Learning about prepositions

Alana is practising the prepositions "in" and "on" by playing a matching game.

She is getting really good at them!

Recount Writing

Primary students are learning to write recounts.  Recounts are written in the past tense about an event that has already happened.  Children are learning to sequence ideas and link these ideas with time words, such as "next", "then", "after that" and so on.

Here are some children from Room E writing a recount about a boy eating a banana.

Swimming Sports

Our Year 4-10 students recently participated in our school swimming sports at Halswell Pool.  Students raced in competitive and fun events,  Many parents were involved as spectators and helpers.
Winners from these swimming races go on to compete in local events against other schools.

Garden Club

On a very hot Tuesday lunchtime, over 20 students met to weed and harvest in our school garden. 

We had lots of fun!

Learning classroom nouns

We have welcomed Haruki to the ESOL programme this year.  Here is a picture of him playing a matching game to help him to remember classroom words.

Saying of the week

Thanks to those of you who posted on last week's Idiom of the week.
"Over the hill" generally means that a person is too old to do some things anymore due to their age.

This week's saying is "What's good for the goose is good for the gander".
What does this mean?  Please post your ideas . . .

Rice Cube

Further to the earlier post about the Hangi night, here is some more information about Rice Cube.  This ministry is a community for international people and kiwis who love connecting with people from other cultures.  Check out this link for more information about this local initiative: http://www.swbc.org.nz/ministry/multicultural/rice_cube