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!