Making a raft

Today In reading we made rafts.i made a raft.it was fun.

By Jack











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Puppet pals

We have been using puppet pals this afternoon and making our own stories with our big helpers from year 7/8.













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The Book Week Parade

Today the whole school got dressed up for the Book Parade.  The theme was traditional tales.
We all went to the hall and watched each class parade around the hall with their buddy class.  We saw some excellent costumes like, the Gingerbread Man, Three Blind Mice, Robin Hood, some of the 7 Dwarfs, the cards from Alice in Wonderland, Billy Goats and the Big Bad Wolf.  The teachers got dressed up too. Miss D was the Queen of Hearts, the Year 7/8 Teachers were Cinderfella and the Ugly Step-Sisters. Mr Cole painted himself blue and was the Genie in Aladdin.  Lots of parents came to watch. We all had lots of fun.  There are prizes for the best costume in each team.

Our Visit to the Rapaki Marae

Today the Year 1's went to visit Rapaki Marae on the bus.
First, when we got there we had to wait outside to be welcomed in.  After that we could go into the Wharenui (or Meeting House). 
Then, Nuk spoke to us about the Marae, the area and the people from the Marae. He spoke to us in Maori and then English.
Next, Grant and Paul spoke for us and thanked Nuk for letting us visit the Marae.  We sung to say thank you, and sang Tutira Mai to them.  Then we all lined up and did a hongi.  Some of us felt a bit nervous, but it wasn't so scary after all.
After that, Nuk showed us different of the Wharenui and told us the different stories of the tukutuku patterns and carvings.  He showed us which carving was his Ancestor.  Nuk also showed us some beautiful birds that were on the ceiling of the Wharenui.  Next, we went for a walk down to the sea, and we learnt some stories about the big mountain behind the Marae. It is special to them, like Rapanui (or Shag Rock) is special to the people of Sumner. 
Then we had lunch. After lunch we went into the Wharenui and drew picture of some of the beautiful patterns, carvings and decorations inside it.
Finally Skye and Joel thanked everyone for letting us visit and share their Marae with us.
We all had a great time at Rapaki Marae!

Science Club

On Thursdays we go to science club with Miss Copland at lunchtime.
This week we did a seed investigation. We have made a maze for our plant to grow through.






By Samaya, Zara and Tomas.

Arts afternoon

This afternoon we are having fun doing different arts activities. We are all getting to do painting, use musical instruments and draw a scene from Rata and the Totara tree on the iPads.

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Balloon dancing

This term our focus is dance, drama and visual arts as we get ready for our production. It's afternoon we are being balloons and moving to different music.