Week 4 - 14 November

The Juniors had a lot to celebrate this week. It started with Room 15 being phoned by the Western Bay of Plenty Mayor Ross Paterson. He wanted to congratulate them on their efforts for creating a brochure promoting the area as a great place to have fun. Room 15 met Mr Paterson at the Te Puke Library where he presented them with certificates, notebooks, pens, lanyards and a $50 voucher from Paper Plus. The MADE awards were also a big success for the entire school, among the winners Room 14 came 3rd in the Music movie section and Room 15 won the Story Telling movie section Yr 1- 3.  We are creating a large group of confident Junior e-learners and we can only imagine what they will be creating by the time they become the Un-Stoppables!!

We have added a gadget page to our blog for the children who visit, this week I have a jigsaw puzzle for fun.  

Let me know if you like the gadget.

Week 3 - 7 November 2011

 This week the Juniors have started some kitchen chemistry in the classroom. Some classes have placed eggs in cups with different liquids to see the effects on the egg. Other experiments include making ice cream and jelly.

Room 11 and Room 12 now have Discovery Time each Friday. Discovery Time is where children are learning through hands on activities. During this time teachers are encouraging children to use the Curriculum Key Competencies: Thinking, Using language, symbols and texts, Managing Self, Relating to Others and Participating and Contributing.  Children are sharing, taking turns, speaking nicely to each other and being respectful to others and their equipment.

Junior Cross country is on Wednesday 30th November and children are all busy practicing. It is getting rather hot in the afternoon but children are enjoying the challenges. Please come and join us on the day, bring your family and cheer the children on.

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Week 2 - 31 October

We have started practicing for Junior Athletics this week. The activities are throwing balls, running, long jump and high jump. They will be competing in age level, e.g. 5 year old boys etc. This is always a fun day for the children and we will encourage parents and family to come and support their child on the day. 

The Junior Garden is looking great. The Enviro team have planted the plants and will spend the next few weeks managing the weeds!! The children can see the vegetables growing and are becoming very excited about tasting the produce, especially the strawberries!!

We will start our Maths Enrichment this week, selected children will be spending the next four weeks with Mrs Henson focusing on Problem Solving. 

We are fortunate to have two student teachers in the Juniors for the next few weeks. Miss Jones is with Miss Jones in Room 12 and Mrs MacKenzie is with Mrs Massey in Room 14. We hope they have fun.

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