MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Thank you all for the privilege of teaching your wonderful children.   We have had a great year and the kids have made amazing progress.  

I wish you all a safe and happy holiday season.

Warmest wishes

Jo Lunn

REMINDERS!

End of year reports go home on MONDAY!  They will also include information re your child's teacher for next year.

The Te Puawai concert is on Moday at 5.30pm.  Performers need to be at school at 5pm.  You are welcome to attend even if your child is not part of Te Puawai.

Tuesday is Right Choice Day.  A notice will come on on Monday afternoon.

School finishes at 12noon on Wednesday.  We have our final assembly at 10.30am.  You are warmly invited to attend.

NINE CHEEKY DUCKS!

One day one little girl was walking down the road.  Suddenly she turned around.  She saw ducks everywhere!  The ducks followed her. The ducks thought the yellow umbrella was her mother
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OUR NEW FRIENDS!

We'd like to introduce you to our new friends in LC 2.  Zoha, Molly,  Alex and Kale.  Welcome to school kids!

THE BABY DUCKS IN A CUP!

Quack, quack.   Two little ducks flew into the cup.   "Quack!"
The woman dld not know two ducks were in there.
"I do not like ducks in my drlnk of water!"
The baby ducks flew in to their nest .

GRUMPY CAT!

Chomp, chomp, chomp.
"Mum I want more breakfast," said the cat.
"Only if you eat the rest,"
"Okay, I will eat it," said the cat.
"I'm finished eating my breakfast," said the cat.
"Are you tricking me?" said Mum.
"Let me look under the table," said Mum.
"Look what I found under the table.  It's your fish!"

THE SHOPPING BUNNY!

"Oh nuts, I need to get some more carrots for my little baby rabbit" sighed mother rabbit at breakfast time.  So out she went all the way to the shop.  She bought t-h-o-u-s-a-n-d-s of carrots.  It took almost forever.  At last she stopped and went to the counter.  It took a long time to scan all the carrots because it took 20 minutes!  It was a very long time.  Mother Rabbit whined a little but then "all done!"  

OUR AMAZING WRITING!

Mrs Lunn was spoilt for choice today as to who should have their story in the window.   In the end three very clever girls were chosen!   They even got to go and share their stories with Mr McCallum.  He was so impressed he gave them each a flash certificate!   Well done girls!  

MICKEY MOUSE'S POOL DAY!

"Look out!" said Mickey Mouse.
It was a toasting hot day at the pool.  Mickey the lifeguard was hot. He wanted to cool off.  He tried to open the pool gate but it was locked.

Mickey tried climbing over the gate but it was too slippery. He tried an axe but it was too strong.  He tried going sideways but it was too small.  He tried sliding under but the gap in the fence was too small.  He tried a key.  It worked.
"Cannonball!"  SPLASH!
Mickey was sinking.  He was too heavy.  Minnie looked outside but no one was outside .. but Mickey was.  Mickey swam up, he got his doughnut ring.  He sprinted into the pool.  He was relaxing.
"Oi!" said Minnie.  "Get out of there!"
"Jump in," said Mickey.
"OK, I will," said Minnie.
SPLASH!

MICKEY GOES SPLASH!

"Splash!" Said Mickey.

"I like the holidays," said Mickey Mouse.

"I want to relax in the water," said Mickey.

"I'm going home."

By Dylan

THE DOG'S DAY OUT

Lick, lick, lick.
The dog wanted to have a ride in the special wheelbarrow.  
Jack the baby, pushed the invisible wheelbarrow along.

"This is fun I love riding in a wheelbarrow," said the dog.
"Thank you Jack!"

"Goo-goo, ga-ga, just doing my job," said the baby called Jack.

TOWARDS 2015!

Just a reminder, that you may wish to attend a our...

 Parent Information Evening 

on 

THURSDAY 27th NOVEMBER 

at 7.30-8.30pm

in LC 5/6  (The old library)

Mrs Peck will outline the direction of our school as we move into 2015.

