Bookmark competition with Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop

At lunchtimes, the children created a wonderful collection of bookmarks. We submitted them to the Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop bookmark competition. Many schools entered. 

Our very own Naomi won first prize for her age group. Ka Pai!

Thank-you Helen for visiting our school and presenting Naomi with her prize.

Fifi Colston author visit

Fifi Colston wowed us all day long, with stories about her creative childhood, in-depth presentations on illustrating, on researching Torti, on writing, and an interactive session on wearable arts. The day finished with a writing workshop that was top notch! Thank-you Fifi!

History Club

Well done to Daniel and Amy for running a fun History Club on Fridays at lunchtimes. These pics are from the session on famous people in history. Daniel talked about Amelia Earheart. I told the children about Jean Batten. They researched historical characters, drew pictures and shared their findings. We finished with a paper plane flying contest. 

Book Fair

Thank you to everyone who helped at the book fair, and to all the families who supported us. We raised enough money for a spacious new stand-alone shelf! Terrific!

We made this Matariki themed korowai at lunchtimes in the library

"Matariki is a cluster of stars in the constellation of Taurus. There are about a thousand stars in Matariki, but only seven can be seen with the naked eye.

Why is it important?

For some iwi (tribes), Matariki resets the Maori lunar calendar.

Calendars use the Moon to set the months and the Sun to mark the seasons

The Maori New Year is traditionally celebrated at the first crescent Moon after the first appearance of Matariki in the morning sky. This occurs between early and late June and this year it is on the 15th June."

Stardome Observatory Planetarium

Alice in Wonderland Book Trailer

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The 13 Storey Treehouse book

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