Beach Education

The junior school had our Beach Education visit to North Beach Surf Life Saving Club last Friday. Unfortunately we didn't do so well with the weather on the day so we missed out on beach activities and spending the afternoon in the water, instead we had a quick dip before it rained in the morning and learnt about Sun and Surf safety, the role of a lifeguard and had a tour of the clubhouse before heading back to school.
Even though it was cold, we still had a great day and learnt a lot of new things.

Friday discovery time at Aranui School video!

Today we had fun discovering lots of things including:

• critter creatures
• iPads
• dressups
• musical instruments
• blocks
• computers

We love doing junior school discovery every Friday afternoon!
Take a look at our video.

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.

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?

Museum Trip

The junior school had a fantastic visit to the Canterbury Museum on Thursday.
We went there as part of our POGI (Programme of Guided Inquiry) Topic of 'We are who we are'. We have been talking about where we come from and what is special to us.
At the museum we spent time looking at treasures in the Discovery Room, exploring the museum and then having a lesson with the Museum Teacher, Anthony, about Maori Taonga (Treasures).

KidsCan Mufti Day

Today our school took part in the KidsCan National Mufti day. We are a KidsCan school, so it was great to be able to give back to them.

Here we are in our super dress ups!

Making Riceballs

The junior school had a shared lunch for our Programme Of Guided Inquiry Provaction on Friday.
Each class made decorations that are represented cultures from our school and we ate food from different cultures.

Room 7 made Rice Balls from Japan. Here are some pictures and sentences that Room 7 students made about each picture.

Summer is making a lantern. By Caleb

 Cynric and Lita are cutting out lanterns. By Azayiah

I mixed tuna and mayonaise. By Toreka

 I am putting the seaweed on. By Cynric

I am putting the plastic on my riceball. By Jasmine

I am making sushi. By Tua

We enjoyed making our rice balls. By Room 7

        

Samoan Language Week Performance

The junior school performed Le 'Aute and O Le Pepe at the Aranui Library as part of New Zealand Music Month and Samoan Language week.
The senior boys also played some acoustic songs.
Thank you to the audience who watched us perform.

 

End of Topic Study trip to Orana Park

Our fantastic Zoo School Teachers!

To consolidate our learning this term for our Programme of Guided Inquiry (POGI) topic, the junior school visited Orana Wildlife Park (http://www.oranawildlifepark.co.nz/) on Thursday. The children were extremely excited for the entire trip, especially when we were able to see many animals so close to us. We saw a number of animals including Meerkats, Lemurs, Lions, Tigers, Zebra, Spider Monkeys, Cheetahs and Rhinos. We were lucky enough to be able to feed the Giraffe and Roldo the Llama!
Thank you to Carol and her team at Orana Wildlife Park for an unforgettable experience.

Feeding Roldo the Llama

Going on a lion hunt!

We loved our Shuttle Ride around the park.

Feeding the giraffes!

The amazing Lions came very close to us!

We watched the Tiger get fed some morning tea!

New entrants in the Pegasus Post!

Last week, we were happy to see the children who have started school in 2013 appear in the Pegasus Post newspaper. 
The children from our room were on page 2 of the paper!
They were: Riley, Shyannah, Tua, Bobby, David, Anise, Marcus, Luzchiano and Taylah.

You can view this issue of the Pegasus Post online here: Pegasus Post 25 February 2013

New Students in Room 7

Welcome, Haere Mai, to our new students who have turned 5:
* RIley, Shyannah, Loki, Taylah, Marcus and Shalani.
It's great to have you join us in Room 7!

Welcome to school BBQ

Thank you to the students and families that came along to our 2013 Welcome to School BBQ. It was nice to meet some whanau in a relaxed setting! The children all seemed to enjoy the bouncy castle and the lovely warm evening.

Our super-duper classroom

In the school holidays Mrs Derrick gave Room 7 a mini-makeover. Here is what it currently looks like.

Writers table, reading den and library shelf.

The spacious room.

Our workbooks and reading area.

We've started school!

Welcome to Room 7.

We have just started our class blog. Here are some of the students in our classroom this year.

We are excited to learn about the computers and ICT equipment in our classroom.