The presentation will cover the thinking and actions that underpin Flexible Learning Spaces and the use of digital technologies.

Hope to see you there!

Snowflakes

I like snowflakes because they look like falling stars.

By Zoha

THE ATHLETICS DAY!

"On your marks get set... Go!" The school kids were nervous but when the man shouted "GO!" we all ran as fast as a cheetah.
Allie ran as fast as The Flash.
Allie was the champion.
Allie was given a golden medal.

By Amelie

THE RUNNING RACE!

Run, run, JUMP!  I came 3rd in long jump. I came 2nd in shot put and I came 3rd hurdles.
In the run, I ran super fast up to the sand.  I jumped.
I was proud of myself.

By Jessica

THE TOOTH FAIRY!

Twinkle, twink, flutter. 

Lila the Tooth Fairy came into Lily's house through the window.  She looked under her whlte pillow and there was three teeth.  The Tooth Fairy took the teeth and gave her three dollars and gave her a kiss goodnight.



By Tatum

THE SNAPPY ALLIGATOR!

SNAP! I want to eat you up,"

"Argh! Please don't eat me up," the little girl called as she raced away.

"Mummy!  There's an alligator and it wants to eat me up,"

"I am coming!  Where is it?  Huh?  Oh no!  Have you been tricking me?"

"No there really was an alligator."  

"I don't believe you," said mum

"Oh man!"

by Alexis

THE BIG CROCODILE!

"I am going away," said the crocodile.

"Come back," said the zoo keeper.

"I didn't see the crocodile go away," said the zoo keeper but the crocodile went on.  

Just then the crocodile saw a swimming pool. 

"Yay!" he said.

"See you later alligator."  They said to the crocodile.

By Jessica

MY PUPPY!

 My puppy is here.  My puppy bites me.  My mum growled at my puppy.



By Aaliyah

MY MUM AND MY DOG

I like my Dad because he climbs the tree.
"We are going back home." said Mum.
My dog is going to have a big sleep.

By Zarah

THE GOOSE AND THE KITTENS!

"Meow, meow!" called the kittens.  They fell in the pond.
"Don't panic!  We will help you,'" said the geese.
"Thank you," said the kittens.
"You are welcome," said the geese.
"We will help you again," said the geese.  "If you do fall in the pond again, we will help you."

By Jessica

THE FAMILY OF CATS!

There was a house of cats.  They were a family. 
The father cat was very LAZY.
"Oh you lazy father cat!  You have to go to work instead of reading a newspaper."

By Alexis

THE MILK TRUCK!

Honk! Honk! I am driving a milk truck. It is fun.

By Jack

GINGER THE NAUGHTY CAT!

"He-he-he" Ginger the cat always steals my stuff and hides them in my wardrobe and all of my toys and games and clothes have vanished.  She hides them on the roof and she wants them to go down the chimney and she makes them go in the fire.

By Tautm

ATHLETICS POSTPONED!

Hi everyone,

Athletics has postponed until Friday 21st of November!

SPILT MILK!

"I don't like this milk," said the boy "I should tip it over" and when Mum came in the kitchen she saw lots of milk on the floor.

"I didn't do that big mess! I  was just eating my lunch."

"Are you tricking?" Asked Mum.

"Yes, I didn't like the milk so I tipped it over."

By Emma

CALENDAR ART

Come in and have a look at our amazing butterflies!  A notice will be coming home soon if you would like to buy a calendar, pack of greeting cards or diary with our artwork on it!

BOOK CHARACTER DAY!

We had lots of fun on Friday and our book character costumes looked amazing! We were celebrating the opening of Ara Uenuku (the new library) and were lucky enough to have some special guests come and read to us.

THE GIRL IN THE SPLASHING MUD!

