At 9:26am Mrs Callister rang the handbell around the school and we knew it was the New Zealand ShakeOut. Mrs Ashley called 'Earthquake!" and we did what we have been learning about: Drop, Cover, Hold. We dropped to our knees, got under cover of our desks and put one arm over our head, and held on tight to the table leg with other other arm. We didn't scream, and everyone was safe. It is great to practice our earthquake drill just in case we ever need to use it. Have a look at our photos below!

New Zealand ShakeOut on PhotoPeach

Bubble Day photos

Bubble Day on PhotoPeach

Bubble day

It was a beautiful afternoon for blowing bubbles and throwing Sky balls on the field on Friday. All the children had a great time, and we took many great photos. A huge Thank You to the PTA for organising the day. I have discovered Photo Peach is a terrific way of sharing lots of photos so look forward to seeing the Bubble day photos soon!

Greetings Dance on PhotoPeach

Charlotte's Counting in 10s

Gloria's Counting in 10s

Joshua's Counting in 10s

Quinn's Counting in 10s

Cody Counting in 10s

Louis Counting in 10s

Charley's Counting in 10s

Myla's Counting in 10s

Emma Counting in 10s

Jamal's Counting in 10s

Boss's Counting in 10s

Rhyan's counting in 10s

Jamie's Counting in 10s

Finn's Counting in 10s

Creative Arts Afternoon

Today we loved having our parents join us for our arts afternoon. What a great time of dancing, sharing and fun. Rhyan greeted our parents.

Then we danced our greeting dance, Jibidi. We also asked our parents to dance with us!

Fijian Dance

We have been so lucky that Gloria's Mum has been able to help us create a Fijian Dance with  a Pasifika influence. We have children from Fiji and Samoa in our class.

 Fipe has brought us all sulus to wear and we alos have leis for around our neck. We will look lovely for our parents.

Creative Dance

We began our Creative Dance unit by learning about touching and non-touching greetings, which we used in a dance we made up with our partners.

 It was lots of fun and we can now greet people in many ways.

Sparrows at school...

Last night some sparrows fell out of a tree. We fed them honey and bird seed. We have a lamp in there to keep them warm. They snuggle up in their nest.

Joshua

Yesterday Mrs Ashley's daughter Caroline found some baby sparrows. We fed them cat food, honey, boiled egg and bird seeds.

Finn

Last night Caroline found baby sparrows. there were three little sparrows fell out of its' nest on the ground at night time. I saw it was so cute when i saw it. I went "Wow! You are so cute and cuddly too."

Charlotte

Last night Caroline found three baby sparrows and one died and Mrs Ashley bought them in a cage. We fed them cat food and honey and boiled egg.

Quinn

Last night Caroline found some baby sparrows that fell out of a tree because the nest blew out of the tree.

Louis

Caroline found two baby sparrows. One of the baby birds were dead but lucky the rest were OK. We took care of them. We looked after them. We put a heat lamp in so they can get cosy.

Flynt

Bird's need a cage and cat food and they need honey. They need hard boiled egg and they are called sparrows. Caroline found them.

Jamal

I like the sparrows.

Charley

Last night Caroline was walking with Rusty and she found baby sparrows.

Rhyan

Last night Caroline found some baby sparrows on the ground. We fed them boiled egg and cat food and bird seeds. We put in something to warm them up.

Jamie

Last night Caroline found some baby sparrows and fed then honey mixed up with cat food. They have a heat lamp to keep them warm. The baby sparrows are very clever. When they need to go toilet they go to the side of the nest and go toilet.

Cody

The baby sparrows fell off a tree. Caroline got the baby sparrows and put them in a cage. the baby sparrows were so cute. They eat cat food, honey, boiled egg, bird seed. They also need a cage, heat lamp. They are clever. The sparrows have to keep warm and clean.

Myla

Caroline found baby sparrows. One died, it was sad. There were only two. They fell out of the tree. They were cute. They fed them cat food  and boiled egg and bird seed.

Emma

We feed the birds boiled eggs and cat food. Last night  Caroline found baby sparrows that had fallen out of the tree.

Boss

Yesterday we found somebody's sparrows. They fell out of a tree. One died. That was very sad. We brought them to school. They opened their beaks out wide when they are hungry.

Samuel

Caroline found baby sparrows last night. She found them when they fell down.

Ingrid