Best friends. By Kenny

Stu has a new friend, listen to Kenny's story to find out who it is.

Chester and Stu. By Katie

Chester is very scared! Listen to the story and find out why.

Chester's Birthday. By Yvon

After giving Chester lots of cuddles Yvon was keen to write a story about him. We will definitely be having a party for Chester on his third birthday!

Meet Chester

We have a new pet visiting in A3, a guinea pig named Chester.

Chester

Chester is very friendly, he loves cuddles but his favourite thing is food! Take a look at the slide show to see Chester getting lots of cuddles from us: 

The Duffy Show. By Zaraa

Here is Zaraa reading a story she wrote about the Duffy Show.  

Duffy Theatre

On Friday the Duffy theatre came to our school.  Duffy was showing us why it is so important to read and all the jobs reading will help us to get.  The show was really funny and we didn't stop laughing the whole way through.  After the show some of the children wanted to share what they loved best about it, take a look at the video to hear their thoughts. 

Keen readers!

Bill is a new member of A3 and he is really keen to learn to read.  He was so excited that he couldn't wait until he got home to read his book, so he asked Alex to help him read it.  Alex was a great teacher, helping Bill to read the words he wasn't sure of.  

Fish and Chips

On Monday A3 and A4 made healthy fish and chips.  It was lots of fun and the fish and chips were delicious.  Here are some of the children from A3 sharing how we made our fish and chips and what they thought of it. 

Papatoetoe Schools' Art show

The schools in Papatoetoe are having an art show, all of the primary schools in the Papatoetoe area sent art to Papatoetoe North School for the exhibition.  Four children from our class had their art chosen to go to the exhibition, Jaida, Jerome, Yvon and Avnish.  They were able to go and see the exhibition, which was very exciting for them. Take a look at their Art on display: 

  

Yvon wrote a story about her trip to the exhibiton:

What we learned about Jellyfish

On Thursday the Rhinos reading group read a book about Jellyfish.  Take a look at the video below to find out what they learned about Jellyfish from the book.

Our squid inspired stories!

After we dissected the squid some of the children wanted to write stories about the experience.  Katie wrote about what it felt like to touch the squid and Solomon chose to use what he had learned to write an imaginative story.  Let us know what you think!

The squid!

On Monday Miss Lepou brought a squid in for us to look at.  We got to touch the squid and learn about the different parts of it.  It was very exciting.  Here are some photos:

The teeth

The beak

Jump Jam

Last Friday Yvon and Jaida went on the stage to be leaders for Jump Jam.  I think they did a great job and they were very brave to get up in front of so many people!  Well done Yvon and Jaida.

The Cat. By Alex

Chased by a tiger. By Jerome

The Butterfly. By Alice

Play time!

After we had been through Kelly Tarltons, we went to the park to have lunch and then play!  It was a great park and everyone really loved the merry go round!  Take a look at the photos. 

Kelly Tarltons

We had a great time at Kelly tarltons.  We saw sharks, octopuses, penguins and best of all - a real live puffer fish!  Here is a photo of Yvon and the puffer fish looking at each other:

We got to see a lady feeding the stingrays.  They came up very close to her and she gave them fish.  Take a look at this picture, if you look closely you can see the shadows of the stingrays:

We went on a snowcat to look at the penguins. We saw King Penguins(they are the ones with yellow chins) and Gentoo penguins.

We saw a diver in the penguin tank.

On board the snowcat

The penguins are being fed

We saw the tooth of a megaladon shark, it was HUGE.  It's mouth was bigger then most of us!

Jaida with the megaladon tooth.

In front of the megaladons mouth

Have a look at more of our photos: