Week One Term Four.

We would like to say a huge welcome to our newest additions to the Foundation Class, and their wonderful families. We have had a lovely first week together and look forward to getting to know you all much better and growing and learning alongside you.

Farewell end of term three 2011.

On our last day of term three we farewelled five of our very special friends, as they moved off to begin a new journey in year 0 with the lovely Mrs Burson.

Harriet, Ella, Victoria, Priya and Alice, it has brought us so much joy working and learning alongside you all and we will miss you very much. We look forward to you coming to visit us and hearing all about your school days.

Kia hora te marino, kia whakapapa pounamu te moana, kia tere karohirohi i mua i tou huarahi.
May calm be spread around you, may the sea glisten like greenstone and the shimmer of summer dance across your path.

Our makeshift swing.

The girls had loads of fun pushing each other in our makeshift swing during the last week of term. The laughter could be heard for miles! Here are some great images which seem to really capture the joy of the occasion:

Handmade icecream!

During the last week of term we were so captivated by the sunshine that rather than baking something as we would usually do on a Friday, we decided to make our very own ice cream instead. The girls worked busily alongside our lovely Robin to make two batches, one of which was chocolate and one which was strawberry. We had the pleasure of eating the ice cream on Friday afternoon as part of our farewell ceremony for the girls who are moving up to year 0 and it was really delicious!

Constructing fairy houses from natural resources.

This week on our visit to Mt St John the girls worked to construct fairy houses using natural resources which they collected. The girls are very eager to find out whether their houses will still be standing when we return to the mountain after our two week holiday!

Here are some images of the girls and their fairy houses:

Reconnecting with our mountain.

It's been a few weeks since we visited Mount St John, due to poor weather and our visit to Cornwall Park last Wednesday, and so the girls were very eager to go this morning.

The weather was beautiful, and with spring upon us there were so many new discoveries to be made. The flowering Kowhai trees were a favourite, as were many other spring flowers. We took our sketching books and the girls were invited to draw their surroundings. They drew cows, trees, spring flowers and the wider landscape of the mountain.

Here are some pictures from our walk:

Kowhai flower        Artist: Victoria H

Farewell to Natalie

A much loved member of our Foundation Class was farewelled on Friday as she moves to join the girls in Mrs Burson’s class. Natalie is a ‘founding’ member of the Foundation class and we have learnt so much together since the class began in May.

We will also miss you Eliane and Gary, and look forward to catching up on how ‘school days’ are going.

Happy school days Natalie!