Our Spring Play

After learning the words for our characters in the Spring play we made our own headbands and then we practised the actions. We invited Mr Kirkham and our friends in Room 6 to view our performance and they were so imprssed with us! It was so much fun to do.

The Power of Thinking - MOTAT Challenge

The children met Teresa from MOTAT came to work with us and showed us some simple machines that had screws, pulleys, wheels and axles, levers, inclined planes, screw and wedges. She then put us into small groups and challenged us to work together as a team to create our own marble alleys. The children needed to work together to solve any problems in their design. The photos show the special marble alleys they made and how well they worked.

Our Spring Walk

It was a beautiful September morning today so we decided to take a 'Spring Walk' to observe some exciting changes taking place in our school gardens. Some birds were singing to us as we got ready to go. Our first stop was the Hive where we checked on 'Necki' and 'Terrine', the nectarine trees. They have big buds on them, ready to bloom soon. As we were there we spotted a roly poly (pillbug) and a worm. There were two trees showing off their pretty white blossoms as we made our way to the oak tree near the Performing Arts centre and close by we were able to view the beehive and we noticed how active the bees were. Already there are flowers all around and fresh leaves on some trees. The lovely sunshine also reminded us that the days are getting longer and warmer. How wonderful Springtime is! Thank you to Synova for taking all these photos!

Swimming at Lagoon Pools in Panmure

We have been enjoying our swimming lessons and are all so quick to get undressed into our togs and then get dressed back again! We certainly are very independent. At our lessons we are in various groups and our swimming teachers keep us very busy throughout our lessons. Ka pai, Tamariki!`