Saturday 6 December 2014

Room 14's swimming lessons


On Tuesday we had our second swimming lesson. We practiced entering the pool safely, kicking/blowing bubbles in the water and using the kick board to swim from one side of the pool to the other. Look at our photos below and our progress!











Sunday 23 November 2014

DVD special offer- Family night only!

DVD SPECIAL OFFER - Family Night only

Looking for a Christmas gift promoting good values for your child/children?  How about ordering a copy of Christine Fuller's latest DVD 'Helping at Home'. This video is an entertaining, and fast moving DVD featuring many large puppets engaging four young children. You will love watching lots of fun activities in and around the home, where the children are encouraged to "stick at it, and not give up."  Running time = 25 minutes.

Normally, the video retails for $20, but tomorrow only, the video can be ordered at Family Night, for $15 with a portion of each sale going to our school. Look for the sign 'DVD orders' outside the school office to make your order. Cash only please. 

Orders can be collected from Miss Bland by 10 December. 

See an excerpt of the DVD at http://handsalive.com/helping_at_home.html​ 


Contact Miss Bland if you have questions. Email:  kirstenb@arahoe.school.nz  

Tuesday 18 November 2014

Puppet making

Room 14 worked super hard yesterday to create our puppets to represent members of our family and also our culture. It took us ALL day! A big thank you to Kate, Sara and Nic, who came and helped Miss Scarlett. Also a HUGE thank you to our parents who collected and donated materials for us to make and create them out of!!

















Swimming- Term 4

Yesterday we had our first swimming lesson for Term 4. We were very lucky it was hot and sunny! A big thank you to the parents who came to help Miss Scarlett!!

Talking about how to enter and exit the pool safely.


Room 14 entering the pool safely

Getting ready for our warm up








Learning how to kick with straight legs


Wednesday 12 November 2014

News rotation for the end of the term

News Rotation until Dec- I have doubled people up so everyone gets a turn before the end of the year!

Monday 17- November- Bella, Warner

Tuesday 18th Novemeber- Zephaniah, Sweta
Wednesday 19th Novemeber- Rhea, Liam
Thursday 20th November- Leshay, Evie,
Friday 21st November- Te Ariki, Amelia
Monday 24th November- Dipesh, Bridget
Tuesday 25th November Arlo, Kheiani
Wednesday 26th November- Jayden, Riya
Thursday 27 November Tye, Sanvi
Friday 28th November- Floyd, Ada
Monday 1st December- Nathan
Tuesday 2nd Max, Isabella. H, Jude