We are all very important

This term we are focusing on how we are all very important. We are celebrating that although we are all 5 years old we are all unique.

Here are some wonderful pieces of art work that we have made of ourselves.

Swimming lessons

The school year is underway and we are enjoying the opportunity we have to swim three times a week. Twice a week we have lessons with  qualified swimming instructors who get into the pool with us. Once a week we go to the pool with Mrs Rennie-Younger and go over the things we have done in the swimming lessons.  We have a lot of fun in the water.

Life Education caravan

Today we went to the Life Education caravan for a lesson. We got to meet Harold the giraffe and pat him. We looked in a book that belonged to Harold the giraffe. It was a special book - that said V.I.P  (Very important person). When we looked in it we saw an image of ourselves and we smiled.

ROC day

On Friday we had ROC (Respect our community) day. A day to celebrate the lovely environment we live in. We joined in craft and sport activities as well as discussed about being a safe passenger in a car.

Here are some photos of us on ROC day.

FIre fighters

Today we had a visit from the fire fighters from Takapuna fire station. They were so impressed that we knew how to firewise. We told them
- that matches are tools not toys
- if we find matches we will give them to an adult.
- smoke does not have any sound so that is why we need smoke detectors in our homes
- if we hear a smoke detector - we have to get out FAST and not stop to pick up favourite toys, pets e.t.c.
- if there is smoke - we have to get down low and get out FAST

We watched fire fighter Troy get into all of his fire gear- They timed him and it took him 55 seconds. We were all very impressed. When he goes into a fire, fire fighter also gets down low.

Planting seeds

As November is 5 plus a day month - we decided to plant some seeds, so we could watch them grow.
Planting seeds was a lot of fun.

Art exhibition

Every second year at Sunnybrae Normal School we put on an art exhibition where everyone in the school has a piece of art work put on display in the hall. It is always a fantastic display and this year was no exception. We enjoyed looking at our own work and the work of others - see the photos below

A visit from Bruce Potter

Today we had a visit from Bruce Potter an author and illustrator. He sang songs to us, drew characters and made us all laugh. It was a great way to start Term 4.

Special guests

We would like to thanks all the family members who joined us at school at the end of last term to look at the lovely sand saucers we had made, watch us doing some folk dancing and talk about toys you had when you were little. It was a lovely way to end our unit on toys.