Bouncy Castle Bliss. . .

What a wonderful finish to the year for Team 1!
Some teachers entered some beautifully decorated stars
into the 'Stars for Christmas' competition to decorate
trees at Starship hospital.

Well - two of Mrs Lal's smart boys won a prize.
A big thank you to Aron and Lomio- Lee for his amazing star which won a cash prize.

Mrs Lal decided she would like to share this with ALL of Team 1, because that's the kind of lady she is - so, thank you to Mrs Lal too!

Check out these pictures of happy, smiling, gorgeous Pt. Englanders. . .

Incy Wincy Spider

The worm is watching the spider swing up and down the web. By Izac

Ants on a log

This term we are focussing on the Little Critters. Room 3 children enjoy creating and making insects and bugs. Please view our work and leave us a comment!

A kind brother

Hansel and Gretel's stepmother said " I have a plan. In the morning we will drop them in the dark forest." Gretel cried at night. hansel said " I will look after you." By Maurice

Athletics

I belong to the Matatua team. I came out last in the 50m race. I ran with Lomio-Lee Izac and Aaron. By Judah

Watch us swim

Lomio-Lee is in the Sharks team with me.Chris said we need to beat the Dolphins and we did.
By Aaron .

The Animal Band.

Old donkey likes to play the flute. The three dangerous robbers stole all the money from the people and they had a party at their house. By Henry.

Our Favourite Things

Room 1 found out their Teacher loved the 'Sound of Music!' So, they decided to listen to one of the songs. They had lots of questions and and wanted to share their favourite thine things too.

My Favourite sport activity.

I went to the park with Charm, Tyler and Raven. I play softball on the field and I wacked the ball up in the sky.I did not get out. By Judah

Little critter

Out popped a hairy red juicy caterpillar. By Izac

My little critter

The pretty ladybird flies from flower to flower looking for pollen.(Dictated to the teacher) By Jared.

The travelling musicians

The donkey played the flute. The robbers stole the cash from the good people. Then the three robbers had a party. By Izac

Where am I?

Mother butterfly lays her sticky eggs on the green leaves. The little critter in the egg is growing inside the egg The egg cracked and out crawled a little yellow hungry caterpillar. By Aaron

Athletics

I belong to the Matatua team. I jumped over the bean and ran very fast. I came out first in the race.(Dictated to the teacher) By Lomio-Lee

In the water

I swim backwards with my hands going like this, down and up. The yellow life jacket makes me float.By Aaron

Here I come

Mother butterfly lays her sticky eggs on the green leaves.The little critter is growing in the egg.The egg is getting bigger. Then it cracks open. Out crawled the yellow fat juicy caterpillar.
By Henry

Watch us swim

I had fun in the swimming pool. Me, Lomio-Lee and Lanzie were putting our head in the water.
By Maurice

On the weekend

I went to my neighbours house.Kernis and I played racing cars.(Dictated to the teacher) By Izac

I like school

My name is Jasmyne. I am 5 years old. I am in Room 3. I am learning to draw on the computer. Look at my colourful shapes.(Dictated to the teacher) By Jasmyne

Here I come

The butterfly has 2 wings and flies up into the sky. By Trinity

My spider

"My spider is making a web by the trees. He is black and orange.
He has 8 legs."
By Carlos, Room 2 (dictated to the teacher)

My spider from home

"My spider was in my house and it was on the ceiling. I put it in the container and bought him
to school. The spider made a web to catch some flies. I bought them to school too so he could
suck the juice out of them!"
By Ajani, Room 2. (dictated to Teacher)

Katipo spider

"This is a katipo spider. She is black and orange. She has 8 legs and she was making spiderwebs in my sisters window."
By Aneelis, Room 2 (dictated to the Teacher)

My favourite sport activity.

On the weekend I played with my friend. We played football on the field. By Lomio-Lee

Worms worms worms!

I am looking at worms on the tree stump with my magnifying glass. (Dictated to the teacher)
By Izac

My butterfly. . .

Before the beautiful butterfly hatched out of the chrysalis it was a caterpillar!
Monarch butterflies like to eat swan plants and they lay eggs under
the leaves. All butterflies have 3 body parts called the head, the abdomen and the thorax.
My butterfly is going to land on the flower because they collect pollen.
By Yvonne, Room 2.

Why are bugs athletic?

Why are bugs athletic?
Bugs need to be good at jumping, swimming and flying so
they can escape from danger.
Some bugs are faster then people!
Bugs have to have strong muscles, long legs and some
have two pairs of wings to help them.
By Jamal, Room 2.

The day Little Critters came to visit Room 2

Relax, get a cup of tea and enjoy watching the spectacular
work from some clever Room 2 children about the insects and bugs
they have been learning about. . .

