On Friday 21st May, Rooms 3, 4 and 5 went to Otorohanga, the Kiwiana capital of NZ.  We went to the Kiwi house and saw 2 kiwis up close and lots of native birds and lizards. Scott, from the Kiwi house, told us all about the precious wildlife in New Zealand and the dangers to them – like rats, cats and dogs.  Then we went in to the town and walked around the town, filling in our quiz forms from all the Kiwiana displays in shops. There was also a Sir Edmund Hillary walkway that had lots of cool NZ facts and displays. To top of an awesome day, we all got a ice cream and a giant jaffa! Yum!

Thanks to Mr Broadhurst for driving the bus and all the parents that took cars and explored with us. Check out the classes webpages to see more photos and information.

Posted: May 24th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Below is a video of a school in the U.S.A who loves to read – perhaps it will inspire our children to read, read and read some more!! Go Readathon!

Posted: May 14th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Back Row: Ethan (1), Lewis (3), Bolivia (2), Daniel (12), Ewan (4), Jessica (10)

Front Row: Charlie (11), Danielle (6), Ella (8), Ben (9)

Absent: Caitlyn (5), Aaron (7)

Posted: May 11th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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Thanks to Dan the Puppet-man and his very talented puppeteers – Radar and Matt, we were entertained and educated with a Road Safety show.  Sgt Jacko, Porangi the Pukeko, 3 excitable possums and a few other characters, made sure that we knew the road rules and consequences of not following them.

We all learnt a lot and through their amazing skills, reminded ourselves of what we should be doing around roads.

Posted: May 6th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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On Friday 30th April Rooms 6, 7 & 8  left school to walk single file along Plummer’s Point Road towards the wharf and estuary. It was going to be a long way. Mr Barthow led the long snake and wore an orange fluorescent vest so he could easily be seen by any traffic coming towards us. He made sure that we stayed right over on the grass verge so we were safe.  Will called out “Watch out for that sneaky driveway”, as we passed each of the letterboxes.  At one part the grass verge got so narrow we had to cross the road to a wider place to walk. We each looked right, left and right again as we looked and listened for any cars. Each of us had to decide if it was safe to cross. We linked hands with a friend as we smartly crossed the road.

After about half an hour we crossed the road again and arrived at the beautiful beachside reserve. We were tired. What a beautiful sight as we looked across the calm and peaceful estuary. We sat, relaxed and munched away on our big lunches. We were hungry.

Now it was time to head back to school. More safe walking. Listening for traffic. Looking for cars. Looking right. Looking left and then right again. Some needed plasters. The trip back to school in the long snaky line seemed slower and longer as we stopped and waited for those who had shorter and tired legs. Mr Barthow congratulated us on walking 4.2 kilometres which is a long way for 5 and 6 year olds on a lovely warm autumn day.

Thanks to all the mums, dads and grandmas who helped us be safe walkers. It was a great day!

Posted: May 2nd, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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