Science with Amadeo

Wow, what an amazing time we had today. Amadeo from the Otago Museum came to school and did some science experiments.... it was so much fun.

More Discovery Time Photos

See what we got up to today at Discovery Time...

 

Child's Choice

One of the Can Do activities on our Reading Activity Cards is 'Child's Choice'. Here are some of the things we choose to do...P.S. This is a telescope....

Soccer Coaching

Stuart from Football South has been doing soccer coaching with the Junior Team. Kindle 2 have their session from 9:30 - 10:00am on a Thursday. The children are developing great skills and having fun at the same time...

Play, Toys and Games: Then and Now

Today we visited Toitū Otago Settlers Museum and the Dunedin Chinese Garden with Kindle 1. We left school on the bus at 9.45am. Sara and Petra met us at the door opposite Queen's Gardens and we walked through the museum keeping our eyes open for toys in the display cases. We sat down in front of the settlers cottage and Petra talked to us about the kinds of games and toys that children played with in the early days of Dunedin. We did a toy treasure hunt in our groups, then we got to play with some toys and dress ups in the old bus station part of the museum. Next we went into the classroom and Sara showed us some toys we could make.....dragon shadow puppet, peg doll, thaumatrope (spinning disc with a different picture on each side), and a bilboquet (ball and cup game). Each group made a bilboquet. After that we visited the Chinese Garden and made a kind of Chinese hacky with feathers and had a try at kicking it. What a beautiful place to visit..... Then it was time to catch the bus back to school, just in time for lunch. Thanks to the parents that came to help on the trip, it was much appreciated.

Discovery

Children making the most of their Friday Discovery Time..

George Street Normal School Cross Country

Today we had the school cross country. The Year One girls raced at 11.10am and the Year One boys at 11.15am. All the children did their best and everyone finished the race. Thank you to the parents who came to support us. Here we are waiting for our buddies from the Senior Team to walk us down to the North Ground (Alhambra Rugby Ground).
and waiting for the races to start.

Year One & Two Poetry Gathering

Three children represented Kindle 2 at the annual George Street Normal School Year One and Two Poetry Gathering. Well Done!

Takeaway Tea Night

The Takeaway Tea Night was a great way for parents to get to know some new people and catch up with others. One of the children in Kindle 2 said it was 'the best night ever'. Amazing how the simple things can be the most fun..... coming to school to have dinner and then a play with classmates.

Junior Team Compassion Project 2018

Thank you for your generous donations for our compassion project this year. These will go towards helping children in foster homes to have their own backpack with some basic necessities, books and toys.

Dress Up Day

What a fun day today in Kindle 2 Zoo. We had an amazing group of mostly well behaved animals at school today. Duty was interesting with lots of children 'in character'. Thank you for all the items donated for our P.T.A. quiz night raffles.

Friday Fun

What a busy time in Kindle 2 at Discovery Time on Friday.

Mid-Winter Takeaway Tea

On Friday 22 June, the Junior Team are having a takeaway tea from 5.30 - 6.30pm. Families of Kindle 2 children are invited to bring their dinner/tea (picnic, takeaways or whatever your family would like to eat) and a drink (non-alcoholic) and come to the classroom and eat. The purpose is to give parents a chance to meet the parents of their child's friends and classmates. If children go outside to play after they have eaten, they will need to be supervised by parents.

Miss Kowalewski's Last Day

Today was Miss Kowalewski's last day in Kindle 2. She has been with us for 5 weeks and taught English, Maths, Science and Phys Ed. We will miss her, but we hope she has great memories of her time in Kindle 2 at George Street Normal School and has a great trip back to the United States.

Thanks Miss Kowalewski.....

Skittle Science

Miss Kowalewski did some skittle science with us today. We drew a plan, predicted what would happen, then tested our predictions....... Fun!

Red Riding Robyn Hood

New Zealand Playhouse came to school today to perform the show "Red Robyn Riding Hood". It was fast paced and lots of fun. Here is the blurb for the show: King George has lost the plot! In his never-ending quest to build bigger palaces, giant walls and enormous statues of himself he has raised the Land Far Far Away tax rate to 101%! Jack and Jill can’t afford to get a pail of water, Little-Bo-Peep has to sell her sheep, and even the Princess is so hungry she ate the pea. When even the bravest of Knights are too scared to stand up to him, the Land Far Far Away cries out for a hero to put a stop to the madness of the King. Luckily their cries are heard by a mysterious red hooded figure with a bow and arrow, a basket of goodies and some very unlikely ‘Big Bad’ backup. 

As well as a performance that had us laughing all the way through, the play challenged us to think about traditional gender roles, bravery and standing up for what's right.

Book Character Dress Up Day

There were some great book characters in Kindle 2 today. The children are on their way to the book character parade in the school hall.

Mrs Dakers was too chicken to go....

Whiteboard Picture

Wow, amazing picture...... it took ages to create.

Word of the Week

Our word of the week is 'Here'. Our stories say 'Here is Dr Galloway'. Look at all the great pictures of Dr Galloway.
 

TakeAway Tea and Disco

On Friday 6 April the Junior Team are having a takeaway tea from 5 - 6pm before the disco. Families of Kindle 2 children are invited to bring their dinner/tea (picnic, takeaways or whatever your family would like to eat) and a drink (non-alcoholic) and come to the classroom and eat. The purpose is to give parents a chance to meet the parents of their child's friends and classmates. If children go outside to play after they have eaten, they will need to be supervised by parents. The school disco will follow this from 6 - 7pm.