Writers Group visits the MTG

A small group of writers went to the MTG and had a look at the ANZAC exhibition. We had a look at the things on display there that were actually used in the war. We made a poppy to commemorate the people who were killed or badly injured. 

We did some writing afterwards which we will publish here. Most of us felt very sad for those who were involved. 

On ANZAC day you can go to the MTG for free to visit the exhibition.

There were a lot of objects on display 

We all made a poppy each to commemorate the people that died or were injured in the war 

Medical staff worked hard to look after the sick, wounded and dying

We wrote about our experience of the exhibition afterwards in a nice, quiet space

ANZAC POEM

Silver medals
Poppy petals

Poppy petals bold and red
Sad soldiers with a muddy bed

scared, run, hide, help!

War is terrifying

Maia Arnold


Reflection - Sophie

Oh my! I did not know about all of this stuff about ANZAC day. Do you know that the women died in the world war 1? They were nurses. That must have been shocking for their relations. I wonder how many people go to war every year...I can't believe that 16 year olds were in the war. 
People used to use those cricket bombs and wear a face mask to protect them from the gas.

Lest we forget.

ANZAC poem

Poppies all around, as red as cherry gloss, as gentle as a rose and can never get lost.

The banging and shooting all around the world. The soldiers standing nice and straight and not a muscle moved!

The horses neighing, nurses screaming, running in the mud - definitely not having fun!

On the battlefield we stand - holding our pride.

The war is over.

Crying when people not returning
People saying goodbye
as their

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fall 

slow.

MacKenzie Winterburn


Poppies

Poppies are red
Poppies are special
Poppy petals are the thing that you're looking for
If you see a poppy, take it home and get
a little
happy

Saffron's poem about ANZAC day

Ash, smoke everyone fights - it's time
for a war over by Gallipoli
Poppy's worn and then...
BOOM! CRASH! SMASHIDY SMASH! as
Gallipoli is in danger!

Men march on April 25th
Broken hearts 
Nurses everywhere

Lest we forget

We will remember them

Kymani writes...

It was very kind of the men that enrolled for world war one but sad too because some died. Some men died a painful death and painful if they had a family. When some people heard the news that one of their loved ones had died it would have been sad, painful and scary.

War is sad.

I know it was to save the country, but still, why? Why did there have to be war?

Lest we forget

Triathlon 2017

What a great event we had on Wednesday 22nd March! It was our very own triathlon. A big thank you to the PTA for providing the delicious food on offer and to Mr Holloway for designing and organising the event.

It was good to see so many people out and supporting their children and our school at an event that also supports a healthy, balanced lifestyle.

The monies that were raised are going to help us to build our very own bike track so that next year the kids will be able to use the track to bike and run on. The track will also be used throughout the year. 

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Check out the great photos that were taken by Mrs Pacheco...

It was great to have the school councillors helping out

You needed to quick at getting changed after the swim!

There were some books for sale to help you enjoy reading as well as help to raise some money for our library! 

There was lots of delicious food for sale!

We needed lots of help with organising everything.

Swimming

We have had six weeks of swimming and what a wonderful time everyone has had, cooling off in our school pool and developing their water skills at the same time. 
Mr Lister, our caretaker posts the temperature every day, which has been really interesting and coincided with our maths focus on Time, at the start of the year. The temperature was never below 20 degrees when we swam and 29 degrees was the hottest it got(more like a warm bath really)!!!
It has been really great to see such a lot of resilience and positivity towards learning to swim and we have seen lots of effort and willingness to give things a go!!! This has resulted in some great improvement.
Although it was too wet for our actual swimming sports day, we all had a lot of fun on our practice days, and it gave the children some experience of how it would look and feel. Here are some photos showing how much fun we had!

Making it look easy!

In line ready to give it their best.

Mrs Pacheco celebrating a race well swum.

One of our mermaids.

Watching the action.

Ready! Set! Go!

Does my hair look alright?

Cyrus relaxing after his race!

Backstroke style.

WELCOME TO 2 0 1 7

Kia ora whanau and friends! We have had a great start to our year. We welcome Mrs Mary Medcalf and Mrs Rosalie Stevens to the teaching team. We know they will love working with your children this year.

Our big inquiry this term is about "HABITAT". We are using our visit to the rocky shore to get us thinking about what a habitat is and what creatures need to live there. Click on the link below to see a youtube clip...

Rocky shore