Celebration of Learning in the Junior hubs.

 We invited parents to come into the hubs and see what we had been learning for our technology unit -Sustainability and Ecological Awareness. 

Students were eager to show their work to the adults, and talk about new terminology they had acquired on the journey.

There was lots to be shared from windmill design to solar panel fans, bells, and lightbulbs. 

It was lovely to see so many parents enthusiastically involved with their children, so a big thank you for those parents that did attend.

It's Book Week!

 Week Seven is Book Week.

Today we have been lucky enough to have a visiting author, Alyse Boaz, come into our space and talk about her book,  Royal Blue.  This beautiful book is about a little starfish.

It was great to hear about how the pictures are made and then how the books are put together.

We also had 'a reading bug' come into our space this morning - we think it may have been Mrs Huriwai dressed up with antennae and special glasses, but it was great fun.  We had the story of Maisie the Butterfly read to us.

We all love hearing stories and having them read to us!

What an exciting week we are in for!

Poem this week!

 

Here is our poem for the week - and here is the activity that we completed to go with it?

We had a great lesson in learning how to use scissors? Look at the concentration when we cut out the bathtub and frog.

Have a look in the Homework book for the completed activity.

We are so proud of ourselves.

Te Ope Ruaraki Assembly - Week 8

 

Congratulations to the people that received certificates this week.  

It is always hard for the teachers to choose just a couple from their homerooms.

We have so many students worthy of a certificate.  Keep up the fantastic attitudes and the effort towards your learning.

Race Unity Week

Today Te Ope Ruaraki were the lucky recipients of ice blocks from the team at UCSA.  We were very excited to get them and really enjoyed them in the afternoon sun.

 

Our assembly winners!!

 Look at these amazing children who earned themselves a certificate at our hub assembly this morning! Keep up the wonderful work everyone. 

Tyler B - Earning over 50 'Thank You Tickets'

Duffy Book 'Thank You Ticket' draw winners

Tyler S

Vienna

Leo

Working hard in class award winners 

Emily

Tyler S

Mia-Rae 

Tyler B

Hero certificate winners

Jasper

David

Swimming

We have been swimming in the school pool. The water is sooo warm and we have been learning the pool rules.  

 Here is what we like about swimming time. 

"I like to jump in the pool, splashing." - Vienna

"I like playing with the rubber duckies." - Gavin

"I like putting my face under the water." - Emilia

"I like to dive under water." - Tyler

"I like to splash." - Taleisha

"I like to float." - Thash

"I like to play in the pool with the pool toys." - Skyrah

"I like swimming and flipping." - Zianne

"I like going under the water to get pool toys." - Liza 

Take a look at our classroom

 We have been very busy over the last couple of weeks! Take a look.

This week for maths, we learnt how to order numbers from the smallest to the biggest on our maths caterpillars. 

During our art lessons we have been learning how to draw self portraits. We drew ourselves using pencil and then coloured them in using wax crayons. Our lovely teacher Ms Norris then dyed them for us. We are super proud of our efforts!! 

This is 2022!

 Parent Information about our wonderful space in 2022!

Welcome to 2022!

 Welcome to 2022!

We are so excited to be able to share what we have been doing at school with our family and friends. 

Keep an eye out on this blog for updates.

A visit from Kidsfirst Hornby

On Wednesday Ms Courtney and her homeroom hosted a visit from Kidsfirst Hornby.  They all had lots of fun making jellyfish in J week.  There were lots of smiling faces from all concerned.  The primary children were great role models for the kindergarten visitors.  Wonderful behaviour from all students.  We shall look forward to their next visit later in the term.

Once again Dylan has been busy!

 Take a look at Dylan's hard work! He has practised his sight words, his handwriting and his 2D shapes. Check out that train. Ka Pai, Dylan!!

Zara's home learning

 Wonderful to see you have been so busy Zara! We can't wait to see you back at school on Thursday. 

Zack has been doing his Maths

 

Great job Zack! It is great to see you practising your numbers and letters.

Home learning week 7

 

Amber has been decorating the footpath

 Amber has been making the most of the beautiful weather and has been drawing these gorgeous pictures on her footpath. 

I bet it was lots of fun Amber, I love your pictures.

Week Seven

 

Welcome to Week 7 in Level 3.

I hope we move to Level 2 this week then we can see all those smiling faces.

                    Here is the google meet link;    

meet.google.com/mji-cdbm-zae

Yes, it is the same as last week! Remember don't try to access before 9.56am as the teachers are in a meeting on another meet link.

Themes for this week:

Monday:  Show us your pet!

Please make sure no animals are hurt in the filming of this segment! If the participant is unwilling you can talk about your pet, or maybe draw a picture.

Tuesday: Favourite toy! Oops, Ms Norris said it was favourite colour today! So lets roll with favourite toy and favourite colour!!

Wednesday: Sharing the best thing about Lockdown!

We will review the planning during the week just in case we do go to Level 2.

We are looking forward to seeing lots of faces in the morning.

Reading Superstars!

 

!!N E W S F L A S H!!

Congratulations to the following students who have completed all their reading tasks set on Sunshine Classics for the past two weeks.

Adam Hughes, Dylan, Izayah, Maybelle, Amber, Mason and Sophia.

You are superstars.  Your reading will be taking off.  Great work.

Dylan's delightful duck drawing!

 Take a look at the brilliant work Dylan has been doing while at home. Dylan's favourite letter is D! 

D is for dog

D is for donut

D is for daisy 

D is for Dad

and D is for Dylan!

He has been practising his duck drawings too. 

Awesome work Dyls, it is fabulous to see your smiling face everyday too. 

Crazy Hair Day - Sofia style

 Sofia I think your hair is beautiful!

Thanks for making such a big effort for crazy hair day. Did you have fun?