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Term 2 - Week 11

This week we have been doing our Inquiry - What differences can we make to improve the conditions for our sea creatures? We wrote a letter to John Key and sent him a presentation about saving the whales. We had a first attempt at making a video about picking up litter to prevent it from going into our storm drains and then into the sea. Go to save our sea creatures to view our learning. Next term our class will change so we had a shared lunch together.

Term 2 - Week 10

The WAVE Team organised a healthy lunch for us all. It was delicious with so many tasty options. Homemade pizza, baked potatoes, roasted vegetables and chicken, chicken pasta salad, banana smoothies, berry jelly and fruit salad and yoghurt. Thank you WAVE Team.



We had Celebration Day and our families came to see what we have been learning.

We read Flat Stanley stories and then made our own Flat Stanley and posted them away for their own adventure. This is where they have been. On Tuesday we got to watch a magic show and we learnt about healthy foods. Stella thought it was "Good and exciting!" Geordie thought it was "Awesome!"

This week we are following the LearNZ Wandering Whales trip.

Term 2 - Week 9

Mr Woods came to talk to us about living in Papa New Guinea. He told us; The girls wear skirts made out of bark. His son had a pet crocodile and a turtle. At night the crocodile would eat and he sleeps during the day. They had string on the turtle to pull him up at night to keep him safe from the crocodile. One day some people forgot and the turtle was chomped. They got a big tooth from a 6m crocodile. You have to cough when you go to someone's door. If you knock you will be killed. They carry the babies on top of dry wood in bags made out of bark. Papa New Guinea's shape is like the shape of a dragon. media type="file" key="VOICE000.MP3" width="240" height="20" Click here to listen to weekly update. On Friday all the houses had their Responsibility Ramble, Ohipi had a 'pull apart day' and they made their own robot using the pieces of machinery they had pulled apart.



Milford had a cultural day and they made heaps of different things out of flax, they sang Maori songs and had four visitors singing to them. They also had a hangi. Willy says "Some things were yummy and the carrots were squishy." Tayla says, "There was many, many people there." Courteney says, "Uncle Josh showed us some photos."

Te Awa had a lazy day and watched movies, played play station, played board games and wore their PJs to school. Rhys says"Well yeah I really liked it." Allysa says "It was great."

The George Brothers Arrived at school on Friday. Click on the picture to find out all about them.



Term 2 - Week 8

This week we went to the salmon hatchery. We wrote a recount about our trip.



We are learning to write Recounts, to find out more about writing a recount . Look at our own pages to see how we are doing.

Term 2 - Week 7

Wow what a busy week we have had... On Wedneday Jono came to school and he taught us a game which was like netball and basketball. "It was great because we got to learn new games." Isabel. On Thursday we had the Phoenix Cross Country at the Temuka Rugby Fields. Well done to Olivia (1st), Stella (2nd) and Courtney (3rd) in the Year 2 Race.

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On Friday we went to see the 'Jungle Bungle'Show. The characters were lost in the jungle, the boy Oliver thought that there was something following them. Oliver had put books in the bags and some of the characters in these stories came alive. See if you can spot any of the characters in the photos below? "My favourite part was when they sang 'Life is Crazy' because it is a good song." Olivia.

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Term 2 - Week 6

We are feeling very sad because the new laptops are going to be used in Room 5, Mrs C does tell us that we will get to use them again soon but they are for everyone in the school. We have been very lucky to have them in our room for a long time.  We are also Sad because Hannah has left to go to the West Coast. We think it is cool that Dee and Lynn have commented on our comments page, thank you. There has been lots of rain and on Wednesday we had a day at home because the rivers were very high and flooding. Poor Jack's house got flooded! Mrs Andrews talked to us about Jesus helping an old lady. Today we looked at shark teeth that Miss Gay collected as a child from the beaches in the Chatam Islands. We were surprised that they were grey and some were very small. 

Term 2 - Week 5

This week we have been doing cross country running to get ready for our Cross Country next week. We have been learning more about whales and we learnt that a humpback whale makes a bubble net to catch its food. We have been using the new laptops and we think they are good. The Cat in the Hat group were learning about penguins and they watched lots of videos about penguins and read a digital story book on the new laptops. This week we did more measure activities and we used non-standard units to measure area.

​ Term 2 - Week 4

This week we have been learning more about whales, the orca and the humpback whale. We learnt about what they eat. Baleen whales eat krill and the toothed whales will eat squid, big fish and sometimes seals and penguins.

We are learning about length and area. We worked in buddies to draw around our bodies and to measure their length and area using our hands and feet.



photos by Geordie

Mrs C is very proud of us because we are all moving up colours in our reading.

Tiki couldn't find the door for the tent so he slept in the work to mark tray.



Term 2 - Week 3

This week we challenged Room 3 to a leaf fight. They were very sneaky and snuck out their class early to get ready for a surprise attack.. . This week we have been learning more about whales and we made a fact file about the big blue whale and the whale shark. These are awesome creatures. Watch out for the updates on the Let's get into the Deep Blue Sea page.

Tiki has been up to mischief in Room 2, read our comic strip to find out what he has been doing! Term 2 - Week 2

Flat Stanley came to our school. Yesterday Flat Stanley went back to Scotland. On Thursday we did times tables and fractions and shared out the penguin poo. Mrs Andrews came to talk to us about God making people. We have been watching videos about creatures of the deep. We have been making a collage about crabs. By Olivia and Stella.