Huntah's Miracle!

One dark night, someone came and stole Huntah's mum and dad's bikes. That's bad enough but the worst bit is Huntah's mum's bike was her brothers. Huntah's mum felt really upset about that.

Huntah's mum prayed to God about what had happened.

You'll never guess what happened next...

...the next morning the bike Huntah's family was most concerned about came back! It was sitting in the driveway. Have you ever heard of a theif that returns things? Not us. It's amazing, it's a MIRACLE!!!!!!!

GOD HEARS US AND ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS!

He has done miracles in the past. He is still doing miracles now. He will do miracles in the future.

GOD LOVES US. HE EVEN LOVES BADDIES. We pray the thief will find God's love.

Written by A3 children.

Bad luck, Duck's stuck... or is A3?

We have been reading a big book this week called 'Bad Luck Duck'.  Duck is too busy quack, quack, quacking and she falls into a mud puddle.  The sounds we are focussing on this week also just happen to be 'd' and 'qu'.  Handy that ducks go "quack"!

We thought we would see how Duck felt and write about our experience.

First we had to make mud.  Some of our Reading groups have been reading other books about animals and mud so we knew exactly what to do.


Oliver took the plunge first.  He squished and squashed the water and dirt between his toes. 

After a few people wriggled and squelched it wasn't long before we had ooey, gooey, slippery, sloppy, thick, wet, caramel mud...

...and found ourselves ankle deep in the cold gloopy goodness

They say a picture paints a thousand words.
How do you think these A3er's feel about mud?

Quote of the day goes to Levi A

"It's disgusting, but I want to go again!"

Oh mud, glorious mud!

WE LOVE HOCKEY!

 LOOK AT THOSE SKILLS!

Two hands on the stick - check!

Stick on the ground - check!

Looking - check!

Control - check!

These guys look like pro's!

A Heart Like David's

Our Shanti is beautiful on the inside and out.  She has a real heart for God and just like David in the Bible she has expressed it through song.  Shanti wrote 'Everyday' all by herself using songs her church sings as a model.  

Listen to 'Everyday' by clicking play on the video below, it’s just AWESOME!  

Such a talent!

A3 hope to be performing Shanti's song at our Aroha Team Assembly for class sharing on Monday 16th March, Week 7 (we’re a bit excited).

Wonderful William our Kingdom Kid

 Congratulations to our 

'Wonderful William'

Here he is receiving his 

Kingdom Kid Award 

at our Whole School Assembly.

William's certificate said:

"William knows God made us all to be like a family.  He makes sure everyone is included, meaning, he doesn't always buddy up with his friends.  William helps make our classroom a friendly place to be."

Thank you for treating everyone as valuable William!

How cool is this!

Awhina is such an inspiration!

In class we have been talking about Matthew 22v39

"The second most important commandment is: "Love others as much as you love yourself."

We read a book the opposite of what we want to do called 'That's mean!' by Pittau & Gervais.  Then we wrote our own books called 'That's kind!' in response.

Our wonderful Awhina went home that night and wrote her own book!  She has inspired others to do the same!

A3 REAL LIFE SUPERHEROES 2015

"Saving the day by the way we are acting and the choices we're making!"

We know the real hero is on the inside.

We have been talking in class about how we can be real life hero's, loving and learning in A3.  Here are some of the ideas we have come up with.

Superhero's...

• Do the right thing fast!
• Think
• Make good choices
• Listen
• Never give up
• Try their best
• Encourage
• Keep people safe
• Give others a go
• Respect everything God made because his creations are valuable!
• Care
• Are kind
• Are brave
• Are helpful
• Are polite (they use their sweet treats)
• Are problem solvers
• Are a good friend
• Are honest

These are a Real Life Hero's SUPER POWERS! 

People in our class are already standing out with their particular super powers. Some are really good at keeping people safe, others are helpful, others encourage us.  Some are fast - they listen quickly and are on the mat in a flash!  People are being brave, too.  Our superheroes really are saving the day and our learning by the way they are acting and we love our learning because of it.

If you know a Real Life Superhero tell us who they are and what their super power is below in the comment box!