Welcome Back Studio 1

Today was the first day of Term 4. We have all had two weeks holiday. We are excited, happy, elated, and feel awesome about coming back to school.
It was Mrs Higgs first day back from Paris, Switzerland, London, Rome, Disneyland, Folkstone, Los Angeles and Venice today! Welcome Back Mrs Higgs! We missed you.

The Caterpillars went up to level 14 today! Well done Caterpillars. Jazmin read with them too. She might join the group soon.

The Grasshoppers are reading at Light Blue level. Great Job!

Kain is happy to see his friends again.

Felix said "We painted kites today" Imogen said "We used bright colours like orange, pink, yellow and blue."

Mica has a very wiggly tooth.

Zoe worked hard on her reading activity.

Monday's Marvelous Writing

I asked my Nana for an electric guitar. I said "woohoo". My Nana said "don't get too excited". Then I settled down.

by Eligh

On Saturday I went to Northlands Mall and I got an ice cream. It was flavoured strawberry and blueberry. It was scrumptious! I love ice cream with chocolate sprinkles and cream on it.

By Imogen

On Sunday it was my nana's birthday. We went with my mum and dad and my brother and my uncle. I played soccer and my dad said "I don't want to play soccer".

By Ariki

On aWednesday afternoon we are having a house games event. Please come dressed in your house colours:

Hillary - Blue
Seddon - Green
Ruthorford - Red
Freyberg - Yellow

What am I?

I have two big, white legs,
I live in a cave,
I live in a cold place,
Some people are scared of me,
What am I

By Mica

I have two fins,
I have a twisted tail,
I have a long spike on my back and
I can camouflage myself,
What am I?

By Amber

I have two legs,
I can fly out in the sky,
Some people can touch me,
What am I?

By Karipa

Post a comment to guess!

Wacky Wednesday

We made some grass head people. We drew a body for a yoghurt container. We put some grass seed into the end of some panty hose. Then we put in some saw dust and tied the ends. Some of us twisted noses and ears. Next we soaked it in water and put it in the yoghurt container. Our creatures are going to grow spiky green hair!

We are following on a map all the places that Mrs Higgs is going. We call it "Where in the World is Mrs Higgs". She is in London at the moment.

Our birthday boy Felix did some great writing today about spring.

There is a Disco in the KBS hall tomorrow night at 5.30pm for years 1-4. This is run by the KBS PTA.

Awesome Poetry

We read the poem 'Michael Apple-seed' this week, related to our Inquiry learning.
We then wrote some poetry about apples. Here are some of the children's poems.

An apple is...
smooth like a ball
crunchy like a biscuit
red like a strawberry
round like a circle
shiny like a star

By Emma


An apple is...
red like a strawberry
yummy like a carrot
cold like ice cream
crunchy like a cracker
hard like a box of toys

By Jazmin


An apple is...
shiny like a diamond in the sky
scrumptious like a pear
red like a ruby
juicy like a lemon
round like an eeny meeny circle

By Ariki


An apple is...
juicy like an orange
red like a ruby
hard like a magnet
smooth like a flying hang glider
wet like an ice cube

By Mica


I am off away to England and Europe for the next three weeks. Mrs Carson will be in the class during my usual times. I'll email the class when I can to let everyone know what we're up to.
Mrs Higgs

Thursday

This morning we played King of the Dice using subtraction. We were really good at it!

Colombia said "I did really good reading because when I made a mistake I fixed it myself" Jazmin worked hard at reading too. She was learning to make her voice go up and down.

Some of us brought a cup cake. Billy K said "I had a chicken one. It was yummy and sparkly"
Ariki's was a chicken one too. He said it tasted really really good,

Felix said " I did great handwriting. I worked hard on my capital Y's and they looked good"
Eligh said "He did all his letters really carefully"

This afternoon we were learning to skip with skipping ropes. Kobie said "Even though I fell over I still did really good".
We tried to do more skips each time. We were trying to beat our own records.