Things I do at home.

On Monday night I played x-box with my brother. It was a soccer game. At dinner time I went down stairs and ate some food.

Little critters B

My butterfly

My pretty butterfly is flying in the clouds.(Dictated to the teacher) By Kerstein

Spin, spin, spin

I saw a little black spider spinning a web on the tree trunk. (Dictated to the teacher) By Henry

My weekend.

On Monday we had a barbeque in our yard.I had sausages and hamburgers with lots of tomato sauce.(Dictated to the teacher) By Izac

Incy Wincy Spider By

The spider has oil on his 8 legs so he can walk on the web. He hides away and waits for an insect to get trapped on his sticky web. The beautiful web is soft and sticky in the garage. The spider uses his fangs to bite little critters. He injects the poison into the little critters so the spider can kill them. When there is danger he runs quickly to hide in the spiderweb. By Aaron

The earthworm

Earthworms live in the soil under the ground. They eat rotten plants and food scraps. Earthworms are good farmers because they help plants and vegetables grow. The tiny bristles helps the earthworm move in the soil.If the earthworm comes out of the ground they will get hurt and injured in the sunlight.Thier skin is soft and delicate. By Lomio-Lee

Look at me

I looked for little critters with my magnifying glass. I founds some worms in the garden.(Dictated to the teacher) By Lomio-Lee

Good farmers..

The earthworm lives under the ground. Their waste is good for the soil.(Dictated to the teacher) By Henry.

Spider Search

When I look for a spider it will have 6 to 8 eyes and it will have 8 legs. The spider has an exoskeleton and small feelers.
By Omari

Spider Facts

My spider has 2 body parts and 8 legs.
By Junior

Where are you?

The spider hides away and waits for insects to come on his web. He uses his fangs to bite little critters. Poison goes into their blood and kills them. When there is danger he hides on the tree trunk. By Izac

On the weekend...

Me and my brother Daniel played ice-hockey. We had lots of fun.(Dictated to the teacher)
By Maurice

Where are the eggs.

The earthworm is looking for food scraps to eat. Their eggs are found in the clitellum.(Dictated to the teacher)By Aaron

The Earthworm

The tiny bristles helps the earhtworm move in the soil.(Dictated to the teacher) By Melaia.

Little critters. . .

This is a butterfly and a flower. Butterflies like flowers because they eat the nectar.
I know a butterfly is an insect because it has 3 body parts, two antennae, and two pairs of wings.
The slug is black and he lives under the dirt.
By Shyla (dictated to teacher)

Sally Spider

Sally spider is hanging around in her web!
She spun silky threads from her bottom to make the web . . .
They are really sticky and when insects fly onto it, they will get stuck!
A spider has 8 legs, 3 body parts called the head, thorax and the abdomen.
Clever Sally made the web her food catcher.
By Venetia.

Icky sticky

The spider has oil on his 8 legs so he can walk on the web. He hides away and waits for the insects to get stuck on his sticky web. The spider uses his fangs to bite his enemies. Poison goes into their blood and kills them. When there is danger he hides in the bushes. By Henry.

Under the ground

Earthworms live under the ground. When they come out they will get injured by the sunlight.(Dictated to the teacher.)By Izac

Happy Birthday to me!

In the school holidays on the 28th September it was my birthday and I went to Rainbows End. I went on the roller coaster.I am 7 years old. By Aaron

My Spider

The spider has oil on his 8 legs so he can walk on his web. He hides and waits for the insects to get stuck on the sticky web. The beautiful web is the spider's house. The spider uses his jaws to bite the little critters. He uses his jaws to inject poison . When there is danger the spider runs quickly away to hide behind the tree. By Taane

Farmers

Worms live under the ground. They are good farmers because their waste is good for the soil and vegetables. (Dictated to the teacher) By Judah.

Worms!

Earthworms live under the ground. They eat rotten food and plants. Earthworms are good farmers because they helps plants grow. By Taane.

Incy Wincy Spider

This term we are learning all about little creatures.The teachers were pretending to be a ladybird. They have black spots on their body. I like the spider. By Izac

My butterfly. . .

This is my colourful butterfly. I know butterfly is purerehua in Maori.
A butterfly is an insect because it has 3 body parts, 2 pairs of wings and antennae or feelers!
By Amber.

Sally Spider

We are learning about little critters this term. This is Sally Spider and she has spun a silk thread from her bottom to make a web! I know spiders have 8 legs and 3 body parts - the head, body and abdomen. By Alice

My holiday

In the holidays I went to Rainbows End. I liked going on the roller coaster.(Dictated to the teacher)By Lomio-Lee