Snowy, Cold Lunch Time

Today at lunch time it snowed. All the children in Kindle 2 were busy making: bugs, castles, a zoo and patterns. We were warm and cosy inside.

ICT Technicians

Look at these fantastic photos taken by Koru and Madi, the Kindle 2 ICT technicians. This week at lunchtimes, Mrs Hanning is working with two children from each Junior class and teaching them some new skills. The children will then go back to their classrooms and teach other children the skills they have learned. Keep up the good work!

Statistics

This week we are learning about Statistics. We sorted these things according to their colour and then counted them.

King and Queen of the Castle

It's amazing the fun you can have with a few plastic cups. They are one of the most sought after pieces of equipment in Kindle 2 and the children construct all kinds of amazing structures with them.

Art Gallery Trip

On Friday 25th March, Kindle 1 and 2 visited the Art Gallery. Mr Neumegan showed and talked to us about some of the art works in the gallery and then we got to make our own. We made korowai (cloaks) and decorated them with our favourite things. We had lots of parent helpers which was much appreciated by the teachers.

In the swim

What a busy week at school last week! In Maths we have started a gingerbread man themed measurement unit on length. On Wednesday we started our 8 day swimming block for 2011. Each day we leave school at 9.30 and walk to D.N.I pool. We swim from 10.00 till 10.30am then get dried and dressed. The walk back to school is a little slower, we arrive at around 11.10am - half way through playtime. There were some very tired children at school on Friday afternoon, not to mention their teacher!

Harakeke Putiputi

During Term One, the children of Kindle 2 went to visit Mrs Yeoman each Friday to learn some Te Reo and Tikanga Maori. We also enjoyed singing new songs. Mrs Yeoman showed us how to make a flower (putiputi) using flax (harakeke).