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A fun day of activities...

We have lots of fun learning about Science with Miss...

Thank you to all of Rimu and Kauri for donating generously to our chosen charity Kids Can....

Check out these videos to practice for our carnival...

We made silly putty from corn flour and dishwashing liquid....

Our paper mache Cultural Dolls for the Art Auction. Each doll is unique....

Look at our week of WOW!!!!...

We made plastic out of...

Room 22 created Pacifika art in the style of Fatu Feu’u. We used crayon for our designs and then we dyed our...

Watch the glitter swirl as the centripedal force creates a...

As part of our 'Change' topic for inquiry this term, Room 2 have been conducting some cool...

Highlights of Wacky Hair...

We all had a wonderful...

We had fun having wacky hair for the...

We have been learning about change in living things. We have been planting in the garden, had a...

Look at all of the WONDERFUL things we have been doing in Room...

We learned all about BEES!!!! See what we...

We made thixotropic non-Newtonian slime (it is a solid AND a liquid and moves when you put pressure...

We made moondust using cooking oil and flour. It can be shaped and used like home made kinetic...

We made bubbles using a special ingredient (vegetable oil) to make our bubbles...

Rimu's athletics Day by...

It was windy at our sleepover by...

We stayed the night at school. By...

Year 4 students stayed the night at school to prepare us for the Kauri Camp in years to...

We made these for Science with Miss Innes. The materials created a soft ‘clay’ that hardened...

WOW what an amazing success at Room 4's bake sale click here for more info about our amazing...

Storybird Poems...

We have begun our journey to understand the importance of PROCEDURAL WRITING. We know that recipes, game rules, science experiments and XBox game instructions (to name a few) are ALL procedural...

The Bee Lady visited Pohutukawa to tell us about the importance of Bees and why we have to look...

Check out our WACKY hair...

Interesting Experiment...

Athletics Day at Mt Smart...

Our goodies arrived, we set up our table and even made some creative containers for things to go...

We have been learning about honey bees. ...

Google slideshows...

After reading a book called 'Lizard's Song' we decided to follow the instructions and...

We had Diwali Day and these lovely children dressed up in their traditional clothes. Don't they...

Making Rangoli...

Room 23 visited the Arataki Education Centre. It was entertaining AND fun! Highlights included...

What's an invertebrate?...

As part of our big science idea of Change, we made...

Room 19 are welcoming 5 new members in Term...

We have worked super hard this term in our new class. Enjoy our amazing work and...

Get out the dress ups and let your imagination run...

Could we stand up without using our hands, knees and...

Check out the lovely Kate and Selitema singing...

Meeting a Gold medalist for the first...

Room 14 really enjoyed challenging themselves during Rimu Olympics....

The day Charlie Timmins won a Gold Medal for Albania (Room 14)...

This term our IBL concept was "challenge". Students participated in a range of different activities that resulted in a fantastic Rimu Olympic Challenge Day. Well done...

balance, forward and backward rolls, beam balance, we had it all this term!...

This time it really did...

Look at how we warm up our...

What a day of 'Challenge' for Room 2! All of Room 2 were pushed to the limit, after a term...

Mini Olympics...

Win It To Minute Challenge...

Look at what has arrived.........

We all enjoyed our challenge...

We enjoy trying new things and learning new...

We are learning to use letters to write words, and words to write...

Could we fall asleep in 5 minutes?! Watch and see and read our publishing about our...

We challenged ourselves to try to hit a tiny ball on a tiny paddle. Some of us were so fast that we...

We challenged ourselves to see how many times we could hit a tennis ball with a padder tennis...

Our challenge for Inquiry learning was to blow BIG bubbles on a w-i-n-d-y...

We tried blowing up a...

We have been learning about halves, quarters and...

Students of R10 wanted to create something to share with Miss C to show her that she is still part of class whanau. This is...

Room 12 helped out at home to earn money for our Publishing Table. So far we have raised $72.50. We have just spent $63.29. Aren't we doing...

After lots of research and voting we have placed our first order for some stationery for our...

Malo e lelei! What an AMAZING and FUN day it was today competing as Tonga in the Kauri Olympic...

To celebrate Spring, Room 15 is preparing the garden for some new...

Room 15 meeting classroom...

13 September 2016

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Mini Olympics Day - Thursday 15th1. We are...

Challenge Inquiry...

Elissa and Miya made a stall to raise funds for the Publishing...

By Toby and Annaliese...

How did our concert go?...

Dear Parents and Caregivers Room 12 have a got a new and exciting writing rotation tumble. The children are really engaged and enjoying the new activities. Check out our website to read our blog about...

Take a look at some of our students iMovies. They did their own research, filming, casting and script writing to share their knowledge with you....

Room 19 are learning how to identify and match colours in Te Reo Maori and...

Olympic legend Barry Magee visited the Year 1...

Our Inquiry topic this term is about challenges....

We got to know our new...

This term, our Inquiry is on...

Week 6 Blog by Risden and...

How many ways can we use a hula hoop? Room 14...

Do you know that fractions can be found outside the classroom as well?...

Join in if you know the lyrics. Singing sounds the best when the whole whanau (Family/friends) join...

Look at our art!...

Kapa Kowhai Concert...

We have been working with our buddies and trying some new...

Week 5 Blog by Zahra and...

W made these torches using a cone shape and lots of shiny...

We had a Buddy Class challenge. Could we get the hula hoop around the circle, without letting go...

Mrs Waller set us a challenge to work as a team and design something amazing with a cardboard...

Room 18's class display...

Room 12 love Judy Blume books about...

Kiwi Netball...

Art Above the Bay...

Olympic Quick Write...