Term 1 Week 3

Wow what a great week we had with the weather!
This week Lorne from Sports Southland started his 6 week programme with us, working on Run, Jump, Throw.  This week he introduced us to the correct way to run, how to jump off two feet and land on two feet,  and he also introduced us to some throwing apparatus that we will be using next week.

We had some great learners to celebrate this week at Celebration Time.

For inquiry this week, we discussed our school motto and what it means.  We also discussed why we have a new school logo and what the picture actually means.  All the children should be able to discuss it with you at home.

Term 1 Week 2

Last week at Celebration Time we were on MVP.  Our first MVP for the year was Hayley Smith who demonstrates our school value of Self Responsibility.

For the first two Celebration Times we have had some children receive certificates for their great learning.

This week for maths we have been focusing on time, learning some facts about time e.g. how many days in a year, how many months in a year, how many days in each month and a lot more interesting facts that you can ask your child about.

We have also been understanding analogue and digital time on clocks.

Term 1 Week 1

Welcome back everyone to a new year in Team Tui.  What great weather it has been to start the year!!!

This is our awesome bunch of learners in Team Tui this year.  It is going to be a great year of learning and already everyone has either remembered routines from last year or have very quickly picked up on the new routines.
Over the next couple of weeks we will be learning routines for reading, writing and maths.  I will also be carrying out some testing to see all the fantastic learning that has been happening over the holidays.

Week Seven Term Four

Wow things are really starting to get busy for the end of year.

We have begun our concert practice and it is great to have costumes starting to come to school.  The theme this year is Animal Kingdom.

It has been wonderful having Mrs Pollard and Mrs Knapp help out with swimming.  Everyone is making great progress with some children reaching or passing their expectation for their year level.

We have been making paper mache insects as part of our inquiry on Minibeasts.  The children had to choose an insect and then using paper mache create their chosen insect.

The children have created a fotobabble on their own blogs about their insects.

Only TWO weeks left of the school year!

Week Five Term Four

It was great to have Mr Pirie teaching on Friday of week four and Monday of week five.
On Tuesday we had Mr Esler come into our class and talk to us about Mini Beasts.  He had some bugs he had collected to show us, some photos of mini beasts and he also dressed Liana up as an insect!

We have been swimming twice a week now and we are lucky to have Mrs Pollard share her skills and swimming knowledge with us also.  It is also great to have parent help so all the children can be in the pool at once.

Our MVP this week for showing our school value of Self Control is Olivia.

We also had some more children pass their learning goals and Amber got the Tidy Kiwi Award this week.

Week Five Term Four

Wow! What a busy week it was this week.
Pet Day was on Tuesday and it was a great day with everyone coming to see all the animals, fruit and veg, baking, models and inventions.  All Team Tui did a fotobabble on their individual blogs about pet day, so make sure you go onto your child's blog and have a look.
Here are a few photos from Pet Day.

Mini Olympics afternoon was held on Wednesday to fundraise money to help support a former Edendale pupil - Mathew Caldwell who is representing New Zealand and the Special Olympics held in Australia and the end of the month.  It was a great afternoon of games.

Week Three Term Four

This week we started swimming!!!  We will be swimming on Mondays after lunch and on Thursdays after morning tea from week five on wards.  You will read about swimming on your child's individual blogs during week four.
During reading we have been creating paper mache insects and these will be finished by the end of week five.  Keep a look out for some photos of these.
On Friday at Celebration Time we had two students from Team Tui win the Tidy Kiwi Awards for the week.  Congratulations Emma P and Hannah.