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After the storm....

On April 11th we returned to school to find a big surprise! Two trees had fallen overnight during...

During term 1 the students in Room 3 and 4 had the chance to research a country of their choice....

On the last week of term Pohutukawa found a time capsule. In the time capsule there was a puzzle, a...

The mighty Te Pane o Mataoho...

The day the Easter Bunny came to visit Room...

Swimming in Room 6...

An amazing day at Te Pane o...

Our new construction equipment....

We made volcanoes in the...

Room 15 have been learning about our school and own...

Room 15 spent a week learning about our Prime Minister of New Zealand- Jacinda...

Room 15 celebrated Easter in many different and diverse...

Since Easter is just around the corner, we have been reflecting about what makes us 'eggs-tra'...

Just before Easter Room 18 made an Easter themed paper basket. So naturally, we had to fill them...

Yesterday afternoon we went with Room 18 to our Tuakana Teina class Room 3 and made 'Decotropes.'...

Room 15 put on their BLUE SUEDE SHOES and learned about the 'KING"...

Look at some of our fun Literacy Learning Activities in Room...

We have been getting ready for our upcoming...

How did we get permission from Mr Robinson? Find...

Room 15 had an awesome-o- time on Friday at our PJ and hot chip...

Our poem of the week has been 'Pat a cake, Pat a cake.' After first reading it as a class, some...

Writing with Mrs Davis...

In Room 18 we have really loved the story ‘Battle of the Mountains’ by Peter Gossage. We’ve...

Some children have been working on writing their numbers and adding numbers up to 10. They did some...

Meeting new friend in the...

The poem, 'I blew a bubble' has become very popular in our class this term so we thought about what...

Swimming in Room 8...

Doing some extra work during our library time with Mrs...

Room 16 enjoyed two weeks of...

There are many different cultures in Room 9. Can you spot some of...

Researching and creating our All About Me Google Slides....

We have been getting to know our tuakana (older buddies) from Room 3 who will be coming with us on...

Together we can do great things! Mother...

Know me, Know others, Know...

Know Me, Know You, Know Others. We have been learning about what is important about others'...

Over the next two weeks, Room 11 will be learning how to be safe and confident in the water....

A hunt for all the He Manu Rere and Manaakitanga signs....

This week Rooms 20 and 21 started swimming and we all love...

Room 15 wondered what Growth Mind Set was...

Swimming has begun for Kauri students. Ensure your child brings their swimming togs everyday...

Spending time with each other senior and juniors before our trip to Mangere...

Spending time with our buddy class. We have learn't a Waiata our Pepeha and weaving together...

Room 15 enjoy Maths!...

Room 15 used computers and Chrome Books to complete our PAT...

Room 15 have been learning about He Manu Rere and Manaakitanga and checked out our new school...

Room 15's reading group Nga Aniwaniwa read The Marble Patch and tried the game for...

One of Room 15's Writing groups is called the Fridas. We spent the week learning about who...

Increasing water confidence...

Who received Room 4's DP certificate for Term...

It felt like Christmas this week when some new building blocks, and construction equipment got...

Read with me 5 different...

Teamwork is learning from each...

Welcome to Room 7 2018...

Check out some of the 'Getting to know Me and Others' activities we have been doing in Room...

Diversity Day in Week...

Room 4 on diversity day...

Diversity Day...

Room 13 - a space where we think, learn,...

We made wibbly wobbly orange...

We had our first assembly for the year on Friday 23rd February. We enjoyed creating a Google slide,...

This week we have been learning our school whakatauki (proverb) and what this means to us as the...

YAY, we have started swimming! The children in Room 17 have loved getting into the water this week...

Celebrating Chinese New...

Room 16 makes popcorn...

Some pictures from camp. ...

Highlights of our Kauri assembly. We have been focusing on Manakitanga Be Kind, Be Honest, Be...

A little about us......

A celebration of cultures...

Choosing activities...

Look at what we got into.......

We looked at diversity in our...

Room 15 went NOODLES!!!...

We spent some time exploring our...

Room 15 are good at talking and...

It was the last day for swimming in Room...

This week we celebrated and welcomed the Chinese New Year. Some students from our class wore...

Our ideas about reading...

We celebrated Diversity Day by wearing special clothes to show the different places around the...

This week we celebrated all the beautiful and different cultures at our school by having a...

Rimu Newsletter...

Room 15 is open for learning and exploring....Look what we have been up to in our first...

What a "cool" start to the...

We meet our buddy class (Room 11) for the first time. We had an AWESOME-O-! time with...

Welcome to Room 17's first blog post of the year!Our classroom is growing in number every week and...

Information you need for the beginning of the year if your child is a member of the Kauri...