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.

Farewell to Five

Yesterday was Maqushio, Shirley, Lolo, Malik and Rachael's last day in A3!  Our classes are getting too big so they have gone to B3 to help Miss Mooney start a new class.  We will miss them but we know they will have fun in B3.

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.  

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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Wattle at the Zoo.

We are going on a trip to the zoo next week and Malik has written a story about what he thinks Wattle might get up to.  

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.

Sweet Sticky Buns

We have been reading Greedy Cat and on Friday we decided to make some sweet sticky buns.  Take a look at the slide show to see how we did it.  Deziah and Maqushio did a great job as our official photographers. 

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Here is Amalani reading his story about the sticky buns.

The Dark Dark House

This week we have been reading a poem called 'The Dark Dark House'  We wanted to act it out and we needed a dark dark box to do it.  

Take a look at the video to hear us reading the poem and see what comes out of the box. 

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.

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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Where's Minxy

One of our school cats, Minxy, has gone missing.  We are very worried about her and we all hope she will come back soon.  Some of the children have written stories about what they think might have happened to Minxy, where do you think she might be?

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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:

Cleaning By Malik

While Chester was having his bath Malik was learning how to clean out the cage. 

Two little birds

Last week we read the poem two little dicky birds and we decided to paint pictures of what we thought the birds might look like.  We experimented with mixing the colours and it was a lot of fun.  Take a look at our video to see the results of our hard work and to listen to us reading the poem.



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.

Clowning around!

Last week we read the big book smarty pants. It's about a very clever clown and all the things he can do.   We decided to draw our own clowns and they look great! Take a look at the video to see our clowns and hear what they can do.   

Stu's mistake

On Tuesday Stu broke his cage, we think he might have been jumping around too much and it fell to pieces.  Luckily Stu was ok and on Wednesday a car and trailer came to school with a new cage for Stu.  We all went outside to watch and see what Stu thought of his new cage.  We think he really likes it.  Some of the children wrote stories about Stu and his new cage.  They did a great job reading their stories for the first time on the computer.