We held our agricultural day on Guy Fawkes Day. The theme for the hall exhibits this year was ‘Fireworks’. The children had to make posters, fire engines, jellignite jellies and floral displays within this theme. Our class also exhibited our business ventures, the results of...
The Peril Paradox
I read some interesting thoughts from Michael Ungar about children and physical safey in an article published in the Sunday Star Times dated October 26 2008. He claims that ‘ our children are safer physically than at any time in history. Yet with out...
Playground Fun
Mrs Marshall has bought three sets of stilts to be used at playtimes. Alice has already mastered them!
Speech Contest Winners
Congratulations to Emma, Tia and Zared for winning first, second and third place respectively in the School Speech Contest. The judges were very impressed with the high standard of speech writing from the entire class. A superb effort! Emma and Tia will now represent our...
Drum Lessons at Mount Biggs
Some of us have started drum lessons at school with Paddy. Other children are learning the piano, the trumpet and the guitar. Here is a picture of Zared having a lesson.
Welcome to Term 4 2008
It’s Term 4 already. Soon the Christmas Holidays will be in sight!!! This Term we welcome Amanda Owen to our room. Amanda is a college teacher who has a 4 week posting with us. We know that Amanda will have a great time at our...
Kainui Concert Update 2
The Kainui Concert will be held this Wednesday 27 August at the Regent Theatre in Palmerston North. The choir and band will be bussed to the Regent for a dress rehersal on Wednesday morning, leaving school at 8.50pm. Please be at school on time. Children...
Term 3 Newsletter
Parent Newsletter Term 3 2008 Welcome back to Term 3. This is our third class newsletter of the year. If you didn’t catch the first two or you want to catch up with the latest in Room Two or just see what’s happening with homework...
A Thought for Today
In this world we are bombarded with a lot of stuff which is simply not good for us. In fact it is difficult to avoid. Once we had to go and search for it. Now it seeks us out. Here is a passage worth pondering…...
Kainui Concert Update
The Kainui Concert is on Wednesday 27 August. Tickets are now available from the Feilding Information Centre, Regent Theatre (Palmerston North) or online from www.ticketdirect.co.nz keyword: Kainiu Cost $6 adults and children (participants free) + service fee if ordering from the Feilding service Centre.