Planning our own trip to the rocky shore...

Today we went on a trip to Princess Bay. We planned our own trip. We were curious about what kind of creatures we would see. It was cold and windy and the sea was rough. The tide was in so we didn't see that much. We did see some sand hoppers though. It was fun to go on our own trip. 

A big thank you to Janis for taking us. 

By Thomas, Dylan, Ollie and Nikora

This is us getting ready to go on our trip

This is a cool shell that we found

We found some big rocks

This is us at Princess Bay

World Premiere: If You Learned Here- Worser Bay Style

This is us enjoying the playground when working on the movie.

We are involved in a global collaboration project called, "If you learned here." We are excited to introduce our movie about Worser Bay School, introducing ourselves to the other schools around the world. You can see the 2016 videos here: 

https://blog.seesaw.me/ifyoulearnedhere2016/

End of day routine

Please have a chat with your child about the expectations you have for them if you are ever a little late to pick them up.
At the end of each day all students are allowed to leave the classroom after goodbyes have been said. Students know that if there is no one there to collect them, then they are expected to come back inside and wait with the teachers until someone comes to pick them up (that is, unless you have made a different arrangement with them). 

Beach trip: Rock Pools

I found a piece of paua shell

I found a starfish

These are 3 hermit crabs in different shells

This is a sea anemone

Today we went on a trip to the beach. We had a look in the rock pools. We are learning about rock pools for our inquiry. At the beach we found all sorts of different creatures. We found sea anemones, mussels, cockabullys, starfish and seaweed. We saw all types of colours we also found a whole lot of barnacles. 

By Kate, Pippa, Katherine and Nela

New Zealand Flag: Change

This is us discussing the flag debate.

  OR 

Our inquiry is about change. Voting papers on the second referendum arrived in mailboxes on Thursday morning. Union Jack, or Silver Fern? Keep the flag, or change it? Why?

Read the article http://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/flag-vote-begins/

and for a little more background information: 
http://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/new-zealand-get-new-flag/

Put your thoughts on this padlet: 

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You can take part in the kiwi kids referendum here: http://kiwikidsnews.co.nz/kiwi-kids-news-flag-referendum/

Planning our own trips... Our visit to the rock pools

We are searching around in Princess Bay

 Our group planned our own trip. We wanted to go to the rock pools at Princess Bay and Breaker Bay. We went there because we are thinking about the rocky shore in our inquiry. We saw fish and seaweed. We saw seaweed that looked a bit like a seahorse. 

A big thank you to Jackie for taking us on the trip. 

By Reuben, Theo, Liam, Hadley and Angus

Library days

Please find the library day schedule:

Scott's base group: Monday
Shona's base group: Tuesday
Chrissy's base group: Wednesday
Nicola's base group: Thursday

Please remember your child is allowed to borrow 4 books at one time. We will be learning some library skills while we have our afternoon in the library.

Thanks Team Tautoru