Who is up for a challenge?

Quiz answer

A special thanks to the Connors who have already done the quiz and spotted the wrong answer. The answer to Question  5 is cycling not rugby.

My apologies everyone :)

Prior Warning

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

Congratulations to our Pod members who won Division 9 in Hockey.

Soccer Boys

Congratulations boys on receiving your medals for your amazing soccer skills.

Way to go...

Another Happy Birthday!

Goodness me, three birthday posts in one day.

Oscar had his 7th birthday on Tuesday but unfortunately was not here to celebrate it with the pod! We hope you had an awesome day, Oscar.

Happy Birthday

A massive happy birthday to Alli.  We are so excited that we get to spend the day with you.

Outstanding Effort

Well done to Charlotte and her Whakarongo Yellowsticks teammates for a great season and putting in an outstanding effort.

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday for yesterday, Sahra. We hope you had a great day and enjoyed our celebration day.

Noho Marae Visit

On Monday 31st October we will be visiting Te Hotu Manawa Marae.  This is a whole school initiative over a few days and we are really excited about it.  To cover the costs of transportation, your child will have $5.00 added to their account.  We will possibly be asking for parent helpers when we have more information about what this day will look like so keep the date free if you wish to come along.

3 Way Conferences

It was great to spend time with so many families these last few days and share your child's learning with you.  Thank you for making the effort to come and show your child that you value them and their achievements.  Tu meke Whanau.

Congratulations...

Check it out

Way to go Mitchell!!!

Come and watch your child have some fun!!

3 Way Conferences

Kia Ora Whanau

We start our 3 Way Conferences this afternoon.  Please remember that these are student led conferences so your child needs to be there and they will be doing most of the talking.

Can't wait to see you all

Nga Mihi

Aroha Pod Teachers

Digi Awards

Our pod has been very hard at work this week creating entries for the Manawatu Digi Awards.

This year we have focused on creating a photo essay, which is a collection of 4-7 photographs that tell a progression of events, or illustrate an emotion or concept. These photo essays must be taken and created by the students themselves. The marking criteria requires good photography, telling a clear and compelling story, and a thought provoking title.

All of our kids worked in teams of three to create some amazing pieces of digital work. However were only able to select three to send through as a part of our schools entries. Well done to everybody who put in a really great effort.

Here are our submitted entries:

Finding Friends

Olivia Gray, Olivia Anderson, Ashleigh Berendt

4 Stages of a Flower

Isabella Ross, Elise Fouhy, Isaac Li

Friendship

Katherine Butts, Daniel Butts, Charlotte Neil

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Isaac who turns 7 today. We hope you have a great day and an awesome party on Sunday.

Student Led Conferences

Hi Whanau

We are still waiting for a lot of people to book school interviews via the website - www.schoolinterviews.co.nz.

Please make sure you do this ASAP so that we can get everything organised for your child's conference.

Can't wait to see you there and celebrate your child's success with you and with them.

Our Kids in Action

I have finally worked out how to put things on the blog so they are easier to see. Yay. I have created a 'Kids in Action' page where we will upload photos at times. We won't take these photos down - we will just put the new ones at the top of the previous slides. We hope you enjoy seeing your children doing what they love to do :) Nga Mihi Miss Sharland

Happy Birthday

Happy 7th birthday Hunter. We hope you have a great day and enjoy your birthday party tomorrow.

Celebration Day

Sentence Structure

We can all write simple and compound sentences but we don't actually know that we are writing them.  Here is the resource the children have been using this week to learn the difference between the two.

Wow. Just wow.

Wow what amazing reading during buddy reading time...