Thursday 4th August

Morning Programme


Our Oral Language programme has started again this term. Morning Programme helps us improve our skills of speaking in front of people. We are all excited for the new topics this term and have already started preparing for weeks ahead. We have been practising speaking clearly and confidently and presenting our talk in a variety of ways. Everyone is all constantly improving. Some of the topics this term include Then and Now, Olympics, Recipes and Jokes and Pranks. Check out some photos of us presenting our morning programme from the first week.

There is also a copy of the schedule for this term down below. Underneath the timetable is an explanation of the different topics if you are unsure.

Esther showing the class her photo book from her holiday in Thailand.

Courtney brought along her netball trophy for player of the day.

George showing off his rodeo banner.

Maddie told us all about rocks and gemstones.

Bree made a poster about the heavy snow she got in the weekend.

Savannah explained the difference between Marmite and Vegemite.

Flynn showing off his trophy he shot. 

Taylor with her pillow that is both cat and dog!

Tuesday 14th June

Oral Language Programme

One of the topics for our oral language programme this term is 'Teach Me'. This is where we get to share something that we would like to teach the class. People have chosen to teach dances, how to make paper planes, how to make slime and how to make different types of foods. Last week Savannah taught us how to make chocolate brownie and she even brought some along for us to sample! We all agreed it was super tasty. Today George taught us how to cook liver. It was very interesting as a lot of us had never tried liver before. Most of the class were surprised that it tasted pretty nice. We are very lucky that we get to try all these different treats!

Savannah with her delicious brownie!

George handing out his liver.

Iara and Savannah are unsure what they think of the liver. 

Tuesday 31st May

Oral Language Programme

This term we have been loving our oral language programme. Every Monday and Tuesday it is in the afternoon with Miss Ward and Wednesdays and Thursdays are in the morning with Miss Chapman. We have a range of topics including My Hero, Art Appreciation and Dreams for the future. We have noticed that we have all improved a lot with our confidence with speaking in front of the class and really enjoy getting to show our classmates things that are special to us.

Check out some photos of us doing our Oral language programme!

George showing us his duck for show and tell.

George with his duck which helped attract real ducks!

Georgia with her special jewellery box she chose for show and tell. 

For art appreciation Iara chose to create a poster 

Cooper brought along his bird Oscar for show and tell. 

Savannah showed us her trophy she won.

Maddie chose to teach the class a dance for 'Teach me'.

Thursday 7th April

Our Classroom

We are very lucky in the Middle Room to have received two new tables to go in our Innovative Learning Environment.
These tables have provided us with plenty of places to work around the classroom and we have already put them to great use!
Thank you very much to Parents Plus for providing us with these awesome tables. We love them!

The boys hard at work on our new table.

Savannah making the most of the new space!

Georgia and Bree at one of the new tables.

Our awesome new table! It has heaps of space!

We love our new tables!

Friday 4th of March

Our goals are now on display in our classroom so we can be reflecting on these all the time! 

Friday 4th March

We have had a busy day today working hard on our 'meowing at midnight art' and our reflections on Small School Athletics.

Thursday 25th February

Small Schools Athletics

Yesterday we went to the Small Schools Athletics in Balclutha. We had a fabulous day in the sun and all did our very best in our events. Some of us will be going to the South Otago Athletics in Balclutha on Monday 7th March. We will know who these people are in the next few days.

Here are some photos of us competing:

Savannah goes over the bar!

Nic and Lachie in the Flying Squad Relay.

Taylor on the high jump.

Esther gets over the bar!

Thursday 18th February

Holiday Writing

My Extreme Holidays.

In the holiday's, I went jet skiing in the Clutha River with Georgia, Dad, his friend Aaron and his kids.

First, dad met up with Aaron and they decided to take us kids jet skiing. We went to the Clutha boat launch and let the jet ski into the water.

Then Aaron started the jet ski and I got on for a ride. We went up the river at 110 knots it was so fast it felt like my eyes were burning in the wind.

Next Aaron's kids, Olivia and Liam went on the jet ski they were doing donuts and did a little jump.

We had a great time.  

By Nic

 My Epic Holidays!!!!!!

In my summer holidays, my friends, my family and I went to the Winton horse show.

Firstly we helped our friend feed their pony. It was our old pony called Jack.

Next we went and watched our friend ride Jack trot around in the competition. They did really well getting first, second and third placings. After that, we went and played all the games at the show. My friends and I bought a spray can with blue foam stuff in it. I then went on the go cart but when I was going around 10 dollars fell out of my pocket. Luckily a man picked it up and gave it to my friend. Then we went on the Octopus it was the best ride of all, I loved it! Finally, we got some food and went to watch some show jumping.

