Oh, Christmas Tree - Celebration of Learning 2019

Our 2019 school year has come to a close.
Last week we held our annual 
Celebration of Learning.
Here is B4's item: 



Wishing you all a very happy holiday.
Our 2020 school year begins on 4th February.

Celebration of Learning 2018

Last term we read the book 'Charlotte's Web', 

so this term the B4 students created a spider dance for our 

end-of-the-school-year

Celebration of Learning item.

We hope you enjoy it!

 Year 7/8 and their dance called
Movin' and Shakin':


Year 5/6 and the Swinging, Singing Ostriches:


Year 3/4/5 and their Dance Medley:



Year 1/2 and 'Dinosaur Stomp':

Building Our Growth Mindsets

Our 2018 school year is underway!

During the first week back we used videos and activities from 
Jo Boaler's Week of Inspirational Maths
to get our brains thinking again.

Over the past couple of years we've been working on maths in different ways, working in mixed groups to figure out rich tasks that develop our math thinking. 
We've been learning to talk about our learning and to challenge others to explain their thinking. 
We've also been learning that mistakes make our brains grow! Our new saying is 'a mistake is a first attempt in learning'.

The 'Building Shapes' activity got us working as a team to try the challenges. Each team had to convince the 'skeptics' that we'd created the shapes.

Did you notice some groups who kept trying until they found success?

Celebration of Learning 2017

Our school year is at an end. 

Last night was the school's Celebration of Learning.

B4's item was a dance telling the story of 

Tawhirimatea, God of the Wind.

Papatuanuku the Earth Mother, and Ranginui the Sky Father were clasped closely together, leaving no room for their children to grow. 
The children, all boys, decided to push the parents apart.

Tawhirimatea was against his brothers separating their parents  to make more room.

When they succeeded, he went to live with Ranginui in the sky.

Now, when he is happy, the sun shines, but if he feels angry, we get storms.

Our new school year starts at the end of January, 2018.

See you then!

Participating and Contributing - Athletics Day

Athletics Day gives the B4 children a great opportunity to display the Key Competencies of 

Participating and Contributing.

Mrs. McK was lucky enough to be with the Yr 3s as they went to each of the events.

It was wonderful to see the children competing well, and supporting each other.

What is your favourite athletic event?

Kiwiana Pictures

During our first week back at school, the children made artworks with Mrs. W, to enter into the local A and P Show. 
(A and P means Agricultural and Pastoral).

They based their artworks on Kiwiana - items that relate to our unique culture and heritage in New Zealand.

1st place - Hokey Pokey and other flavour icecream

2nd place - spiral design

3rd place - sheep

fern

kiwi

spiral design

tomato sauce bottle

fern

fern

a sheep and a kiwi

pavlova

ferns

spiral design

kiwi fruit

chocolate cake

NZ style flag

pukeko

pukeko

What are some items that reflect your culture and heritage?