Some Photos From Our Tawhiti Museum Trip

Tawhiti Museum - What we liked

On Friday Room 12 and 15 went to Tawhiti Museum. When we got back we had a debrief and talked about what we liked most about our trip. Here is a video about what we thought.

Newsletter for Tawhiti Museum trip

Thursday 15^th May

Dear Parents

Room 12 and 15 are going on their trip to Tawhiti Museum in Hawera tomorrow Friday 16^th May.

We want to be on the road as soon as possible so could those parents who are joining us please meet in the learning centre at 9am. We will be taking roll and giving everyone a run down of what will be happening for the day.

We have had lots of parents joining us to supervise our students.  Due to limited bus space we are asking that parents car pool from the school to the museum to free up bus space for the children.

Students will need to bring:

• Packed Morning Tea & Lunch
• Drink Bottle
• Jersey/Jacket (if wet/cold)
• Walking shoes

Rules for visiting groups - schools - general public (taken from Tawhiti Museum’s website) - Keep an eye on your children - they are your responsibility - No children under 14 allowed in unsupervised - Respect the collections, displays - no touching - Keep voices conversational - No running - No smoking on site - No eating/drinking in museum and other attractions. - No flash photograph in museum - No photography or video is permitted in Traders & Whalers what so ever - this includes the use of cell phones

Kind Regards

Miss Ogle and Mrs Potroz

Soccer Skills - Week 1

On Friday we went to soccer training with Mick Curry a Soccer Coach. We did some training like "Dish & Dome", and 'Kill the Shadow'. We then got to have a quick game of Soccer.

We can't wait until they come next time.

Certificates for Week 1

Karolin was the receiver of the Principal's Award for the first week back of Term 2. 

Congratulations Karolin.

Karolin

 Here are our PRIDE Certificate winners for Week 1.

Jordan, Ethan, Isla, Savannah, and Manix

Completed Homework Prizes

Congratulations to those students who completed their homework each week during Term 2. These students received prizes for their awesome effort. Well done to Rylan, Joe, Luke, Isla, Hayley, Savannah, Ria, Kaydee and Dorian.

String Games - Room 14 and 15

Thanks to Mr Lodge and Room 14 for letting us share the video.

String Games with Room 14

This afternoon Room 15 were invited to Room 14 to learn some of the string games that were taught on Monday.

Students from the class had seen how much fun people were having and were trying hard to teach themselves how do make some of the string figures. After a day of persevering ourselves Mr Lodge and his class worked with us to show us the steps of creating some of the different string figures.

If you are wanting instruction on how to make some of the string figures you can go to:

5 top string games: fun string figures for kids

Room 15 at Kitchen Garden

Room 15 did some weeding. We prepared the ground for planting brassicas. We planted some rainbow silverbeet. We planted some broad beans.

Our Family Trees

Dear Parents

This term for our ‘Slice of Time’ unit we want to know where we fit in the world. We want pictures/photos and information about our family. We need family names and when they were born.

With this information we are going to make a special family tree all about us.

We have already made a start on our family tree but we need more information about the year people were born and their correct names.

We also want photos that we can photocopy to put onto our trees. You can send the photos in and Miss Ogle will photocopy them (and return them) or you can email them to kellyo@opunakeprimary.school.nz

Thank you,

Room 15: Totara 

Old Fashioned Games: Marbles in Room 15

Here are some more photos from our Old Fashioned Games afternoon.

These photos show members of our class playing marbles.

A Slice of Time First Day Back

Today we are back into the school term.

We have had a great time. The day started by sharing our outfits with the whole school in assembly.

Mamaeroa & Ria

Isla & Joe

In the afternoon we got to move around different classes to play games that children used to play in the olden days. We played games like marbles, four square, hoops & sticks and tiddlywinks.