All I want for Christmas . . .

Here are three more letters to Santa written by Noelani, Ofa and Ashley.  I hope Santa has been looking at our blog!

Dinosaur Prints

Last week we were very busy working on  dinosaur prints. It was a lot of work but we love the results. We made two different prints.  For the first one we chose one colour of ink to use, then we used dye and creative glue to add detail to the picture.  For our second print we were allowed to chose two different colours of ink.  Take a look at our slide show and let us know what you think.

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Friendly Lions, By Ashley

Ashley has made some new friends.  Listen to her story to find out who they are.

The lions are coming to my house because I am feeding them.

Ashley's lion story

Ashley has written a story about lionesses working together to hunt their prey.  What do you think they caught?

Bye Bye Wattle

Friday was Wattle's last day in A3.  He has been visiting us from Australia for the last 7 weeks and now it is time for him to go back to his class Learning Together.  We have had lots of fun with Wattle and we are going to miss him, but we are looking forward to seeing our giraffe Wally again.  Take a look at the video to see what Wattle got up to while he was with us.  

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Here is a video of us singing a goodbye song for Wattle.

Meeting the kittens

On Thursday we skyped with our friends in Australia, Learning Together.  We got to see their rabbit blue bell and her seven kittens.  The kittens have grown since we last saw them and Wally is having a great time playing with them.  You can see Wally playing with the kittens by clicking here.   

Wattle is saying hi to his classmates.  

Ashley's Zoo Story

Ashley's favourite animals at Auckland Zoo were the seals.  We got to go under the ground and see the seals swimming under the water!  

Going to the zoo!

We went to Auckland Zoo yesterday and had a great time.  We were lucky the sun came out and all the animals were very active.  Wattle came with us and he had lots of fun and he made some new friends. 

Wattle met some friends at the zoo and he saw a real wombat's skull!  

Take a look at the slide show and movie to see photos and videos of the day. 

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Futuristic Transport

Once a week A3 goes to the library to work on the computers with Ms Clark.  Last week they were learning to use kidpix to draw futuristic transport.  Take a look at their amazing creations.

Run run as fast as you can!

On Friday we baked gingerbread men.  It was a messy job but lots of fun!  We watched the gingerbread men carefully to make sure none of them ran away and lucky for us none of them did. 


The gingerbread men waiting to be eaten



The Gingerbread Man

We have been reading different versions of the Gingerbread Man this week.  Some of the children have written their own versions, watch the video to see what they wrote.

Wattle and Wally have arrived!

Today we received an envelope in the post and inside we found Wattle and Wally.  There was also some vegemite and a book full of stories that the children from Prep K and Prep S had written.  Wattle and Wally said they had had a great trip, although they had been a little frightened by the tornado.  Wattle is going to stay with us and Wally is going to spend his time in A4.  Take a look at the video to see what Wattle got up to on his first day here.

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Teddy Bears Picnic

On Friday our Teddy's came to school for a picnic.  We spent the morning getting them dressed up and ready for the big teddy parade, and then we made some fairy bread for our picnic.  We think the teddys really enjoyed coming to school for the day.

Fantastic Frog

Yesterday we had a frog in our classroom.  It was really exciting to watch him climbing the walls with his sticky feet and jumping into the water.  Some of the children wrote about what they think a frog eats.  Can you think of anything else they might eat, leave us a comment and let us know.

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Red and Black Day

On Friday we had our red and black day to support all the people in Christchurch who were affected by the  earthquake.

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Bubbles

Last week we read the book 'Bubbles' and on Friday we went out to blow some bubbles of our own.  It was a perfect day for bubble blowing and we had lots of fun. Check out our video.

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Here are some of the children reading stories they wrote about our bubble experience.

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Our Garden

We have been doing some gardening over the last couple of weeks.  First we had to pull out all the old plants from the garden then we planted some vegetables and flowers.  It was a lot of work but we are happy with our new garden

This is our garden before we pulled out the weeds.

Take a look at our slide show to see all the work we did:

Fruit Kebabs

On Friday it was Miss Sinclair's last day in our class until she comes back in May.  As a farewell Miss Sinclair made fruit kebabs with us.  We made enough to share with A1 and A1 made chocolate sundaes for us.  It was a very fun day and everyone enjoyed the yummy food.  Thanks Miss Sinclair! 

Here is a Rohit's story about making the fruit kebabs.

Introducing Ashley

Ashley turned five yesterday and joined our class.  Welcome to A3 Ashley, we hope you enjoy being in our class.