duncan and kahu

today duncan and kahu were having some fun with emma and ella. duncan decided to wear emma silly hat emma and ella were taking photos of duncan and kahu all morning.ella made a pirate hat for duncan.Duncan and kahu are our class teddys.Duncan and kahu are best mates.Duncan says: whoever reads this post gets a kiss and a cuddle from duncan and kahu. kahu says: if your bad i will fly onto your shoulder and bite thats not good so can you be good for me :( 

ANZAC Day

Yesterday was ANZAC Day in New Zealand.

Read the comments below to see what we have learned about this very special day.

Autumn and Shakayla- yesterday was ANZAC day and it was a special day because they needed to protect their country from other countries.  They went to War in Gallipoli.  The hid in grass and holes in the mountains.  And then they ran to other hole and dug more.  THen they went on the boat and had heavy back packs.  They had guns in the boats too.  We have poppies on ANZAC Day because its a special flower, because it grows on the battle field grass where they were fighting and it grows between the graves.  Mums, Dads and their kids survived them back in NZ.  The took photos of the soldiers so we can remember them.

Check out our new playground

You might remember that earlier in our blog we said that we were writing letters to the BOT to get our opinion across about the playground being built at our school. 

We saw the plans that were proposed by the BOT, and looked at the parts we liked and the parts we didn't like.  Then we wrote Persuasive letters to share out views.  Mr Kalaam read our letters and must have listen, because we can see some of our suggestions have been listened to.

How do you learn?

How do you learn?

What do you think your brain does so you can learn?

HOLIDAYS

What have you been doing this holidays?

Happy 101st Birthday Frankton

This week our school celebrated its 101st birthday.  To celebrate we all get piece of a huge birthday cake!  We had a big assembly to celebrate the different cultures in our school.  Rongo and Taiana performed in the Kapa Haka and Pasifica groups.  They were awesome!  There was also the chance to win a poetry competition that the student counsel was running.  We had to write poems about what the school meant to us.  We wrote poems inspired by " Red Wheel Barrow" By William Carlos Williams. Here are a few:

So much depends

Upon

The dirty bell

Prepared for a big day

Ringing

Safe inside the

Office
By Emma 

So much depends

Upon

Focussed students

Prepared for

Interesting learning

Waiting patiently

Inside classrooms

By Partiv



Room 9 has thinking brains.

Do you know what we mean?

It means that we have got a virtues brain.

The virtues brain shows the virtues of:

Unity, Kindness, Respect, Cooperation,

Self Discipline and Peacefulness.

That’s not it though,

There are heaps more for us to learn.

By Shakayla

So much depends

Upon

A virtues brain

Prepared for learning

Sealed inside

Your head.

By Cameron A

So what do you think of them?

Congratulations Piper

 

Today Piper won the Easter raffle and won a huge easter basket.  It was so big that she could not carry it by herself!  Miss Hammond had to help her.  I bet she will have an extra awesome easter now!

Meet Duncan and Kahu

Duncan

Ella Says - Duncan is our teddy that we take home each weekend.  He has a diary that we write  in each week.

Ethan Says - Kahu is a Kea, which is a New Zealand Native Parrot.  It is also the name of a street near our school.

Andre Says - Kahu is like our friend.

Ryan Says - Kahu comes on Duncan big adventures.  People keep on making new clothes for them both.  ( Miss Hammond Says - Duncan's shirt was made by Harper Smith in 2009).  Duncan and Kahu meet everyone's family too.

Kahu

Yasmin Says - Kahu and Duncan are best friends

Shakayla Says - Duncan and Kahu like to come and see around our place.


 Chase Says - When someone gets to take Duncan home the next person gets drawn out.  They have to share what they did to the whole class.

Autumn Says - When people take him home they take pictures too


Carrie Says - Duncan is our friend.