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Friday 2nd December from 12pm-1.30pm

Shared lunch afterwards on the lawn

Remember to wear house colours!

Mufti Day

PAY IT FORWARD

FUNDRAISER

MUFTI DAY

Thursday  24th

NOVEMBER

Gold Coin Donation please.

Chris McDermott was a teacher at Ōpᾱwa School about 3 years ago and was at our school when the September and February earthquakes hit Christchurch.
He now works at St Joseph’s School in Kaikoura. We would like to raise some money to help his school out and let them know we care.

Responsibility - Kawenga

We are learning to show Responsibility - Kawenga during lunch eating.

 When we hear the bell we keep our hats on and wash our hands.

 We walk on the verandah.

 Remember to wear your sunhat!

Make sure that you are sitting inside the cones.

Room 2/3 are fantastic at getting organised for lunch each day!

Learning Conferences

We have Learning Conferences next week from Monday 21st November to Wednesday the 23rd of November. Classes will finish at 3pm on Monday and then 2pm on Tuesday and Wednesday. If you cannot make it in to school for the 2pm pick up times please collect your child from the library. Remember to make book a Learning Conference online:

www.parentinterviews.co.nz

Swimming

Kia Ora koutou,

We are having a fantastic term and have really enjoyed making new friends in Room 2/3. Thank you for all of your support helping your children learn our class routines and helping encourage them to unpack their bags independently.

We are starting swimming on Thursday next week (24th November). Please make sure that all items are named, including your child's uniform, togs, towel and swimming bag. From the 24th onwards we will swim on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Thank you!

'Tt' is for Teddy

The letter of the week this week is 'Tt". On Friday during Discovery Time we are going to have a Teddy Bear' Picnic! Feel free to bring in your favourite teddy.

The Letter of the Week is "Cc"

Last week the Letter of the Week was Cc. We had lots of fun thinking about all of the words that start with Cc. On Friday Lily and Ange made us some delicious cupcakes! Thank you. We were also lucky enough to have 2 circus performers (Carrot and Pickle) visit the verandah during Discovery Time. They taught us some cool balancing techniques that we practised in buddies. Room 2/3 also enjoyed learning about hermit crabs. The way that they change shells is fascinating! Check out our writing and photos below:

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Hermit crabs change shells when they are too big.

By Zephie

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Hermit crabs carry their shells on their backs.

By Salia

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Hermit crabs are big and small. They change shells.

By Harry

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Hermit crabs carry their shells on their backs.

By Roman

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Hermit crabs carry their shells on their back.

By Cooper

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Hermit crabs have pincers.

By Khloe

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Hermit crabs are slimy and they wear shells.

By Lily

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Hermit crabs pinch people when they are scared.

By Natalya

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Hermit crabs have pincers.

By Tom

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Hermit crabs have pincers.

By Alexis

Big Breakfast

It was lovely to see so many Opawa Voyagers at the Big Breakfast on Tuesday 23/8. We had a great day full of learning after such hearty breakfasts.

Excellence ~ Hiranga

We are learning to show Excellence by walking on the verandah! Check out these photos of Room 2/3 in action:

Knowledge-a-thon

Room 2/3 answered 20/20 Knowledge-a-thon answers correctly! Kei whea mai koutou! Everyone participated and worked as a team. Well done! We can tell many of you put in a lot of practise over the past few weeks.

2016 School Disco

It was lovely seeing many of you at the 'Olympic Games' School Disco on 4th August!

V is for Violin!

We were so lucky to have Mana play the violin for Room 2/3 and Room 5 on Tuesday afternoon this week. Mana played 2 songs called "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Butterfly". She has been playing since she was 4 and we can tell that she is great at practising. Lots of people in Room 2/3 decided that they would quite like to play the violin too. Keep it up Mana!

School Disco!

See you on Monday!

We hope you have enjoyed the past 2 weeks! See you on Monday 25th July!

Happy Holidays!

We hope everyone is having a fabulous winter holiday!

On the 8/7/16 we had a special last day with the original Room 2/3 2016 crew! We have had the most amazing time getting to know each other and making new friends. Good luck to those super children moving to Room 4 and Room 5 after the holidays. We have loved having you in Room 2/3 and are looking forward to working with you all again soon. Go Team Verandah!

Check out our 'class photo':

Matariki 2016

Room 2/3 enjoyed celebrating Matariki last week! We learnt about the Seven Sisters and Ururangi and the kites. We enjoyed making kites during Discovery and trying delicious vegetable soup during our buddy time. We know that Matariki is the Maori New Year!

Ka kite Isaac

Room 2/3 said farewell to Isaac on Friday 24th June. We have loved having Isaac at our school and wish him all the very best. We know he will make lots of new friends in his class!