Safe Walking with Constable Jos

Constable Jos came to Room 4 as part of our Road Safety Programme. We covered safe walking. We learned that we need to walk on the fence side of the footpath, look out for sneaky driveways, take a step back from the kerb to look before crossing the road. Our poenm says "Stop, look, and listen before you cross the street, use your eyes, and use your ears, before you use your feet!" Constable Jos also talked about bus safety. Please if your child uses the bus you wait on the side of the road they embark or disembark on, children have been taught not to move until the bus is at least two paddocks away because only then can they clearly see the road and listen to hear if traffic is coming.

Calendar Art

Our 2017 Calendar Art is now up in Room 4. The children have made an excellent job of their art work. Pop in a see our stunning display

Junior School welcome for visitors from Auckland

Our Reading Challenge

The Takahe group read a book last week. It was a procedure telling us how to made a raft. Chris helped us make it and we tested it in a basin of water.

Visiting Harold in the Life Ed. Truck

We went to visit Harold in the Life Education Truck. He taught us about the respiratory cycle and why clean air is important. You can find some of our stories on the Life Education Facebook page. Here is a link to the photos we took with Harold as he explained how trees give us oxygen, which we breath in through our mouth and nose. It goes down our windpipe, or trachea and into our lungs. From the lungs it goes into the drops of blood that the heart pumps all around the body. Oxygen gives our muscles energy. They release carbon dioxide which goes back to our lungs in the blood, it then goes up the wind pipe, or trachea, to breath out our nose and mouth. The carbon dioxide is then absorbed by the trees. The trees then make this into oxygen and the cycle starts again.

Ordering the Cups

Harvey, Renny and Ben worked on the coloured cup challenge. We didn't have cups so substituted coloured popsicle sticks. Then we did not have a white stick so used a purple stick instead. Do you agree with their solution?

Don't Throw That Away!

The Tui's group read 'Don't Throw That Away' last week. It was a story about a girl who collected unwanted materials to make a dragon. This is Ben, Skye, Jasper, Connor and Lincoln's dragon.

Stream visit

We had a wonderful day at Dorothy Falls Stream. We found lots of mayflies, stoneflies, and damselflies under the rocks. Our father helpers netted an eel! Thanks to Lauren from Department of Conservation who showed us how to kick net and helped identify our critters. We had a lovely walk around the Kahikatea Walk at Sunny bight before lunch. We are learning how to identify fresh water that is safe to drink, and learning how we can help to keep our water clean.