SCIENCE AND PULSES

On Thursday we went to the college and visited the Science Department to do chemical experiments that show  pulses bewteen the chemical reactions. We also a thermal reaction and multiple pulses that occured. It was so much fun!

DECAY, PLAQUE AND BRUSHING OUR TEETH

Today as part of Science we used ourselves as an experiment!
We have been studying bacteria (plaque) and the impact it has on our teeth, we have also been learning how to reduce tooth decay by brushing our teeth correctly.
Each student had a disclosing tablet that they sucked, this turned the plaque into pink. We used a mirror to check out our teeth, yuck.
We then brushed our teeth with a tooth brush and toothpaste and saw how it removed most of the plaque, and we had healthy teeth again.
A huge thanks to Lumino Orewa for supplying individual packs for the students of disclosing tablets, balloon, drink bottle and tooth paste and tooth brush.

PINK TEETH

CLEAN TEETH

KELLY TARLTON VISIT

We had a school visit to Kelly Tarlton's to study animal habitats and their environment.

We also looked at the impact of climate change on these habitats.

The students had a wonderful time and enjoyed studying the different marine animals.

The obvious highlights were the penguins and the sharks - fortunately they weren't swimming together!

Look at me, I'm a fish

MORE INTENSIVE SWIM PHOTOS

INTENSIVE SWIM PROGRAMME

The Year 1-3 classes are attended an intensive swim programme at the Leisure Centre.

The programme runs for 4 days each week over a two week period. 

The student’s confidence, swimming ability and stroke correction improve significantly over this time.

In addition, and probably most importantly they are having fun. Take a look for yourself! 

TEDDY BEAR PICNIC

The school participated in a Teddy Bear Picnic where all the students could bring their teddies to join them for a shared lunch. There were mountains of delicious food for teddies and children to gobble up, we even had to send some of it back home. Even though the weather forced us to have the picnic inside everyone seemed to have enjoyed mufti day and bringing their favourite teddy to school, it was lots of fun.

Mountains of delicious food

Great fun

Picnicing with my teddy

and mine too.

GRANDPARENTS DAY

The whole school celebrated their grandparents (or elderly people) by having their own Grandparents Day.

In our class we had 6 grandparents and they shared what life was like during their schooling days. They talked about large class sizes, bossy teachers, and boys getting into mischief with ink pots and how to play marbles. The scariest of all was the talk about getting the cane or the strap - I bet that hurt!

What a lovely story

Some of our grandparents

BUNTOKU ORIGAMI

On Tuesday we had a visit from some of the exchange students from Buntoko High School. They spent a period with us showing how to do Japanese paper folding or origami. It was a lot of fun folding traditional cranes and other birds, although the boys enjoyed the paper darts most of all.

CLASS IN ACTION

The Ruru class in action during a normal day in the class.

Photos include individuals and groups working togther during several English lessons.

Don't they look great!