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Term 2
Welcome back to term 2. I hope everyone had a good holiday and did not eat too much of chocolate. This term our landscape learning topics are: Our Senses and Move and Groove. In Week 7 we will celebrate Book Week.

We wrote about our holidays this week. We also had art lessons with Mrs Sharp on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon. We had a busy start to the term.
 * Week 1 **

In the holidays I watched the Royal wedding. Princess Catherine and Prince William got married. Princess Catherine's dress looked beautiful. I liked the dress. I thought the dress could have some more bits on it. It was fantastic.because I got to watch the royal wedding. By Breanna
 * My Holidays **

** My Holidays ** In the holidays I went on the boat. I caught four fish that we can eat. My dad caught a fish but we needed to bleed it. It was also my birthday. I got heaps of presents.My presents were cool. The holidays was cool! By Ashton

In the holidays I went to the park. I went to get a helmet.My holidays was great. By David
 * My Holidays **

This week we looked at the Auckland Zoo website. Here is the link.

www.aucklandzoo.co.nz 

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Week 2 Our art work in the foyer.

Last week Thursday we had a free Kelly Sports lesson. Look at what we did.



Scarlett brought some things from home that we could smell. Here is Sydney smelling some mint.



**Week 3** **I have a budgie. It has a cage. My budgie can bite. We were excited.** **By Jaiden**

**This week, for our senses unit we are learning about the sense of sight. We drew** **pictures with our eyes shut. We played a game of Blind Tag. Look at our photos.** **We also wrote about: If I were blind ......**

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Scarlett shared her news about a baby baboon born at Auckland Zoo. Thank you,Scarlett. The children then wrote about the baboon.

Sekani Sekani can climb onto his mum's back. He has small teeth. The baby likes to eat hard food. It was born in the middle of April in Auckland Zoo. He drinks his mum's milk. I wish I can go to Aucland Zoo to see Sekani. By Sydney

Sekani the Baboon At Auckland Zoo a new baby called Sekani was born in the middle of April! He has very sharp teeth. Sekani looks cute. I like Sekani. Can I go and see Sekani? By Scarlett

The Baby Auckland Zoo has a baboon. Its name is Sekani. He has little teeth. He is cute! By Isla

Sekani Sekani is a baby baboon. He drinks milk and he rides on his mum's back. I wish I could go to the zoo to see the baboon. By Krish **Lucky Friday**!



Today we won Malcolm the Monkey for being the best behaved class at assembly and the E Award for the tidiest cloak bay. What a lucky day. It was also great to see many children getting certificates. Well done Jaiden for getting 3 certificates at one assembly! Wow!



This week we are learning about sound. The children with the help of their wonderful parents were very creative in making musical instruments. We played the musical instruments. What fun! Listen to 3a's band of musicians. media type="custom" key="9577412"
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We went on a long walk to Wakaaranga Creek. We used our senses to see, hear, smell and touch things. look out for our recounts of this walk.

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media type="custom" key="9551052" **The Walk to Wakaaranga Creek** **Yesterday we went for a walk to Wakaaranga Creek. It was fun. I saw a Maori man on** **a sign.** **My nana told me a lot of things. I liled the walk.** **By Thomas**
 * On our walk we saw dirty water. I saw a bird flying in the air. **
 * By David **

On Monday, Tuesday and Thursday we were learning soccer skills with Little Kickers. We worked with two coaches.
 * Week 5 **

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** Little Kickers ** At Little Kickers we played a pirate game for our warm up. By Nadine

** Little Kickers ** This morning we went and played soccer. First we played a pirate game and the next game was soccer. By Yan Yu

** Soccer ** This morning the class went to soccer. The teams were red and green. I was in the green team. It was superb. I loved it. Jamie

In the morning I did soccer and our best game was the pirate game, then the ice-cream game. We were playing soccer. George scored a goal. It was fantastic! By Krish
 * Soccer **

** Little Kickers ** I liked the ice cream game the best. It was fantastic and we all liked the games. Then we did little kicks. By Lucy

This morning we went to the tiger turf. First we played the pirate game. Next we played an ice cream game. At the end we got into 2 teams and played soccer. It was a super duper game. By Varick I played the ice cream game. I liked playing this game. By Luna
 * Soccer **
 * Little Kickers **


 * Little Kickers **

We were on the tiger turf playing a pirate game. It was 2 coaches. It was cool playing the games. The games were great. By Guinivere

This week we are learning about the sense of taste. We read a big book called The Gingerbread Man. We decided to make gingerbread people and taste them. What great learning and fun. Thank you to Miss Patel and Mrs Warburton for their help. Look at the photos taken by Isla.

