Waterworth family for the donation of the dolls house. It is being well used by children of all ages!!

Literacy Week

Literacy Week was a great success and so much fun. What did we get up to:
- Story telling with Monsignor John
- Buddy Reading with other classes
- Other teachers reading to us
- Literacy Evening where we won some great prizes
- Myth and Legend Writing
- Designing a new book cover - this will be displayed in the library!

Inquiry - Famous NZ People

Our Inquiry this term is focusing on NZ. Room 1 lately have been learning about two famous New Zealanders - John Kirwan and Lydia. Check out the awesome posters they made to learn more about them.