18 Aug 2025

18 Aug 2025

15 Aug 2025

Kia ora e te whānau,

Whānau Puna (Rooms 9, 10, 7 & 8) have had a great week getting into our Learning Adventures.

Children are enjoying their learning in literacy. Room 9 has continued reading their shared text - Desert Jungle by Jeannie Baker with a focus on our punctuation and fluency in our reading. Room 10 have been reading the shared text - The Coral Kingdom and practising using the correct placement of commas. In Room 7 and 8 we have been reading the book How to Hide a Polar Bear and writing facts about animal camouflage.

In maths this week we have been working on:

Room 7/8 - Maths week addition and capacity

Room 9 - Maths Week Zoo Animal Posters, Chapter Review

Room 10 - Chapter Consolidation, Maths Week Activities

Room 9 had a fantastic day with Jo and STEAM learning. They created dioramas of a desert scene.

We have had a wonderful Maths Week at school. Each class has completed special Maths Week activities in class and children have shared their learning with Marianne. Children have received a certificate from Marianne when they have shared their learning with her.

Some of our Year 3 children participated in the RIPPA rugby tournament yesterday. They had a fantastic time playing RIPPA and were great representatives for our school.

Next week our classes will be going to the library on Monday, due to the library being closed for Book Week preparations. If you would like your child to come home with a new library book they will need to have their book bags at school on Monday. 

Whānau Puna team

Tracy, Sasha, Gerry, Wendy, Bev and ClaireS