Junior Sports Day

On Friday morning, the junior school had a special sports day. Here are some photos from the day.

Here are some of us talking about our favourite part of the sports day.

The Octopus

We love reading non-fiction books in A4, especially stories about animals. Last week, the Penguins reading group read a book called The Octopus. Here is a video of what they learnt.

Tofa Soifua Nanas!

Today was Nana's last day at Papatoetoe East School. She is flying back to Room 8 in Springston, Christchurch tomorrow. So A3 and A4 decided to have a farewell party for Nanas. Here is a video of the party!

Here are some stories that Alofa, Rani and Sen Nay Pow wrote about Nanas leaving.

Enjoying Our Garden

We have been enjoying these warm, sunny afternoons. Today some of the children spent some time in our garden. Look at how much it has grown in just over a month!

We watered the plants

We tasted some spinach

We tried some lettuce

More tasting...

We gave Stu some
cabbage

And of course Chester
 got some too!

One Fine Day

Here is a video of our museum trip on Wednesday, the 17th of November. A big thank you to the parents and caregivers that came along to help with supervision.

Joshua's name suggestions

Joshua is getting very good at writing stories all by himself! He was very determined to record his story and share it on the blog. Well done Joshua, we are very proud of you!

Snail Art

This week, we completed our snail art. We used pastels on black paper because snails are nocturnal. Our pictures had to include a snail's shell, foot, tentacles and eyes and as you can see, we have labelled these body parts.

Stranded Pilot Whales

In September, 80 pilot whales stranded themselves on Spirits Bay beach. We were very interested and saddened by this news. Amy and Joshua wrote stories about the event.

End of Term Barbecue!

On the last day of term, the Year 0/1 classes had a spring barbecue. Luckily the sun was shining because it had been raining all week.

Fish and Chips!

On Monday, A3 and A4 made healthy fish and chips! We worked very hard! Watch this video to find out what we did.



Squidward Leaves Bikini Bottom!

As part of our Under the Sea study, A3 and A4 got to see a real squid. The children were scared to touch it at first. Here is a video of the children touching the squid.

Later in the day, we dissected the squid to look at its body parts.

This is the squid's beak inside its mouth. The beak is for biting food into small pieces.

We cut off the squid's fins. Squids use their fins for swimming.

This is Ayush holding a tentacle. Squids have 2 large feeding tentacles and 8 shorter tentacles (arms).

This is one of the squid's teeth. The teeth are found at the ends of the two large feeding tentacles.

Look at the squid's eye. A squid has two very large eyes.

Good Morning City

This term we have been learning about the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser and we have created art based on Hundertwasser's painting Good Morning City. It took us two weeks to complete. Here is a video of the art process.

Check out the final product! The art looks great. It looks even better in the classroom so if you would like to take a closer look, come down to A4! A big thank you to Rachel (Loveday's Mum - who is an art teacher) for your great ideas and input.

Kelly Tarltons Slideshow

Here is a slideshow of our fantastic trip to Kelly Tarltons on Tuesday the 31st of August.

Mind your own business Stu!

What has Stu been up to lately? More mischief... he has been getting very comfortable in his new environment. Maybe a little too comfortable!

Fruit Salad

We have been talking about things that make us feel good. One thing that makes everybody feel good is eating fruit. So on Friday we made fruit salad.

What is your favourite fruit? Leave us a comment.

Welcome Joshua!

Joshua started Papatoetoe East last week. He enjoys spending time with Stu and today he read his story to him.