Tree planting with Doug

First you make a square.
And then you have to put compost in the hole.
Put the tree in the hole check if it is the right size.
Loosen the roots then put the tree in the hole.
Put the soil around the tree put three layers of compost and three layers of soil.

By Muireann and Grace

Paper planes

On Thursday Room 7 will have a paper plane competition. We will  measure how far our planes will travel.

End of term assembly

What a busy term it has been. Today at assembly we said goodbye to Mr Dyer who is off to China to teach. Room 5 wrote new lyrics to the 'break my stride' song. We sang  and the band played their version of the song to Mr Dyer.



Share the load (this song was part of our school production earlier this term).






Have a safe holidays everyone. See you all next term.

Making numbers in the tens, hundreds and thousands

Room 7 have been reading numbers up past 1000. We looked at the number of views Room 3, 6 and 7 have and even made Room7's number out of play money and place value blocks.

We learnt that we need 10 $1 coins to make $10



We can also make this with 10 ones



We can make $100 with 10 $10 notes



We learnt that 10 $100 notes makes $1000

Nga Waka e Whitu

Ms Tamati has been sharing a Maori legend about the early settlers to Aotearoa. The following song shares the names of the whitu (7) waka they came on.

listen to ‘Nga Waka e Whitu’ on Audioboo

Tools mountaineers use

Charlotte's Dad came and showed us the different tools he packs when he climbs Mt Cook.

Following a recipe

Leo's stop motion

This is Leo's stop motion he made at home with his dad. Have a look at the title.

Morning Poems

listen to ‘Jamie morning’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘Nova mornings’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘Holly- mornings’ on Audioboo