Please join us for the Year 0-3 Athletics Day on the school field from 1:30pm!

Our Year 0-3 classrooms have been focusing on transportation as part of our On the Move inquiry this term.  We have explored different forms of transportation, transport over time, different transport around the world and people who help us move, such as community roles.

The Year 0-3 Team tamariki loved the opportunity to explore the different forms of transportation around us and were excited by the different modes of transportation around the world, such as the tuk tuk or the gondola. 

To complete our On the Move inquiry, we planned, designed and made our very own cars.  The Year 0-3 Team tamariki had to think carefully about what materials they needed, how it would move, and how to execute their plan.  Students showed lots of tū māia and perseverance while making their cars and there were a lot of wonderful creations made!  

Our Year 0-3 classrooms have been focusing on the natural world as part of our Inquiry this term.  We have explored what makes something a living thing and enjoyed investigating the basic needs that all living creatures share.  

The tamariki loved their visit from Mrs. Black who is a local beekeeper.  She taught us about the different roles that bees have within the hive, how bees help us, and in return, how we can help them!

To finish off our natural world inquiry, we had Richard from Taranaki Enviroschools come along and make beeswax wraps with us.  This was lots of fun and now we have a sustainable way to bring our lunch to school!

This term, students in the Year 0-3 Team have been getting to know their new classmates and have explored their personal and/or school pepeha as part of our Whakapapa unit.  A pepeha is a way of introducing yourself to others in Te Reo Māori.  Throughout this unit we learnt things about our new classmates, played ‘getting to know you’ games, practised saying our pepeha, and visually displayed these in our classrooms.  From here, students will now be able to recite parts or all of their pepeha using their art for support!

In Science during Term 3, the Junior Team focused on forces and motion.  We looked into friction, examining how it resists movement between surfaces, and gravity, which pulls objects toward the Earth.  Through hands-on experiments, students have investigated pushes and pulls, learning how these forces influence motion and interaction.

This term, students in the Junior Team have explored buoyancy, density, and change of state. Through hands-on experiments and interactive demonstrations, they investigated why some objects float while others sink, and how materials transform from solid to liquid states through melting. The students used their knowledge to make paper boats, some were able to hold over 200g of weight!