Art Exhibition

Some of the girls work will be on show at the exhibition. The exhibition opens on Wednesday evening from 5.30 - 7.30pm. Also open for viewing on Thursday and Friday.

Spring has nearly sprung!

We were delighted that it was such beautiful weather today for our walk up Mt St John. It was so sunny in fact that we thought we better wear our sunhats. It is becoming very clear that it is almost spring, as blossoms begin to appear and the weather warms up. We even spotted a couple of daffodils this morning.

Here are some photos from our adventure:

Some of us got to feed and stroke the friendly cows.

We shared in a lovely exchange with Tahi the dog and his owner Don. They go walking up Mt St John every week at the same time as us!

We did lots of running...

...and also bird watching. This week we spotted one Kereru and one Tui.

We found some great new climbing trees.

Emma thought the bark of the tree was really bumpy.

Sophia loves climbing trees!

On the way back to school we discovered some daffodils!

There are lots of buds forming. We can't wait to see them all in full bloom.

Our buddy morning tea.

Today we had a lovely time sharing in morning tea with our buddies. We worked hard to prepare and bake some love heart cookies with pink icing and sprinkles! These went down a treat. 

We enjoyed chatting to our buddies and working on different experiences with them here in our classroom. 

 

We hope you enjoy the photos of the girls pictured with their buddies. Unfortunately McKenna's buddy Vien was away today, so she partnered up with Jenesis' buddy as she was away today too.

 We have some questions for our buddies:

Did you enjoy the cookies that we made for you?

What do you enjoy most about being a buddy?

"Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life."
- Author Unknown

How to paint a Kereru.

Seeing Kereru on Mt St John last week has become an inspiration for our paintings. Sophia helped Mrs Bayes this morning to mix the paints and get different shades of colours to match the feathers of the bird. The girls have once again been paying such careful attention to detail. Some of the girls have also been writing stories in response to their painting. Take a look at their beautiful art works.

 

Welcome baby Lucy a sister for Isobella.

Welcoming Song

Dance upon silver, dance upon gold

We have a baby one day old.

Dance on a peacock, dance on a pearl,

The baby's a sister, because it's a girl.

Dance upon velvet, dance upon silk,

It sleeps in its cradle and dreams about milk.

Dance upon butterflies, dance upon bells.

Its little curled hands are like little pink shells. 

It's name? the wind asks in a whispery tongue.

But it's name is a secret too dear to be sung.

Margot the Mascot visits the Foundation Class.

What excitement when Margot the Mascot turned up for a visit to the Foundation Class. It was like magic, one minute we were wanting to know where to find her, and the next minute she is down visiting us. She said she lives on Mt St John in a cave and she swims in the pond that forms 

in the crater. We will try and find her next time we are up on the mountain.
 

All dressed up.

Take a look at the different costumes we all wore today:

   

 

  

 

 Don't we look great!