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January 2012

Well the weather is certainly a bit up and down.  Yesterday I was in my classroom 'pottering' and the sunshine was beating down outside!  I saw many of 2011 students making the most of the school pool and it was lovely to have a catch up.

What have I been doing - well preparing for 2012 of course!  Evidence of the 2011 classroom has been stripped for the walls so a blank canvas now awaits.

I am excited about what we have planned for the upcoming terms and am really looking forward to figuring out the new dynamics, challenges and rewards a new class of students presents.

See you all over the next few weeks - if you are about pop in and say hi.  I'm sure to need a few inspirational breaks.

Ka kite, Miss G!

Prize Giving 2011

Many of us received coveted awards last night at our school prize giving.  It was a formal occassion with the highest class achievements and overall school cups were presented for sports and academics. 

Miss G wanted to thank EVERYONE in Room 1 for making her year such a full-on fun time with truck loads of laughs and a few challenges as well! 

Best wishes Year 8's - you will be missed.  And Year 7's I look forward to seeing you back again - stepping up into the Year 8's role. 

Merry Christmas guys - enjoy your holiday break. Rest up and be ready to take 2012 by the (Bulls) horns!

Over and Out,
Miss G

The Final Week Is Upon Us:

Well as we head into our last week of the 2011 year - surely things must be beginning to slow down? -NOT!!

Monday we have Athletics Day, Tuesday we have Buddy Class & Prizegiving, Wednesday our Reports go home, Thursday we have Moving Day and Friday - well Friday is the end of an era as Year 8's prepare to move on and Year 7's prepare to step up!

Bring on the Christmas Party people!!

RIGHT CHOICE AFTERNOON!

Hey there everyone!

We figure even if you work in Palmerston North you probably had a heads up on what landed on our field this afternoon!  Surely you would have heard it!!!

We were lucky enough to have an Iroquois Helicopter right here on our rugby field!  We got to get up close and personal with the chopper and the pilots (thanks guys!)

We feel very privaleged to be included in such a fun afternoon!  It was fantastic!

Thanks RNZAF - you made our day!

SWIMMING!

How lucky are we!

Through the Swim for Life initiative and our local council we have been lucky enough to get 10 x 30 min swimming lessons with qualified instructors the the Marton Pool and MAN - IS IT GREAT!  We are half way through and the skill level has improved so much I can hardly beleive it! 

New Zealand is surrounded by water and our holiday activities almost always include an element of swimming.  We camp at rivers, fish in lakes and swim in the sea.  We MUST know how to swim and have water safety skills to prepare us for a lifetime of enjoying what Aotearoa has to offer.

Hangi Lunch!

Finally the day had arrived.  Much preparation behind the scenes went on to make this final celebration of our Theme study possible.  We had to borrow Kai Cookers, watch You Tube videos to learn how to use them and get up VERY early to get things sorted out and underway! 

If things hadn't worked out so well I simply would not be writing about it!  But it all went fabulously!  (Extra thanks to those who came along to check that we were actually on track). 

The lunch was delicious!  The chicken was beautifully cooked, the veges were perfect and the stuffing was scrummy!  Yum yum yum!

Take a look at our photo collage up in the office - there are lots of photos of us preparing and dishing up and eating the kai!

Marae Trip to Parewahawaha!

What a fantastic day!  It began with the Powhiri - and the sounds of our Kaikaranga rang out across the fields.  Hiromina and Leilani sounded so beautiful and we were all very proud of them! 

At the end of the Powhiri we were treated to a impromptu history lesson about the inside of the Wharenui by some of the Kaumatua.  We learnt about the meanings behind the tukutuku panels as well as the beautiful carvings and designs in the meeting house.

We went on to some very busy rotations which included:  weaving, poi making, waiata, ruru, whai and much more!  Miss G was busy in the kitchen preparing for our hangi on Friday.  (Do you know a food processor makes stuffing 150% times faster than I can!) 

So....to see a fabulous collage of photos from this day pop into the office the photos are up in the foyer. 

Ka Pai Tamariki Ma!

1000 APOLOGIES!

Dear Blog Fans,

I have a confession to make!  I have lots of things to talk to you about and lots of photos to share with you.  The first 4 weeks of this term have flown by at an unbelievable pace.  We have had:
YMCA athletics lessons
Assessment
Marae trip

Shared Kai - Hangi Lunch

Cross Country Training - and 2 cluster cancellations :-(

Tuesday afternoon sports....

And more! 

And I have hardly had a second to let you know (and see) all these fabulous things because I am busy writing REPORTS! 

So - 1000 apologies - I promise to make a better effort this week!

Miss G

Bulls Kindy Buddies!

CALL INTO THE SCHOOL OFFICE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS OF FUN TIMES WITH OUR BUDDY CLASS!

This term has been a little more hands on with our fabulous buddies from over at the kindy. 
We have made frogs for a drama activity called "5 Little Speckled Frogs."

And today was Wheels Day for our buddies so we set up a track for them. At the end of our reading session we went outside for some fun!

Reading to/with our buddies is a great way for us to improve our open-ended questioning skills as well as help us develop role modeling skills. 

ITS A WIN WIN SITUATION!