Aquagym Week 2

Room 15 Swimming Week 1, Room 16 photos to come soon

Terrific Tennis

Paparoa Pirates Red Vs Pirates Blue!

Last week they played each other. It was a close game. Reece and Johnny both scored a few times, and Ava got her first try! There may have been others who got tries too, don’t quote me on that. It was a very close game (but they don’t keep score). Traci. Thanks again Traci for the fabulous photos :-)

Discovery Term 4 Week 4

Super Subtraction!

We have been busy taking away, finding the difference between two numbers, counting back from a number and using the 'minus'/ 'take away'/ 'subtract' symbol. We found this cool song and have been watching it on our new TV.

Pirate Subtraction Song


The children have been working hard with subtraction. They have been counting back from the bigger number, covering holes on the Numicon pieces and drawing subtraction stories with flowers, rugby balls, lollipops and all kinds of wonderful things! The children have been using Maths vocabulary such as:  take-away, minus, difference, count back, subtract, symbol, equals, makes, leaves.

All dressed up for the school disco!

Thanks Jo for sending in these cool photos of Nicholas, Alexander and Layton! They look very cool!

Room 15's touch rugby team!

Thanks Traci for these awesome photos. There are nine kids in the team, 8 are from Room 15: Maia Ava Valentino Kase Liam Finlay Charlie-Rose Elena Layton This was our second week and Valentino scored our only try – he’s really fast. But they all had a go and enjoyed themselves. Big improvement from last week There is another team called the Paparoa pirates blue from the kids in the class, but I don’t have any photos of them. Regards Traci Stanbury

Max the Science teacher

Max enjoyed our Science Inquiry so much that he decided to set up his own learning station at home for his little brother Lawson! Max remembered that lemon juice and baking soda were important for making things fizz... he also showed Lawson the mentos and cola experiment! What a great teacher you are Max, thanks so much for the photo Candice :-)

Botanical Explorers Part 2

Thank you so much to all of the wonderful parent helpers who came along with us today.

Botanical Explorers (Part 1)

Congratulations Elena!

Elena's writing was selected from a number of entries for the school writing competition.
We are so very proud of you Elena, Ka Pai!

Lucas having fun in Auckland whilst Maddie's Dad fixed his house...

Fun with fractions

Ben has had lots of fun in Tekapo - thanks for sending the photos!

We hope you are enjoying the school holidays!

We would love to share some holiday photos on our blog. If you have any photos you would like to share, email them to Mrs Holmes. Mrs Stokes and Mrs Holmes have been enjoying the holidays and having quality family time. Tomorrow we are both going on a course at Bromley School. Teachers love learning too! We are looking forward to seeing you all on Monday and hearing all about your holiday adventure.

We have come to the end of Term 3! What a busy and fun term we have had! Happy holidays!

Discovery Learning Term 3 Week 9

What makes thing pop, bang and fizz?