Can everyone please keep us empty yoghurt and fruit/jelly cup pottles. We need at least one each by next Tuesday! Thanks
Tomorrow is Mufti-Day to raise money for the Cancer Society. 

Terrific Tuesday!

Today we saw the Patiki Production.

We said:

We thought the green people were aliens, at first, but they were trees.
It was really cool.
It was about looking after the earth.
It had jump jam songs in it.
Alyssa and Rosa sang a beautiful duet!
Ariki would like to know how they got into the rocket ship.
The had pictures projected onto the back of the stage.

Terrific Tuesday

Please come and join us at Whanau Time tomorrow.
Colombia said "We practiced the Jibidi today"
Kain said 'I've been practicing talking about the garden at Whana Time"
Olympics day is cancelled tomorrow as our grounds are just too wet!

Eligh said "In maths we are learning about fractions"
Amber said "We are learning about 1/8's quarters, and halves"
Brooklyn said "Karipa chose a book for us to read about a cow that laid an egg. It was funny"
Kobie said "The cow has laid an egg and the thing that came out looked like a chicken but it said moooooooo!"

'Me, Colombia and Ariki did great reading at reading time" said Imogen


Ariki said "We had a really great day"

Marvelous Monday

This morning we went to Studio 2 and Lesley Ottey came to talk to us about gardening. We are going to make our own garden. We need some tools, some plants/seeds etc but most of all we need some dirt/soil first!
She showed us an earthworm and told us that we should not pick up a worm with our hands because our hands are too warm and will hurt it. Mica and James found some worms at lunch and used a leaf  and a stick to transfer them into our garden.

We are on Whanau Time on Wednesday. We chose our presenters and our songs. We are also going to do a wee performance.

Our very own Amber is in today's newsletter. She did some creative writing and you can read it in there.

Wonderful Wednesday

We had an Olympics celebration this morning. Here are our thoughts about it.
Jordan said, "We got to bring our little mini flags."
Eligh and Felix loved the huge dragon by Studio 5.
Kain liked it when we sang 'Raise Up Your Flag.' Joshua T and Karipa got to hold our giant flag. Studio 1 were great at waving our flags.
Ariki loved the people performing, like Mitchell and Finn, because they were very good.

It was wonderful to see so many children dressed in the Tongan colours. It was lovely to have Joshua T's nana join us.

Rainy Monday

Today it rained all day!
Brooklyn said "We did great reading today!"
Kain said "We got to stay inside all day"
Joshua M said "I made some playdough ice creams"
Imogen shared her fantastic writing with us.

We watched the rest of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (The original with Gene Wilder) today.
Charlie brought a chocolate bar with his first pay. It had a golden ticket in it.
Kobie told us that Mike Teevee had a pretend gun and a cowboy hat. Felix said that Mike was shrunk by a Television!
Charlie was given the chocolate factory by Mr Wonka.

Mrs Henderson is hoping the rain will go away soon!

More Descriptive Writing

We have been writing descriptions in Studio One. We read 'The Great White Man Eating Shark' by Margaret Mahy. We wrote descriptions of the main character Norvin. Here's what some children wrote.


Norvin The Man Eating Shark

Norvin pretends to be a great white man eating shark. Norvin wants to have the beautiful beach to himself. He has shark teeth, blue eyes, blond spiky hair, a shark pointy head and a grey dorsal fin. He has rose white skin and he's fat. Norvin tries to scare people with the grey dorsal fin and the people think he is a great white man eating shark. Norvin is a trouble maker because he doesn't let anyone in the blue water.

By Amber


Norvin The Shark

Norvin is really, really mean. He is pretending to be a shark. Norvin has a dorsal fin and his hair is golden. He likes the beach to himself. He scares everyone away. Norvin is mean to people.

By James

Tuesday

We are up to the part in the story where Violet gets turned into a giant blueberry. We are really enjoying it.
We have new brick words in our class to help us with our writing.


