Our Museum Trip

It was so exciting to be able to travel by bus to the city for a visit to the museum. We made the most of our time there to visit many exhibits and also to learn about Matariki. Whae Heidi taught us some songs, she told us a story and introduced us to the nine stars of Matariki.

We enjoyed viewing Peter, the large Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, in the entrance of the museum. Then we went to see the volcano and earthquake section. he dinosaur floor with it's many fossils and also Rajah, the old elephant from Auckland Zoo.

Time spent discovering the many creatures in the Weird and Wonderful section kept us engrossed. We managed to visit the War Memorial too and some of the Maori and Pacific Island areas. Our thanks to the wonderful parent helpers who came to support us.

 

More Music with Mrs Clark

Mrs Clark's music lessons are always so appealing and we get lots of hands on opportunities to play a range of musical instruments. Thank you, Mrs Clark, for making music a marvellous experience!

Lily Teaches us to draw a Fox

Lily is an expert in drawing cartoon foxes so she happily agreed to teach the children how do draw one. She carefully showed the children each step and they all produced such fabulous foxes!

Monarch Butterfly Update

When we arrived at school this morning there was not one but two monarch butterflies out of their chrysalis'. They were opening and closing their wings so we popped them out on the bench and by morning tea one of them had flown away and the third chrysalis has broken open with another butterfly stretching out its wings. We really enjoyed being able to watch those amazing creatures from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly!

Mother's Day Cards

We are so pleased with the cards we made for our mums to wish them a very Happy Mother's Day. We hope they all have a wonderful day feeling very special and loved XXX

Problem Solving in Mathematics

On Fridays we work in groups to solve a variety of interesting problems. These opportunities help us to practice the key competencies we need as learners. We solve the problem on our own and then we share our strategy or what we notice or wonder about the problem. The group listen to each person's strategy and decide on the best one to put forward to the rest of the class. Here the children are working on a problem relating to toys.

Welcome back to Term 2

Hooray! After a wonderful holiday we are back and eager to learn! It is great seeing everyone back now - our class of 22 is complete. Here are some photos taken this week -