Pupil of the Week

Our Pupils of the Week are:

• Casper for using kind and encouraging words to others, and
• Laura for using her ACTIVE light to be fully engaged in her learning. 

What a super role models you are. Tino pai.

C is for Caterpillar

We are very excited to have a monarch caterpillar in our class. We know there are not many around this year so we are very thankful to Ashley for bringing one in.

Our caterpillar was very busy over the weekend making a chrysalis. We are learning to observe our caterpillar closely and describe any changes we see.

How many days do you think it will be until a beautiful butterfly hatches from the chrysalis?

Reminder - Moutere Hills Junior Swim Fun Day

A reminder that our Moutere Hills Junior Swim Fun Day is on Tuesday. Don't forget to pack your togs, towels goggles and sun hats.

Please also drop any car seats off outside our class.

We can't wait!

A is for apple

We have discovered the apples in our school garden are ripe. We have been busy picking and eating these during lunch time.

Olivia helped us to peel and chop the apples as well as make the topping for an apple crumble today. Mmmmmm it was delicious!

Barnaby Bear's Boysenberry Jam

Our class bear Barnaby was busy making boysenberry jam at Leo's house recently. What an adventure!

We decided the best way to taste this jam was to put in on some freshly baked scones (made by us on course). We all agreed what DELICIOUS jam it was. Thank you so much Leo and Barnaby. We enjoyed being taste testers for you.

Pupil of the Week

Our Pupils of the Week are Leo, Marty, Tommy, Alex and William. These five fabulous fellas have had a fantastic first few weeks in our class.

We love having you in our classroom. What STARS you all are. Tino pai!

Way to Go Ramaroa Iti!

Check out the awesome smiles captured in some of the photos from our school Try-athlon on Friday. We are so super proud of everyone for having the confidence to give it a go. Tino pai to mahi!

Thanks must go to our buddies who supported and encouraged us throughout our 1st school event and to our crowd of supporters on the sidelines. You were awesome!

Waiting to start

5 yr old girls on the start line

5 yr old boys on the start line

Go Leo!

Check out that winning smile!

Jake racing across the finish line

6 yr old girls on the start line

Our 5 yr old boys placings

Our 5 yr old girls placings

Our 6 yr old girls placings

Our Buddies

Today we spent some time with our Buddies to get to know them in preparation for our 1st event together - our school Try-athlon on Friday. We loved spending time with them and can't wait for our weekly Buddy sessions.

Our Self Portraits

Here is a sneak peek of the beginning stage of some of our self portraits. These are now up on display within the classroom. Come and check them out and see if you can put a name to each face.

Tryathlon Reminder

A reminder that our school tryathlon is on Friday. Dust that bike off, pump up the tyres and check the gears and brakes. Please also check your helmet fits correctly.

Buddies will be alongside our younger children to help provide support and encouragement during this fun filled event.

We can't wait to have you supporting us from the sidelines on Friday.

Ooey, Gooey Slime

Today, as a follow up activity to our Reading, we all became scientists and made some slime.

Like any true scientist we had to be ready to adapt and change when some of our experiments didn't go to plan. Some of our mixtures were runny, some were lumpy but we agreed that they were all ooey, gooey, slippery and slimy.

What a lot of fun we have with our learning.

Our 1st Week

We were all excited to start back at school this week.....and what a fabulous first couple of days we had!

We welcomed 5 new friends into our class. We know that Alex, Leo, Tommy, Marty and William are going to love their time here at Upper Moutere School.

We went fishing for clues around the school to introduce our new friends to the different areas both outside and inside our class. We had fun getting to know them by playing lots of games and we enjoyed a cool dip in our pool each afternoon.

At the end of next week we have our 1st school tryathlon. We all have a special job to do this weekend. We are going to dust off our bikes, check the brakes, gears and make sure our tyres are pumped up ready for Friday. We can't wait!