School photos are going to be held on Wednesday 31st July. The photographers usually start at 9.00am - with individual photos, class photos and finally sibling photos.
A flyer has been sent home with details about the process for ordering etc. The individual child keycodes will be sent home after the photos have taken place. These can be used to order photos directly online. The keycodes will give you access to individual/sibling and class photos for your child/ren.
The flyer also has a section on the back to fill out and return if you would like sibling/group photos.
- Children are asked to wear correct clean uniform.
Kea Class
Recently Kea Class have been asking the Question:
Are the 4 birds on our school logo the 'best fit for our school and our area?'
This ties into our learning about the local wildlife in our area. We recently had a debate in class and discussed our different reasons for different birds to be placed on our school logo. We would love to share our ideas and opinions at our Matariki Celebration Day, and provide whānau the opportunity to have your say and share your ideas about what birds you think are the best fit for our school.
Karmani - Dinosaurs lived in New Zealand. The moa had big legs.
Bridie - Some dinosaurs had feathers on their skin. They all had scaly skin.
Rayan - Reptiles ate eggs. Some dinosaurs were meat eaters. They are called carnivores.
Breanna - Dinosaurs had straight legs. Plesiosaurs were swimming reptiles. Pterodactyls were flying reptiles.
Millie - Once Australia and New Zealand were joined together. But, millions of years ago Australia and New Zealand broke up very slowly. New Zealand had four dinosaurs. There was the Pterodactyl, the Theropod, the Parasaurolophus, the Titanasaur and possibly the Kilosaurus.
Khanoa - We don't have dinosaurs any more because when the meteorite hit Earth, all of the animals died. There was lots of dirt and dust, which made the Earth go dark. Earth cooled down and the plants didn't grow. 70% of life on Earth died.
Class Discussion about Ancient New Zealand
New Zealand used to be more like Northern Queensland.
It was warmer and the sea temperature was possibly 25 degrees all year round.
We had crocodiles, penguins, flamingoes, 1m tall parrots and turtles (to name a few).
The vegetation was mostly Beech trees and dense rugged forest.
Which one doesn't belong?
This is based on the learning all teachers and students have been doing, having discussions at home using maths language is a great way to continue to build maths competencies. There are no right or wrong answers for this photo- but share it at home and come up with as many possible answers for which number doesn't belong. Please note the picture attached is Weka Class turning their results into a bar graph.
