Last Day - Term 3

Wow! Term 3 is over. What a busy term we have had. We have learnt lots of new things and have made many new friends. Everyone has worked really hard and now we are ready for a restful holiday. A big thank you to the whanau for all your help and support this term. Enjoy your holiday.

Congratulations to our 'Stars of the Week':
Grace - for 100% attendance during Term 3
Aidan - for great reading and for 100% attendance during Term 3
Katie - for working hard to learn the alphabet
You have worked hard and we are proud of you.

Tuesday 22 September

A big thank you to everyone for coming to watch our folk dancing and singing performance this afternoon. The children did really well and I am so proud of them all. It was great to have you all join in the 'Side, Together, Clap' dance as well.

Thanks, too, to those who were able to stay and help with the masks. I was amazed at how quickly everything was completed. The masks are looking really good. Next painting session will be Thursday 23 Septembet at 1:45pm.

Week 9

What a busy week we have had.
Our 'Stars of the Week' are: Samuel for great writing, and Willem for great reading. Congratulations Samuel and Willem, we are proud of you.



Mask Parade:
On Tuesday a wonderful group of parents cut out our masks - thank you so much.
On Wednesday we began colouring them. Thursday was a busy day of painting. Check out the photos.
Next week we will paint the red petals and glue the pieces onto the masks. They will look great.
Today we had our first practice parading around the quad and singing the One Love, One Heart song. It was great.

When I Was Blindfolded ...

Earlier in the term we were learning about disabilities. We took turns at being blindfolded and at leading a blindfolded person. Click Play (centre arrow) OR Click on the children's headshots to read how they felt when they were blindfolded, hold on a second.....then you will hear them speak too!

Week 9

Today at our Whole School Assembly Jemma received a certificate for showing great co-operation skills. Congratulations Jemma, it's great to have you in our class showing us how to co-operate.

Ronald McDonald Visit

On Wednesday Ronald McDonald visited Nelson Central School. He lost one of his stripy red and white socks. He went to look for it and showed us how to be safe when walking along the footpath and crossing roads. Ronald's sock was stuck on his back and Marcus helped Ronald find it.
Here are some of the recounts we wrote about Ronald's visit:

Yesterday Ronald McDonald came to school to teach us about road safety. He had a big book. It was fun for us to see Ronald McDonald. By Marcus

Yesterday Ronald McDonald came to school to teach us road safety. He had a big book. By Samuel

Ronald McDonald is at the assembly. By Katie

Ronald McDonald came to school to teach us road safety. By Jack

Week 8 Stars

Today at Kowhai Syndicate Assembly Theo and Ben were awarded 'Stars of the Week' certificates. They have both been working very hard at reading and are making good progress. Congratulations Theo and Ben, we are proud of you.

Our Recounts of Our Trip to the Suter Art Gallery

We wrote about our trip to the Suter. Here are our recounts. Please leave a comment - we love reading what others think about our work.

We went to the Suter. We saw some birds. By Jack

I went to the Suter. I liked everything. By Jemma

I went to the Suter. By Grace

Yesterday morning I went to the Suter. By Samuel

I went to the Suter. We did a big puzzle. We finished the puzzle. We did a picture. It was fun. By Marcus

I went to the Suter. By Katie

I am looking at the pictures. It was fun. I liked the pictures. It was at the Suter. By Charlotte

We went to the Suter. I did a picture. By Jonothan

We saw birds. By Willem

I went to the Suter. By Aidan

We went to the Suter. We made a puzzle. By Theo

I am at the Suter. By Sam

I am going to the Suter. By Ty

I am at the museum. By Ben

I went to the Suter. By Kyran

I see Māori birds. By Jasper

I saw pictures. By Matthew

Stars of the Week

Our Week 7 'Stars of the Week' are: Jasper for independently putting his books and bookbag away; and Charlotte for writing a great recount of our trip to the Suter.


This is Charlotte's story:
I am looking at the pictures. It was fun. I liked the pictures. It was at the Suter.

The pictures we started at the Suter and finished yesterday are now on display in Room 10. Please come in and look at them. We are very proud of what we learnt and of the pictures we created.


Everyone in Room 10 is doing lots of reading and several people have recently gained stickers for reading for 75 nights. Others have reached 25 nights and 50 nights. That's fantastic. A BIG THANK YOU to our families for supporting us with our reading.

Suter Art Gallery

Yesterday Room 10 and Renwick 1 went to the Suter Art Gallery to see the John Bevan Ford exhibition. John Bevan Ford was a Maori artist. We had to find different patterns in his paintings. Some patterns we found were tanoko, manaia, and koru. After we had looked at the paintings we drew patterns on a bird. Tomorrow we will draw a landscape then glue our birds onto it.
We also made a big jigsaw together. This jigsaw was of one of the paintings.

When it was time to walk back to school it was raining. We had to walk fast, but we still got wet!
We had a great time at the Suter and we'd like to thank our parent helpers: Julia, Lorellin, Georgie, Tania, and Fred. Your support made this trip possible.