Waiata - Months of the year

Check out the waiata that will help us learn the Te Reo months of the year.  Click on the link to bring up the video.  Calendar Song

The Fantastic Final Friday of Term 1

The last Friday of Term 1 was fantastic and very busy.  Check out all the things we did!

We wore mufti!

We ran assembly where we played ukulele!

We had a parade!

And finally we completed the Team Shower Curtain Challenge!

Now we are all resting up during the holidays, ready for all the exciting science in our Term 2.

Be a scientist - PROVE IT!

Kids AKO - children running workshops for children!

At the end of Term 1, we ran KidsAKO with Rooms 8 and 3.  That was when we ran workhsops for the other classes.

There were lots of activities to do. We ran a ColAR App workshop. It makes a 3D picture. We had a lot different pictures like a house, a hot air balloon, doll and a teddy bear. We had 8 people in our group. Our team was good at getting set up and encouraging people.

We need to work on sharing the devices and each having a go at being the leader. The little kids were very excited about our workshop. 

By Tate

John Key in the Secret Garden

John Key visited the Secret Garden and talked to a few students about their garden. He talked to them about why they like having their own garden.

People talked to him about worm pee and how it helps the garden - we gave him  a bottle of worm pee. He had a piece of lettuce and talked to special visitors who help and try very hard to support the Secret Garden.

By Rosie and Ollie

Wow - John Key Visits

WOW! John Key came to Springston School. The Kapa haka group did their song and haka.

OMG! Lilly is famous. She got to talk to John Key about why she loves the Secret Garden. Maya gave John Key a bottle of worm pee.

By Aria and  Logan R
ECO Team

John Key & Amy Adams - check out the photos

We had an amazing day at the end of Term 1.  We had two very important visitors, John Key and Amy Adams.  Have a look at some of the photos that were taken of us when they visited our class.

John Key visited 'The Little School that Grew'.

Listen carefully to the story about the Little School that grew and watch out for the crocodiles that might be hiding in the swimming pool.

Our Kapa Haka Team welcomes John Key

John Key eats lettuce in The Secret Garden.

Our Senior Students Interview John Key

Our senior News Team interview John Key to find out his advice on how to be a good leader.

Kapa Haka Weekend

Check out what Arohaina's brother and sister were doing at the weekend.  They came 3rd in the regionals so will be representing us at the big Kapa Haka competition next year.

Check out the link:
Kapa Haka Video

Term 1 Reflection: Allana

Positive: This term I am proud of...

• teaching the class the karakia and some of them being able to say it without looking, with the actions.  
• using more Te Reo phrases every day in class.  
• how we are keeping the classroom more tidy - especially my desk!

Next steps:  Next term I want to...

• unpack more strategies in maths for our display so all our learners can see what the next step is.  
• ask our waka members for more ideas on how to make our class better for learning.
• use the 'outdoors' and environment more for our learning.  
• let the team members take more responsibility - like the ECO Team Leaders on projects and let them lead more of the learning in our waka.

Homeplay Challenge: How do you eat your Creme Egg?

This is how Maya eats her Creme Egg!