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BLUE FISH. .. RECIPRICAL READING

Wanganui Museum & The Sarjeant Art Gallery

On Monday we enjoyed a trip to both the Whanganui Museum & Sarjeant Art Gallery. At the museum we learned what life was like 100 years ago- writing with chalk, slate and dip pens while trying not to have our knuckles hit by the teacher, Mrs.Beautrais! (Just kidding- but she did hit the desk and got very cross if we talked!)
At the art gallery we made paper poppies that will be on display in our classroom. Thanks to the parents who joined us.

Kids Triathlon this Sunday

Junior School Duathlon

Well done to everyone who participated in the Duathlon this afternoon. It was great to see the effort and spirit that they all displayed.  Thanks to all the parents and whaanau who came along to support our tamariki☺ ...apologies that I didn't get photos of everyone. 

Celebration of Behaviour @ Kowhai Park

What a fabulous day! On Thursday afternoon the Junior School celebrated our great choices in behaviour and learning  with a trip to Kowhai Park. As you can see by the pictures,  a great time was had by all. I was very pleased to see all our Room 4 Tamariki in attendance!! It was also great to see all the parents that were able to join us- many thanks for your support.

National Standards After 3 Years A at School

At the Meet the Teacher interviews a few weeks ago,  each parent was given a booklet that outlined the Standards and how you can help your child. Google kindly shared this link with me so I thought I'd also share it with you. Remember we are always happy to discuss your child's learning and any questions you may have ☺

http://www.minedu.govt.nz/Parents/YourChild/ProgressAndAchievement/NationalStandards/Introduction/SupportingYourChildsLearning/After3YearsAtSchool.aspx

Happy Birthday Dr.Seuss!

He would have been 111 today!

Constable Paul Visits Room 4

Today Constable Paul visited our class as part of the Keeping Ourselves Safe  programme.  Today he was talking about different types of secrets and what we should do with secrets. We also talked about who can help us if we need some help. We learnt that we could talk to our parents, teachers or even the Student Leaders.
We look forward to Constable Paul visiting us again for other lessons later ☺

Assembly Week 5

We presented our Chinese  Dragons during assembly today. Alex & Lyncon shared their writing with the school. We also had certificates for CARES-Active (Alex & Sarah),  The Owls-Quality Wise Work (Lyncon & Luca) and Under 9 T-Ball (Robert & Ben).
Well done guys!

Impromptu Violin Performance

We were very lucky to have a surprise visitor this morning. A family friend of Jay's was visiting from China. He performed for  the whole school. It was amazing!!!

Show Me Boards

Thank you for purchasing Show Me Boards as part of the Stationery list this year.  We use them every day during Reading and Maths group time. We will also be using them each Friday when we look at whole class  Maths topics & problem solving. Thank-you!

Hockey Skills@Mosston

We are very lucky to have  Michelle & Lizzy from Hockey Wanganui teaching us some hockey skills each Friday. We will be having 30 minute sessions where we are learning ball & stick handling skills. These will be incorporated into a game setting  once we have learnt the basics. We will end with a hockey festival at the Gonville Turf...Woo hoo!!

Fabulous Wanganui Library Summer Reader

Congrats to Michael who received a special visit from Becky & Kiri  of the Wanganui Library. Michael worked really hard this summer on his reading and his efforts have been acknowledged! Tu meke Michael!!

The Treaty of Waitangi & our own class treaty

We read this quote today as we discussed the Treaty of Waitangi and thought about our own class treaty. We have created 5 statements in our own class treaty. Stay tuned to find out what we came up with.

Ps.  A reminder that there is no school this Friday.

Looking forward to Monday!