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**Term 3** **Welcome back to Term 3. I hope you had a great holiday and got to** **enjoy some lovely sunshine.** In Landscape Learning our topics are: Get Firewise Birds The Rugby World Cup

To play games about being firewise you can go to www.firewise.org.nz

On Friday we performed the Tongan dance again because many children were away in the last week of term 2. Here is a link to watch the dance. Thanks to Louise for her videoing skills. We would also like to say a very big thank you to Lole Turner for all her help with teaching us the dance moves and for sewing the costumes. Thank you to all the parents that helped to dress the children for their perforamnces.
 * Week 1 **

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In the weekend Joshua bought a mouse. He told us all about it. The children wrote about his special pet.
 * Week 2 **

Joshua's Pet Joshua has a pet mouse. I hope Joshua is going to be responsible for his pet. It lives in a box. Joshua's pet is black and white. He is playful. He eats mouse food. I wish I could go there. By Jamie

Joshua's Pet Mouse On Saturday Joshua went to the pet shop. He went to get mice for him,his big brother and his little brother. The colour of Joshua's pet is black and white. Joshua's mouse eats mice food. I would love to have a mouse because mice are cute and because mice don't make a noise. I wish I can have a mouse! By Guinivere

Joshua's mouse is black and w﻿hite. Joshua's mouse is in a box. Joshua's mouse is friendly. His mouse is nice. By Jaiden

Joshua's Pet Joshua has a pet mouse. Its name is Black and White. Its food is in a can. Joshua's mouse has black patches on its back. Joshua loves mice. I wish that I could have a mouse too. It lives in a box with a hole on top. Joshua keeps his mouse near the door so everyone can see it. I hope Joshua is responsible for his pet. By Sydney

Joshua's Pet Mouse Joshua has a pet mouse.He feeds his mouse every day. His brothers also have a mouse. Joshua's mouse is black and white and his big brother has a white and brown mouse. By Nadine

Some very keen readers found in the library at luchtime.

**This week we have been reading Poggy Frog and the Flies. We decided to paint the characters** **from this book. Look out for our completed art work. We should be finished by the end of week 4.**
 * Week 3 **

**Thomas shared his knowledge about the cookie cutter shark for news this week. The children were fascinated with this shark. We did some research on the internet, looked at pictures and watched a video clip. We then wrote facts about** **this shark.**

**Do you know how long a cookie cutter shark can grow? 90 cm. A cookie cutter shark can attack a whale. It will attach its lips to the whale and the cookie cutter shark will leave a cookie shape mark on the whale. I wish I could see a cookie cutter shark.** **By Vansh**

**Cookie Cutter Sharks** **Have you ever seen a cookie cutter shark before? I haven't. The cookie cutter shark lives in deep water. I have seen a movie of a cookie cutter shark. I think the cookie cutter shark is fascinating.** **By Ashton﻿** **Here is the link to the video clip.**

@http://youtu.be/syISlRJTaw4

**On Monday morning, Firefighter Matt visited Wakaaranga school to teach the year 0 and year 1 children about being firewise. He talked about lighters, matches and candles. We watched a** **video on how a candle can cause a fire. We learned that smoke alarms can save lives. We listened to a story of how a girl saved herself when her house was on fire. We also practised how to GET DOWN, GET LOW and GET OUT FAST. We are now firewise and can help save lives.**
 * Week 4 **

**media type="custom" key="10258179"﻿** **Here is a website about fire safety you might enjoy.**

http://www.sparky.org/#/Sparky

media type="custom" key="10299677"Class reading Poggy Frog and the Flies

**This week we painted and wrote about fire engines. Look at our paintings displayed in the corridor outside our room. We enjoyed learning about being firewise and the great jobs that firefighters do.** **We are now firewise and will receive our certificates next week.** **Our paintings of the characters of Poggy Frog and the Flies are on display in our classroom. You can also see them on the separate art work page.** **﻿** **Week 6** **This week we will be doing art with Mrs Murray on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternnon from 1:30 to 3pm. Look out for photos of our completed work.**
 * Week 5 **

**We are very excited about the Rugby World Cup. Here is a website you might enjoy.**

@http://www.ruggerland.co.nz/

**Here is the you tube clip of the song Pass me the Ball**

@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5s-ElIADvM

Here is the music to KIwi Kids Theme.

