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=Kelly Tarlton's Overnight Trip= On Wednesday 7 November the Junior School visited Kelly Tarlton's and stayed over night. We saw the stingrays being fed, the penguins swimming and nesting, fed the fish and slept beneath the sharks! (among other exciting things!)







=Growing Seeds= We are studying how seeds grow and have planted sunflower seeds in our own pots. We continue to water our garden and will plant more vegetables soon.

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=Ag Day - 27 October=







=Our Garden= We have dug up and replanted our the gardens outside Rooms 5&6. Come and see our beautiful broccoli and marigolds.

=Hunua's Got Talent - 21 September=

The Moa Hunters entertained us with their dramatic item. We think that Riley and Cody from our room were especially awesome!



== =Grandparents Day and Science Fair - 12 September= Our very special Mrs Berys Gaskin (Community Helper and surrogate grandmother to Room 6) attended Grandparents Day along with many grandparents and parents. The children enjoyed sharing lunch with them all and showing them around the classrooms.

=Science experiments= We made ice cream!







We made butter and scones. And yoghurt.



=Farewell to Owen, Josh, Aimee and Alyssa who have now moved up to Room 5. Lucky Room 5!= You will be missed from our room guys, but we will still see you in the playground. = = =Magic Show= At the end of term, Room 6 was invited over to play centre see a magic show.



== =Recitations - 21 June= Over the past nine weeks, the children from Rooms 5, 6 and 2 have chosen and learned a poem to recite to an audience. The children worked hard at committing the poems to memory and on using expression, intonation, volume, pace and actions to deliver enjoyable and entertaining performances. Recitation Day was 21 June. A great time was had by all. Congratulations to the children for their wonderful recitations and a big thank you to all the parents, grandparents and visitors that attended.


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=1 June was Dress Up as Book Character day. =

We had a class full of lovely . Check the photos.

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=25 May. =

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This morning Playcentre came to Room 6. We listened to, and sang along with a clip on "To market to market to buy a at pig..." Which was appropriate as it was Market Day at school! We made pig faces from paper plates. ======

Autumn
We have studying the seasons and know that it is autumn now. We coloured some lovely autumn leaves while practicing our digit recognition (colour by number). We have also written some stories about autumn and have typed these up and framed them with autumn leaf rubbings. 



5 May,
Recitations Most of the class has selected a poem for recitation on our junior school Recitation Day, Thursday, 21 June. Remember that they are due to be submitted for approval this Wednesday, 9 May. Some children know most of their poem already! Check out the Recitation page on the side.

We baked ANZAC biscuits on Thursday. Read some stories about our cooking.
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__ TERM 2 - Welcome back to school. __ Abbey joined our class at the end of term 1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABBEY and welcome to our class. Riley celebrated his birthday during the holidays and has stared school today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY RILEY.

__ PJ Day __ On the last day of term, 5th April, we held a PJ Day. Don't we look sleepy? (We did manage to get some work done, even though we felt like curling up and going to sleep!) The favourite part of the day was when we sang "No more Monkeys Jumping on the Bed."

__ Mud Slide __ On Friday 16 March, the whole school walked down to Mrs Frost's farm to have a mud slide. There wasn't much mud - but there were some cowpats!! Check out these photos. __ Paparimu Small School's Swimming Sports __

Last Wednesday, the junior school (Rooms 6, 5 and 2) visited Paparimu school to take part in the Paparimu Small School's Swimming Sports. There were swimming activities on the feild and water activities in the pool. In Room 6 we are in the process of writing about the day - individually and as a shared story. We hope to have a recount ready for the newsletter on Tuesday. Watch this space!



__ Purple Cake Day __ A Plethora of Purple People, including Playcentre Persons, Paraded Past the Populous of Parents Plus Plenty of other Purple People, and Postured and Posed for Pretty Pictures. Last Friday, 2 March, Hunua School held a fundraising day for the Kenbe La Foundation Charitable Trust to enable the trust to provide educational opportunities for children in need in Nepal. The theme was anything purple, preferably in a wacky, wearable art garment, inspired by the crazy Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. Each classroom had been studying various aspects of Nepalese current events, culture and history. (This was a minor focus, sitting alongside our major focus of Hunua History.) The study culminated with a parade and a Mad Hatters morning tea in each classroom. The children and adults, outdid themselves. The turnout was fabulous! Crazy creations, colourful costumes, delicious delights… The day was a wonderful success. Thanks to all who supported the event. As at Friday afternoon, a grand total of $164.70 had been raised. Not a bad effort for a school of 95 children. Donations can still be forwarded to the office to be included in our school donation to the trust.

Room 6 made purple hats in class.

We also made flags for the day. Room 6 invited the playcentre children to a shared morning tea.

We made our own mandalas.

Room 6 began the year with 13 bright-eyed and bushy-tailed 5 year olds. Since then, we have been joined by one more lovely young lady. Another is to join us at the end of term.



We started the term by creating our own class treaty and "signed" it with our handprints.



We have been learning to play dominoes.