Two Weeks to go

Not long now everybody...only 2 weeks until our Twilight fair!
There are a lot of people working very hard to make it a success...how can you help? (if you're not already, that is!!)
And keep reading those weekly fair notices.

More Stars to be proud of...

Wow Harrison, we were all so proud of your handwriting today...you tried really hard with the size and position of your 'g's, and squashing bad habits!

And we celebrated success at addition and subtraction for Tatenda and J, and handwriting for Samuel at Junior Assembly this afternoon. Well done to all 3 of you!

Not this time

The Interface Class blog competition results are in.......unfortunately we're not a winner, but congratulations to "Room 9 You Shine" from Outram School in Dunedin - Well Done. Maybe next time.............

150 nights

You are a star Tessa...congratulations on reaching 150 nights. I am so proud of your hard work at reading. Keep it up.

You won't believe your eyes!

Reihana's handwriting today was so amazing we had to share it with everyone! His 'open mouth' shape sat perfectly on the line, his 'hanging stick' was exactly the right length, and the little flick was sharp and extremely dangerous! Have a look...

Thoughts on Athletics

Finally the weather has allowed us to get out a couple of times to athletics. Here are Benjamin's thoughts, recorded on Mrs H's new toy - an easi speak recorder...

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Musician extraordinaire

Miss James thought Jin tried extra hard at music this afternoon...well done Jin. (photo to follow soon)

A weighty challenge

Today's maths challenge was to find an object that would balance Dougal dog, when we put it in the other bucket.

We know that when something is lighter it stays up, when something is heavier it goes down, and when something is the same weight the buckets will balance - be the same.

We all found something that would fit inside the bucket to try and balance Dougal dog...

These things nearly balanced Dougal dog - the buckets were both up, but not quite balanced:

And then Ti'a put her avocado into the bucket ... and it balanced!!!!!

We talked about some interesting things afterwards:

• The duster that Mrs Hawkins put in the bucket balanced Dougal dog AND Ti'a's avocado also balanced Dougal dog...so...the duster and the avocado should also be the same and balance each other. We checked it out and they did!
• Brooklyn's drink bottle nearly balanced Dougal dog when it had a little bit of water in it, but after he drank it, it didn't. Why was this? The water was making his bottle heavy.
  
• Did that mean that Jin would be able to do something to make his heavy drink bottle balance Dougal dog? YES...he could drink some of the water!
  

Hauraki supports Samoa

On Friday
Here we are adding our coins to the coin trail...
We wonder how much money we have collected? We will have to wait until Mrs Franklin has counted it all up!
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Tomorrow (Friday) we are going to show we care for others...especially all the people in Samoa affected by the earthquake and tsunami!

Children are encouraged to bring coins to donate and place them on our coin trail, chalked in the shape of the Samoan islands under the pergola. I wonder how much money we will raise? Check back later to find out.

Six Superstars

What a great day today...3 readers reached their next reader certificate - Brooklyn & Samuel 150 nights, and Ashleigh - 75 nights! Well done to you.
Also 3 busy workers received certificates at Junior Assembly... Ti'a for spelling new words by listening for sounds independently, Reihana for trying really hard to sit his handwriting on the line, and Jin for working at correcting his pencil grip. A super effort from you all, keep up the good work.