Fundraising for Vanuatu

Today Ritchie and Florentine came to get the money we raised for Vanuatu. We raised $424.30. We feel really proud of ourselves. We love Vanuatu. 

By Emili, Amisha and Matthew

Black Caps Supporter Posters

We made posters with the help of their buddies.

Black Caps Day

Today we all dressed up in black (and white) to show our support for the Black Caps.

GO THE BLACK CAPS!!!!

Fabulous Writing about the Whio

At writing time we have been writing statements that are Facts or Fibs about the Whio Duck.
Look at the amazing posters we have made!
Do you know if the statements are facts or fibs?

Ryan's new uniform

Today Ryan showed off his fancy new uniform. We all thought he looked very smart.

Go the Black Caps!!!!!!!

This morning we sang the national anthem as a studio to show our support for the Black Caps. We hope they win this afternoon

Buddies

Today T35 came to visit T13 for buddies. They shared their ACTIVE picture books and helped us practice our throwing and catching.

Dad I want to be a camel!! A song we enjoy singing in Ti Kouka.

Caterpillar in the Garden

Today we found a caterpillar in the garden. We looked at it but did not touch it. We think it will turn into a butterfly.

Huritini Hugs

Today we gave at our first Huritini Hugs. You have to earn 50 Dojo points to get one. We are very proud of the Ti Kouka children who got one.

Puppets in Discovery

Today we made paper bag puppets. We looked at some ideas on the internet to help us

Whio

I saw the blue duck standing in the river.
I heard whistling and water.
I wondered how many blue ducks are there in New Zealand.
By Roxie

I heard the boy blue ducks whistle and the girls grunt.
I saw whio standing on the rocks.
I saw the birds biting each other.
I heard a fast flowing river.
By Lucy

I saw water rushing over the rocks.
I saw the blue ducks fighting and pecking.
By Leon

I saw the blue duck standing on the rocks in the very fast waterfall.
I heard the whistle of the male duck.
I wondered why the blue duck was fighting.
By Tom

I saw a blue duck on a rock in the crashing water.
I heard a whistle from the blue duck.
I wondered if the blue duck is from New Zealand.
By George

What has happened to our cubby holes by Matthew

The Hill by Will

Numeracy

This week we worked with our numeracy teacher. We learnt how to play the games in our specific knowledge boxes.

We also learnt to play some of iPad maths games.

While we were doing maths we practised sharing and caring for our studio

Welcome to Huritini

We have made a mural to welcome people to our Learning Centre, Huritini.

Huritini is the Maori name for parts of the Halswell River.

We had to work together to make the mural.

We care for our school by:

We have been focusing on caring for our school and studio. Here are some of our ideas for how we can care for our school.

We care for our school by:

picking up rubbish.

keeping our bags closed.

not kicking sand.

not throwing stones.

By Tom

We care for our school by:

picking up rubbish.

picking up sports equipment.

saying to people please do not pick the flowers and do not stand on the flowers.

By Summer

We care for our school by:

leaving the stones in the garden and leaving the bark.

not putting stones on the path.

By Blake

We care for our school by:

taking our shoes off when we are on the couch.

not kicking balls in the garden.

By Libby

We care for our school by:

not pulling out grass.

taking our shoes off when we want to go in the sandpit.

By George

We care for our school by:

tidying up when we are finished.

pushing chairs in.

By E

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