Weekly News Update…

Week 4 Term 2 2013

Apinun!     

Week 4 already – it seems like this term is racing by just as quickly as the first one!

 

Thankyou

A big thank you to Mrs Francis for holding the fort while I was away most of last week. I know the children will have looked after her wonderfully and vice versa.

The course I was at was fantastic, and while the focus was on children with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) there were many things that came up that I hope to use to good effect with everyone in the classroom – like not talking as much!!! (Maybe I could apply that to my newsletters too) J

 

Cross Country

What a shame about the cross country! It is always such a neat afternoon watching our wee guys giving it their all, and looking so pleased with themselves when they cross

that finish line. Everyone cheers on everybody else and there are always high fives all round – so much so that some children forget to keep running! Next year! J

 

The Big Sad Wolf

This production sounded really cool, and by all accounts it was. I am disappointed I missed seeing it but am pretty sure that I'll find out all about it over the next couple of days.

 

Plastic bottle tops and Colgate boxes

Thank you for continuing to keep the colgate boxes and plastic lids coming in. Did you know that the docket noting your purchase of the toothpaste counts as a point as well as the actual box? (It might be just me that isn't up with the play!)

Remember also, that the plastic tops can be any colour, shape or size eg fizzy drink tops, milk bottle lids, marmite jar lids etc. We still need lots and lots so keep collecting!

 

The Week Ahead…

Date 27 - 31 May
Monday	Catching up on everything that happened last week.
Tuesday	Subway Kiwican Soccer after school
Wednesday	Library PMP Mrs Jury teaching this afternoon
Thursday	PMP Kapahaka for some Tuis School singing
Friday	Assembly 2.30

 

Down the track…Week 8 - ERO comes to Centennial

Week 9 – Matariki Festival 10.00am - 2.00pm Friday 21^st June at the High

School hall

Week 10 – Centennial's Book Week    

 

Lukim yu (see you later!)

 

Rochelle Macmillan
J

Go the All Blacks!

Duffy Books - 5th October 2011

Rugby World Cup

The children in Tui talked and wrote about what they like about rugby! Below are some of their thoughts...

In rugby I like the flags. by Sapphire

I like the rugby because the All Blacks are funny when they do the haka. They poke out their tongues out when they do the haka. by Becky

I like the All Blacks doing the haka. The All Blacks are the best at kicking the ball. by Skyler

In rugby I like the haka and when the All Blacks play the game. by Andrew

It is cool when they do the haka. I like it when they poke their tongues out. It is really cool at the rugby too. By Kate

I like the haka because the All Blacks do it before they start the game. by Dylan

In rugby I like the haka. When the All Blacks play for New Zealand they get tries. When the All Blacks sing they are good. Go the All Blacks! by Joel

I like the All Blacks doing the scrum in rugby. I like the All Blacks winning the Rugby World Cup 2011. by Cameron

My favourite thing of rugby is the World Cup 2011 because the All Blacks will try to win. They always try their best and it is very important they win. by Becks

In rugby I like the haka and the fireworks. Every team has a turn and the world cup is hard to win. by Levi

In rugby I like Ritchie. He is cool because he is the best player. He might get the rugby world cup. by Josh

In rugby I like the haka. When the All Blacks poke out their tongues I laugh. by Charlie

Maths time

Trip to Auckland

As you will have read in an earlier posting I won a trip to Auckland with Duffy and Books in Homes.

Tamati and I left home at 5.15am - yawning all the way to Timaru. We hopped on out first flight at 6am to Wellington. After a bit of a wait in Wellington we boarded flight number two and headed to Auckland. We were met at Auckland by Phil, from Books in Homes, who was our guide for the day.

I was one of five teachers who had been chosen for this special opportunity and while we waited for others to arrive we had a great cup of coffee...

After leaving the airport the day past very quickly. We visited the Scholastic warehouse and were blown away by all the work they do - publishing books, the lucky book orders, book fairs and organising the Duffy books for schools.

At the warehouse there are a large number of books and each of us were lucky enough to be able to choose some for our class... I was able to bring back 45 books and give each member of the class a free book.

By the time we made it back to Waimate and our house it was 8.30pm - a long, tiring but fantastic day!

