Fun at the School Disco

There were lots of gorgeous toys from the toy box

Meeting Harold

It has been a busy time. We met Kapa and Harold in the Life Education Caravan.

We talked about the things our body needs.

The Strike Percussion Performance was amazing.

We enjoyed listening to the Tropical Rainstorm created on the instruments.

We also heard these drums being played...

You can listen too by clicking on the link below:

https://youtu.be/C9hLnDn7s7Y

Powhiri

George, Harry, Bryden, Tate, Emily, Bella and Olivia and their 

mums, dads, brothers and sisters were welcomed to 

Papakowhai school this morning.

"There were so many people and I could see Scarlett," said George.
Mr. Kairua taught us the words and actions to Ka Mate.

School Assembly

We wrote about the assembly together:

Yesterday we shod our collarg rt at the asemble.

We knew how to write we  at  the     "snip snap."

We wrote lots of letters for the sounds we could hear in words.

We could read our story back. 

 Reid and Emily got a special certificate for "managing self."

 Olivia was welcomed to school by her big buddy Lily.

 George was welcomed to school by his big buddy Kelso.

Tate was welcomed to school by his big buddy O'hara.

Awesome Cross Country Runners

Everyone ran so well today.

Congratulations

Ka Mau Te Wehi

School Cross Country - Kizoa Movie - Video - Slideshow Maker

We have been making words that end with... a t

Glow worms

Our Super Star of the day, Harry, chose a book about glow worms for our afternoon story.

Click on this link: Find them at the gardens in Wellington

Changing Colour

Our Mealworm beetle has turned...

black. 

Each day it got a darker brown until it was black.

Kayla found another pupa and we are waiting for it to turn into a beetle too.

Fantastic shared writing...

 

 
We write the sounds we hear in words to write our stories.

Excitement in Rata Rua on Thursday...

Kayla has been telling us about Mealworms. 

Two of our mealworms changed into a pupa.

We put them into another jar and this morning..

Read all about it from our fantastic writers:

                                                 

"I saw a beetle." Kayla

"The beetle had wings." Reid

"I saw a beetle today. It had 6 legs." Jasper

'In the morning a mealworm turned into a beetle." Scarlett
"At school in the morning I looked at the beetle." Jackson
"At school we saw a mealworm. It turned into a beetle." Emily