Paper Aeroplanes

Yay!! Buddy Class time! We really enjoy spending time with our Buddy Class and today they had another surprise in store of us! Each of our buddies had prepared a few different paper aeroplane instructions on YouTube for us. We had a great time folding the pages step-by-step until we had at least one paper aeroplane ready to try out. Some of the children spent time decorating their planes while others had a lovely time outside getting their planes to fly or glide or do loops. Many thanks to Mrs Beukens and our wonderful buddies!

Daniel Music Maestro

Daniel played the piano in our junior school assembly today. He is very talented and played beautifully! How brave you were to play in front of so many people, Daniel! We are very proud of you again!

Our Trip to Mangere Mountain

At last, it was our turn to go on the bus to visit Mangere Mountain! Some children weren't sure what it was going to be like there because they had never visited an extinct volcano before. Most of us expected the mountain to be huge and like a massive cone but instead it wasn't too tall and it had a very wide open crater that looked like the inside of a green monster's open mouth. 

Once we arrived at the mountain, we were greeted by two lovely Maori ladies called Marcia and Ellie. They invited us to sit in a large hall and they started the day off with some welcomes and Daniel stood up and shared his mihi. Shortly after morning tea we were ready to take a walk up the mountain to discover more about how the Maori lived in this area many, many years ago.