I thought that was a great day.

By Savannah Caulfield!    

My Extreme Christmas

On christmas day Mum, my cousins, my Aunty, Nic and I went to the crib at Kaka Point.

First we opened our presents and we all got a surprise when we found bodyboards. We ate fish and chips for lunch, they were delicious.  

Then we went swimming in the fresh cold water on a boiling hot day which was really fun. We all got ice creams and walked along the rock pools where we found 6 crabs, 5 were dead and one was alive.

Next we went in our neighbours spa pool and had breathing contests to see who could breath underwater the longest. Nic won 6 times and Maia won once. We all laughed at Josh because he didn't win any games.

After that we got out and had a fantastic game of netball.

Finally We went back to the crib and all relaxed.

I thought this was a brilliant christmas.

By Georgia

My Holiday

In the last week of the holidays me and lucy went to christchurch. First we helped my nana milk the cows. She lives on a farm. I helped my nana get the cows in. Then me and Nana went to the big shopping mall in Christchurch. Me and Nana Had fun.

By George

    Legendary Holiday!

After Christmas we went up to Cromwell to see our grandma and grandad and to pick up our oldest sister Shannon. She was really excited to see us all.

First we packed up the bus and headed down the curvy road, dad hooked up the JVC with some smooth music. I hooked up my ipod and  played confidant by Demi Lovato, love me like you by Little MIx and then downtown by Macklemore.

Then we stopped for a nice snack, I got two cheese rolls and a CHOCOLATE milk. Mum and dad got a sandwich along with a ice coffee, Emma got a drink called Sparkling ohh.

Next we made it to our grandma and grandad’s.  The following day my family went to Highlands Motorsport Park and had a go at a racing game. I was winning to begin with but Emma came first place after lapping me. After that we went on the go carts.Finally we left our grandma and grandad’s and headed to Lake Wakatipu. We all thought that our holiday was the coolest holiday ever.

By Courtney

My summer Holidays!!!!!!

In the summer Holidays Savannah, Iara, Taylor, Tanya and I Went ice skating and swimming for Savannah's birthday in Gore.

First Savannahs mum came and picked me and Iara up. Then we headed to Gore to go ice skating, swimming and eat food. When we arrived at Gore we went to the swimming pool for about an hour. It was so much fun! I kept jumping and diving to the bottom of the pool, it was epic. After that we went to McDonald's for lunch, I had chicken nuggets, fries and drink.

Next we went ice skating.  Before I could ice skate by myself I had to use a penguin, but it didn’t take long before I got the hang of it. Iara was the best ice skater out of all of us. After that we went to have a snack at pizza hut.

Finally we had to go home we were so tired.

I had an awesome day it was so much fun.

By Esther

   

Monday November 2nd

Rugby World Cup Poetry

Today for writing we did All Black poetry.  The poems we did were acrostic, which is when we took their first name and made up a sentence to go with each letter of their name.  We are doing poetry for writing at the moment.

Check out our collaborative All Black presentation below:

Wednesday October 28th

Finding Patterns
We have been learning about patterns. We were creating towers with cubes by following guidelines. Then we had to try and spot a pattern to help us know how many cubes we would need.

Here are a few photos of us working in our groups:

Savannah, Bree and James working together.

Using the iPad to do record our work in our google drives.

Sorting the pattern!

Wednesday October 21st

Google Presentations
Here are some of our google presentations from our reading can dos last term.  These were about safety and were tied in with our inquiry topic 'How Safe Are You?':

Tuesday October 13th

Algebra - Maths

We are learning about Algebra in maths at the moment.  Today we looked at patterns and how to work out what object comes next in a pattern and later on in a pattern without actually having to make the pattern.  We used the New World minis to help us with patterns.

Here are some photos of us learning about Algebra patterns:

Everyone is eager to learn about patterns!

 Having a look at the pattern Miss Ward has made.

 Everyone is eager to answer the questions about the mini's patterns!

So many minis to make patterns with!

A pattern we started.  We worked out what would be in the pattern at certain numbers like 10, 14, 20, 52.

Courtney placing the next object in the pattern.

Nic placing the next object in the pattern.

Cooper working out what comes next in our pattern!

Savannah and Bree working in buddies to do their Algebra work.

Courtney thinking hard about the answer!

Maddie and Georgia working together on their pattern work.

Iara and Esther having a discussion about what they think the answer might be.

Julienne and George working together.