The Emperor's New Clothes

As part of Power Bird Hour we are undertaking "Technology Challenges".
These are linked to a traditional fairy tale or fable and are lots of fun.

Check out the great outfits our tamariki created:

Our beautiful Earth

The Moon

The Sun

The Planets

How the Digestive System Works

Exploring the Heart - The Circulatory System!

Life Education - Harold the Giraffe

Hub 2 have all had their first visit to the Life Education van.

The focus is on "What we need to survive?"
There was lots of talking about the different systems in our body and how they work.

Ukulele Group

Some of our talented Year 2s and 3s performed at our Friday assembly.
It takes a lot of courage to perform for an audience and they all showed they were true Karearea.

Hangi celebration for Matariki

As part of the Matariki celebrations WBS children were able to experience eating delicious hangi.
Many, many thanks to everyone involved in making this possible from food donations to cooking to serving the kai.

Take Flight Goal

One of our goals as a Hub is showing we are a Kereru which means we look after our belongings and environment.  To do that we had a big tidy up of our bag areas and talked about how this would help us care for our things and our Hub.  Mr Martin thinks Take Flight is looking very sharp and they should all stand proud.

Check out our before and after pictures:

Putting our Books and Reading Skills into action

Tuatua Rua have been reading a gorgeous book about making a caterpillar planter.
Today they got the chance to make their own planter. Next they had to put on masks to keep them safe while handling seed mix before planting their little seeds.
Now we water them gently, hope for a bit of sun and wait patiently...

School Hangi

The School Hangi is this Friday 10th June! In order to have the Hangi feed all students and be free of charge, it is essential that we recieve more donations of vegetables. 

We are looking for:

- pumpkin

-potato

-kumara

-carrots

-onion

There are five heart cards for students who bring donations of kai, the larger the item the more heart cards :)

Thank you to all families who have donated kai and for your continued support with making our Hangi a success. 

Exciting Times Ahead

The Minister of Education visited our school today with some very exciting news.
Welcome Bay School is going to be getting two new classrooms.

More Cross-Country stars in action

Play dough language experience

Take Flight's super literacy group had a blast making play dough on Monday. They came up with some fantastic adjectives to describe what their play dough looks, feels and smells like. Here are some of the words they came up with

LOOKS

like bubblegum

like a pancake

sparkly

pink like roses

blue like the sea

like candy floss

smooth

round like a ball

FEELS

squishy

soft

stretchy

cold like ice

freezing

soft like a cloud

fluffy

SMELLS

salty

like the sea

like old socks

Cross Country Super Stars!!

We are so proud of the amazing stamina and resilience the Hub 2 children displayed during their cross country races! Your hard work during training paid off and all children crossed the finish line with beaming smiles. Thanks to all the Parents who came along to support our tamariki.