Room 8 artists have produced some fantastic explosions of colour. The art work looked like brightly coloured flowers or exploding fireworks. It was a big job, mixing colours, filling the space, having some colours in the foreground and some in the background. The last thing to add was the white and this seemed to make our pictures come alive. People have been amazed at our fantastic work.

From Collages

We had a neat time when about thirty students came from all parts of the world to visit our school. They were here to plant trees and mix with the kids at our school. We three students talk to our class. Irene and Jessica came from Florida and Sam came from England. They each had accents when they spoke. We loved having them visit. In the afternoon they played basketball and soccer against the older kids in the school.
The trees they planted are growing well. Perhaps they can come back one day and see the beautiful New Zealand native bush.

As part of our science experiments children have been mixing things. Hannah brought along the baking soda, red dye and then poured in some vinegar into the crater. Woosh. Out oozed the redish coloured larva. Everyone was amazed at how things change.

The juniors ran the long course and puffed their way to the finish line. It was a great challenge for everyone. Well done to everyone for putting a fine effort into the races.

We are a fit lot and we all really like to sing and dance our way through all the jump jam routines. Miss Richter and Mrs Thompson are great at leading us with the big kids from the school. We are lucky we have the dome to dance under.

Lots of children in the class belong to sports teams. The bouncers miniball team have enjoyed playing together and won lots of games.

We all got creative and designed and made mailboxes for our bedrooms. They needed to be strong and represent something that they were interested in. We have got everything from flower letterboxes all the way through to soccer balls and horses. Look how clever we are.

Room 6, 7 and 8 children have returned from spending an overnight camp at Blair Lodge. This was a great place to visit and provided lots of challenging fun activities for all the five and six year olds. It wouldn’t have been possible without the wonderful support of so many parents. Thank you everyone.
On the first day children had the chance to ride BMX bikes on the challenging track. They also did archery, the confidence course, games and sports and a scavenger hunt. Children enjoyed creating art works. In the afternoon, we walked to a magnificent waterfall and had a cool swim.
In the evening, after a delicious dinner we sang songs to the parents. Everyone slept in cabins, a lodge, a games room or tents.
The next day we visited the Katikati museum and the Katikati Bird Gardens. Everyone liked the relaxing time and riding on the golf cart.
We are all looking forward to going on our next big adventure.
Below is a slide show showing children enjoying themselves, making friends, learning new things and meeting lots of challenges.

We have 20 lovely Year 2 children in Room 8. As you can see, they are a  group of happy learners. Lots have turned six or are nearly six.

We have had a great start to the year in Room 8. The class is made up of 20 Year 2 children, with 11 girls and 9 boys. A special welcome to Hugo who has come from England and Jacob who has moved from Whangamata.
Children are keenly looking forward to going on an overnight camp at Blair Lodge at the beginning of March.
One of the things children have been enjoying is learning tennis skills from tennis coach Steve.
It’s been hot, so everyone loves going swimming. Having the air conditioning in our rooms has been wonderful.