Flight Inquiry

Wow, look at the fantastic planes that Kindle 2 children designed and built. The children found out that the shape and position of the wings affected how well their plane flew.

Our Trip to Dunedin International Airport

On Thursday, we went to Dunedin International Airport in a bus. It took about half an hour to get there. Judy met us outside and first we went through the departure gates to the security screening section of the airport. We got to put our bags on the conveyor belt and have them x-rayed. We walked through the metal detector and some people were checked with the hand held scanner. We sat in the seats and a security staff member told us about his job and why it is important. Next we had some morning tea while we watched some planes get loaded up then take off. We also watched some other planes land. Lastly we went to the airport fire station and saw the new fire engine. We got on the bus and travelled back to school just in time for lunch. What a fantastic trip! Thank you to all the parent helpers who came with us.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

My Little Zoo

This week our poem of the week was called 'My Little Zoo' by Jenny Giles

My Little Zoo
Here is the tiger.
Here is the bear.
Here is the elephant, too.
Come and see
    the animals
        in my little zoo.

The children in Kindle 2 made their own little zoo and then talked to the class about it.

Compassion Fair

On Friday, the Junior Team held a Compassion Fair. Lots of children sorted through the toys and books they no longer use and donated them for the fair. Children brought along some coins to spend and the shopping spree was on. It was an extremely busy time with some very canny shoppers and lots of fun in the process. A couple of children even bought back the toys they had donated! There was also a competition to 'guess the number of lollies in the jar' and 'find the treasure' which were both very popular. Some children had ordered a piece of vegetarian pizza the day before and they had this for lunch. Mmmmmm delicious! Thank you to everyone who donated toys, games and books. Thank you to all the shoppers. Together we raised $320.10. We will be donating the money to one of the food banks.

RAP-unzel

Today we saw the NZ Playhouse performance of RAP-unzel. It was a modern twist on a classic fairytale. In the performance, music producer Simon Cow steals Rapunzel's voice and locks her in a tower so she cannot win 'A Land Far Far Away's Got Talent With X Factor Idol'. With the help of the Fresh Prince, she writes a rap and wins the competition anyway!

Monday Snow Day

This morning when I woke up and looked out the window I saw that the ground was white. I listened to the radio and heard that schools were opening at 10am. I wondered if parents would be listening to the radio too? I got up, dressed up warmly and walked to school. A few people had not heard about the late start. I turned on the fan heaters in all the classrooms so that they would be nice and warm by 10am and found a radio to listen to. Mr Vinecombe came and told me he had just heard that all schools would be closed for the day. Mr Mulholland gave me a sign to put on the door. Some more children arrived and then went home again! I went and turned off all the heaters. Hope everyone is safe and warm today.