This afternoon we watched some movie clips of the Olympics. Kobie said "The Olympics would be lots of fun."
We saw a lady triple jump nearly 15 meters! Wow we were so impressed. We measusred how long that was. She was really really good.
We also watched New Zealand winning a gold medal in the rowing.

We sang some songs.
Ariki said "We had a really good day.

Monday 6th August

Today we worked so hard in our new maths groups. The circles are working on counting on from a given number.
We practiced forming the letter Nn in handwriting. Brooklyn worked especially hard at this.

Check out Ariki's amazing poem on our wall that he wrote at home. Its is about respect.

We read another chapter of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'.

Jazmin brought a newspaper from home to show us about the Olympics.

Wonderful Descriptive Writing

In Studio One we have been doing some descriptive writing. We wrote descriptions of people we know. We thought about what the person looks like, what that person does, and how we feel about them.

My Brother Connor

Connor is my brother. He is nine. Connor has short browny, black hair and blue eyes. He is tall and I like him because he plays with me and he buys me lollies. When I get hurt Connor helps me. Connor's favourite color is green.
By Tahlia

My Mum

Here is my mum. She has black and blue hair. She has green eyes. My mum likes to text. I feel happy when my mum cuddles me.
By Billy K


My Cousin Sarah


My cousin Sarah lives with me. Sarah has red and black hair. It is straight. She has hazel and green eyes. Her favourite color is green. She walks. Sarah makes me feel special.
By Imogen

Wet Tuesday

We had school photo's today. We all looked pretty gorgeous!

We went to Studio 6 to do some shared singing. One of the songs we sang was "Mr Clickety Kane"

Today we wrote about "The Lion in the Meadow". Ariki said "The Lion got chased away by the dragon".

We are reading Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Today we drew Willy Wonka and we are making a giant chocolate bar picture.

Monday

Our Olympic day was cancelled because it was raining. We felt disappointed but Mr Maindonald will let us know when we are going to try again. Ariki said "We might have it next week"

Felix helped Kobie with his Olympic maths.
Josh M said "we made cool flags"
Eligh, James, Kobie, Kain, Joshua T, Joshua M and Jordan played hide and seek at lunch time.
Imogen and Zoe played sisters and Kain and Tahlia played spy kids.
Ariki, Mica and Libby played by the library.
Joshua T did amazing reading with Mrs Henderson

Olympic Day

Tomorrow is Olympic Day at KBS. Studio 1 is representing Tonga so please come dressed in red and white (or full school uniform).
We have an olympic day of celebrations, games and fun planned so families are welcome to join us!

The Best Bits from the last Week

Art with Mrs Duxfield - "We went to Mrs Duxfield and we got make icing biscuits!" said Tahlia
Billy K said "We went outside to eat them"
Ariki said "They were real yum"
Zoe said "After that we got to play a game with Mr G"

Olympics - Eligh said "We are learning about the Olympics"
Brooklyn said "Our country (studio 1's) is Tonga"

Today - Jordan said "Today we get to take some of our insect art home."
Kain said "I like my centipede"
Mrs Henderson put our holiday pictures on the wall.
Jazmin said "Mica and I read 'Hermit crab' really well to Mrs Higgs"

Welcome back to Billy Brand! - Billy has come back to KBS. We are all really pleased because lots of us had missed him! Welcome back Billy B!

First Day of Term 3

Welcome Back Everyone!
Today was our first day with our 7 new Studio 1 members. They are in year 1.
Billy said "Our mat is very full"
Felix said "It's good that we have new friends"
Imogen said "We can make new friends"

Mrs Higgs put up a Winter Wall display - come and check it out!
We did some crayon and dye art about our holidays.

Last Day of Term!

This morning was our last day of gymnastics. Thank you so much to all the families who have helped and supported us with this. Without you there is no gym.

Zoe, Tahlia and Felix

Aren't they cute!

