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Ho ho ho ! **Here are some activities to enjoy.**
 * Christmas will be here very soon. I would like to wish everyone a very happy Christmas. Our Christmas concert is on Tuesday 11th December starting at 1.45pm. We look forward to seeing you there! **




 * This is a very busy term. Our topic is : **

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 * Thank you to all grand parents and friends who attended our special day. We loved having you in our classroom and hope you enjoyed our show. We all enjoyed reading you our stories,singing our songs and hope you had a great time dancing "Boomps a Daisy" and "The Hokey Tokey" with us. Your enthusiasm and energy was much appreciated! **
 * Here are some photographs and there are more on the page entitled Grandparent's Day photographs. **







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 * Tyreese was very excited to attend the Principal's lunch on Tuesday in Mr Jenkin's office. He said he loved the Pepperoni Pizza and the Pepsi! **


 * At last the weather was kind to us and we were able to run the cross country race. The students all tried their best and enjoyed the run. Congratulations to everyone and especially Joseph and Melanie who were the fastest from Room 3b! **








 * Recently the students went around the school photographing wheels. Listen to them describe these wheels on the page entitled Wheels Photostories. **



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 * Remember to keep training for the junior school cross country race. This is planned for September 4, weather permitting. We are hoping the field has a chance to dry out **
 * by then! **



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= We all enjoyed the day at the Howick Historical Village and luckily the weather was kind to us. A special thank you to our wonderful parent helpers! We hope you had as much fun as we did! Here are some photos and a video. =



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On Thursday, all the Year One children took part in an Olympic Maths Quiz. All the children were in teams with Mrs Berry as the quiz master. We had to work out the answers in our groups and write them down.



Here are the results of the Olympic Maths Quiz. These are the medalists. =Joseph won a gold medal. Congratulations!= == =Judy won a silver medal. Well done!=


 * Danielle won a bronze medal. Great effort! **



=Notices for Term 3.= =Parents, please make sure you book an appointment online for a parent discussion on Tuesday 24th July or Thursday 26th July. = == =Year One children will be visiting Howick Historical Village on Wednesday 1st August. Please sign the consent form and send it back to school with the money as soon as possible. Thank you. =

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This term Nicole was chosen to go and have lunch in Mr Jenkin's office. She was very excited about the pizza and chips!

On Tuesday afternoon we had a wonderful treat making orange cupcakes with Mrs Warburton. We used oranges from the orange tree outside our classroom and eggs from our very own hens! Enjoy the video below. media type="custom" key="19394004"

We made our magic hats and photos may be viewed on the Book Week page. The winner of the Year One Magic Hat competition was Chelsea Wang and here she is in her hat. She will receive a book prize. Congratulations Chelsea!



Next came the parade.... The students enjoyed dressing up as book characters. Have a look at their photos on the Book Week page.

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= media type="custom" key="17600276" = = There are some expert photographers in room 3B who caught us making popcorn! = = = = = = = = media type="custom" key="17599656" = = = = = = =

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media type="custom" key="17526048" There were also some interesting experiments demonstrated in assembly. You can view them on the Kitchen Chemistry page.

= This is a first attempt at time lapse photography. As you can see, we have to practise using a tripod! The students learnt about yeast and how dough rises. We all enjoyed the delicious bread rolls. = media type="custom" key="17525582"



== =Welcome to the Wakaaranga Chooks. Please listen to our poems Chicks in the Seedbox and see our pictures on the Fotobabbles page. = = = == = = = Thank you Mrs Warburton and Mrs Steele for helping us make gingerbread men. They were delicious and fun to make! Enjoy our photo stories and video below. If you would like to make gingerbread men at home, the recipe is on The Gingerbread Man page. =

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This is what some of the students wrote........
 * It was cold and it was nice and it tasted like raspberries. It wobbled a lot of times when I ate it. **
 * Tyra **
 * We made raspberry jelly. It was wobbly and cold and delicious. It tasted like raspberry. **
 * Tyreese **
 * We made raspberry jelly and it tasted yummy. It was slippery and wobbly. I love jelly very much. **
 * Lucy **
 * We made jelly and it tasted delicious. It tasted like raspberries. It wobbled and then I ate it. **
 * Connie **
 * We made jelly and it was raspberry jelly. It was cold. I love jelly. It tasted like raspberries. The jelly wobbled in the cup. It tasted delicious. I ate it all up. **
 * Nicole **
 * We made raspberry jelly. **
 * Chelsea **
 * We made raspberry jelly and it tasted yum and felt cold. I love jelly because it is so sweet, so slippery in the mouth. It is red jelly. **
 * Emily **

The children have received the daily news roster. Please assist and encourage your child. News may be: a newspaper article, a photograph, a favourite book, a report about some baking or an experiment your child has done at home, an item of interest from home, some writing or a picture drawn, that relates to our school topic for example. = Our Topics this term are Kitchen Chemistry and Road Safety. Any parent who would be willing to come to school to help the children bake or carry out simple experiments, please let Mrs Morrison know. Thank you. = = Room 3B will be having soccer skills lessons with Mr Mannion on Monday and Tuesday mornings. = = Year One's first assembly is in Week 3 on Friday 11th May at 9am in the hall. Rooms 3B and 2B will be performing a play in this assembly. Everyone is welcome to attend. =

media type="custom" key="17561134" Children may go to the library on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings for reading. We go to the library on Wednesdays so please return books before then. Please keep the book at home until after the weekend. Poetry and Pubptshed story folders can be returned by Wednesday. Thank you. Here are the room 3b children during the first week of school.

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Have a look at the page called "It's a puzzle" Children can try to assemble a puzzle of themselves.

**We had a successful visit to the zoo and many thanks to all our wonderful parent helpers! Enjoy viewing the photos and slide show below. Many of the photos were taken by Isabelle. She is a patient and superb photographer. Thank you Isabelle!**
 * ZooTrip **
 * We are all excited about the zoo trip on Monday 5th March. On the Reptile page are some slippery, slithery activities..... **

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 * media type="file" key="VOICE027.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Addison shares his thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE025.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Joseph shares his thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE024.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Tiang shares his thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE023.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Thrayi shares her thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE022.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Tyreese shares his thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE021.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Emily shares her thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE020.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Connie shares her thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE019.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Rhys shares his thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE018.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Melanie shares her thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * || jeffrey shares his thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE016.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Nicole shares her thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE015.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Lucy shares her thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE014.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Cody shares his thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE013.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Chelsea shares her thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE012.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Danielle shares her thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE011.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Yashwhine shares her thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE010.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Judy shares her thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE009.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Katarina shares her thoughts about the zoo trip. ||
 * media type="file" key="VOICE008.MP3" width="240" height="20" || Isabelle shares her thoughts about the zoo trip. ||

__ Lunch with the Principal __ Chelsea was very excited to be chosen as the first student in 3b to go to lunch with Mr Jenkin. She said she loved the pineapple pizza and the chips were yummy.