Ariana the Puppy

This morning Ella-Pearl's mum brought in one of their puppies, Ariana.  She was so cute, cuddly, soft and adorable!
We just fell in love with her - Mrs Cutler especially like the cuddle with her.
Thank you Ella-Pearl for letting us see her.

Congratulations Heroes

At Celebration Assembly today these heroes were awarded Hero Certificates for all their hard work at school!
We are so proud of you!

Lexia Heroes

Today at Celebration Assembly Oliver, Nathaniel, Darin, Chase and Jacob got certificates for completing levels in their Lexia programme.  They are working so hard on Lexia.  Great work boys!

Mrs Murray's Hair

Today in Te Ope Ruaraki we wrote about Mrs Murray's hair. Our focus was WOW words. First we had a good think about some different words to describe Mrs Murray's hair, it was so fun. Some of us even touched it to see what it felt like. 

Here are some of our brilliant stories.

Mrs Murray's hair is boofy and short it is also curly and twirly. I think it is hard to brush. It's so beautiful that I want curly hair. - Akeilah

Mrs Murray's hair is dry. It is curly, messy and bouncy. Mrs Murray's hair is brown. - Briana

Mrs Murray's hair is curly and twirly. Her hair is springy and swirly like a vine in the jungle. I like the way that it bounces up and down like a spring. - Tia

Mrs Murray has curly hair and it's like a bouncy vine. It looks like wobbly jelly on a plate and also her hair is brown. - Naomi

River Rapids Ride

Today we read a book Called River Rapids Ride. The water slide looked so cool so we decided to recreate the slide. It's no wonder Luke was scared, look at all those bends and twirls!

The Day the Firemen Came to School

Photos from Te Māuru-e-taki-nei's visit from the 

NZ Fire Service - Click here.

Persuading Others with our Writing

Firefighter visit

Today in Te Ope Ruaraki the firefighters from our local fire station came to visit us. They read us a story, brought their fire engine in and even let us climb inside for a look. We learnt a lot about what firefighters do to help people and animals. Here are some photos from their visit today.

Facts About Tornadoes

Riding the Skateboard Ramps

This week one of the Reading groups in Te Māuru-e-taki-nei read a book called "Riding the Skateboard Ramps."
They created their own skateboard parks using play dough.

Dinosaur Castle

Today Patrik, Jesiah and Jacob worked hard to create Dinosaur Castle.

"Dinosaurs live up on the top of it because that's where the food is". - Jacob

" They can't change caves and move out or else the Dinosaur doctors will operate on the wrong dinosaur and they might get even more sick". - Jesiah

Where in the world is Mrs Murray?

Mrs Murray is currently sunning herself somewhere in the South Pacific on a cruise ship. We have been wondering what she has been up to while we are hard at work.

Here is what some of us thought.

Naomi

Briana

Aaliyah

Raquel

Bry

Liam

Reading for Information

The Kakapo Reading Group in Te Māuru-e-taki-nei have been learning to how we can read to find information and facts. This week they have been learning about the Sun.

Buddy Reading

We are very lucky in Te Ope Ruaraki. Each morning some wonderful seniors come down and read with us, they are helping us to get better at reading. We love it when they come and read with us.