Fire drill

Today we had a fire drill so we could practise what to do in the event of a fire. A concerned neighbour called the NZ Fire Service and look who turned up! We were excited to see the fire truck at our school!

A Tuatara visits L.C. 3&4

We had an unusual visitor today, a Tuatara! Jeanette from Willowbank came to visit us and brought her special friend, along with a few other things to show us. Here are some interesting facts we learnt.

• A Tuatara can live as long as 150-200 years!(The one who visited us today is 14 years old and is considered to be a baby).
• Tuatara's eggs are soft, and the shell grows as the baby Tuatara grows.
• A baby Tuatara stays inside the egg for a whole year.
• A Kiwi's nose is at the end of it's beak.
• Stoats and dogs are the biggest threat to the Kiwi.
• For every 100 Kiwi chicks that are released into the wild, only 5 are expected to make it to adulthood. 

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Making Bridges

We have been reading the big book Monkey Bridge all week and we decided to make some bridges.  We chose others to work with and what we wanted to create our bridges out of.  Some of us wanted to make our bridges over some water se we got creative with the chalk.  We had to work collaboratively to get the job done.

Our Space Our Place

We are learning about all the new spaces we have in our Modern Learning Environment.  Today we explored our creative space.  This is a place where we can go to create things we want to show our learning.  We set guidelines for this space and how we will use this space.

Family Fun Day

We all had a lot of fun at Family Fun Day.  The bouncy castle was lots of fun and we loved getting our faces painted.