Magpie visit

On Monday two of the Hawkes bay magpies came into talk to us, they were Tom Stanley and Tolu Fahamokioa. They talked to us about what they do, what diets they have to be on, what teams they have been in and what positions they play. Then on Friday morning some people came to school early and watched the All Blacks vs Nambia, because our teacher was very nice, and put it on so we could watch it.

Hockey Lesson

Last Friday, we enjoyed a fun catch-up Hockey session with Matthew. Hover over the photos to see in detail.

Kite Making

As part of our Inquiry/ technology unit we designed, made and flew a kite each. We had to:

- bring our own materials

- write a procedure in steps

- design a kite that was realistic and would most likely fly

- fly our kite

Kite Flying

After completing an inquiry into the history and design of kites, we finally got to build and fly our kites. There wasn't as much wind as we would have liked, but lots of fun was had by all. Hopefully we'll get a chance next week to make repairs and modifications and try again. Putting our Kite making to the Test! Putting our Kite making to the Test! on PhotoPeach

Hockey week 6.

This week the intermediate students took part in TAC's hockey and we also got our first hockey lesson. In Hockey skills this week we learnt to dribble the three types of dribbling are the closed dribble, the open dribble, and the Indian dribble and we also played follow the leader with these different dribbles.

Mandarin lessons direct from Beijing

We began Mandarin lessons via a direct link with Beijing. Freddy, our teacher shared information about China a well as introducing us to the language.

Mary MacKillop

Today we celebrated Saint Mary MacKillop in a school mass.  

Every child came in muffti and brought a grocery item to give to St Vincents De Paul.

Room 11 had the highest percentage of items per children in the class.