Team Work

What a great example of perseverance and team work.

Here is a photo of some very happy boys who completed our new 100 piece floor puzzle.  It took time, team work, patience and good communication skills.

Great to see you working together and enjoying a challenge.  Well done team😀

E.O.T.C with the Rangers

We explored the bush using some of our senses.

Touch

Can you find the right tree just by touch?

Paula was excellent at using touch to find Ranger Bronwyn's tree.

We were relating well with others by being careful leaders of those wearing the blind folds.

Smell

We used our scratch, scratch, scratch fingers, our dab, dab, dab sponges then our sniff, sniff, sniff noses to explore the smell of different trees and plants in the bush.  Each plant had its own special smell.

We made our own bush 'smellies' using leaves off the forest floor.

Thank you Bronwyn, Denis and Madelyn for helping us learn more and explore the bush.  It really was a wonderful day!

Education Outside The Classroom

The year 2 students had a hugely exciting and learning rich experience in our native bush yesterday.  Ninety children along with teachers and parents travelled by bus to Arataki.  We went in a bush walk and spent time with our local bush Rangers. 

The bus ride

Assembly point

On the bush walk -up hills

Down hills

Poisonous berries

Poisonous Toadstool

Kereru- Wood Pigeon

Weta

Supporting Fiji- Cyclone Appeal

It was so good to join with others in thinking about and responding to the devastation being experienced by the people of Fiji as a result of the recent cyclone.

One of our class members was in Fiji at the time the cyclone hit and has shared his experience and what he saw with us.

Thank you to all our NWS families for supporting today's coin trail and for the continued donations of food items.

Here are some photos of our class placing coins on the coin trail map of the islands of Fiji.

Cyclone Disaster Appeal

Our topic for health this term is focusing on natural disasters and being prepared.  The events of the devastating Cyclone that recently hit Fiji provides us with an opportunity to look at how we can respond globally to disasters.  What can we do to help others?

Over the next three weeks we are having an appeal for donations which will be shipped shortly to Fiji by local charity groups.

Can you help?

Unless someone like you care a whole awful lot.  Nothing is going to get better it's NOT. 

 Dr Suess

Please send donations of non perishable food items, school stationery supplies and bedding/linen to Room 14 or the school office.

Do you know about the devastating impact of the cyclone?  If not, here's some links to get you started on your research.

http://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/cyclone-winston-devastates-fiji/

nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11

Ollie's great question

"How do cicadas climb out of their shells?" Asked Ollie.

"That's a great question 0llie" I replied.  "Let's find out."

This is what we discovered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnaDVwJ0cK4

A warning from Buster "It's a bit creepy."

What do you think? 

 

Writing time - Baby Sloths have a bath

What is Mrs Chester's favourite animal?

Today we watched a little clip and found out she loves sloths.  In the video, the baby sloths were being given baths by the people caring for them.

Sloths bathtime

We talked about what we saw.  Many of us thought it was very funny.  We used what we saw and what we talked about to prepare for writing.

Here is a photo of us sitting outside Room 23 where we found the Hibiscus flowers that we learned are like 'chocolate' to sloths. The sloths were given one each after having their 'green leaf tea' bath.