Orana Park Donation

Today for our assembly we invited Paula from Orana Park, so we could present her with a cheque of 400 dollars. This was the money we raised from our bake sale and our mushrooms.

We decided that we wanted the money to go towards helping out the cheetahs and the kiwi's.

Special Visitors

Today we had a visit from some Japanese students who have been in New Zealand for the past two weeks. The students showed us how to do origami and we had great fun making planes, cranes, frogs and hats as well as lots of other things. They also showed us some Japanese toys such as juggling balls, spinning tops and a balancing ball game. They have left these games for us so if you are in school come and have a go, some of them are quite tricky!

We are scientists!

Today we had our first science lesson with Mr Roozen. we learnt all about acids and bases and what happens when we mix them together. We also had great fun making sherbert. We can't wait for our next science lesson!

Wire Art

This term we are looking the art of Alexander Calder, a famous American artist who is credited with creating the mobile.

We made our own mobiles using wire, card and string.

Liffey Cottage

The Year Three's went to visit the Liffey Cottage which is across the road from the school.

We learnt a lot if interesting facts about the cottage.

It was built in 1875.

In 1882 a butcher and his family bought it and turned the front room into a butcher shop. They had 10 children living in the cottage. Six of those children were born there.

The cottage was first located in market square and moved to its current site in 1977.

Here are some photos of the cottage