Discovering new things collaboratively in Room 7

The children in Room 7 spent time using the new Discovery equipment yesterday. Look at the things we made together by working collaboratively.

Our Visit to E Tipu E Rea preschool - 'Explain everything'

Click on our link to view our 'Explain Everything' oral recount of our visit to E Tipu E Rea preschool.

Long lost iMovie from 2013

Here is a link to our 2013 entry to the Pegasus Digi Awards - we won a prize for the 'Celebrating our Community' category for Years 1-3.

This shows how we like to connect with our local preschools and kindergartens.

Fun Friends teacher Training

Today Mrs Derrick, Mr Harris, Miss Brown and Mrs Redden took part in teacher training for the Fun Friends programme that we will be starting soon.
It is a fantastic programme and we are very excited to implement it throughout the school, with the middle and seniors taking part in 'Friends for Life' as well.

Please check out http://www.funfriends.org.nz for more information about Fun Friends!

First day of school 2014!

Welcome back!
We had a wonderful first day back at school. We welcome our two new students Lueqis and Masi who had a great first day at school.

 

We read 'David Goes to School' by David Shannon and made a list of things we should do and should not do at school. Then we made pictures of David with guided prompts from Mrs Derrick. We practiced on the white boards first then did another copy in coloured pencils. Check them out here!

 Here is the final result:

Christmas Fun Days

We are almost at the end of the year - just 1 1/2 days of school to go now.
This week we have been busy with Christmas crafts and cooking. Here are some pictures of our Christmas Ice Cream Cone Trees, Christmas Gingerbread and Christmas Trees made with strips of coloured paper.

We also had a shared party lunch with our friends from Room 8 at lunchtime! We had so much yummy food - and the great thing is, there are still leftovers to enjoy tomorrow!

Big Day In!

Bad weather meant that we had our Big Day Out to Thomson Park changed to a Big Day In at school.
We had a great time with a gigantic obstacle course from Bibbidi Bobbidi Bounce, fun trying out all of the different Pedalmania crazy bikes, scooter/skateboarding on the courts, movies in Room 4, moonhoppers, sports gear and a yummy Cheeseburger and sausage sizzle at lunchtime using the ASB Community BBQ. A big thanks to the Red Cross Grant that enabled our whole school to have a fun day at the end of a long year.

Our trip to Broad Park

On Friday we were meant to be going to a performance, but some of the cast members were sick so the teachers decided to still take us out for lunch and a play at an awesome playground at Broad Park which is near Waimairi Surf Club.
We really enjoyed getting out and about with the rest of the junior and middle school. Everyone had so much fun.
Here are some pictures of Aranui Primary students at Broad Park. Thank you to the teachers and staff who let us come along - and to Fulton Hogan and the Salvation Army, who helped us with buses for this trip and for the A&P show.

Summer and her friends climbing high

Azayiah heading down the flying fox with help from Ms Mackie

Briley and Bella with a friend hanging out on the fort

Everyone having fun with the different play equipment

How many Aranui students can we fit on the spinner?