A Name for A Brown Bear.

Author and publisher: Caleb

Awesome Published Story Lucas

The Hurricanes have their mascot, Captain Hurricane.

On Friday Lexie shared Clyde. He is the mascot for the XX Commonwealth Games which began in Glasgow, Scotland this week.

You can listen to his story here:

Te Kupu o te Wiki

21st-27th July

The focus is the sharing of a word each week, for a year.

This week's word is apopo - tomorrow.

Ka haere au ki te kura apopo.

I will go to school tomorrow.

We will try and practice the new word each week.

Great to be Back!

It is great to be back at school after our term 2 holiday break.
We have said farewell to 9 of our friends who are now in Rata Whitu with Mrs. Lewis.
A big welcome to Jessica, Oscar, Max, Lexie and Fraser who have joined Rata Rua.
Someone has been waiting in the classroom for the new term to begin.

A brown bear loves having everyone back at school.
He has been listening to us talk about a name for him.

So many great suggestions!
We will find out which name he chose on Monday.

Have a lovely holiday.

Last Friday we had such an awesome disco!

I went to the disco. It was fun. I went with my dad and sister. She had fun too. We got bracelets. I got a penguin and Brooke got a flower.
Author: Daniel

I went to the disco. It was in the hall. It was fun. I felt happy. I put on my car ring. Me and my sister went to the disco and my mum and dad went.
Author: Travis

The disco was fun. It was really, really fun. I got my hair done at the disco and I got a bracelet.
Author: Zia

I went to the disco. I wore my favourite t-shirt. I didn't want to go home because it was fun. I was crying. We went home. I saw Liam and Travis.
Author: Samantha

I got a green car ring. I liked it. My mum let me have it. It was fun. It glows in the dark. I wore it at the disco.
Author: Harold

Last Day of Gymnastics

Today we had our final gymnastics session in our school hall.
We played some tag games for a warm up.
Have you ever played Seaweed?
After our circuit Rachael had a special treat for us.
Watch our video to see what the surprise was...
Gymnastics Finale on PhotoPeach

We have had lots of fun at gymnastics. 
Each week we got better at the activities. 
Can you do a backward roll? 
Can you lift your body onto the bars using your arms?