Duffy Day Out

Toys

We are looking at toys and games for our topic this term. We will be focussing on toys and games from our parents and grandparents time.

As a beginning to this unit the children were asked to bring to school their favourite toy. Quite a selection came along and we will be comparing these with some olden day toys.

Snow Time!

We had 2 days of school because of snow in Term 3. The children all tell me they had a great time making snowmen, throwing snowballs and making snow angels.

Here are some of their stories.

All of my family made a snowman. We threw snow at our Mum. Then a storm came. It was really big and cold. Then we picked Dad up from work.
by Johnny

It was really cold and it was hailing outside my house. I made a two layered snowman. I used little, spiky pebbles for the mouth and eyes. I got a carrot from inside for the nose. To make my snowman pretty I put a wreath on his head.. I used two short sticks for the arms. I put a scarf and a hat so it was warm.
By Becks

In the snow I made a big snowball. It was cold outside. The ice was really cold. I made my snowball by myself.
by Mitchell

In the snow I made two big snowmen. I used two bluberries for the eyes and raisins for the mouth and a banana for the nose.
by Charlie

It was very cold. I made a snowman with my Mum and sisters. It was fun. I made a snow fairy. I did it on the grass and it melted.
by Jade

The snow was cold. There was ice. I like the snow because it is fun. You can make a snowman.
By Levi

Thanking our Sponsor

As a class we decided we would thank Centennial Schools Duffy Books in Home Sponsor, New Zealand Dairies.

We wrote stories, published some comin life presentations and we also made a movie about why duffy books are important to us.

We made the published stories and comic life pages into books and asked a representative from NZ Dairies to come to our school assembly where we played the movie and presented them with our 2 books.

Mrs Soper wrote about what we had done and sent this information away to the Books in Hom,es co-ordinators. Mrs Soper won a trip to Auckland (a day trip) to visit at the Scholastic book offices and meet the Books in Homes team. She also got to choose $300 worth of books free! She was very excited and she promised to get everyone a book!

Below are some of our stories.


My favourite books are fish books. I have a fish book at home and a Nemo book. True books are my favourites.
By Joel

I like Duffy Books because its fun to read them. You use different words.
by Skyler

Duffy books are important because they are special and they help us read books that have no pictures. I would like to get a Pokemon book because I like Pokeman.
By Kade

It is fun to read Duffy books. I read them to my little brothers and my Mum and Dad. It is fun to read books to my Dad.
By Mitchell

I like Duffy because we get Duffy books each year on Duffy days.
By Logan

Mrs Soper will have to work with Mrs Rivett to get the movis onto the blog... Watch this space.

Cross country 2011

ANZAC

We learnt about ANZAC day.

ANZAC stands for Australia, New Zealand Army Corps.

On ANZAC day we remember all the men and women who have fought and died for our country in wars.

As a class we made poppies - poppies are worn on ANZAC day because they were the first things to grow in Flanders Field after the great war (1914-1918)

We made a wreath using our poppies - people lay wreathes on war memorials to show their respect for those who fought in wars.

We read, 'My Grandad Marches on ANZAC Day' by Catriona Hoy & Benjamin Johnson.
This explained to us why people march on ANZAC Day and what it means to war veterans and their families.

Mrs Saunders-Tack and Mrs Clarkson came and helped us make ANZAC biscuits. They were yummy with some being very big!

Safekids

Safe Walking

Police Education Officer - Constable Brown - came to our school. She taught us how to cross the road safely using a crossing and how to do it safely when there is no crossing. She taught us this poem to help us remember...

Stop, look and listen
Before you cross the street.
Use your eyes, use your ears
Before you use your feet.

Constable Brown also taught us about sneaky driveways. Sometimes cars back out of driveways and don't see us walking on the footpath. You have to check the driveways as you walk along the footpath.

Outdoor Education Week

On Tuesday I liked playing tug of war the best and I liked John. it was fun and John was cool. by Ferguson

I like camp week because it is fun. on Tuesday we got to have games and lunch in Timaru. by Skyler

I enjoyed camp because I got to play with the water and I got soaked. by Ethan

I like camp because it was fun. We played games. We went to Timaru. We had fish and chips for tea and I like fish and chips. We had lunch outside. by Nikita