Miss Mead taught Room 14 some new games

Miss Mead taught Room 14 two new games today. Zombie Tag and Chain Tag. Room 14 loved Zombie tag, they got to act like Zombies and chase one another. Check out our zombie poses.

Puppet show Nov 21st

Dear parents and caregivers,

The over-arching theme for Ara Teina students this year is ‘Green,’ in which we have covered several aspects of living sustainability. During Term 4 we continue the theme with a focus on looking at how different ethnicities sustain their culture and identity in their everyday lives. One way in which the children are exploring this is by creating puppets, and performing personalised puppet shows based on their own family cultures. Puppets are used universally by both children and adults to tell stories, to entertain and to convey messages. Ara Teina teachers hope that by giving children opportunities to explore their own identity through the medium of puppetry, it will help foster an appreciation for their own culture as well as that of others.

To support our learning we will be having Christine Fuller from ‘Hands Alive Puppet Theatre’ visit us on Friday 21 November to put on two puppet shows, one for the Year 0-1 students and another for the Year 2 children. She will be using a variety puppets to bring some well-known stories to life. We are excited to give Ara Teina children the opportunity to see a puppeteer in action. We hope that the show will be inspirational.

The cost for the show is:

·         $2.50 for non-Loyalty Card holders

·         $2 for those who have a Loyalty Card.

Payment can be made directly to your child’s teacher(s). Loyalty Card holders, please include your Loyalty Card number with your payment.

If you have queries, please talk to your child’s classroom teacher(s).

Kind regards,

Kirsten Bland

Classroom teacher,

Arahoe School

Amelia, Evie and Bella's dance showcase

Bella, Amelia and Evie practiced a dance to 'Party Rock' by LMAFO they performed it to Room 14 and we thought it was awesome! Keep up the good work girls!!

Jayden's Robotics Driller

Check out the driller Jayden made in robotics yesterday, he had lots of fun designing and making it.

When you turn the switch the wheels and part work together and rotate around

Room 14's litter free lunchboxes

We have been adding up all week who has had a litter free lunchbox and who is using resealable bags for their lunch. Thank you parents and caregivers for your help and support with this. Our highest number is 12/25 which is  nearly half of our class but it would be great if we could get 25/25 lunchboxes litter free!!

Topic: We are who we are

We have started our topic wall. We had to colour and decorate ourselves. Miss Mead also took photos of us and we had to draw the other side of our faces.

Our topic wall is very bright and colourful- make sure you come into Room 14 and check it out :)

Needs vs Wants

Today we have been learning about the difference between a need and a want. We sorted pictures into the correct headings. Miss Mead made a fun activity for us on the Mimio.