The great little school in the country
We’ve had a great time learning about the heart.
The heart pumps the blood around the body. The heart is red. All living things have a heart.
The blood is really red and full of oxygen when it leaves the heart in arteries, it comes back with carbon dioxide in veins.
The heart is the size of your fist.
By Samantha
In the Kea class we have been writing and reflecting about the Amazing Race which was held at Ocean Ridge on Friday the 24th February. Here are our recounts we wrote about the race.
On Friday the whole school went to the Amazing Race and the whole school needed to find some clues. In my group there was Blaise, Evelyn, Charlie, me and Andrea and we needed to run up hills. My favourite part was going on the gold course. At the Amazing Race we needed to answer some questions and follow a Map. By Seth
On Friday the whole of Suburban School went to the Amazing Race at Ocean Ridge. Josh’s dad, Kennedy, Hamish and I were in a team and we ran down the hills. We did the Amazing Race to get more energy and follow clues. It made me happy. I liked going on the hills. We had to sing ‘Individuality’. By Emma
On Friday the whole school went to Ocean Ridge for the race and we had to look for clues. Hamish, Kennedy and Emma were in my team. The whole school had lollies and we had to leap frog to Kahu and Fluttery. By Josh
On Friday the whole school went to Ocean Ridge for the Amazing Race and we had to find the clues. My group was Mya. Kassiah. Nevarda and I. We has to find the clues and run back to the place we started and we were last. We got the question right. My favourite part was leap frog to Kahu and Fluttery. By Eli
On Friday the whole of Suburban school went to the Amazing Race and we went to look for clues and we needed to answer questions. My favourtie part was the clues. We needed to play leap frog and we crossed a road. By Amber
On Friday the Suburban School went to the Amazing Race. In my group there was Hunter, Akeem and mw. It was really fun. I liked finding the clues and Kahu. By Brandon
On Friday the whole school went to Ocean Ridge for the Amazing Race. It was really fun. I want to do it again. We had to follow the posts to find the clues. By Solomon
On Friday Suburban School went to the Amazing Race. It was really fun and we had to find clues. It was at Ocean Ridge. Timeka, Ashley and I were in a team. We had to play leap frog. By Tyler.
On Friday Keas and Fantails went to the Amazing Race and we had to follow clues and we had to look at the pictures and find them. The people that were in my team were Summer, Levi, Stevie and Tim. My favourtie part was following the clues, finding Fauna and Flora and singing ‘It’s a dong about me’. By Oliver
On Friday Suburban School went to the Amazing Race. In my group there was Tyler. Timeka, Ashley and me. We found the sign. My favourtie part was leap frog, questions, Fluttery and Kahu. By Alex
On Friday I had fun at the Amazing Race. Seth, Evelyn, Blaise and me were in a team. I had to ask questions. We looked for clues. I liked leap frog the most. By Charlie
On Friday Suburban School went to the Amazing Race at Ocean Ridge. We had to find the clues and in my group there was Oliver, Levi and Summer. I found the last clue. My favourite part was finding the last clue and finding Fluttery and Kahu. I loved it. We had to find the All Blacks flag then we had to leap frog to Fluttery and Kahu then we had to find Flora and Fauna. Then we had to run back to the other groups and ear subway. Then we went to watch the seniors. By Stevie
To be healthy we need to enjoy grains, vegetables, fruits, meats, fish, dairy with lots of water exercise and sleep. The top of the food pyramid can be enjoyed as a treat from time to time.
How healthy will your meal be this week?
Well it has been a busy three weeks with Miss Macer and we have been learning lots of new things. We have been busy swimming in the afternoons although it is cold we still give it a go, even if it is for only 10 mins. The water temperature has been around 18 each day and if it is raining we don’t go in of course. We have two swimming groups and the Dolphin groups are learning the freestyle stroke and how to float like a starfish on their tummies and their back. The Star Fish group are learning that the water is a fun place to be and are blowing bubbles and several are getting wet up to their nose so it want be long and they will be ducking under the water as well.
We were lucky enough to get a full page spread in last weeks newsletter where we introduced Kahu the Kea to everybody. For those of you that didn’t get to read it here it is.
Introducing Kahu Kea
In the Keas class we have got a special kea that we can take home with us but only if we are the superstar of the day. He is a very cool hand puppet and makes amazing kea noises. Kahu has been home with everyone in the class now and has been on some amazing adventures. We write a story about where we have been and what we have done with Kahu while he was having a sleep over at our house. Here are some of the cool adventure stories from his sleep overs.
Kahu Kea and I danced to some music and then we went on the tramp. By Solomon
Kahu and I went shark fishing and got a big shark. It was a Hammerhead shark. Kahu slept in the top bunk bed in my room. By Oliver.
Kahu Kea met my dogs Booboo and Petal. Petal bit Kahu’s nose and Booboo was scared. Mum thinks Kahu Kea is really cool. By Eli
Kahu the Kea came home with me on the school bus then we rode our bikes and we ate our tea at a cafe. It was fun. By Stevie.
We will keep you updated on his adventures.
Kahu will be appearing in our blogs every now and then so we thought he better introduce himself to you all.
Kahu Kea URL link to add
The pukeko student’s have had a wonderful 1st week back at school!
We’ve been writing bio poems about ourselves, we really enjoyed that with lots of creativity. We’ve also been writing poems including personification which is a non human doing a person action eg. the tree waved in the cool breeze. For fitness we’ve been running around and then we’ve been taking our heart beats and pulse. After we had our data we made a stem and leaf graph with our resting pulse and our energetic pulse which was a challenge, but fun.
By fellow Pukekos Allie Miller and James Sutherland.
Michelle Spencer Principal
Viv Battersby Office Manager
Chris Chambers Fantail Teacher
Maree Baynton Kea Teacher
Rebecca Macer Kea Teacher
Sue Rogers Shearwater Teacher
Elesha Dunlea Pukeko Teacher
Mary Riddell Teacher Aide
Andrea Prince Teacher Aide