A hit with Studio 2 as well!

This afternoon Mrs Henderson brought her gorgeous puppies into our class so we could see them. If anyone is interested in a puppy please see her about them.

Here are our photos of our amazing Pom Pom minibeasts.

James's Mosquito

Kain's Centipede

Jordan's Dragonfly

Tahlia's crab

Colombia's caterpillar

Joshua T's Snail

Jazmin's Butterfly

Felix's spider

Imogen's Grasshopper

Zoe's Ladybird

Joshua M's bee

Amber's Beetle

Karipa's starfish

Have a fantastic holiday everyone. This will be the last blog for a couple of weeks. Stay safe and have fun!

Best Show Ever

This afternoon we saw the best show ever. It was about bullying. We learnt what to do if we are being bullied.

Jordan said "I liked the show because the man did tricks on the scooter"
Kain said "The best part was when the phone was big and the person was sending messages"
Amber said "I liked it when they did the phone challenge"
Imogen said "It was interesting because they could get changed really fast"
Zoe said "I liked the dance"
Tahlia said "I liked the show because it was funny"
Jazmin said "The sprinkler move in the dance was the best part"
Joshua T said "I like the man on the scooter when the scooter fell down"
James said "I liked the bit when he made the scooter come up with his foot"
Karipa said "I liked the part when they showed us behind the black curtain at the end"
Felix said "I liked the bit when the funny face came over the curtain and the lightening"
Colombia said "I liked the big phone"
Mrs Henderson's favourite part was all the 80's music and jokes!

Wednesday

This morning we went and joined Studio 8 for some developmental time. We taught some people in Studio 8 how to make pom pom's. We used different equipment and drew some beautiful butterflies.

Tomorrow is mufti day. Entry is a colgate box. Last week for the competition!

Jazmin teaching the art of pom pom making.

Jordan helping to unravel a pom pom.

Karipa and Joshua T using the train set.

Beautiful butterflies!

Tuesday

Today school finished at 12pm for Learning Conferences. It was fantastic to see some of you today with your families and I am looking forward to seeing the rest of you tomorrow and sharing the awesome learning you have doing.

Don't forget to visit the Art Expo (gold coin donation) in the hall  and the Book Fair in Studio 3!

Friday's Fun

Today we had gymnastics. Thank to the parents who came to help. We had enough to have 3 activities going. Next Friday is our last gynmastics session. All Welcome!
This afternoon we worked hard to finish our pom pom mini beasts. It was a bit of a rush but we got there in the end. We will put up some photo's next week so everyone can see them.
Mrs Henderson noticed that someone from Australia has viewed our blog. We wondered if it was Eligh who is on holiday there at the moment. A big hello from New Zealand to our American visitors too.
Have a lovely weekend everyone! See you on Monday.

Next week are our learning conferences. Please see me if you have not booked yours yet and I will help you. Don't forget that school shuts at 12.00pm on Tuesday and Wednesday next week and that next Friday is the last day of term. There is a an Art Exhibiton in the hall during conference times (come check out our mini beasts!) and a book fair in Studio 3. Both will be great places to visit with your child.

Wednesday's Wonderful Work

We have done lots of wonderful work today in Studio 1.
Felix said, "We were working on our newspapers - NIE."
Karipa said, "We wrote about what we wear and what we do in Winter."
Jazmin said, "I did a good job reading to Charlotte."
Zoe said, "I did excellent writing."
Kain said, "I did really good reading today."

We are in seventh place in the junior colgate box competition. Keep those boxes coming!

Monday Madness

Joshua T said "Me and James and Jordan and Tahlia and Karipa made a tower"
James said "Mr Guthrie came and helped us with our pom pom's. He had to untangle lots of knots"
Felix said "We painted a winter background"
Karipa said "In maths we were finding the missing number"
Jazmin said "I read really well to Mrs Higgs"
Imogen said "I did really well reading level 14 to Mrs Higgs"


Thank you to those people who have booked their learning conference. Please see me if you are having trouble. Please keep bringing colgate boxes. 
Thanks everyone for all the wool you sent.
Practice those spelling words1

Wednesday was Support Staff Day. This is a day when we celebrate the people at school that help us with our learning.


