Whakatane Town Walk

As part of our inquiry on “Connected to…our town”, All the year two’s went on a LONG walk through our town, stopping to visit some of the sites unique to Whakatane.  Even though we were  really hot and exhausted…we enjoyed our day and learned so much

Term 4 holiday stories

Back at school after the holidays for a VERY busy term! We decided to share some of our holiday stories with you.

“Mahina, go down to the garage and get your bike.” said my mum. “Where are we going now mum?” I asked. “You remember…I’m getting fit for touch. (If you don’t know what touch is, it is like rugby) Before we went for the bike ride my mum took the training wheels off my little sisters bike and mum helped her to ride her bike. Getting fit is fun!   BY MAHINARANGI DAVIS

“Woosh” went the big scream machine. Suddenly…the big scream machine went up and down and up. When it got to the top it stopped there. Then dad started saying, “Help” Both of us were scared. Suddenly a guy gave us…jumping shoes! My dad and I jumped off it and then we landed. What a circus!   BY BRANDON HOPE

I was excited as I hopped inside the plane. I sat in the middle and Ben sat by the window. It was very bumpy. It went up and down. My tummy went up and down too. While we were flying I had some salmon. It was very juicy. “Finally” I shouted. “We are here.” But my cousin was the first to see Rarotonga out of the window. BY EVE SMITH

“Where are we going?” I asked my mum. When we were all in the car we drove to the A and P show. I went on the dragon ride and a big slide. It was a little bit scary. My sister went with me on the ferris wheel. We had fun. This was my best day of the holidays.  BY AIMEE DAIN

In the holidays I went to Wendy’s. I ate a happy meal. It was tasty food. The chips were fat and my burger was juicy. I also got a plant.  BY RANUI MAUI-PECK

More awesome stories and pictures

We have been reading the story of  Rainbow Fish and after making our own rainbow fish pictures,we wrote about the story.

Rainbow  fish went to see the octopus in his home. He said to Rainbow fish, “Give each fish a sparkly scale.” “No I don’t want to, they are very precious” BY BAILEY

Suddenly Rainbow fish saw hat he was crowded by hundreds of  huge and tiny  fish. “Ahhh” the sparkly fish screamed. “Chase that fish!” the fans yelled. All they wanted were his very shiny scales. But luckily the Rainbow fish swam faster. BY BRANDON

This is Rainbow fish. He is swimming happily in the seaweed.”Come and play with us”  said the tiny blue fish. But he just kept on swimming. BY GREGAN

One day Rainbow fish went to see Octopus. “Give one of your scales to every fish then you will be happy” he said. “No” said Rainbow fish. Suddenly he felt a tug on him. “Please can I have one scale?”said the little fish. He gave him one,then he gave one to all the other fish too. He only had one left and he was happy.  BY AIMEE

Rainbow fish was gliding in the deep blue ocean. A young fish was swimming up behind him and so were the others. BY BRANDY

Inquiry Learning in our room

Fun Poll

We have been trying out some new applications on our blog. Keep a lookout for more polls!

Crazy hair day!

Today we had a fund raising day for our “Jump Jam” team.We got to have “Crazy Hair” and a special lunch… all for a good cause! These are some of our thoughts.

When I saw Reuben’s hair, I thought he looked like sharkboy!     BY   Samuel Campbell

Today was crazy hair day so I asked my mum to paint my hair with red,pink and purple.It was my idea and I like it!      BY  Renee Hutching

I wanted crazy hair so I went to the hairdressers to cut my hair. She shaved a arrow and some lines. Casey said I looked cool.    BY  Ranui Maui-Peck

Junior cross country

Last Friday we held our junior cross country. We were all very excited and the children in our class did VERY VERY well. In the year 2 boys race our class got 4 of the top 5 positions!,Gregan Maui-Black came first with Brandon Hope 2nd, Reuben Campbell and Samuel Campbell came 4th and 5th. Our girls did just as well, with Eve Smith first, Ashanti Hape 3rd and Casey Learmond 4th. We are definitely a class of athletes!

Balloons Galore

As I went outside my balloon popped..Luckily Mrs Mitchley had another squeaky balloon…But when it popped too,we went back inside because heaps of our colourful balloons popped.Finally Mrs Mitchley said, “If you still have a balloon you can keep it.” EVE SMITH

All the colourful balloons went high in the air.”Oh no.” I said.”The balloons were floating over the wooden fence. Now the dog will pop the balloons” Luckily the colourful ballons floated back. Suddenly something went “Pop!” It was Eve’s balloon. Excitedly we played a balloon game. We had to put the balloons in the middle of our legs. It was fun. AIMEE DAIN

Suddenly Mrs Mitchley gave us balloons. Mine was light green. It smelt like oil and it felt rubbery. We took our bouncy balloons outside. When we were throwing the balloons up,mine floated away.Finally I got it back by catching it in my hands. MAHINARANGI DAVIS

A Special Day

Our Teacher Aide, Kevin Main, has just completed his “School Based Literacy Assistant” training and today was his graduation. Brandon and Eve were our class representatives. Here are their stories and some photo’s of his special day.

Suddenly Mrs Mitchley said…”Who would like to come to Kevin’s graduation?” All of us put up our hands, but Mrs Mitchley could only choose two people. She said “This is going to be hard!” Luckily she chose me and Brandon. We went but it took such a long time. First a lady talked, then another and another and it was so boring until Kevin got his certificate. I felt proud of him.Then I realized I felt hungry and I gobbled up some food.First I had Salmon and then I had chocolate and marshmallows…yum. But then it was time to go back to school.
BY EVE SMITH

One day Mrs Mitchley said, “Who would like to come to Kevin’s graduation?” “Oh I do” I shouted. “Brandon you can come.” She said. I was so excited but when we got in the truck it was so hot. I rolled down the window but it was stuck. Finally the window opened,I thought it was magic. When we got there all they did was talk.”What is going to happen?” I said to myself. Then Kevin got his certificate. I was proud of him. Then finally I got to eat.
BY BRANDON HOPE

Roving Reporter

Our Roving reporter this week, six year old Casey Learmond, asked some classmates,her mum and Mrs Miller,a new teacher at our school, what their favourite part of Student Led Conferences was.These were their answers.