Cicadas

We look all around us in the playground and find things to ask questions about.

February - The Swimming Month

We swam every day in February. One day we were even swimming in the warm rain. It was fun.We have had our swimming sports at the pool in town to end the swimming season.

We finished 2008 with lots going on. we took part in the whole school musical 'Rats'. We made papier mache masks of 'army rats' and sang and danced in them.
We took part in the Stratford Christmas Parade with a Toko School Float. The theme was 'Winter Wonderland'.
We looked after our school garden which has flourished and is now all ready to eat!!

Hall of Creativity

Each year on Calf and Lamb Day, we make art works to display in our hall. This year we are making salt dough wall hangings, Room 2 children are making Miniature Gardens,Room 3 children are doing Vegetable creatures and Room 5 are presenting flower arrangements in unusual containers. You can see more pictures of these on the school website.

Room 1 Computer Skills

Every week in Room 1 we have special computer skills for an hour and a half.We learn to log in, use word, import, borders,fonts,saving. We really love working with Mrs Cole who shows us all the neat things to do. We all have a skills folder with all our things in it.Heather, Jaylee,Conor, Shaan,

Cross-country at Rawhitiroa School

We went on a bus. It was a hot day. The 6 yr olds went to the line. I came 2nd.
and Rowan came 4th. It was a hard race. We went back on the bus to school. Brendon and Rowan.

Our digital microscope.

We can use our digital microscope inside and out. We look at all SORTS of things and make them come up on the computer or big screen. The best thing is live slaters and caterpillars because they move around like giants all over the wall of the classroom. We let them go when we've had a look. The microscope can come out of its stand and it is interesting to see what our gums look like when our baby teeth fall out at school!!

We take the microscope outside when we really don't want to disturb something, like the big weta that the Room 5 boys found in the bark. Its easier and lots of fun to draw what we see when its so BIG and up on the wall screen.

Kiwiana

Our schoolwide topic this term has been 'Kiwiana'. We have looked at all those icons special to N.Z. Then, because the Olympic Games will start soon, we looked at the icons of China and compared the two countries.
We travelled to Midhirst on a big bus and put on a play about the N.Z. Olympic Team being in Beijing with all our Kiwiana on show.
At Midhirst the Juniors from 5 Rural schools all put on plays. They were all fun to watch.

Sunflowers all grown up!!

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2008 in Room 1

We have all had a great holiday! We say goodbye and all the best to Morgan and Kerry who have moved through to Room 2.
We welcome Molly, Shaan, Julia, Joshua and Charlotte.
We have 15 people in our class
In maths we have made a pictograph to show visitors our numbers ( 8 boys and 7 girls )

Do you remember our sunflowers?
Watch the slider to see how they grew over the holidays.

Nathan from D.O.C. talked about all the birds and animals on our mountain.

Nathan from D.O.C. came to talk to us about the mountain.

Our sunflowers have been planted.They are where the morning sun comes

Sunflower update

Our sunflower plants are ready to be planted out. Watch this space for the 'Big Plant-out!!'

CAN YOU ESTIMATE HOW TALL OUR PLANTS ARE?

Harold Came To Visit

We went into the Life Ed truck. We learnt about healthy living. Has the truck been to visit you?

Having fun in our 'Tall Ship'

We have enjoyed reading our "explorer" books and learning about their ships.

Explorers

Explorers