Savannah comes and helps us with writing. She is endlessly patient and has even given up afternoons off to help us with pom pom's! Savannah, thanks from all of us. You are amazing.





Charlotte comes and helps us with maths and inquiry. She helps us with art too and Charlotte has amazing art skills. She is always happy to help us when we are stuck and we all love having her in our classroom. Thanks so much Charlotte.


Wendy takes some of us out of the class to help us learn phonics. She has helped so many of us with our reading and writing. Thanks heaps Wendy!

The Water Cycle

We have been writing about the water cycle as part of our inquiry about water. Here are some of the children's ideas about how the water cycle works.

We have learnt about water, so we have made a water cycle. The water is in the clouds. It gets too heavy then it falls down as rain. It is on the plants and the grass and roofs. Next the rain evaporates because of the sun.
By Zoe


We have been learning about the water cycle. First the clouds make the water. Then the rain comes and goes into the soil and helps the environment. Next the water evaporates back to the sun.
By Amber


Joshua T wrote about going to a Crusaders' rugby game. Here is what he wrote.

We went to the rugby. The Crusaders won. I saw Richie McCaw number seven.

Monday

Hi All,
Not sure if you will be able to access us for a couple of days because our school website is being revamped. Those of you who saved us toyour favourties will be able to though!
Today we got the desks ready for our new classmembers who are joining us next term. We are very excited about our 7 new classmates. We also worked hard on our pom pom art today.
Thursday is mufti day with a difference. This mufti day the entry is a colgate toothpaste box! and the theme is 'Paint it Black". So dress in black and turn up with your toothpaste box (or 2 or 10) to support our school in the competition.
Thanks you to all the families who have sent in wool. It is much appreciated and being put to good use.
Mrs Higgs has some stories ready to put on the web site so stay tuned everyone!

Vote for Us!

Hi everyone, Go to the link below and vote for Kaiapoi Borough School. We could win $5000! And keep collecting those colgate toothpaste boxes for us. Thanks heaps!  ... will only take 30 seconds :)
http://www.facebook.com/colgatenz/app_374675092562981?sk=app_374675092562981&app_data=school%7C2.

Icy Friday!

Our school is covered in ice! The recent weather has left our school with lots of ice, slush, water and snow. We have had to be very careful not to slip over.
This morning we had gymnastics and music. Thanks heaps to Kain's mum for coming to help us! During morning tea some of us made a mural. After that we went to see Harold.
This afternoon we went to the library. We changed our books and used the computers. What a short week at school we have had.

Big Congratulation to Karipa, Jordan, Kain, Amber, Imogen, Zoe, and Tahlia for getting all 20 spelling words correct! Good job everyone.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Please keep sending in those Colgate boxes. At present Studio 1 is second to last. This is very sad for us. Come on everyone - brush those teeth!

Double Snow Days!

Kaiapoi Borough School is also closed tomorrow (Thursday) due to the weather conditions. Hope to see you all on Friday!

Snow Day!

School is cancelled due to snow. Have fun everybody. Stay warm and dry. See you tomorrow!

Making Pom Pom's

Friday's Fun

This morning we had gymnastics again. Thanks so much to the awesome family members who come and help us. Without you there is no gymnastics so your help is much appreciated. This afternoon we started putting the wool that Imogen's mum sent in to good use. Kain's mum dropped some more off this afternoon, Thanks heaps! Big thank you to Savannah for giving up her afternoon off to help.
Have a good weekend everyone. Make the most of the extra day!

Today I ...

Today I ...

