Kids Safe with Dogs

Keira, Kai and their owner Laura visited us at our school.  Keira and Kai came to teach us how to act around dogs, especially the ones we don't know.

Rules to keep safe from a dog:

1. Always ask the owner first if you want to pat the dog.
2. Touch the dog on its back, not the head.
3. Stand like a tree- if the dog runs up to you, stop and stay still, wrap your branches (hold your elbows), keep quiet and stare at your roots (look at the floor).

If a dog is a working dog; like a blind dog or a police dog, don't touch them!!

Keep dog safe.

Buddy Reading with Room 12

This term we were lucky to go to Room 12 for our buddy reading.  We looked at their work on the chrome book and read some of their blogs.

Thank you room 12 for having us!

ANZAC Service

Our ANZAC service at school was to remember all the service people who went to war for us.

It was a very warm and moving ceremony and the lady from the RSA appreciated the writings and poems we had written.

Malachi carried the flag for us while Mya carried the cross.  Saphire and Mele placed our wreath while Kiana read our class poem.

Room 6

Our poem is about the Anzacs who went to Gallipoli in Turkey.

Gallipoli

Gallipoli is where the ANZACs went

Anzac Cove is the place they landed

Last Post is what they heard at the end of the day

Lots of soldiers went to battle

In the trenches, they kept safe

Poppies grew in the fields where they fell

On ANZAC day, we remember them

Lest We Forget

Injury and death they suffered to bring us peace

We Will Remember Them

Fake Wasp Nest

There is a swan plant growing in the garden and it has been discovered by the monarch butterflies who have laid their eggs on the leaves. These eggs are hatching into caterpillars and now they are surrounded by their greatest enemies, the wasps.  According to our research, wasps don't like wasps from other nests in the same area so we have made a fake wasp nest to see if it will help to keep these pests away.

We will find out after the holidays if our plan has worked!

Mrs Wishy-Washy Show

We were so lucky to receive free tickets to go and watch Mrs Wishy-Washy show at the Pump House.  We had to go all the way to Takapuna in a bus.  There was so much excitement in the bus as we went over the harbour bridge!  We saw the Sky Tower and lots of boats and yachts in the sea.

The show was so funny and it was great to meet the characters after the show.  We have read the books, now we have watched the show too!

The seats were so comfortable.

With the characters

Spring is here!

Spring is here so we decided to start working in our garden. Our first job was to weed the garden.  We wonder what we will be planting?

Ipad in Our Class

We can use laptops and tablets and now we are learning to use Ipads.  Here we are doing a maths activity where we have to copy, duplicate and transfer pictures or images to help solve our problems.  We found this really easy and now we are ready for the next challenge!!

World Milk Day

Thursday was the World Milk Day and we are Milk in School school so we were lucky to have our milk to drink. 

Milk provides us with calcium which keeps our bone and teeth strong and it is a yummy drink too.

Jump Jam to Term 2

What a great start to term 2.  We are so happy to be back at school and are ready to learn.  We wonder what exciting things we will be doing this term?

Remembering the ANZACs

For the last 2 weeks we have been learning about the ANZAC's.  We have learned about the symbols, why we should remember them and some events that had happened during the wars.

Our poppy flowers and ANZAC display wall.

The ANZAC assembly- ANZAC alphabet poem read by DJ and Ocean

ANZAC Poem

A is for the ANZAC soldiers who went to the war.

B is for the bravery that they showed the world.

C is for the courage that they had.

D is for the danger they faced.

E is for the enemies they fought.

F is for the families that they left behind.

G is for the guards who looked out for the dangers.

H is for the heros that they were.

I is for the intelligence that they showed.

J is for the joining of the forces.

K is for keeping us safe.

L is for the landing at ANZAC cove.

M is for the marching at the dawn parade.

N is for the New Zealand soldiers.

O is for the oceans they crossed.

P is for the poppy that we wear.

Q is for the quiet at ANZAC service.

R is for remembering them.

S is for saving our country.

T is for the trenches that they built.

U is for the underground hidings.

V is for the villains they met.

W is for the wars they were in.

X is for X-mas they didn’t celebrate.

Y is for the young soldiers we lost.

Z is for zooming from one hide spot to next.

THE ANZAC’s

Te Oro Expo- Pests: Who needs them?

We had a great day at Te Oro expo on Wednesday.  The senior students were ready to answer all the questions and the 'x-ray' machine was set up to detect any pests.  

Our school was so proud of all our students- the presenters, the performers, the audience and all the students who were part of this expo.

School Houses

This year all our students have been put in 'Houses'.  The 4 Houses are Whero, Kowhai, Kikorangi and Kakariki.  Our prefects are the house leaders.

Mika is the Kikorangi house leader

Min Zin is the Kakariki house leader.

Meana is the Whero house leader.

Salaselo and Katrina are the Kowhai house leaders

Prize Giving

Congratulations to all the Room 5 students on a very successful year.

Today at prize giving, 4 of Room 5 students received awards -

 Aleki for Best Junior Presentation, Tulialo for Top Year 2 Academic student, Shayna for Most Improved Year 2 Student and Sione for Junior Citizenship Award.

Well done, we are so proud of you!!!

Welcome Michael Jackson and Sasha Banks

What an excitement we have had this week with Michael Jackson and Sasha Banks coming out of their chrysalis. We waited for them to be strong enough to fly then we let them out.  Sasha Banks got tangled in the spider web and it took us a long time to get it out from the sticky web.

We found out that both the butterflies were males!!!

Visit from the Nurses

Sore throats or skin infection- the nurses came to talk to us about skin infections and what to look out for.  They also talked to us about cleanliness and they told us to tell them if we had sore throats.

We were also lucky to get some free gifts from them to help us keep clean.

Poetry Recital

Poetry Recital

What a challenge our Poetry Recital was!  Not only did we had to remember the poem but we also had to say it aloud in front of the other students and parents and stay still at the same time.

Our 3 finalists from Room 5 were Tulialo, DJ and Joseph.  We are so proud of them!!

Tulialo's whanau came to support her

A Fun Duffy Assembly

Henry from Books in Homes came to talk to us about the importance of reading.  He was very funny when he told us how he first started to read during his shopping trips and then discovering the library.

We are going to enjoy reading our library books!!

Going to Tamaki Primary School

What an exciting time we have had at Tamaki Primary School.  We were invited to their Tongan Language Week show and we enjoyed watching the students perform the dance, listening to their band sing and looking at all the costumes worn by the Tongan people.

Thank you Tamaki Primary School for having us!!!

Our New Year 2 Class

This term we welcomed room 4, year 2 students in our class and farewelled our year 3 students.  We are going to have a great time learning together.