Junior School trip to Hamilton Gardens.

Here is a short video made up of all our photos taken at the Hamilton Gardens. It was a lovely day out, a big thank you to all of the parent helpers who came with us.

Room 11 writes to Room 5 about their garden

We were lucky enough to receive some mail from Room 11 asking us great questions about our garden. It was a little tricky for all of Room 5 to write replies so we thought we could video our replies and have Miss Williams write a letter to Room 11. Below are the lovely letters we received. Unfortunately our video replies were a bit big to upload to the blog.

The Lonely Pumpkin

Last week Room 5 had been listening to the story called "Pumpkin feels lonely".

It is about a pumpkin who is lonely in his garden because he can't do things that the other vegetables can. 

Room 5 were amazing artists and created some work based on the story. We have also planted some pumpkin and watermelon seeds together in little containers in Room 5 so that they will not be lonely when they grow . When these are big enough we will plant them in to the tyre garden near the feijoa trees , over by the school garden.

Here is a short slide show of the art created by Room 5, this is also the work we shared at assembly. 

Here is a link to the story if you would like to listen at home - The Lonely Pumpkin

Hamilton Gardens Junior Trip

Tomorrow is our big trip to the Hamilton Gardens. So that we can get away on time can students from Rooms 5,6,7,8 and 11 be at school by 8.30. We have asked that all students come with the following:

• Shoes on , as some surfaces can be very hard for little bare feet to walk on.
• Sunscreen on.
• Drink bottles - water only please.
• School hat.
• Plenty of food .

Please remember students will not be going to the shop, so we can not take money with us.

If there are any problems, please see your child's class teacher.

The weather looks to be great , so it will be an awesome day out.

Welcome Harrison!

Room 5 has a new smiley face! Last week we welcomed Harrison. Harrison has 2 lovely big sisters already at Stanley Avenue, and already has friends in Room 5 he remembers from Country Kids.

If you see Harrison around give him a high five and welcome him to Stanley Ave. 

Congratulations Lucas!!

Last week we completed our collage artwork to enter into the A&P Show. Hopefully some of you were able to go and view our awesome work at the show on the weekend.

Today we found out that Lucas Gamble from Room 5 had won third prize in the collage section.

Here is Lucas with his artwork. Congratulations Lucas!

Ready, set -GROW

In Room 5 we are doing a lot of growing at the moment! We have our little garden pots that have mostly sprouted and will soon be planted in the big school garden and now our beans have sprouted!

We are having a bean race! Room 5 wants to know which beans will grow faster - the ones that we look after in class, or the ones that we have planted straight into the school garden. So far the class beans are winning the race by 2 centimetres! We have 2 sprouts in the garden and the tallest one is 2cm, our class bean as you can see in the picture is 4 centimetres!

We have asked that each child please bring a clean, clear plastic bottle to house their plant when we plant it into the school garden. If you have a spare one at home could this please come in too. We are hoping that the bottle provides shelter from the wind and creatures that like baby plants .