Cross Country

On Monday 24th August it was cross country. Room 20 had a lot of fun! We never, ever gave up. The 7 year olds and 6 year olds had to run 2 laps and the 5 year olds had to run 1 lap.

We wore our house colours- yellow for Campbell, red for Chambers, green for Joll and blue for Duart. 

We are lining up to go to the cross country. 

There were lots of people watching cross country and room 20 was excited to run. 

Room 20 was ready to run. 

I was running hard out!- Brooke

I ran 2 laps.-Fern

I liked running 2 laps.-Zoe

MATHS WEEK!!!!!

This week is Maths Week. We have lots of fun activities to do for maths week. You can also get involved at home.
There are games and activities on the Maths Week website http://mathsweek.co.nz/ and you can also comment on this post and get involved with our daily school challenges.

Daily challenges:

MONDAY:How many jelly-beans in the jar?


TUESDAY: How long does it take Mrs Cameron to run 2 laps of the running track?


WEDNESDAY: How many (dry) Weet-Bix can Mr Stygall, Mr Kinsey and Mr Harris eat in 2 minutes?


THURSDAY: How many people can fit into Mrs Burns' car?


FRIDAY: Maths themed dress up day

Discovery Learning

On Friday we had fun at Discovery Learning. It was Te Wiki O Te Reo Maori (Maori Language Week). We painted Koru's, we sang waiata, played games outside, did some weaving, we made rakau and had a go at stitching kowhaiwhai patterns. 

"At Discovery Learning we had a lot of fun!"- Fern

"We liked stitching." - Hayley

"I did a pattern and I tried my best because I didn't know how to do it."- Issy

"I made a kowhaiwhai pattern and I tried my best."- Reagan

"We played a horsey game. It was fun. We took turns of being the owners of the horses and being the horses." -Emma

"We tried not to hurt each other when we were running and we showed Aroha." -Coll

"I was throwing the ball to Ranui."

"We had fun!" - Kyro

"It was quite easy weaving the paper." -George

"We had to draw a butterfly then paint it on one side and fold the piece of paper. When you open it there is a full butterfly." - Rylee

Arataki Honey Farm Trip

On Friday Room 20 went on a bus to Arataki Honey Farm. We went to Arataki Honey Farm so that we could learn about bees because we are learning about insects for our inquiry. 

First we got introduced to some people at Arataki. Next we learnt about parts of a bee. We watched some videos about bees and bee keepers. 

We split up into 3 groups and got to do some really cool stuff. We made some candles out of wax. We learnt about the Queen Bee and looked for her in the hive. We got to dress up as bees and beekeepers. We also did some puzzles and looked through microscopes. 

"Bees have 5 eyes."- Kyro

"Bees have 6 legs."- Caden

"Bees have 2 antennae."- Meg 

"They have 4 wings."- George

"They have 1 stinger."- Reagan

"They have 1 tongue like a straw to suck up the nectar."- Issy 

We had a buddy to look after so that we wouldn't get hurt or lost.

This is the beekeeper. He collects the honey and checks on the bees. 

There are 2 boxes that always stay there because they are the bees homes.

Making candles

Can you see the Queen Bee?

Looking for the Queen Bee.

WRITTEN BY ROOM 20