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3a's Gingerbread People Do you know what we did yesterday? We made gingerbread people yesterday. Making gingerbread is a great expeirence. I liked it. Mrs Warburton helped us. I think gingerbread people are superb! By Breanna
 * Well done Isla! **

3a's Gingerbread People On Tuesday, in the morning, Mrs Govender told us about the exciting news. Making Gingerbread People!! On Tuesday we made gingerbread. We had to make the dough. By George

Gingerbread We went to the staffroom and we made gingerbread. By Luna

3'a Ginger Bred People Yesterday, we made gingerbread people in the afternoon. When I ate it, it tasted like honey. Everyone likes gingerbread people. It was a great experience baking gingerbread people. It was a fantastic day. By Varick

Gingerbread Yesterday we made gingerbread men. We put honey, flour and sugar in a bowl. We decorated them. We put them in the oven. We made yummy gingerbread men. We felt happy. By Lucy Yesterday we went to the staffroom and it was a really fun experience because it tasted good. By Nadine
 * The Gingerbread Man **

Gingerbread People Yesterday 3a made gingerbread. It tasted delicious and it was fun. By Joshua

Yesterday we went to the staffroom. Then we mixed the things. Then I put decorations. It was great. By Yan Yu
 * Gingerbread People **

On Tuesday we had our first Rippa Rugby lesson.
 * Week 6 **





On Friday we painted Gingerbread Men. Look out for our art work next week.

This week is Book Week. We are learning about Tonga.We made Tongan flags.
 * Week 7 **

On Tuesday we watched the musical performance called Jump to It. On Tuesday we had our second Rippa Rugby lesson. We practiced pulling the tags off each other. What fun!!!


 * Here is our completed art work. You can see them displayed in our class. **

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This is what we wrote about the musical performance.
 * Thank you to George's mum for sharing her knowledge about Tonga. We enjoyed listening**
 * to you about life in Tonga.We have learned so much.** **We enjoy sitting on the tapa.**

Jump to It We watched Jump to it. It was funny. By Jaiden

Jump to It Jump to it was so funny because the pirate scared Clare. Clare went through the river and through the forest. I felt happy. By David Jump To It It was fun to go with our class. I was hot. We all went. It was funny and fun. I was watching and she was stuck in her game. She was singing lots of songs. By Heydi Jump to It Our class went to the hall because it was about book week. Their names are Clare and Ollie. When Ollie needed help, Ashton went up on thestage. It was great. By Guinivere On Thursday we are having a Games afternoon. We will wear the colours on the Tongan flag- red and white.
 * Remember to carry your shorts, t-shirt and trainers to school on Thursday. **

**Week 8** On Tuesday we had our last Rippa Rugby lesson. We played a game of Rippa Rugby in 4 groups.



This week we were learning a poem about a woolly hat. We had a technology challenge on Friday. We got newspaper,scissors and sellotape. We worked in pairs and had to help each other to make a hat. The hat had to cover and fit our heads. Look at our creations. media type="custom" key="9870639"

**On Friday was our school disco. Check out our crazy hair and our dance moves.**

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**Week 9**


 * On Tuesday we did a science experiment. It was ice magic because we could pick **
 * up the ice-cube without touching it. We used ice-cubes, **** string, salt, a plate **** and a **
 * spoon. We followed some steps. The experiment was a **** success because the string **
 * stuck to the ice-cube. The experiment was interesting. **
 * Look at our photos. **

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Week 10 Photos by Breanna
 * Cute Roxy **
 * Do you know who Roxy is? Roxy is a red eared slider turtle that belongs to **
 * Miss Holder. She got Roxy from her little brother. Roxy swims happily in her **
 * tank in 6F. **

In Maths we are learning about measurement. We are using words like short, shorter than, shortest, long, longer than,longest. tall, taller than and tallest to describe objects. Today we had to investigate: How long is my shoe? Look at our investigations.











**Week 11** **The highlight of this week is our Move and Groove performance. We performed a Tongan dance** **for our parents on Wednesday and Thursday. We were missing two dancers. Next term we will perform the dance again on Friday, 5 August so these children can be** **part of this learning experience.** **media type="custom" key="10098463"﻿**

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