Kaikoura Suburban School

The Fantail class have been learning to use their thinking key competency.
We have been focusing on the sparkly hats on the wall in our room.
They are ‘Edward de Bono’s’ thinking hats – (turns out that many afternoon Shearwaters thought that they were invented by Mrs Chambers!!!)
Each hat is a different colour and for a different type of thinking.
Please enjoy our iMovie of us having fun at the fabulous drum show and our reflection using the six thinking hats.

This term in the Library Fantail Room we have started learning about and using Habits of Mind skills to help us become successful, independent learners.

What are Habits of Mind?
Habits of Mind are thinking habits that help us become successful at solving problems. They help us to develop our thinking skills, evaluate our learning and reflect on it. Habits of Mind complement Suburban School’s “FORCE” values in our classroom and in the playground, helping us to achieve the Key Competencies in the New Zealand Curriculum. These excellent thinking skills therefore help us to climb our mountain of learning for life.

The Habits of Mind that we are using in the classroom this term are: Persistence, Make it Right, Stop and Think, Listening, Work with Others, Create and Innovate. We have a rocket poem that inspires us to blast off into the success zone of learning every day. We hope you enjoy it.

Blake’s grandad and grandma brought to school their big red truck.  The children thought it was cool!  ”It was clever how the front of the cab dropped forward and I loved sitting in the cab, ” explained Tiana.  ”The truck has to have tall sides to keep the animals safe,” informed Reuben.  ” I loved looking at the motor,” Blake said.  ”We loved sitting on the bed,” Eli and Xenobia sang together.  ”I liked looking inside the cab and the motor,” Oliver explained.  ”I liked listening to all the places in NZ the truck visits,” Emma told us.  Olivia learnt that the cattle entered at the back of the truck.  ”I like it when Blake’s grandad put the passengers chair forward,” explained Jacob.
Fantail class would like to thank Blake’s grandad and nana for bringing the big red truck to school.

Thursday 22 October was a productive day at Kaikoura Suburban School with receiving our Sunsmart Accreditation award and hosting a ‘Healthy Snacks for our lunch box.’
Martin and local members of our Cancer Society Support Group came to acknowledge this great achievement.

Sunsmart Accreditation

Following this we made and ate lots of scrummy snacks – Vic made tortilla chips flavoured with sweet chilli sauce, a sprinkly of parsley sprayed lightly and baked, Chris made a tasty pasta salad, Livi made the tasty hummus ever – our own creation! Mere and Julia helped with the ham and cheese rolls.
To finish we each made a tortilla or pita wrap filled with lots of goodies.  We also sampled the cheese we made and snacked on the other foods we made earlier.
A special thanks to Vic for driving down from Blenheim and the parents who came to help and participate.  We hope lunch boxes will be even easier to create!

Eating our tortilla wraps

We had a wonderful trip to Fyffe View Ranch last Tuesday.  Thank you very much to our hosts and the parents who were able to come and make our day a success.  We fed a wide range of animals, had a horse ride and a treasure hunt.

Kia ora

We have had a fabulous week!!  Lots of Athletics training for the big day at Kaikoura Primary School on Tuesday.  We hope you are able to come and support us.

We have been very busy planning and making a practice image. We got some good feedback from the senior class for the images we are going to put on the fence.  Holly’s Dad has kindly taken some boards home for the weekend to cut out our shapes for us.   Thank you very much Steve!!!  We welcome any feedback you may have to help us make the best possible images we can create.

Have a fabulous weekend and remember it is only school for the Teachers on Monday.