ANZAC Day

To watch a short clip on the basic history of ANZAC Day click here

To see instructions on how to make your own poppy click here

Ooooo... It's getting exciting! Term Two is Almost Here!

Howdy holiday-makers!
Not many sleeps to go now until you are back with us!
Just a shout out to bring any big plastic fizzy bottles if you have any spare.  Mrs S is collecting them... not telling you why yet!  I also need chuckaway plastic coffee cups if you have any.
See you on Monday :-)

F.Y.I.

• Scholastic Book Orders close next Friday - the 27th.
• Please complete Goal Setting Report section for parents and return to school by the end of this week.
• Raffle tickets are due today - Friday 20th.  Please return pink sheets and money, (or just the pink sheet if you haven't managed to sell all of your numbers), to school by Monday.  Thanks for supporting the school if you have returned yours already.  

Happy Campers

Year 5 and 6 Campers at Living Springs on PhotoPeach

Camp Gear List... Just in case you've misplaced your hard copy!

Camp Gear List 2015

Please name all items for them to return home...

Please provide your own lunch and morning tea for the first day.

Bedding	sleeping bag pillow and pillowcase
Toiletries	toiletries bag face cloth soap x1 bath towel toothbrush and toothpaste sunscreen insect repellent shampoo
Clothing	underwear pyjamas sun hat x4 pair of socks x2 pair shorts x2 pair long pants (no jeans) tee shirts warm jersey rain jacket (should be waterproof) x2 pair of walking shoes (no jandals) beanie (woollen hat) thermal top (polypropylene) Gloves swimming togs swimming towel swimming goggles
Other	backpack (school bag) x2 plastic shopping bags for wet/dirty clothes lunch box and drink bottle your own lunch and morning tea for the first day torch medication (to be kept with the teacher) camera (optional)
ABSOLUTELY NO...	NO technology (ipods, cell phones, radios, electronic games), money, pocket knife, or extra food (teachers will have treats)

Bits and Bobs Feat. our Exciting Learning

We have added cool hanging chairs to our interesting seating choices in our team.  Thanks to Ms K for sourcing these for us.  Pop in and try them out!  Each room in Wairere has one or two.  Here is Mr van der L testing one out after he installed them.  It got the big tick!

Miss Fraser, Ruma Tahi's student teacher, is teaching us dance.  Here we are showing our moves.  Can you tell we were on boats?

We were gutted that the weather didn't come to the party on Friday for Te Matatini.  We had been so excited about attending such a prestigious Kapa Haka event.  Here we are braving the weather and enjoying the part of the show we were able to watch.  Fortunately, we were given plastic coveralls and a free visor, which helped us stay dryish!  Thanks to Ms K for organising the trip.

Miss Fraser has been teaching Ruma Tahi some cool tricks in the pool.  We know that many of us need to practice kicking and breathing, so we had the noodles out and finished our lesson with a race on our noodle horses!

Ruma Rua HOME LEARNING

Reminder to check out the Home Learning page to make sure you are meeting requirements. I have added some activities to Study Ladder that link to our Art lessons with Miss Harris.
Ms Kalauta