A butterfly and a moth by Eunji

Listen to Eunji read her report about the difference between a moth and a butterfly.

Butterfly house

Our butterfly house is still under construction. Mr Barnes has worked very hard this week on the roof of the butterfly house. He lay out all the parts of the roof like a big jigsaw on the car park marking where each piece of wood will go.

Weekly update - week 4

Book week was a lot of fun.
We all brought to school one of our favourite books to share with each other.


We put a collection of our written work in the library for other people to read.

On Wednesday we had the greatest fun when we went to see Stu Duval a New Zealand author, cartoonist and captivating story teller.


When he drew a series of cartoons - laughter filled the air.


He also drew a picture and told us a story about why possums stare at car lights.


On Friday some of us dressed up for the book parade.The photo below shows us standing with Miss Rall,a student teacher who will be working in room 2 for four weeks.

A praying mantis by Pia

Pia has gained a lot of confidence in reading her work. Listen to her reading her report about a praying mantis. Well done Pia

A butterfly and a moth by Isabel

Isabel drew a picture on the computer programme KidPix and looked at the differences between a butterfly and a moth.

A praying mantis by Adriel

Adriel wrote a report about a praying mantis. What interesting facts did he share?

Weekly update - week 3

Mr Barnes continues to work on the butterfly house. On Friday Nick took this photo of Mr Barnes preparing the frame for the roof. Some of the children in room 2 are sure they saw a butterfly fly through the framework of the house this week. It is all very exciting.

A butterfly and a moth by Aesop

Aesop drew a picture of a moth and a butterfly on the computer programme called KidPix. He wrote about the picture he had drawn. LIsten to him reading his work.

A praying mantis by Terina

Listen to Terina reading the report she wrote about a praying mantis. We are proud of you Terina - Well done

Weekly update - Soccer

This week we had a session with some soccer coaches. These sessions are always action packed and loads of fun. We had to do some interesting things at soccer e.g. We had to balance a ball on our nose.


We had to balance a ball on the back of our neck. This is very tricky and Pia was very skilled at doing this.





Watch us in action -

A caterpillar by Alina

Well done Alina for sharing some facts you know about caterpillars.

A praying mantis by Eunji

Eunji wrote this report about a praying mantis. Listen to the interesting facts she shared.

A minibeast by Taylor

Taylor was keen to read his story about minibeasts. Well done Taylor

Weekly update

During week 2 of this term Neve and Emily from the school garden group visited our classroom and explained how the worm bin worked. They were great teachers.


They explained that -
worms don't like plastic, bread, ham or orange peels and that you have to spread the food evenly over the three bins


from the worm bin - they collect the liquid and make worm tea which they sell


the children in the garden group water the school garden and that they grow the most amazing vegetables.


Neve very kindly cleaned out our class worm bin and we are now trying really hard to only put food scraps in it that the worms will like.

Thanks for teaching us Neve and Emily.

Our butterfly house - week 2

Mr Barnes has been busy working on the butterfly house this week. He is using a lot of his maths skills to build the house. Here he is working out exactly where each of the four posts will go.