Open Morning

Today Pou Herenga Toru held an open morning. It was great to see so many parents come and see what we get up to in the senior school. The boys loved showing their families the slideshow we created, their work around the classroom and work on their computers. We sang a few songs for them too. What a great morning. Thank you to all the parents who came

along.

Our Slide Show

Survival Skills In The Pool

Over the last few weeks we have been learning survival skills in the school pool. We can scull on our backs head and feet first. When going down a river we know that feet first is safer so we can see where we are going and we don't bump our heads.  While keeping our chin on the top of the water we can keep our feet up and move our arms to keep us a float.  We really enjoy making lots of waves and trying to 'survive' while swimming a length without touching the bottom.

Green Pastures Camp

On Monday and Tuesday we went out to Green Pastures for our beginning of the year camp. We had so much fun. We got to experience archery, raft making, kayaking, bivouac building, air riffles, horizontal bungy and of course the famous mud run. It was such a fantastic 2 days. Thank you so much to all of the parents who helped out and made this possible.

Swimming Sports

Last week we went to WIS to use their pool to have our own school swimming sports. There were lots of races, flutter board kick, freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke. All of us tried really hard and a few of the boys won there races. Some students even had a race against Whaea Jordy. Well done everyone and good luck for interschool.

Nga Tuakana

We are so lucky to have 5 Nga Tuakana in our class. They will be busy throughout the year with their new responsibilities pastoral care, community, sport and head of school. Congratulations everyone!

What are we making?

We have been mixing different ingredients together to see what happens. Predicting on how they will react and wondering why this happens? Here we are combining cornflour and water together. Some of our wonderings are ... I wonder what cornflour is made of? I wonder why it is hard to pick up? I wonder why it changes from a solid to a liquid? I wonder why it bounced on carpet when it dripped off my hands?

Inquiry

Science Fun

Last week we had so much fun carrying out some science experiments. One of our favourite was exploring what happens when you add mentos to coke. We are looking forward to more science this term.

Pool Party

On Wednesday we celebrated the reopening of our swimming pool with an official ceremony and a whole school pool party! There was a slip n slide where we slid so fast some of us fell off the end! The water fight was a challenge, dodging shots from every direction but we all managed to come out of the battlefield smiling and laughing. Having our photo taken in front of the green screen was so realistic. Some of us really felt like we were being chased by a shark or under a cool waterfall. What a great day!

Science Van

Science in a Van visited our school. Mack and Devon welcomed them and did an amazing job. We were all engaged and excited to learn about science. It was funny watching Mrs Palmer scared that she might get wet from the liquid in the cup. Connor did a great job identifying wood! Hayz and Haami liked being a volunteer too. They gave us a fun way to remember what a liquid, solid and gas is by using our hands. We can't wait to try our more science in the classroom!

Here is a link to a video the science van made with Mack and Devon.

https://www.facebook.com/scienceinavan/videos/vb.156058884467793/1844480865625578/?type=2&theater

Te Reo Māori

Over the past two weeks we have been learning about how to say hello and goodbye in Te Reo Māori.
Watch our three videos to see what we have learnt.

Displays

We have our first lot of displays on the wall. We will be adding more over the next few weeks so come in and check them out.

Holiday Writing

Quilts - All About Us

Goal Setting

1st Week Back

Well we are back at school and so far we have had lots of fun. We have had a snowball fight, been for lots of swims, did some bottle flipping for maths and had fun creating some art. What a great start to the year!