Peachy, the Spring tree

Just look at how much Peachy has changed since winter - with a spring outfit of pink and green, he really looks great!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

What an eventful, exciting time Term Three has been.  So much has taken place in the last nine weeks and we have all zoomed ahead in our learning too.  Everyone has moved up a few levels in their Reading and in Maths they have also made fabulous progress.  The wonderful recounts and narratives that are being penned are also cause for applause - we have many amazing authors in the making already.  

Now that they holidays are here and the days are getting longer and warmer, it's good to enjoy time spent at home or away with family and friends.  Have a great holiday!

Exceptional Evan

We all agree that Evan is a wonderful member of our class and we are lucky to have him in Room 5.  Not only is he always on task and works hard at all his learning tasks, but he is always friendly, sensible and a really great role model too.  "Well done!" and "Bravo!" to you, Evan!

Kuia's Journey - Our School Production

Our school production called Kuia's Journey features four Maori legends and it involves every child in the school. After weeks of learning the steps to our Sea Dance and the words to the Sea Song, we are ready to go on stage! We had our dress rehearsal today and there are just two more sleeps until we present our songs and dances to an audience of over one hundred people.  Our costumes are eye-catching and we are excited about all the special effects that are going to make our act even more spectacular.

Room 6 are performing with us and we are a class act!

The America's Cup

This morning the hall was set up for us to view live coverage of the America's Cup yacht race in San Francisco. Being a mufti day, we were encouraged to wear black and red to show our support for the Team New Zealand black boat.  Unfortunately our sailors didn't win the first race and the second race was postponed.  Fingers crossed, we'll be sailing to victory by tomorrow!

 Watching the race on a big screen in the hall made it such a treat.  

 We wrote messages of support to Team New Zealand - they are champions and we are very proud of Dean Barker and the crew.

Our Spring Play

To celebrate the joys of Spring we decided to do a little play and we invited the children from Room 33 and their lovely teacher, Mrs Mooney, to come and watch us.  Two of our parents also came along.  

We had made our own headdresses and we looked so good.  All the Spring characters remembered their lines and Lady Spring did a great job of getting them to tell their story.  Last week when we were in the ICT suite, we made slides on Spring which we put together as a slideshow to share with our audience after the play.  Everyone thought we were wonderful and they enjoyed being treated to the show!

Here we are - looking lovely with our headdresses on.

Lady Spring with her pretty dress and crown.

The clouds bringing rain to make the seeds grow.

 The golden sun who makes us feel warm in Spring.

 These three birds are going to find a place to build their nests.

 The seeds were finally encouraged to grow and they looked  great.

 After hibernating all winter, the hedgehog and bear were keen to enjoy the Springtime.

Two pretty butterflies and a pair of busy bees.

 Such sweet baby animals - a lamb and a calf.

Astounding Alishba

Heartiest congratulations to Alishba for her certificate to commemorate her efforts at school.  She was a star at learning a delightful poem for the poetry recital and confidently shared it with us.