What a fantastic day we all had! This trip could not have been made possible without the assistance of Warrant Officer Tim Crowe and Corporal Kearne. We had a action packed day which consisted of:
PT (physical training) with a REAL PT instructor.
Watching and listening to a presentation about careers in the Army. We were full of questions!
A swim in the pool complex.
Faces painted with REAL Army camo paint.
Over half an hour clambering in, up, over the LAV.
Holding a REAL Army gun.
By the end of the day we had children and parent's buzzing over the interactive, informative day. Thank you to our wonderful parent helpers - Kirsty - Kalani's aunt, Wendy - Rebekah's mum, Nicola - Josh and Chloe's mum, George - Stevie-Lee's mum, David - Alizay's dad, Holly and Ruby's Nan, Mrs Person - Marcus's nan, Krissy - Micah's aunt, Kellie - Jaron's mum. I hope I have remembered everyone.
We will have one more guest speaker coming in to talk to us about the Police Force and then we will be finishing up our inquiry topic about "Dreaming BIG futures".
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Monday, 25 November 2013
Friday, 22 November 2013
Alert! Alert! Alert!
At 3.30pm on Friday it was confirmed that Rooms 1 and 2 will be going to the Linton Army Camp as part of our inquiry topic, "dream BIG future". Here we will be talking to Army soldiers about what they do, participate in some activities and have a swim.
Mrs B and I now need your help! On Monday a notice will come home asking for adult help so sound out your parent/s/nan/grandad now because numbers will be limited. Some adults can catch a bus and maybe a couple of adults could carpool just so we have a car out there. The notice needs to be signed and returned on Tuesday.
Sorry for the very late notice but at least we've made it happen!
You will need to have a big breakfast because you might not have morning tea but we will have an early lunch.
You will need to fit in one bag:
A water bottle
A big lunch
Togs and towel
Sunscreen
School hat
Wear covered shoes so no jandals or sandals for safety if we walk through workplaces. If you do not have black shoes or sneakers please let me know.
On another topic, Room 2 is a hive of activity making our pictures move and talk. We are learning to make movies and this week we will be blue screening!
On Thursday, we had Wayne Subritzky visit our class to share with us his job working on a movie set! It was fascinating and we learnt so much! We will put the shortened version of the visit on here this week.
Make sure you write the dates on the calendar of events coming up at school. We have our performing arts afternoon and an evening performance, year 6 graduation and prize giving. Dates are in the newsletter.
Mrs B and I now need your help! On Monday a notice will come home asking for adult help so sound out your parent/s/nan/grandad now because numbers will be limited. Some adults can catch a bus and maybe a couple of adults could carpool just so we have a car out there. The notice needs to be signed and returned on Tuesday.
Sorry for the very late notice but at least we've made it happen!
You will need to have a big breakfast because you might not have morning tea but we will have an early lunch.
You will need to fit in one bag:
A water bottle
A big lunch
Togs and towel
Sunscreen
School hat
Wear covered shoes so no jandals or sandals for safety if we walk through workplaces. If you do not have black shoes or sneakers please let me know.
On another topic, Room 2 is a hive of activity making our pictures move and talk. We are learning to make movies and this week we will be blue screening!
On Thursday, we had Wayne Subritzky visit our class to share with us his job working on a movie set! It was fascinating and we learnt so much! We will put the shortened version of the visit on here this week.
Make sure you write the dates on the calendar of events coming up at school. We have our performing arts afternoon and an evening performance, year 6 graduation and prize giving. Dates are in the newsletter.
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Bringing our stories to life ...
Our latest activity has involved getting our own drawings talking. Watch, listen and be amazed!
WALHT bring all our Te Reo Maori conversations into one visual display. We hope you enjoy watching and listening. More will be added here later this week ...
Below are some stories where we rewrote the narrative "Wombat Stew". Listen to our own twist on the story!
Sunday, 10 November 2013
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