Matariki is coming....

Kia ora koutou whanau

Matariki 2016 is approaching!

On Thursday 30th June from 5pm until 6.30pm we will have our annual Matariki celebrations. 

Come along with your kids to join in some waiata, kai for sale and activities.

Check out this Youtube clip with a Matariki story.

Te Reo Kori

For PE we have been learning some traditional Maori games. They all use specific maori language and skills to do with moving, thinking and learning. Check out these action shots!

Mu Torere

Rakau nui

Poi Toa

Term Two

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

The term has started really well with our 3Rs unit - Reuse, reduce, Recycle! 

So far we have been to the Omaranui landfill and this Thursday we are off to the aquarium to see how our littering affects our ocean and sea life.

We are looking closely at our own habits in regards to be being 'waste aware' and looking to change some bad habits into good ones. 

It would be great to hear about some discussions happening at home - the teachers and their families certainly are!

Check out this great Jack Johnson song that contains the unit's main ideas and messages...

JACK JOHNSON - 3R song

Civil Defence Day

On the last Thursday of term one we had Marcus come and speak to us about how to be safe in the event of a disaster. We sat and listened for a long time and asked great questions at the end. 
The most exciting part was when we went outside to see how the Civil defence can maintain internet contact using a very special satellite dish. 

We even made it on to their Facebook page!


After that we were involved in lots of different activities to do with keeping safe. We put up tents, there was a soup and milo station along with old fashioned games and dancing!

What a great morning we had. Thanks to the parents who came along and helped us out - it was great!

The Minstrel was in town!

The kids were very respectful listeners

The Minstrel is a very talented performer

Mathew and Ollie were very sincere in their thanks

It was great to see Hiwi the Kiwi back again

Ollie and Mathew gave a great thank you speech

Once again The Minstrel was at Bledisloe School care of our wonderful PTA! There was music and stories as well as lots of STYLE!
The Minstrel travels around New Zealand spreading lots of important messages about keeping our seas healthy and fishing sensibly - thinking of future generations. Some of the kids are going to take up the challenge and write a piece of writing that includes his important messages. There will be an overall winner to be decided by Ms Bevis!

Non-Fiction = Non-stop facts

Mrs Lowe bringing in her 'bag of animals' to 

illustrate how libraries are organised

Fletcher and Alex are listening intently to Mrs Lowe

Darian-wondering about what information she could find about this animal

Mrs Lowe - our librarian sharing some new information with us

Room 8 had Mrs Lowe visit us twice last week and she was sharing with us about what non-fiction was about and she taught us that it's like non-stop facts! 

She brought in a range of books all from the non-fiction section and talked about how libraries across the world are organised by the 'Dewey decimal' system. She has also designed a treasure hunt for us to use and locate the various books we have in our fantastic library.

She also brought in a bag of different plastic animals and talked about how the library was organised in a similar way -inside  the category of animals there were all sorts of  different animals you can read about.

During our inquiry into disasters we have been listening to and reading a range of non-fiction. We have learned about contents, glossaries and indexes. We have thought about key words and ideas too. We hope you have enjoyed learning new facts and ideas too!

MTG VISIT

D I S A S T E R     E N Q U I R Y

The Middle School have been involved in an enquiry into disasters and how people cope and look after each other during and after such tragic events. As part of that study we visited the MTG and the school where 'Isabel's Upside Down day' is set. This is a book we use to help the kids have some empathy and understanding with kids their own age during such a traumatic event.

We visited the MTG in Napier where Gaynor Comley greeted us and took us on a tour of the exhibit, played some games and told us lots of great stories as well as sad and moving ones. 

At Nelson Park School
 The setting for Isabel's Upside Down Day

Grace and Tayla
say thanks for a great morning!

Nelson Park was the scene of tent
 city after the earthquake

There was a lot of information in the text, photos, pictures and objects we looked at

Autumn helped us to learn about 

Stop! Drop! and Hold!

Jordyn was a great help!

Even the bricks were interesting!

There were some great costumes-
what a great effort!

The Room 8 researchers

Doing some research

The lads checking out the exhibits

STOP, DROP and HOLD!

Very respectful listeners and learners