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The Heart

admin — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:26:47 +0000

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

Our Amazing Race recounts.

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:51:09 +0000

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

Food Pyramid

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:41:00 +0000

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?

Challenge!

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:33:03 +0000

What do you see?
What do you think?
What do you wonder?

Kea class news and Kahu Kea

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:53:43 +0000

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 Fun Week Back In The Pukeko Class!!!!

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:34:11 +0000

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.

Shearwaters Camp

admin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:39:23 +0000

This year Shearwaters class stayed at The Point Woolshed!
The team were incredible!
The class worked with The Hutton’s Shearwater Charitable Trust, Department of Conservation and Trees for Travellers. The weather was incredibly hot but that didn’t stop all the students walking miles and working hard.
Thank you so much to Peter and Gwenda for allowing us to use their amazing woolshed, Lindsay Rowe for spending time and knowledge with us, Brett and Dave for providing water, humour and knowledge, Sarah for providing such detailed knowledge of the past at Fyffe House and all of our amazing parents for making our camp so successful!

Shearwater Camp 2011

Mistletoe Bay rocks!

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:03:45 +0000

Pukeko class had 3 magic days at Mistletoe Bay last week. The sun shone, the optimists scooted across the water, the kayaks glided passed the sites, sneakers pounded the walking tracks, children busy preparing yummy food, exploring the beach for crabs and critters, relaxing in our homely whares, camp fires on the beach, wharf jumping in to the depths of the sea and much more.
Thank you to Jonathan for supporting our camp, Richard de Hamel who came over from Nelson to talk about beach life and some games, the parents who were great always willingly to help and support the activities and mostly the children who were always E for excellent.

Wharf jumping

Sailing

Kayaking

Kaikoura Suburban School 135 years old.

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:33:09 +0000

The staff and students celebrated the special occasion of the school turning 135 years old with some of our grandparents, family and friends. The students had the opportunity to ask our visitors questions about school life from years gone by. We had a few ex students and one family that has had 4 generations go through the school.
The celebration was completed with cake and coffee.

Pukeko class

Fantails class

Fantail class

Kea class

Shearwater class

Congratulations Kaikoura Suburban School

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:44:51 +0000

Kim Foy has just released the results of the interschool Rugby World Cup competition. The competition consisted of creating a leaning tower of pisa, gumboot throwing and shooting hoops.
It was great to read that we were the overall winners with 1st and 2nd in the leaning tower of pisa, 2nd in shooting hoop competition and 3rd in the gumboot throw.
Thanks Sport Tasman for organising such a fun event and congratulations to all schools.