Ralph the Elf

Ralph has been keeping an eye on the children in Kindle.  He goes home to the North Pole each night and tells Santa about all the lovely things he has seen the children doing. Each morning he is back in a new spot in the classroom. This morning he was at Mrs Dakers house. What a cheeky elf!

Have a great holiday break everyone.

The Junior Team Whistle Stop World Tour

What a fantastic show. Here is a video clip of Kindle 1 and 2 performing 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'.

Pet Day at School

What an exciting day we had at school today. It was pet day! There were live pets, movies of pets, photos of pets and soft toy pets. We also had a pet parade.

Mrs Dakers cat :)

Athletics Day

What a great time we had at the George Street Normal School Athletics day. Thanks to all the parent helpers today.

New Dress Ups

The children in Kindle 2 love dress ups. Mrs Young has been busy making lots of new things for us to wear. She is using old sheets and duvet covers and repurposing preloved clothing. Thanks Mrs Young.

School Fair

Kindle 2 have been busy making things for the school fair. Hope to see you all there.....

Dress Up Day

Double the fun at Discovery time today. It was also dress up day at school.

Our visit to the Planetarium at Otago Museum

Today we walked to the Otago Museum and visited the Planetarium. We all learned lots of interesting facts about Space. Kate - the teacher at the museum, was surprised at how much we already knew. Thanks to all the parents and teacher aides who helped us with our trip. Here are some of the things we learned at the Planetarium:

• when stars get too old and big, they blow up
• our planets are in the solar system
• there are storms on some planets
• Venus has acid rain
• The gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune) all have rings

George Street Normal School Cross Country

On Monday we had our school cross country race. We walked down to the Alhambra Rugby ground with buddies from the senior classes. When we got there the we sat on a tarpaulin and watched the middle team girls and boys races. Then it was our turn to warm up. The girls raced first and then the boys. We had to run once around the ground.... Here we are waiting for our turn to warm up.

Science Experiment

In Kindle 2 today we did a science experiment with oil and an ice cube.

First we put some oil in a jar, then we predicted what would happen when we put an ice cube in the jar.
We found out that as the ice cube melted, bubbles of water dropped to the bottom of the jar.

Writing time today in Kindle 2

Look at these busy Kindle 2 children all working hard on their writing today

Reading in Kindle 2

Here we are at reading time today

Weaving with our buddy class

Today we did some weaving with our buddy class. Thanks for helping us Room 9.

Thanks Miss Klenner

It was Miss Klenner's last day teaching in Kindle 2 on Thursday. She has been at George Street since the beginning of the year. The children all signed a card for her and told her what they liked about her time in Kindle 2. We gave her a farewell gift to help her remember us when she goes to her next school. The young man in this photo wanted to say thank you for helping to make this cardboard car which we finished today. Best wishes for your future Miss Klenner.

Araiteuru Marae

On Thursday Kindle 2 went by bus to Araiteuru Marae with Kindle 1, Room 3 and Room 4. Wow what an amazing time we had. First we were welcomed onto the Marae with a powhiri, during which there was a karanga (call), speeches by the tangata whenua (people of the Marae) and manuhiri (visitors - us). Dr Galloway spoke on behalf of George Street Normal School. We supported his speech with a waiata, then Mr Morgan put down the koha (gift). Following that we shared some kai - biscuits for the children and a hot drink and biscuit for the adults. After that the children got into class groups and rotated around 4 activities. We had lunch in the wharekai, then returned to the wharenui for the poroporoaki (farewell).
Thank you to the parents, to Lucy our teacher aide and to Miss Klenner for their help. It was much appreciated and we got to share a special day together.

Talofa Lava from Kindle 2

This week was Samoan Language Week. Our poem of the week was Savalivali (actually an action song) and our big book was called 'Lāvalava'. We designed and decorated our own lāvalavas on Friday afternoon, then we tried on a lāvalava that an ex-pupil's parent gave to Mrs Dakers. We also practised saying words like faafetai (thank you) and tofa (goodbye).

Hockey

Thursday was the last day of hockey skills with Annemieke from Hockey Otago. For the past four Thursdays, Annemieke has been at George Street Normal School and taught skills such as dribbling, tackling and passing. She also encouraged the children to spread out so they could pass to other children in their team. She taught some fun warm-up games like Mr Big Mr Small, Red Light and Toilet Tag (very popular). Thanks Annemieke😊

Puss in Boots - Pet Detective

Last Friday we were lucky enough to go to the NZ Playhouse Show 'Puss in Boots, Pet Detective'. It was a very funny show with a bit of audience participation thrown in. The three actors played several characters each and just changed part of their costume each time they changed character.

Milk & Story Time in Kindle 2

Here we are at the end of Week 1 in Term 2 at milk and story time. Our class has reduced in size because eight children have moved to Room 4. We were sad to say goodbye but we will still see them at play time, lunch time, discovery time and team singing. Now we have space to welcome some new children to George Street Normal School.

Easter Pop Art

Look at the amazing patterns on this Easter Pop Art. Lots of hard work went into these and they look great.
Happy Easter everyone!

Kiwi Guardians

Have you heard of the Kiwi Guardians? We have four of them in Kindle 2. If you are interested in finding out, click on the link under the photo. I will also put it with the useful links on the right hand side of the blog. It sounds like great fun!

Kiwi Guardians

Red Sky in the Morning

This is what the sky looked like when I arrived at school this morning..... amazing colours.

Discovery Friday

We love Fridays!

A rose by any other name.....

Look at this beautiful rose .....
Thank you😀

Houses for the Three Little Pigs

At maths time today this group of children chose materials to make houses for the Three Little Pigs. There was a lot of problem solving going on. Our catch phrase was 'keep trying, even if it's hard'.

GoNoodle in Kindle 2

Here we are GoNoodling with Miss Klenner before we start our writing today. It helps us to get oxygen into our brains and to think better when we are writing. I can't wait to read the children's stories today.