Term 1 - Week 11

We have had a long but rewarding first term back at school for 2016. The children have achieved so much and we are all very proud of them. There has been lots going on in Room 8 to end the term.

On Wednesday we had our class and individual photos, the children did a great job and the photos will be available to purchase next term.


We were also fortunate enough to have Amelie's Dad Felix and little brother Esher come and talk to us about Germany. Felix wore his  'Lederhosen' which is a traditional german outfit and brought along a Schultüte. This is a cone that children in Germany get given on their first day of school. It is prettily decorated and filled with toys, chocolate, lollies, school supplies, and various other goodies. Felix also brought some german lollies for the us to try. What lucky children!






Blyth has been off school this week, recovering after having her tonsils out. After the operation Blyth chose to keep her tonsils and her big sister brought them to school for us all to look at. The children were very interested and we spent some time trying to look at each others tonsils but they were quite difficult to see.


On Friday we had our hotly anticipated 'Wheels Day'. The children brought their bikes and scooters and had a great time riding them on the court and tiger turf. We set up cones and a jump for both the bikes and scooters. Here are some photos from the day:

We hope you all have a lovely holiday, and will see you back after the break.

Term 1 - Week 10

This week we have really been getting into our cultural diversity unit. We were lucky enough to have Rory's Mum, Kirsty come and talk to us all about Scotland and Zeb's Dad, Paulo talk to us about Colombia.

This is a Sporran, it belongs to Rory's Dad. It is a pouch worn around the waist that hangs in front of the kilt.

Here is Rory with a sgian-dubh. This is a knife usually worn on the left leg.
Some of the children then decided to make their own kilt. Rory made this kilt and Shou is modelling it.


Here is one of the castles we have been busy making. The pan is to make little characters for our castles and then write and record a puppet show. Some children took their castles home on Friday, if your child did it would be great if they could bring it back to school so they could use it for their puppet show.

When Zeb's Dad came to school he talked all about life in Colombia and Zeb taught us how to count to 10 in Spanish. I wonder if anyone can still remember? He also showed us lots of photos from Colombia and talked about them. Here are two of the photos he showed us, can you remember what is happening in them?

We are looking forward to having more visitors next week to talk about their culture, feel free to get in touch if you would like to come and talk to us.

Don't forget that Room 8 are now in charge of Nayland Primary's worm farm. A big thank you to Amelie's dad, Felix who has given us some worms. They like lots of different foods, here they are with some paper and egg shells.

Term 1 Week 9

We packed lots of fun into our short week after Easter.

We wrote about our Easter egg hunts and our adventures over the long weekend. 

Cash wrote about joining the protest to save Okiwi Bay from pollution by a proposed fish farm.  

On Friday morning we arrived at school to find someone had scribbled Graffiti on our walls and around our playground.  It really upset the students but gave us the opportunity to "investigate the crime". Students took photos and interviewed members off staff to find out what had happened.  The students went on to create "traps" and wanted posters while we waited for the police to arrive and check for fingerprints. 

To end the day on a positive note we had our turn at presenting the whole school assembly. Students did a wonderful job of introducing the speakers and items for assembly. We also shared our Easter artwork. Thank you to all the parents who came along and supported us.