Junior Nativity Play

Today we had the final dress rehearsal for our nativity play for Prize Giving. It is looking really good!

Sparkles!

This week the teachers enjoyed "sparkling" in the classroom!
Happy "Christmas everyone and enjoy your summer holidays.
Lots of Love Mrs Phillips and Miss Smith   XXXX

Christmas Explore Time

This week we have enjoyed doing Christmas activities in Room A, B and C. We have made wrapping paper, iced Christmas trees, tree decorations and cards.

Whole School Triathlon

Today we completed in the ACS triathlon at school. We were in teams - one person did the splash and dash in the small swimming pool, the next person biked 1 lap of the field and the last person ran 1 lap of the field. It was lots of fun! Mrs Nareki and Mrs Phillips competed in the staff team.

Nativity Sets

We finished our shoe box nativity sets. We are looking forward to setting them up at home.

Mosaic Christmas Cards

We finished our mosaic visual art unit by making Christmas cards. We loved making them with Mrs Renner.

Turtles Reading Group Play

Today the Turtles reading group shared their first little play - Baby Bear's Present. They did a great job!

Library Roadshow

This week the librarian from te Christchruhc City Libraries came to school. They read us stories in our library. We got to act out parts of the stories. It was lots of fun. All the classes Year 1-3 were there.

Beans Beans Beans!

Last week Noah's Mum helped Noah and Luke plant our beans. They had got too big for the classroom. Mr Richardson offered some advice!

Junior Athletics Day

We had a great day at the Junior Athletics Sports last Thursday. Lots of parents, family and friends came to watch us.  We all got to try long jump, high jump, egg/spoon/sack races, weaving poles, ball games, moon hoppers, the obstacle course and gumboot throws. We loved running fast in the sprints and then enjoying a picnic lunch together on the Primary School grass.  

Simple Machines at the Air Force Museum

Today we went to the Air Force Museum. We have been studying Simple Machines and we went to see how simple machines are used in everyday life.

Firstly, Chris spoke to us in the foyer. He told us what we would be doing and we divided into two groups - Room A/B and Room C.

Luke got to sit in a wheel chair. He had to go in an elevator and up a ramp to get into the classroom. We talked about how elevators use pulleys to lift up and how inclined planes make getting up a step easier. 

Charlotte tried to pull Brandon on a box. It was much easier when he was sitting on something that had wheels! 

Izzy tried to lift Emily using a leaver. The closer the fulcrum - the easier it was for her to lift. She could even lift Emily with a few fingers when the fulcrum was really close to Emily. 

 Joel got to 'drive' the aeroplane. He pulled a leaver and it made the elevators on the tail go up and down. There were pulleys on the rope to help it move more effectively.

 After that we went to a special hanger. This is not open to the public so we were very privileged to go there. Chris showed us how wedges stop planes from rolling around on the runway - but when they are used like this they are actually called 'chocks'.

Talia got to be the pilot of this aeroplane. She had to wear a special life jacket and helmet. 

Holly and Theo put the chocks near the wheels to stop the plane moving. 

Finally, we saw how pulleys make lifting things easier - we talked about how a lift works but this was an opportunity to see it in action. 

Acacia was very strong and lifted a big bottle of water - but it was quite tricky. 

When the bottle was tied onto a rope and threaded through pulleys the job was much easier. 

Look how high she can lift it now. 

 Owen and Hezekiah had a turn lifting the water bottles too.

After that we got to have a look at some of the aeroplanes.

Amalie and a friendly penguin!

What a great way to finish our unit on Simple Machines. A big THANK YOU to all the parents who came and helped us.