Splish, splish, splish.
"Waaa!"  said the girl. 
She headed to her house and Mum said, "what happened my girl?"
"I splashed in the mud and I was crying!"


By Sam

THE HUNGRY LAMB!

"Baa baa," said  the little lamb.

"woof!  I  hear a lamb," said the dog 

"I'm hungry," said the lamb.

"I will come and feed that lamb some milk and maybe the  farmer will give me a doggy treat!"

by Alexis

THE SPLASHING KITTENS!

One day two little kittens were going to have a drink but when they had a little sip ... splash!
"Help! Help" shouted the two little kittens.
"What is sound I hear?" said a duck.
"Help!" yelled the kittens.
"We will go and get the two kittens!" Said the ducks.
"thank you for taking my babies out of the blue water." Said the mother cat.
"we are pleased to help." said the white ducks.

By Amelie

SPLISH, SPLASH!

"Is that the bath? Oh I will just get in it."  SHHHHH went the tap.
"I will put the bubble bath in now. I'm cooling down"
Scrub scrub.
Splash! Splash! Splash! Splash!
"I'm ready to get out.'
Clean, clean, clean.
"I'm done."

By Julia

MY BEST FRIEND

When I came into school Molly held my hand into my class.  I like Molly being my friend.   Infact she is my very best friend.

By Lily

PUBLISHING STORIES!

Hi Mums and Dads and all our followers,

You may have noticed some of the children's writing appearing on the blog.  I thought it would be a great place for the children to share their amazing writing with a wider audience.  The children have a sign up sheet in the class, where they can put their name when they are ready to publish a story.  They will type up their story and send it directly to the blog.  The kids think it is pretty cool to see their writing online!  Please feel free to leave comments to the kids about how amazing their writing is.  Thanks for your support.

Jo

THE EXPLODING VOLCANO

I Iike the volcano.  The volcano exploded.

By Alex

THE FIRE DOG!

Beep, beep, beep.  The alarm went off.  The dog zoomed to the silver pole.  "I will come aboard the fire engine."  Away they went to save the day.  "We're here!  Is everyone here?"

"Yes, we will not go inside."

"We will put the ladder up.  Give me the hose!"

SHHHHHHHH went the hose.

"We are almost done. We are ready to get back aboard the fire engine.  We are zooming back to the fire station."

And  they went back up the stairs and one fireman went to sleep and snored!

by Julia

TWO LITTLE DUCKS

Run, run, run... SPLASH!  Two black and brown kittens fell straight in the pond.  But two white ducks were cruising by.  Suddenly the ducks heard the kittens cry for help.  They rescued the kittens and the kittens said "Thank you."

By Matthew

THE NAUGHTY CHICKENS

Zoom  zoom!  Naughty the Chicken and Clocky the Chicken were fighting over a teddybear.

"Stop!  Stop!  Stop! None of you can have it!"

"I'm Sorry."  

"I'm sorry too."

by Alexis

FIREFIGHTER FRIDAY

We were so excited on Friday as we had firefighters come to school and we were even lucky enough to have Cameron's Dad Chris come to our class.  He taught us lots of things about being fire wise and we even got to go and see the fire engines!

MUSICAL PATTERNS!

Today in Maths we played musical patterns. We had to make our own pattern using beans,  blocks or bears while music was playing.   When the music stopped we had to move to a friend's pattern and continue it.   We had a blast!  (We learnt lots too!)

MUSICAL PATTERNS!

Today in Maths we played musical patterns. We had to make our own pattern using beans,  blocks or bears while music was playing.   When the music stopped we had to move to a friend's pattern and continue it.   We had a blast!  (We learnt lots too!)

THE FLYING ELEPHANTS!

One elephant carefully opened a golden bag.  She sprinkled the pixie dust onto her nose and that made a prrrrr sound.  Then the elephant went up into space.  She saw aliens up in space.  she was scared of aliens.  Luckily the dust wore off.  She went back to the zoo.  She said to herself "Haaa that was an adventure!"

