Jame's ANZAC Uncle

James brought some very special family treasure to share with us today. These are Uncle Bill's medals from WW2. James brought some information which told us what the medals are for and what the colours of the ribbons mean.
"I am proud to wear Uncle Bill's medals. It was cool at the dawn parade." said James
Thank you James for sharing your special family history of a brave young man called Bill.

ANZAC Day

School is closed tomorrow as we remember and celebrate the lives and sacrifices of soldiers and families of the Armed Services. We have been thinking about what ANZAC Day means to us and sharing poetry and videos helping us to understand.

Lest we forget.....

Our latest Mathletes

Well done guys, you took your learning home and did some Maths while munching Easter eggs!

Donut news

We are polite listeners. We share our news and only one person speaks at a time. The timekeeper organises us and keeps everyone on track. We can share questions and comments about other peoples news.

Welcome back to Term 2 2012

A warm welcome back to school and our blog of 2012.

Our striving awards

It was hard to choose this term. These students have made a stand out effort across the whole of term 1. Well done Amie, Ava, Jhetro, Joshua, Alex and Ollie.

Last weeks Mathletes

Wow can you believe that 18 of our students earnt their bronze certificate last week.

Kea by Amie and Blossom

Hector's Dolphin by Holly and Ava

Black Stilt by Nathan and William

Yellow Eyed Penguin by Luca and Joshua

New Zealand Falcon by Natalia and Kalani

Weta by Max and James

Little Blue Penguins by Georgia and Brigette

Pukeko by Iley

Kiwi by Caylen and Tessa

Haast Eagle by Ollie and Jhetro

Grey Ducks by Alex and Lily

Tuatara by Mason and Joseph

Our Native NZ Creature Inquiry

We have been working really hard and we have finished our Glogs.
One of the last stages of our inquiry model is action and application. This means:
Why have we done our inquiry?
What is it for?
What will be the end result?
Is it meaningful?
Does it serve a purpose?

Our purpose was to research and design an information poster about our amazing New Zealand Native creatures which we could share with family, friends, whanau and other students from our school, our cluster and around the world.

Please enjoy our Glogs and share a comment with us as feedback. This will help us reflect on whether our Glogs were a success.

Which is the NZ native creature?

We are finding out about New Zealand native creatures. We are making a poster for our blog. Can you guess which creature is the New Zealand Native?