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.  

Maqushio's Zoo Story

Maqushio's favourite animal at the zoo was the tiger.  Here is Maqushio reading his story about the tiger.

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.

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.

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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Dancing Tiger

Listen to Maqushio's story about a dancing tiger.  Who do you think the tiger's favourite singer is?

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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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.

Cupcake madness

Today we made cupcakes and they were yummy.  We worked together to add and mix all the ingredients then we iced cupcakes and ate them up in the playground.  Take a look at what we did.  

Two of the children wrote stories about the cupcakes.  Do you like cupcakes too? 

Introducing A3

We have had two days back at school already and we are getting to know each other.  Take a look at our video to get to know the students who are part of A3 this year.  They can't wait to share all their leaning with you.