"I did really good at writing because I tried really hard" said Kain
"I learnt how to read new words with Mrs Higgs' said Amber
"I listened to another chapter of Charlottes web" said Tahlia
"I did really really really good at reading because I read faster" said Imogen
"I played a letter game on the computer" said Joshua T
"I learnt lots of my Wordwall words" said Eligh
"I got all my words right with Charlotte, I got on to a green list" said Jazmin
"I read really well too" said Colombia

We are also on the scrounge for wool. Any colours, any ply, any amounts would be appreciated. Any and all donations will be gratefully accepted. Then you can prepare to be amazed by our artwork!


Keep sending those Colgate Toothpaste boxes. Studio 1 has not yet made the top 10 studios so we need to bring as many as possible. Ask around - family, neighbours, workplaces - anyone!

Harold

Today we went to see Harold. He told us all about healthy eating. He taught us that we need "Food For Energy!". We made our own food pyramid.
We are reading Charlotte's Web at the moment.
This afternoon we went to the library.

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'Water' Acrostic Poems

Last week we wrote some acrostic poems about water. We wrote each letter from the word 'water' down the page and added our ideas on this topic. Here are some of the poems the children wrote.

Water on the flower
At Winter it rains a lot
Today it was foggy
Evaporation of a puddle
Rainbows are made out of sun and rain
By Jordan


Water on the plant
At the beach I sit in the sun
Today I went to the sea
Evaporate
Rainbow in the sky
By Karipa

Welcome to our Monday

Very Important Meeting -  Tomorrow night (Tuesday the 20th) in the KBS staffroom we are holding a very important meeting. Come along and find out what the government is planning for schools and how you can have your say. Added - Just realised that I forgot to say what time. 7pm


No Whanau Time this week.


Colgate Boxes - There is now a sub school competition to see which studio can collect the most colgate boxes. Thanks to all the families who have sent some in. Please keep sending them. Also if we win the main competition we may be able to get some new gymnastics equipment! 


Today we had a special maths teacher come in and teach a maths group. Today Mrs Henderson got to stay in Studio 1 all day! Poor Mrs Higgs is not well. Get better soon Mrs Higgs. 
Well done to the 6 people who got all of their spelling words right! Keep practicing everyone. 
We used the ipods today in reading time. We practiced spelling and words.
Today Eligh read 'My Sister" to Mr Guthrie. He thought Eligh sounded fantastic!
Kain really wants to let you all know that Karipa, Joshua and Kain built a huge castle with the blocks. It was an ice cream factory. 
Our Star of the Day for tomorrow is Colombia.

Puppy update - Mrs Henderson is now the proud owner of 7 baby puppies! They are English staffie x. She needs to find homes for them all. Any takers?

Thanks goodness it's Friday

A big thank you to the children and parents of Studio 1 for staying so calm during and after this afternoons shake. Everyone coped really well with even families of distressed children staying visibly calm (which I know is hard to do!). Children, you all did the right thing both in the library (getting under the tables) and afterwards (staying with Mrs Henderson until your families arrived) so well done to all of you. Mrs Henderson had to rush home after you had all gone to check on her dog Zoe who is about to have pups. She was very scared too but no pups yet. Have a good weekend everyone, see you on Monday.
Kia Kaha

Thursdays Thinking

Today we finished 'James and the Giant Peach'. Kain said "I liked it when the peach fell on the Empire State Building. Then we drew a picture about our favourite part. Come on in and see them on our wall!
Tomorrow we have a spelling test. Practice your words at home tonight - house, jump, begin, talk, yes, run, said, grow, show, open, put, off, old, good and out.
Gymnastics tomorrow - all help is most welcome and appreciated.

Daily Reflection

Here are some great things that happened today:
We had Whanau Time. We sang 'Love, Love, Love'.
We had another chapter of 'James And The Giant Peach'.
We went to the library and got some new books to take home.
Jazmin liked writing about Constable Karen's visit.
Imogen and Colombia read their recounts of Constable Karen's visits to each other and gave some
helpful comments.

