Ara Teina Disco!

Star Lab

You should have all received this notice taken home yesterday. If not, just come grab one from me.
Please bring money in as soon as possible.

Tofa soifua

Today our Samoan phrase was 'Tofa Soifua' which means goodbye. We also learnt ia - fish.

Samoan Language Week

This week is Samoan Language Week. In Room 24 we are learning a phrase in Samoan each day. Today we learnt how to say hello: Tālofa lava

Here are some of us practising our new phrase.

Bake Sale for Nepal

The Student Council have planned a bake sale for Friday 29th May. This is to raise money for those affected by the latest earthquakes in Nepal. Baking will be sold at lunchtime outside the hall. Prices from $1. If you would like to donate baking please email schoolcouncillors@arahoe.school.nz

Topic

As you will be aware our topic this term is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. We have been investigating shadows so far and are beginning to look at stars, the Sun and the Moon. To get involved with this at home, you could go outside at night and look at the sky. Get your child to draw a picture of what they see and have some discussion.

- What does the moon look like?
- How many stars are there? Can you count them?
- What do the stars look like?
- Are the stars making any patterns in the sky?

Send these pictures into school so we can all share what we saw!

Parent-Teacher Interviews

Parent-teacher interviews are happening on Monday and Tuesday next week. If you would like to book a time, there is a link on the main page of the Arahoe website: www.arahoe.school.nz

Shadows

Today we used our learning about shadows to draw some shadow outlines outside!

Weaving Stories

We have been retelling a myth called How Weaving Came. This week we published our writing and made it into a book with the weaving we did last week. Please come and read some of our stories in class!

Blends

Our blend of the week is 'pr'. Yesterday we got into groups and had a challenge to see who could think of the most 'pr' words. We shared our words all together and check out how many we came up with!

Tutira Mai

Here's the song that we were learning today in class. Have a listen so that you can become really good at the words and the tune.

Cross Country

Cross country has just finished and Room 24 did so well! Everyone raced their hardest and completed the course. Well done! Especially well done to Maddie who came 4th in the Yr 2 girls and Quinn (5th), Denziel (3rd) and Fletcher (1st!) in the Yr 2 boys.

Cross Country

Tomorrow is school cross country so please send children in shoes that are suitable for running in. Parents are welcome to come along and support. Year 2s will begin at 11:20 with girls running first.

Road Safety Week

This week is Road Safety Week. Today we started talking about how we can keep ourselves safe when we are walking and driving.

Some of our Room 1 buddies came to show us how to cross the road safely.

Then we did another statistical investigation. We asked the question 'What types of traffic are there around Arahoe School?'

We created a tally chart then went up to the road. We put a tally mark for every vehicle that came by.

We learnt that the most common type of traffic is cars.

Although there weren't many cars that came by we think that when we come to school in the morning and when we go home, there will be much more. We need to watch for traffic so we can stay safe.