Term 4 Week 3

This week we had Harold to visit us. We talked about what makes a good friends and looking after our bodies with heathy food. We made Harold some gorgeous paintings of him to thank him for visiting our school. He loved them and is going to put them on his bedroom wall. 

We entered in the Ashburton A & P show. As a group we had to make a vegetable animal, a lego construction and a card. We had a great time making these and are excited to see them on display when we visit the show on Friday. 

Term 4 Week 2

During Week 2 of term we were lucky enough to get invited to Longbeach Schools Country Day. We had a fantastic day exploring lots of farming activities and meeting a range of animals. A big thank you to the wonderful teachers who took us. 

We had also had Cluster Schools Athletics Day. It was a great day and it was fantastic to see lots of Whānau their to support their children. 

Term 4 Week 1

We have had an extremely busy week back at school. 

We loved sharing our holiday stories with each other. We all had a great holiday and are excited for lots of new learning in Term 4. 

We have new reading games this term. These ones were kindly given to us by Ruby in Room 4 and her family. 

We were also kindly given a treasure box. This was given to us by a student Miss P used to teach in Balclutha. We love getting this out of it. 

We have been learning our high frequency words with our friends this week. We have also been learning how to add groups of numbers together and how to write these down. 

On Friday fun day we started making grass men. We collected sawdust from out long jump pit, made bags out of mutton cloth, added wheat and soaked them in water. We then decorated them and are patiently waiting for them to grow. Keep an eye out for pictures of them over the next few weeks. 

Term 4 Week 9

Wow! What a busy and fantastic term we have had! I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday with their Whānau!

On Thursday we went on an adventure to D & E to give them the colouring in competitions we have been working hard on for the A & P show that is coming up. We also got to watch a concrete mixer and visit the Vets. 

On Friday we had Super Star Mufti. We also had Mark for sport. This is us doing sport in our fabulous clothes. 

Ashburton Netherby School came together to raise money for the September Foundation by raising money for children with cerebral palsy by taping Miss Hannah to the wall.

We had a great time watching the Yearly Lip Sync. We loved getting on stage and having a wee dance as well. 

Term 3 Week 8

 This week we had our Duffy Sponsors and Role Model visit. We learnt lots about fossils and are very very happy with our new Duffy books. Thank You KPMG for your support!

This week our School invited all our Whanau to join us for an Art afternoon. With the help from them we made our gorgeous ladybug art for our school calendars. On Friday we made some fantastic daffodil art to go with our Spring writing. 

 On Thursday we went to see what our Caretaker was doing because we could hear a loud noise from our classroom. He was cutting down the dead branches from the trees with his chainsaw. We hadn't seen one of these before and it was very exciting. 

We have been extremely lucky to have Mata helping in our classroom on Thursday and Friday this week. She taught us how to say several things in Samoan. Including Talofa, which mean Hello in English. We had a great time. 

This week we have been working hard to be kind team members and help each other. Here are some activities we have been doing. 

Term 3 Week 7

Last week Miss Patrick took some more of our student leaders to Stepping Stones. We loved reading books to the children. 

Mrs McCully and Room 6 were on presenting at assembly. They played a song using instruments and singing. We have been learning how to speak confidently in front of people. 

 We have loved getting outside and enjoying the sunny spring weather. We have been practising writing our numbers using chalk. 

We went on a lamb hunt instead of a beer hunt and luckily for Room 6 we found one. We loved being kind to the lamb and learning about them. 

Term 3 Week 5

The New Zealand Marist Colts came to visit us. They talked to us about our School Values. After that they spent an hour playing sports with us. They donated us lots of new sports equipment. 

This week we had our second after school session of Reading Together. Our focus was to support our parents with how to select appropriate reading books for their children to read. 

We painted our self portraits and then made ourselves have crazy hair by blowing dye through a straw. These are displayed in the library. 

We have been learning how to skip count in twos by using our special penguins. We have also been making numbers out of beans. 

At the start of the week we had our poetry presentation. Miss Patrick was very proud of the students who represented our class. 

Term 3 Week 4

Last week Miss Patrick took our Senior Leaders to Merle Leask Kindergarten. They read books and played with the students who are going to be joining our classroom before the end of the year. 

We have been outside practicing writing our numbers with chalk. We love learning outside. 

We went to visit all the fantastic helpers to thank them for coming to school and making cheese rolls. We got to taste the mixture and find out how they make them. 

We have been learning about being part of a team and sharing as part of our olympics learning. We loved playing outside in the water sharing the equipment with each other. 

Term 3 Week 3

We had a great time last Friday playing in the snow. These are some pictures at Miss Patricks house.

 We made snow artwork and wrote stories. 

On Monday we watched the NZ 7's Women's Rugby Team who were competing in the Olympics. We were very proud of them for getting a silver medal. 

Miss Patrick's cousin kindly gave us these new lanyards. We think they are awesome and they will help us to learn our words all around the school. 

We are loving Jump Jam. It is helping us learn our right and lefts and counting the beat. 

Term 3 Week 2

Welcome back to Term 3. Miss Patrick is back from holiday and Room 6 have been working really hard. 

On a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings our whole school participates in Jump Jam, as part of our Winter fitness. We love starting the day of dancing and singing. 

We are loving reading the new books that Miss Patrick got us to our puppets. We have also been trying really hard to learn all the words in our containers. 

In maths we have been learning about numbers before and after. We love having Ally our new teacher aide to help us out everyday. 

On Thursday we illustrated our invites to our whanau to invite them to a programme called Reading Together. This programme is 4 after school sessions to help support our parents to read with us at home. 

On Thursday our letter was 'M'. Miss Patrick took us to the staffroom and we had milo as a special treat for working hard this week.