Life Education

Today we had our first lesson in the Life Education classroom. Our theme is "Happy and Healthy" and today we looked at emotions and feelings when put in new situations. We also looked at some of the organs in our body - the heart, lungs, brain, stomach and small intestine and learnt about where in the body they are.

Tam the doll came out (Tam is a plastic life sized doll that has had her skin removed) and she showed us where in our body the organs were.

The highlight, of course, was seeing Harold the giraffe. Harold wanted help to do his homework on his friend Billy and how he would be feeling going from a one teacher country school to a huge city school.

Happy Birthday Jordan

Today Jordan had her seventh birthday. She brought her new erasers and beautiful address book to share with us.

Happy Birthday Jordan!!!!!!!!!

Our LEARNZ Fieldtrip

We have been on our LEARNZ fieldtrip to look at Rowi Kiwi on the West Coast. We have watched videos, looked at photos and researched Kiwi. We loved checking out what our Ambassador Ash got up to on his trip.

Here is a photo of our display of Kiwi information that we have learnt.

Our Art for the PTA Fundraiser

This week we have been hard at work on our canvases for the PTA art sale fundraiser on the 2nd October at school. In our class we decided to use canvas and the children are allowed to paint something of interest to them.

Please come in next week and see the finished products - there are helicopters, rabbits, kiwi, flowers, rugby fields and many other things. Each canvas will have a set value decided by the PTA. You can buy your child's artwork before the actual art sale on the 2nd and then it will still be displayed on the Saturday.

Harry's Chickens Visit

Today Harry's Mum brought in some 4 day old chicks for us to look at. They are very cute black and white ones. We learnt about what they eat, how to hold them properly and that they keep warm by a special warm lamp/heater.

Thank you for sharing them with us Harry.

Happy Birthday Gemma and Maia!

On Friday we had a double celebration with Gemma and Maia's 7th birthday. They were both very excited to share part of their day with us. Thanks to Dad for making the cake, Georgia-Mae for decorating it and Mum for bringing it down to share with the class.

The verdict was that the cake was DELICIOUS!!!!!

Shared Lunch

Thank you to those of you who contributed to our yummy shared lunch on Thursday. This was a lovely way to say good bye to Liam. I know he will be missed by his friends and me alike. We wish him well at his new home and hope we hear from him soon.

Grace's Ballet Award

Well done to Grace who has received a "Primary level In Class Award" at her ballet school. It was lovely to see the medal and certificate at school.

LEARNZ Fieldtrip

This week Room 4 and 5 are going on a virtual field trip to look at Rowi Kiwi on the West Coast. This means that we will be listening to audio conferences where experts will be asked questions by pupils from schools around New Zealand (Room 5 will be participating in a live audio conference on Wednesday at 9.15am).

We will also be getting video updates from our LEARNZ teacher - Andrew Penny (a parent and BOT rep from our school), and we will be following our LEARNZ Ashley School ambassader - ASH the sheep - as he gets up close and personal with the Rowi Kiwi Project on our behalf.

If you wish to check out the website and look at any of these things with your children at home you can by logging on to the website listed below and then using the username and password:

http://kiwi113.learnz.org.nz/controller.php?vft=kiwi113

username: room4ashley

password: room4wha

Thanks to Charlotte's Mum for making Ash a cool school uniform to wear on his trip. Here he is with Room 4 and Andrew before he left last week.

Happy Birthday Flynn!!

On Thursday it was Flynn's birthday. He turned seven. He got his Mum to bring in a yummy banana cake to share. Thanks Mum!!!

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