Big kids and little kids enjoying books

What a treat to have the juniors reading stories to the seniors and vice versa.  Both groups enjoyed the experience and can't wait to do it again!  "Ashley read a funny story and George read a bumblebee book", said Riley.  Finn liked having two people reading to him.  "It was scary reading to seniors but I did it, said Finn

Telling the time

We are learning to tell the time in Room 1.  The children can show half and quarter past as well as o'clock using their own hands.  (We have just finished learning about halves and quarters in our fractions unit.) We have such clever clocks in room 1!

Poukawa School athletics day

The lawns are trimmed, the cones are out, along with the rake and measuring tape, the discus and shot put have been polished, the crash pad and hurdles are out and waiting patiently for the children to run, jump, throw and leap as high and as far as they can.  Yup it's athletics day!  It's all on and we can't wait.

The children were able to show off their impressive skills in front of proud parents, grandparents and whanau members.  I was so proud of the children for showing their 'give it a go attitudes'. 

Tino pai Poukawa School children, staff, especially Adam and all his hard work and our whanau who came to tautoko the children. 

Fantastic new tool for our school. We want one!

We have the loan of a new tool in our classroom. It's a huge TV and we are watching "Alive" with David Attenborough at the Natural History Museum in London. This is an interactive tool a bit like our whiteboards, but more versatile and mobile. Very cool!

What is it?

       After the weekend the dinosaur had broken out of its shell some more.  Makayla thinks it might be a triceatops because she can see its frill and a horn on its nose and two other horns on its head.  She can also see some ripples on its thick legs.

Poukawa school goes to the aquarium to visit the dinosaur footprints exhibition.

The Wheels on the Poukawa School bus went round and round to the National Aquarium of Aotearoa. On the bus were 31 very excited 5,6 and 7 year olds ready for an adventure with the aquarium palaeontologists.  We were greeted by palaentologists Carol and Carly and taken to the special exhibition room where we were split into two groups.  Each group was taken to the lab to make their own fossil dinosaur footprints.  While this was happening the other group was making dinosaur footprints in the sand and exploring the special features of the dinosaur exhibition.  A fantastic tour was had by all and a very big thank you to the very knowledgable palaeontologists at the National Aquarium of Aotearoa.  

Dinosaur Hatching

        I spy with my little eye........ It's almost here.  Keep watching this space.

Dinosaur Cracks

It is the second day since we submerged the dinosaur egg and there is another crack in the egg.  But no dinosaur yet.  Keep watching!  By Daniel

A herd of hungry Stegosaurus munching on agapanthus at Poukawa School.

We found this herd of hungry Stegosaurus munching and crunching on the Agapanthus.  Who said dinosaurs were extinct!   Come to Poukawa School and you will find many different species.

Dinosaur Egg

Look at what happened to our dinosaur egg over night.  One little crack....  We are so excited what will happen next?

Dinosaur Egg

Room 1 has a dinosaur egg to hatch.  We followed the instructions and submerged our dinosaur egg in water.  It says it will hatch in 48 hours but after 12 hours we will see slight cracks in the egg shell.  It's very exciting!  

I wonder what species of dinosaur will hatch?  Will it be a Tyrannosaurus Rex, or a Triceratops or even a Stegosaurus?  Stay tuned we'll keep you up to date with its progress.

We are learning to write information reports about Dinosaurs

This is Kaitlyn's writing. She has used paragraphs to write about Triceratop's habitat, what he looked like, how long ago he lived and his diet.  Her planning is on the left in boxes.  Good job Kaitlyn.

Makayla's medal

Makayla got a gold badge for her ballet exam.  She got distinction in her first exam.  Congratulations Makayla

Ryan's Unison Medal

Yesterday I  got   a Unison  medal  for  being the  most improved player.  Some of the Magpies were there.

The s'mores

The s'mores  were yummy and crummy. It was crunchy and it exploded in my mouth . It felt gooey, sticky, and glossy.  First we got 2x biscuits and 1 marshmallow. Mine was right  .

By K.K.

S'mores

It tasted.... spectacular like strawberry in my mouth. It looked like it was going to explode like an earthquake inside my throat.

S'mores

I like the s'mores. They are so yummy.

S'mores

It looked yummy I want one million of them. It was like a crash, my ears went bung. It was amazing! It was delicious! I touched it, and it didn't let go. The marshmallow was strawberry

S'mores

S'mores are so good they taste like a soft pillow in my mouth and they taste like candy floss.

S'mores

The s'mores were yummy and crummy. They were crunchy, gooey. They exploded in my mouth. They felt like gooey clouds and like a glossy pillow. It looked like there had been an earthquake inside the s'mores . The marshmallows looked like they were  daisy petals 

By makayla