Week 3 Term 4

This week we have all been trying to walk to school. Every day we walk to school we get a clip on ‘the foot’ attached to our school bag. We are aiming to walk for 20 days within a calendar month. Those who do will go in a draw for some special prizes.



On Friday those children who walk on the walking school bus got to walk to school with some very important people like – Mrs Heasman, Mr Peel, Police officers and members of the council as we launched our school involvement in the Travel wise programme.
All the children on the ‘walking bus’ got to have hot chocolate and a muffin. Below is a photo of the children in our class who catch the bus enjoying their morning treat.



Friday night we ventured out for the school’s Halloween disco. I think you’ll agree we all looked quite scary.

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Week 2 Term 4

Book week has been a fun filled and busy week-




On Monday afternoon we all went to different rooms to do a book week activity. Every room had children from across the school which was great fun.

On Tuesday the librarian from Northcote Public Library came and told us stories using a felt board and read us a new book.



On Wednesday we went back to our cross group and finished the activity we started on Monday. Here we are proudly showing some of the things we made.

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On Thursday Lyn Kriegler came and showed us the illustrations she painted for the story Seadog. They were stunning. Lyn also used puppets to tell us stories and we laughed and laughed.

She also showed us how we could draw a dinosaur starting off with an eye and then drawing a rugby ball around it and a lion starting off with LYN. It was so interesting to watch her draw. Lyn brought along her teddy that she had when she was little, a teddy she use to tell stories to.

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On Friday we joined in our traditional book character parade. It’s always such a fantastic event. Even some of our younger siblings joined in the fun as well. Clifford made an appearance and later came and saw us in our classroom.

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Melissa ( Jamie N's mum) came in and read us one of Jamie’s favourite stories.



By Friday afternoon we were exhausted.

Book week at Northcote primary is always a lot of fun and we can't wait to do it again next year.

Week 10 Term 3

This has been a very busy week. On Monday the Northcote college kapa haka group preformed for us in the hall. They showed us the difference between a boy and girl haka as well as preformed a song with poi’s

Tuesday we tried our hand at weaving. It really is a little tricky to remember when you’re only five to go under and over one way and then over and under on the next.





Wednesday we went to the marae- Wow what a wonderful time we had. This was a unique experience for most of us as we took part in the powhiri and watched the carver in action

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Week 9 Term 3

Here is a photo of the taniwha’s we painted last week.


This week we have been learning about Marae protocols as we prepare to visit the Awataha Marae next week. For many of us this will be our very first experience of entering a Marae

We have also continued to write information reports. This week we wrote one about the wood pigeon as they like the moa were used by the early Maori people as a source of food and their feathers used for cloaks. Two new podcast have been added on the right hand side of the page as two children ( Tor and Marie ) share their knowledge about the moa with us all.


The children are very proud of their art work and it can be viewed in the library this week . Orders to make these wonderful pieces of art work into cards and/or calendars need to be placed by the end of the week.

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Week 8 Term 3

Here we are working on our calendar art. We have painted our trees using cardboard and sponges. The finished piece of work is made into a calendar and is available for sale later in the year.


This week we have read poems and books about the taniwha. We have written a description of our own taniwha and painted it. Below is a story we have read and enjoyed about the taniwha so much so that we have made a wall story about it.

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Our art work on the koru is now finished and on display in our room. We are all very proud of our work. It looks amazing.

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Daffodil day week 7 Term 3

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On Friday dressed in green or yellow and wearing our amazing daffodil hats we took part in the daffodil day concert.

Week 7 Term 3

Below is our very first V-cast. We recited one of our favourite poems - The Huffing Giant. We tried to use lots of expression! Hope you enjoy listening.