By Tatum

THE FLYING ELEPHANTS!

One elephant carefully opened a golden bag.  She sprinkled the pixie dust onto her nose and that made a prrrrr sound.  Then the elephant went up into space.  She saw aliens up in space.  she was scared of aliens.  Luckily the dust wore off.  She went back to the zoo.  She said to herself "Haaa that was an adventure!"

By Tatum

SUPER DOG!

Nee-nor, nee-nor.  A fire dog was in a fire engine and he was on his way to put ut a fire.  The fire was extingished.

"Never to fear!  Super Dog is here!" called Super Dog.  He dashed over and put on his gear so he could go inside the fire station.  "Yay!" I said "The fire is out."  I was pleased!

By Allie

SUPER DOG!

Nee-nor, nee-nor.  A fire dog was in a fire engine and he was on his way to put ut a fire.  The fire was extingished.

"Never to fear!  Super Dog is here!" called Super Dog.  He dashed over and put on his gear so he could go inside the fire station.  "Yay!" I said "The fire is out."  I was pleased!

By Allie

PATTERN AND ALGEBRA FUN!

We absolutely loved Maths today!   We are learning about Pattern and Algebra.  Today we had to make repeating patterns with the teddy bears.   We talked about how many elements were in our pattern (eg red bear,  blue bear, red bear,  red bear is a 2 element repeating pattern).   Then we had to write down the rule for our pattern (eg red bear,  blue bear, red bear, blue bear would have the rule ABAB).  Mrs Lunn was truly impressed with how well we picked this concept up!   You might see us making patterns around the house for extra practise!  

PATTERN AND ALGEBRA FUN!

We absolutely loved Maths today!   We are learning about Pattern and Algebra.  Today we had to make repeating patterns with the teddy bears.   We talked about how many elements were in our pattern (eg red bear,  blue bear, red bear,  red bear is a 2 element repeating pattern).   Then we had to write down the rule for our pattern (eg red bear,  blue bear, red bear, blue bear would have the rule ABAB).  Mrs Lunn was truly impressed with how well we picked this concept up!   You might see us making patterns around the house for extra practise!  

PLATINUM PRESS PASS HOLDERS!

Congratulations to Tatum,  Emma, Sam,  Julia, Allie,  Amelie and Alexis who have all been awarded Platinum Press Passes!   This represents the highest level of independence in our class.  

These kids get to timetable their own day.   They choose from a range of must dos and can dos that Mrs Lunn sets for them.  They decide when they want to do each activity.   They have set times when they must be in a teaching session with Mrs Lunn or at a whole class activity but they other than that, they can choose what to do and when!  Exciting!

PLATINUM PRESS PASS HOLDERS!

Congratulations to Tatum,  Emma, Sam,  Julia, Allie,  Amelie and Alexis who have all been awarded Platinum Press Passes!   This represents the highest level of independence in our class.  

These kids get to timetable their own day.   They choose from a range of must dos and can dos that Mrs Lunn sets for them.  They decide when they want to do each activity.   They have set times when they must be in a teaching session with Mrs Lunn or at a whole class activity but they other than that, they can choose what to do and when!  Exciting!

REMINDER!

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that Piako is presenting assembly at 12.30pm in the hall on WEDNESDAY this week.  Please note the change of day due to Electives being held on Thursdays.

We would love to see you there.

Regards

LC 2

REMINDER!

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that Piako is presenting assembly at 12.30pm in the hall on WEDNESDAY this week.  Please note the change of day due to Electives being held on Thursdays.

We would love to see you there.

Regards

LC 2

OHHHHH CUTE!

Look who came to visit!

Katie's mum Pip, brought in their new baby guinea pigs. They are only few days old and they are so cute!   We each got to have a little cuddle.   They made a little squeaking sound but seemed quite relaxed hanging out with us in LC 2 today.