The Rocky Shore

We learning about the seashore and rocky pools and creatures in the sea. We have written some stories about going to the seashore.

We drew a  picture together about what we do at the beach too. We talked about all the words and found some of these words around the room and in a wordfinder.

The Rocky Shore

We have been studying about the rock pools and the sea. We know many creatures and small animals that live in the rock pools and sea. They are starfish, jellyfish, crabs, seaweeds, fish, barnacles,pips and lots of shellfish,kina, and lots more. Sea anemones close around your fingers.

By Sumaree Matika

Our Busy Weeks - Goodbye Mrs Cooper We will miss you heaps!!!!!!

Mrs Cooper had been our caretaker for 23 years. She did so many to help us around the school. Every class wrote her a card We drew pictures of all the work she does around the school We had a special assembly for her Our Class thought she was a real Mary Poppins and we sang a song for her. Other classes did action songs and special performances because she is a really special person.

We all wore orange jackets like Mrs Cooper 

There were lots of visitors to our assembly for her. She was lots of fun at our assembly too, too She enjoyed all our items 

Mrs Cooper had a special cake made by Mrs Greenham It was very large and had 23 candles on it

One of the many cards that our classes made for Mrs Cooper

At the end we sang songs and the special song "Seasons"

We thanked Mrs Cooper for all the great times she has given us and being such a wonderful part of our Community!!!!!Ka Pai Mrs Cooper!!!!!!!

Our Inquiry Day

We all enjoyed our Inquiry Day where we visited all the other classes to see what they had covered in their Inquiry Study on the Native Bush.

For all the classes visiting our room we designed a questionnaire survey where each pupil would have to look for answers around the room. Everyone who completed their survey went into a class draw for their own class. One winner was then drawn for each class.

We had a slide show on our zoo visit 

From the Slides:

Circle the animals that you see:

Tiger                     Hippopotamus                   Zebra

What bird do you see on the slides

Penguins         Kiwi         Wood pigeon

Describe the bird you see

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In the class

Write down the names of 4 birds that are in the pictures

___________   __________  

We did leaf rubbings Name two trees that the leaves came from.

Looking at our Bush Collage

Circle how many you see

How many kiwis ?                  3     5    9

How many cicadas?               2     3    4

How many hedgehogs?         2     4     5

How many Monarch Butterflies can you count in the Native Bush? 

Write out the life-cycle of the Monarch Butterfly?

Can you find the hedgehog ?Where does the hedgehog live ?: ___________

Write down some of the insects that you see around the class………………………………………………………………………………..

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Put a circle around:     

What birds eat.

Worms            Berries         Seeds

My favourite bird is  _________________

Why?____________________________________

The painted animals from the zoo are:

Lion            Alligator                    Tiger                 Elephant

Kangaroo        Crocodile               Monkey            Hippopotamus

 Pukekos          Zebra                Giraffe      Meercat   Penguins

There are many leaf rubbings from  the P_________  tree.

We hope you enjoy finding out information from around our class These are just some of the examples from our class displays.