@http://youtu.be/X-brz3rHdUk

**﻿** Photo taken by Sydney Miss Khadaied is our new student teacher. She is from the University of Auckland. She is learning to be a teacher. She will be in 3a until the end of the term. media type="custom" key="10404746"

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Photos taken by Yan Yu

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Hooray!!! The rugby world cup begins tomorrow. We have many flags in our class to support the twenty teams. We can't wait for the opening ceremony and the fireworks display. Some of us are going to see it live. There is a problem because the rugby league match is at the same time. Which game will you be watching? We wish that the All Blacks win the RWC 2011. ** Go the All Blacks!!!!! ** ===== ** Shared story by 3a. ** **Listen to us sing our firewise song.** **media type="custom" key="10404460"﻿** **On Friday we had a blackout day to support the mighty ALL BLACKS. This is how we looked.**

**﻿** **  ﻿**  **We sang songs at the RWC celebration on the tiger turf at 2:30.** **media type="youtube" key="QEg69-hEZBo?hl=en" height="349" width="425"﻿** **﻿** **Week 7** **This week we are learning to write a procedure. A procedure tells you how to do something or what needs to be done. Here is an example of a procedure.** **What do you do if you hurt yourself at lunchtime in the playground** **1. Find the duty teacher.** **2. Tell the teacher what happened.** **3. Go to the office if you are told.** **4. Sit on the chair and wait.** **5. Tell what happenend.** **6. Go to the sickbay.** **7. Get help.** **8. Go back to the playground.**

**This procedure was written by Sydney and Jaiden and edited by 3a.** **Great job everyone!**

**A Free Playball Lesson** **On Wednesday Coach Jeff and his team gave us a free lesson on throwing, catching,and kicking. This is what we did.** **﻿** **﻿**  **Week 8** **﻿**﻿**﻿** **Congratulations Guinivere! You won Floppy, a fluffy toy elephant at assembly last Friday. Guinivere's name was picked from all the year one children. Floppy now sleeps on Guinivere's bed.** **Lucky Guinivere! **

On Thursday we wrote a procedure on how to make microwave popcorn. Here are the instructions written by Yan Yu. How to make microwave popcorn 1. Remove the plastic bag. 2. Read the instructions. 3. Open the microwave. 4. Put the bag in the microwave and turn it on. 5. Wait for the popcorn to stop popping. 6. Open the microwave and take it out carefully. 7. Enjoy eating it. media type="custom" key="10593076" Photos by George

See all the Rugby World Cup results on this website. @http://rugby.europcar.ie/
 * Week 9﻿ **

The Junior Cross Country

media type="custom" key="10622046" Cross Country Yesterday the junior children were doing cross country. The year one, two and zero children were running on the top court. We got changed before lunch. Isla got a silver, Tara got a gold and Sydney got a bronze certificate. I wish I ran. By Krish

Cross Country On Tuesday we went to cross country for running.We waited for the year zeros to run. Then it was our turn to run. Tara and Isla and Sydney had a challenge but they were lucky because they all got a certificate. I liked the cross country because I ran fast. By Nadine

The Cross Country Yesterday afternon the junior children went to the top court. The year zero girls ran first add then the year ones wnt second. I ran a little bit fast and Tara was the first one. Isla was the second one and Sydney came third. They got a certificate. Tara got the gold one. Isla got the silver one. Sydney got the bronze. We went back to class. The cross country was great. By Yan Yu

Our Cross Country Yesterday we had a race. First the year zero ran. The year ones were after the year zero. The teacher has to say "Go". After that we ran. Then Tara beat Sydney and Isla. Sydney was third and Isla was second. Then it was time to go and get your certificate. The cross country was fantastic because the race was great. By Lucy

The Cross Country Yesterday afternoon the juniors went for a run. I came tenth or eleventh in the cross country. How fast are you? I'm really fast. I like cross country. Do you? cross country. At the end of the cross country Tara got a gold sticker on her certificate. Isla got a silver one and Sydney got a bronze one. I am proud of them. By Scarlett

**﻿** **﻿**  **﻿**  **﻿**  **Photos by Nadine** **On Tuesday, Mandy and Mickey from the Whitford Wild Bird Care Centre visited us.**
 * Week 10 **
 * On Monday Jaiden brought LB, his pet budgie to school. What a surprise. LB is cute and he eats many treats. His wings are clipped to stop him from flying away. Krish and Breanna got to hold him. **
 * Thank you to Jaiden's mum for bringing LB to 3a. **

**media type="custom" key="10732954"﻿** **Look at who had yummy lunch with the principal on Tuesday!** **﻿** **﻿**