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