Cross Country!

Well, we couldn't have asked for better weather! Congratulations Mr McDonald for organising an awesome event!

Before our run we talked about our focus values for the term during devotions - DILIGENCE & HUMILITY and how we could show those at cross country today. We wanted to be the opposite of Lazy Duck from our Big Book, who was lazy and proud. Mrs Forrest was very proud of the way we showed diligence and humility. Everyone tried their best. She was especially proud of those who congratulated others on their success.

Year 2's all ready to go!

Josh leading the pack up the hill. Go Aiden! You are not far behind!

First across the line!

Josh won! This is how much he was in front. You can see Mrs Rose looking at him running past (he is out of frame)

James proving we did run a real cross country with real mud!

Congratulations Josh!

Congratulations Natalia!

Mud, mud, mud!!!!

April's Calendar Challenge!

BENGAL TIGER (India)

Here are our April entrants...

You can not tell in the photo but Aiden made a book. Clever! Here it is!

Here is a video about Bengal Tigers

The Three Sounds of ED

CHUNKY MONKEY WORD ENDINGS

Noah cleverly worked out the third way to write the 'd' sound - ed. The most common way is d. The second way dd, is found in the middle of words.

We looked at the ED words in our big book 'Lazy Duck' and realised ED actually makes three sounds. 

Here is a video we particularly like.

We have clever tricks to work out if he says 'id', 't' or 'd'.

Memory Verse Week 1, Term 2 John 3:16

We learnt a new word to add to our vocabulary today 'PERISH'. Here is a video we watched about fruit to help us understand what it means...we are glad we won't perish but have eternal life. Perish in terms of humans means to die. We thought we could have some fun conducting our own science experiments, observing food perishing over time. Tomorrow we are going to figure out what ETERNAL means!

We explored the meaning of ETERNAL today. Here are some photos from our discussion.

Natalia held the beginning of a piece of wool. This is where we started - as a baby (birth). We kept unraveling (adding years) until eventually we got to the end of our life. Jeremiah held the wool at the end (when we die). 

If we believe in Jesus the Bible says we will have eternal life. We tied the end of a ball of wool to the end of our life. When we 'tie our lives with Jesus' we live with him forever. The end is not the end!

We kept unrolling the ball of wool towards eternity. Out the door, past the playground... A5 was to tell Mrs Forrest when we got there so she could stop. However, we quickly realised we would have to go far past the school gate to find it, in fact we would never stop because eternity is forever and never has an end. It is a never ending ball of wool.

God is eternal also but he is more like a hula hoop than a piece of wool. He has no beginning and no end.

Sound of the week 'd'

Can you find things starting with 'd' around the house just like Geraldine?

What a way to start Term 2!

MAY KINGDOM KID

Way to go Samantha! Congratulations on being our May Kingdom Kid. You deserve it to the moon and back.

Samantha's award says...

"Samantha is a true delight. She is co-operative, kind, inclusive, patient, diligent, humble and respectful. She makes our learning work and helps love grow in our class. You are a real asset to our class family Samantha."

Joshua you shine!

IT IS A TERM OF CONGRATULATIONS!

Well done to our very sporty Josh who won multiple trophies for his year group at his athletics club's end of season awards.
Sport is one way Josh shines!🌟
Here he is standing in front of our 'Work We Are Proud Of Wall'
We are proud of you Josh!!!

People Who Help

To celebrate our Topic study Aroha Team dressed up as people who help. We should have called it Fun Friday because we also had the Fire Engine turn up! There was no end of fun! 

Doctors!

Nurses!

Army personnel!

Policemen!

Paramedics!

Real life superheroes!

Builders!

Firemen/women!

Speaking of firemen...The firetruck was full of tools the firemen use for fighting fires! Every side of the firetruck stored their equipment.

 Fireman need special safety gear to protect them in a fire.

Oxygen tanks!

 

It was a fun Friday! 😊

What a JUMBO success!

Congratulations March Calendar Challenge Entrants!

The animal was an 

AFRICAN ELEPHANT!

...as opposed to an Asian elephant.

Don't the entries look great on the wall. Now it is a Fab Facts Wall about African Elephants!

Week 10's Memory Verse!!!

Isla wanted to share this video of her dancing to the second John 14:6 song to express how she loves to dance for God! She made up her own moves. Awesome Isla!!!!!

James Makes Dinner!

James might be a Master Chef when he grows up! He cooked tea last night. James wanted to share his cooking efforts so he made us a video.

Our Kingdom Kid for April

YOU'RE AWESOME XIN YUN!

Xin Yun's certificate says...

"Xin Yun is someone we can trust. She is honest, keeps her promises, does the right thing when no one is looking and tries her best even when it is hard. Thank you for being a person of integrity in our classroom and in the playground Xin Yun."

Sound of the Week 'g'