Amazing!

You were all so wonderful in our production of Panto Pandemonium!  Such stars! 

Advent begins

This is the first week of Advent, a word which means 'coming'.  We are preparing for the birth of Jesus at Christmas time and inviting him to come and be born in our hearts:

Ball skills with our sports coaches

Maths fun together

Money super heroes

Amy from ASB bank visited us today. She was teaching us about coins, notes and being Captain Cash, a super hero! Ask us to say our money rhyme: "Speed to your needs and wait for your wants." It has actions, too.

Golf stars!

Yesterday, our sports coaches taught us how to hold a golf club and putt towards a target. It was great fun!  

Many thanks

Many thanks to Mr White, for donating new alphabet books and games to the Rimu reading resources!  We love them.  :)

Didgeribone fun

We loved watching and hearing performance artist Tjupurru from Australia!  He played the didjeribone, which is an instrument blending a didgeridoo with a trombone. Tjupurru used electronic sounds too and had us all clapping and moving!

Father Bonito

Father Bonito visited our classroom and joined in all our reading games - what fun!

Welcome Billie!

Welcome to Billie, who has turned five and started in Rimu this week!

Welcome to school!

Welcome back to Term 4!  An especially big welcome to Owen and Jakob who started school in Rimu this week.

When You Go Down to the Woods Today

When you go down to the woods today, 

You'd better go in disguise. 

When you go down to the woods today,

You're sure of a big surprise!

For every bear that ever there was

Has gathered there for certain because,

Today's the day

The teddy bears have -

Their picnic!

Reflections

Our Big Book led to lots of fun and experimenting with mirrors!  We also found our reflections on spoons (which side showed them upside down?), in still water and on bubbles.  What happened when you saw your reflection in lots of mirrors joined together?

Welcome Finley!

We are so lucky to welcome another new playmate to the class family.  Welcome Finley!

Creation

We are marvelling at God's Creation with the growth of our beans from tiny seeds! We are miracles too!

Sarah is here!

Sarah from Rainbow Preschool came to visit us today.  It was lovely to spend time together and she liked seeing all of the grownup school children!

Welcome Leo

This week we have welcomed Leo to our classroom and our school.  What a wonderful start you have made, Leo!

Thank you firefighter family!

Thank you to Mr and Mrs Siegenthaler who organised for Rimu to learn more about the work of a firefighter.  We really enjoyed learning about a firefighter's special clothing and trying some of it on!  We think firefighters are very special helpers in our community.

Wonderful art

Thank you to Mrs Keats and Matai for helping us paint our pukekos. They will look amazing in frames!! Check them out during the Art Expo in week 10.

Surprise, surprise!

Our school had a surprise visit from Ronald McDonald! His show reminded us about all the rules we are learning to keep us safe near roads.

Buddy Reading

This week our buddy reading was with Matai. We love sharing books and talking together!

Sports coaches

This term our lessons focus on locomotor skills - we are having lots of games which use walking, running, moving forwards, backwards or in circles. Today we played Rats and Rabbits and Bridges and Tunnels. Lots of fun!

Welcome!

We have welcomed two new classmates this term - how wonderful! Welcome to school, Madden and Harrison!

Grandparents Day

We love our grandparents! It was wonderful to have them at school and in Church for a special celebration.

Thank you Totara

Thank you to Miss O'Neill and Totara for the wonderful story books you made for us!  We enjoyed having you read them to us on the last day of term and then give them as presents!  Happy holidays to all and best wishes to Miss O'Neill.

Our Mufti Mania day raised money for the Solomon Islands schools to have books too.

Welcome Petra!

Welcome to Petra, our brand-new five year old!  It has been wonderful to have you join us for Life Education lessons and gingerbread man baking.

Run, run

"Run, run as fast as you can.
You can't catch me,
I'm the Gingerbread Man!"

We loved the traditional tale of The Gingerbread Man, starting with baking!  Over the week we used the story for maths, writing, reading, drama, poetry, song - and of course eating!

Welcome, Aiden!

Welcome to our school and to our class, Aiden.  We love your big, happy smile!

Balancing fun!

Our sports coaches have taught us new balance shapes today! 

Kitchen Science

Exploring our world

We are continuing experiments in the Material World science strand. Today we learned about solids and liquids - "Oobleck" can be both!