The bugs are moving in

Animal Welfare League visit Year 3

On Thursday the AWL came out to bring a sense of community and purpose to this term's Year 3 science unit. Katherine talked to students about the AWL and what they do for our community and told us more about how animals keep warm in winter and cool in summer. Her dogs Mr Clooney and Bean showed us some cool tricks.

The year 3’s presented her with all our donations and we are very excited that we were able to help the animals who are waiting to find their fur-ever homes.

Alexa nails her written task

Alexa (1N) wrote an informative text about a scorpion, completely on her own. She used her sounding out strategies for all the technical language and for the words she found difficult. This is an amazing effort and Miss Stuurtraat is very proud of her dedication to learning.

Written by Alexa (1N)

Year 1 Digi-Design

Year 1's are learning about healthy and unhealthy food options and are in the process of designing a healthy lunch box to market to the school cafe. They have been using the online lunch box builder  to choose their healthy food. Check it out for some ideas.  

Kiwi Club

This term we have started learning about the Maori kowhaiwhai pattern through art. Kowhaiwhai (pronounced kor-fy-fy), are shapes or symbols that are repeated by rotation, reflection and translation as geometric patterns. The kowhaiwhai patterns give us information about tribal genealogy and ancestors, and differ between iwi (tribes). These patterns are most often found on ridge poles (tahu) or rafters (heke) in a meeting house (wharenui).

Prep gets moving

The preps are learning some different skipping skills in PE this term and Prep C acted out some dance moves in Drama.  These are brilliant coordination skill-builders.       

Citizenship demonstrated

Brooke, Maya and Annabelle from 5L have been demonstrating outstanding Citizenship. For more than a term now, they have consistently given up their first play breaks to take a Year 1 buddy for Conversational Reading.  Mrs Davies and Mrs Jensen have been very impressed with their commitment and dedication to others. The girls have had a positive impact in improving their buddy's confidence and love of reading.

            
Year 4 Mindfulness Club

Year 4 students have started participating in a Mindfulness Club before school.

On Mindful Mondays, students are able to participate in a guided meditation session.

On Grateful Wednesday students share something they are grateful for and enjoy some peaceful colouring.

And on Flexi Fridays students join in with some yoga.  

The numbers have been growing every session, and teachers are noticing a change in students behaviour, attitude and effort in the morning sessions. This is not surprising given that research shows that gratitude and mindfulness both significantly affect maintaining a positive emotional state.

The Mindfulness Club is open to all year 4 students from 8:00am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

People of Character

Following on from our call out, here is our first episode amplifying a local, unsung hero!  Please listen to our Year 4 students as they share Tammy’s story.  Click here to go to Seesaw.

We would love it if our school community can support the amazing work that Tammy does so for the next two weeks, we are collecting donations for her program. As the year progresses and ‘formal season’ approaches, the need for Tammy’s program will increase. Donations of the following items would be greatly appreciated:

• Dresses and Suits
• Shoes – ladies and mens
• Dress shirts and ties
• Jewellery
• Clutches and small handbags
• Hair accessories and makeup (new)
• Coat hangers
• Lavendar pouches
• Washing powder (suitable for delicates)