The best part about today...

The best part about today:
Karipa said "Hearing the next chapter  of James and the Giant Peach"
Felix said "Learning about and making the earth's Water cycle"
Jazmin said "Colouring the clouds for the water cycle"
Eligh said "Playing outside at lunch time"
Imogen said "When Mrs Higgs did a reading test and I did really well"
Colombia said "Mrs Higgs reading us a book"

Welcome Zoe

Studio 1 welcomed Zoe into our classroom family today.  She has come to us from St Martins school. We are all very happy to have her in our class.  This morning Constable Karen came to talk to us about making good choices.  She showed us a movie about choices too. Karipa is our King of the Dice today! We read another chapter of 'James and the Giant Peach". We are really enjoying this story and are excited to find out what happens next!

'Rain' Senses Poems

We have been writing senses poems about 'rain'. We thought about what we see, feel, taste and touch when we think about rain. Here are some 'rain' poems that the children wrote.

I see water falling from the sky.
I hear water drops on the roof.
I feel cold and soggy.
I taste warm water.
by Kain


I see wet grass in the garden.
I hear raindrops on the roof.
I feel drips on my head.
I taste yummy water in my mouth.
by Colombia

It's Friday already. That came around fast! Congratulations to Amber, Kain, Jordan, Karipa, Felix and Tahlia who got all of their spelling words right! Well done all of you. You have worked hard.

We had gymnastics this morning and Imogen's dad took some amazing actions photos for us! Have a good weekend everyone. Kia Kaha

Today we read another chapter of James and the Giant Peach. We finished making all the characters. Come in to our class and have a look at our amazing wall display. At Whanau Time we heard the 'Silly Hat Song'. We liked it! We might sing it in class. We saw Lauren from Studio 5 do the hula hoop. Amber said "I thought she was very talented".
This afternoon, when we had finished our work, we had some choosing time. Eligh, James, Tahlia, Kain, Jordan and Josh M made a chocolate factory!

Today Daniel Burt showed us around the water station. We walked to Sewell Street. We saw pumps and a big generator. We learnt that if the power goes out the generator will pump our water. Mr Burt opened the water gates for us. Felix said "it was scary." We will share some of our learning and our stories with you over the next few days!

This morning Constable Karen came to talk to us. She talked to us about making good choices and bullying. She told us what to do if someone is being a bully. Kain reminded us to say "Stop it! I don't like it!"
In maths, we played a game about thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. We are getting really good at reading big numbers. Then we played King of the Dice and Jazmin is our king today. We read another chapter of 'James and the Giant Peach'. We look forward to reading it everyday.

What a fantastic Friday we've had! This morning we had gymnastics in Shine Time. We used the horse, the beam and the mini trampoline. We are getting better every time. After morning tea Daniel (Joshua from Studio 2's Dad) come to talk to us about water. He showed us how he tests the water. He was really interesting. This afternoon we went to the Library. What a nice way to end the week!

Today we made seagulls by smudging pastels and  James and Tahlia painted a giant peach. We are reading James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. Eligh and Jazmin went up a reading level todayl! Well done you two! We wrote about what water feels like, smells like, tastes like, looks like and sounds like. We will post some of our stories soon.
From Studio 1

Yesterday at Whanau Time Studio 1 sang Le Aute to the whole school and to some of our parents. It is a Samoan welcome song. We did some actions too. Some of us felt shy but we were all proud of ourselves.

Here we are with the amazing art work we did with Mrs Duxfield. We created pictures about insects using brightly coloured dye. 

Our First Post!

Welcome to the first post by Studio ! We are so so excited to be sharing this blog and we are looking forward to keeping you updated on all the amazing learning we are doing.

In Studio 1 you will find: Felix, Colombia, Tahlia, James, Jordan, Imogen, Amber, Karipa, Jazmin, Joshua M, Joshua T, Eligh, Kain and Mrs Henderson and Mrs Higgs.