Camp 2016

We have just had an amazing 3 nights and 4 days away at camp at 'Chosen Valley' in Araimu (Hunua). With lots of fantastic activities to keep us busy the students had a fun, challenging and exhausting time. Big thanks to all the parent helpers and teachers who did such a fantastic job.

Check out the awesome time we had!

Our focus for weeks 3 and 4 is:

Irish dancing lessons - You Tube playlist

For my eager and talented Irish dancing group - Here is the you tube playlist for the dance moves we are learning. Practice practice practice!

Green week fun

This week we have been having a great time enjoying our green week activities. We looked at finding other ways to use plastic bags rather than throwing them into our already overused  landfill.
We made them into skipping ropes! It turned out to be quite a full on process but we persevered and ended up with a durable, workable skipping rope - and it's waterproof!

Holiday Fun for Free!

Paper Plane Challenge

For Chapter Chat, this second half of the term, we are reading the book 'Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing' by Judy Blume. For the first round of chapter chat activities one of the tasks was to make a paper plane and test out it's aerodynamics.
Of course most of the class jumped at the chance to make and fly paper planes around the school and, with the added incentive of winning class points, they put in a great effort into not only the design but the aesthetic as well.
Check out the video of our fun Paper Plane Challenge...

Our last focus for this term is...