Circle time in Whakarua 2 today

 

Dysharn - 'I think Aliens are real'

 

Learning about marine life and plastic pollution

Today we had a visitor called Erica who came and taught us about how we can look after marine life. First, we watched a video about plastic pollution and how it affects sea animals. Then we did a group activity where we had to look at pictures of pollution and talk about what the picture was showing, and what consequences this could have. 

The main points we took away from this session was:

• Jellyfish and plastic bags look really similar. Sea animals get them confused and end up eating plastic bags.
• That plastic doesn't completely break down - it becomes little plastic pellets.
• We can help to save marine life by reusing plastics.
• There is a huge pile of rubbish in the ocean called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It is so thick, that people could lie on it and float.
• We can recycle hard plastics.
• We found out that turtles have acid in their stomach that can digest jellyfish, but it can't digest plastic. 

We loved having Erica come and teach us about plastic pollution, she was so nice and helpful. Here are some pictures of us completing our group activity.

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Whakarua 1 and 3 Calendar art

Whakarua 2 and 4 Calendar Art (Mrs McIntyre and Miss Vermaak/Hodgson)

Scroll through to see your child's calendar art. This can be made into a calendar, diaries, mouse pads or sketch pads as part of the PTA fundraiser. For now, view the art and decide whether you want to order. Order forms have been sent home, please see the office if you need another form. If your child's art is not here, it will be by the end of this week.

Reading in Whakarua 2 Today

 Beware, there may be a monster in your child's bag! !

Bike track for PE!

 Yesterday for PE Whakarua 1 and 2 went out for a go on the bike track. It was a super windy afternoon but we managed to all get a go on the track as well as biking around the Junior field. We are super lucky to have such an awesome school!

Check out our very cool class story so far. We have been working on writing complex sentences.

 

Lego Day (more pics!!)

 We loved creating our lego masterpieces. We learned that when we work together, we can achieve great things! Thank you to Rachel from House of Bricks.

Lego Day!!!!!

Whakarua 1 and 2 are enjoying their Lego challenge this morning. Whakarua 3 and 4 will be doing this after play then we will ALL be participating in a group challenge this afternoon. We LOVE Lego!!!!! 

 

Cross Country Champs!

Well done to our super speedy Whakarua kids for making it to Zones. We are so proud !