Sunday 19 November 2017

Week 5 Term 4 2017

On Wednesday we were really lucky to have Shane visit Room 7 from the New Zealand Fire Service. Shane and his colleague Leanne were working in the Junior School , delivering the Firewise Programme.

Shane had lots of really important messages for us...


GET DOWN, GET LOW, GET OUT-FAST!



MATCHES AND LIGHTERS ARE TOOLS,NOT TOYS

SMOKE ALARMS SAVE LIVES

HEATERS ARE NOT GOOD FOR DRYING CLOTHES, ESPECIALLY WHEN CLOTHES FALL ON THEM!


DIAL 111 IN AN EMERGENCY.
KNOW YOUR ADDRESS! 



Sunday 12 November 2017

Week 4 Term 4 2017

Last week we had some help from Cara and Kathy to make some creations out of recyeled materials. We entered our creations into the Te Aroha aand P show, and some of us even won prizes. 

Mrs Finucane was very proud of our creations and thought everyone had done a great job.  It must have been very hard for the judges to decide....









Friday 3 November 2017

Week 3 Term 4 2017

Charlie likes to bring in surprises from time to time. This week he brought in some guinea fowl eggs...
Charlie and his mum challenged us to stand on the eggs to see if we could break them.

We all thought they would break but most of us had a try and not even Mrs Finucane or Mr Byers could do it!  Even when we dropped it on concrete, the shell only cracked and we really had to throw it hard to get it to break.

Here are some photos and our class story...

Charlie brought some chicken and guinea fowl eggs today.
He found them around his house because they aren't fussy where they lay.
Charlie wanted us to step on them while they were on the grass,to see if they would break.
I stood on the egg with the ball of my foot.It hurt! It felt like a hard, smooth stone. It didnt break!
We know chicken eggs have liquid and air inside. We think guinea fowl eggs are full of liquid and no air,which makes them hard.
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Thursday 2 November 2017

Week 2 Term 4 2017
This week we had a visit from Ruben the Safety Bear.
He was here to remind us of some really important safety messages...

Remember to …
Seat yourself right buckle in tight
It’s safest to use a booster seat until you’re at least 148 cm tall

Helmet on right and tight.
Wear your helmet every time you ride your bike or scooter
Look out for sneaky driveways
            It is safest to play in outdoor areas that a fenced and away from                          driveways and vehicles

                  Stop look listen and link              
Choose the safest place to cross the road

 Be bright dress bright
                                                                                                                           When wearing bright colours you are more noticeable to other road users

Week 2 Term 4 2017

Last Friday we had a number of our class go to Calf Club at Te Aroha Primary School.They all had a great time and lots of our students wond ribbons and trophies.
Here are some of the students from our class and their pets.
Charlie and his calf  "Little Angus"

 Weston and his sister and "Leaf"



Weston and "Leaf",  and  Xavier and "Bailey"

Oceane and "Rose"

Blake and "Chopper" 
Week 1 Term 4 2017


Welcome back to Term 4! We were sad to say goodbye to Sierra -Jane and Bin. 
We hope they go well at their new schools.

We welcome Craig, who has come to us from South Africa! 
Here is our good looking classs for Term 4.

Sunday 15 October 2017

Week 9 Term 3 2017

This week has been very busy. We have been working as a team to create a presentation  of art ,song and dance. Room 7 presented a piece where we were Pirates.  It was lots of fun and we had 3 performances to the other classes and our families and friends.

Week 7 Term 3 2017

YAY! Our dough models are finally dry and we got to paint them. This week we used items from the environment to make "habitats" for our models. 





Can you find the birds hiding in their habitats?
Here is a selection of our models and our writing.






Rosette the Kiwi went to her nest to lay her eggs and they were beautiful girls. Rosette sat and protected her eggs.    It was cool that the rat had not gotten her eggs yet and Rosette was so happy. One day Rosette found her favourite berries so she went to pick them and ate them. And then she went to sleep on her eggs so the rat could not get them. Rosette loved her eggs. Rosette did as much as she could to protect and keep her eggs safe.                                                                                                  By Oceane

The kiwi is going into her burrow because it was morning. The fantail is trying to go to her eggs so she can look after them in the forest.             By Emmie

The mother kiwi was hiding in the forest, and she lost her eggs. She was looking for them, and then she saw the naughty rat and the rat was going to eat the mother kiwi. She had her sharp claws ready and then she scratched the naughty rat and it ran away, and she found her eggs.         By Loena

My classroom made some models and I made a piwakawaka. I made a nest too. I made 5 eggs and for safety I made it with leaves to make it camouflage in the bushes. To keep the nest stable I put some logs around the nest. I put some prickly bushes around the nest, and I put them there to keep the predators out.                                                              By Connor


Rose the Fantail went to her nest to lay lots of eggs but a predator ate the eggs. Rose the Fantail was scared and angry at the predator, because now the babies can’t come and see whether they have a mother. Rose      really wanted a baby and now she has to wait to see if she going lay lots more eggs. She might be a mother and she will live in the forest for years.                                                                                                                    By Kayley


                                                                                                                                                      



The kiwi has laid some eggs. It is hiding in the bush to protect the eggs from cats and dogs.   By Mereana


Karearea was guarding his nest so the rats can’t eat the eggs. He has beautiful colours and he is very brave and fierce. He could eat the rats if they try and take the eggs.                                         
By Blake

One day Piwakawaka called Mother Ruru and asked for some help to protect his eggs. One egg hatched. It was as hungry as a baby kea. One day the baby grew and grew and grew and it became a mother. It had some babies. A rat came to eat the eggs, but the rat didn’t not grab the eggs because of the ruru. The ruru flew down and caught the rat and went up the tree. Then the rat escaped and got to go to another nest and steal some more eggs to eat.                                                                 
By Quartez

Maddix the kiwi, he had a strong legs and a strong beak. He saw the cat and the kiwi kicked the cat out of the forest. The kiwi had a good trip home and a good feed.                                             
By Charlie 




One day a mother ruru called Storm left the nest to go find food for the baby birds. When she got the grubs she chewed them and spat them back into the babies mouths and when their mouths shut it was yum for them. Mrs Storm left some in her mouth for her. 
By Karez


Little kiwi was protecting her mother’s nest so rats don’t eat the three white eggs in her warm cosy nest. Then one egg started to hatch, then the other and then they all hatched open. Now the mother has to feed all of the baby kiwis. 
By Enzo

Karearea heard something. As quick as a flash Karearea scared off two baby black glossy cats and then they were so scared that they even tripped over a stone. They were so angry that they died, and that is how Karearea become the most fearless bird in the world. 
By Xavier

My bird is swimming in the water. 
By Binn

My bird is hiding her nest from predators but she had to fight the stoat. By Maddison

The kiwi saw a man cutting down the forest, so the kiwi went to hide. 
By Jacob 
Week 5 Term 3 2017

We have been doing lots of learning about birds ,especially our New Zealand Native Birds. This week we began to make "environments" by making dough models of our favourite birds. These will need a week or so to dry before we can paint them and make our environments so watch this space!





Sunday 13 August 2017

Week 3 Term 3 2017

We are trying to find out about birds so we made bird feeders so we could watch them.
We had to use pinecones and birdseed and honey to make our feeders and we have put them outside our classroom. You can use peanut better too if you want. 
Here are some photos to show what we did: