Winter Fun!

 Jack Frost comes to visit!!

Hey, why is our playground white?

Is it snow?

We found ice!

Our hands are freezing!

C'mon guys!

It's Jack Frost!!

We crunched the frost!

Lucky we have warm winter clothes on!

Thank you Emirates Team NZ

During Term 1, Te Pihi wrote letters of congratulations to Emirates Team New Zealand for their awesome efforts in winning the America's Cup.

In Term 2 we were thrilled to receive a mystery parcel sent to us! 

In the parcel was a lovely letter to thank us for our letters and a huge poster signed by all the 2021 team! You can check it out on the corridor wall outside our classroom door. 

There was also a quality Team NZ cap for every child in the class! We were so stoked that we wore them all day!!

Thank you Emirates Team New Zealand!

Te Whare Kiwi's Assembly

 Our Dance Interpretation of our school pou.

We have been learning about our two school pou which are on the front of the main entrance to the office.

One is the East pou, one is the West pou. The pou were carved especially for Paparore School. Every item on the pou has some significance to our school and the local area.

Each class performed a dance about a different part of the pou. Our dances and costumes were cleverly designed by Miss Koland. We really enjoyed practicing our dances every week. Lots of whanau came to watch us and our assembly performances were outstanding!!

Te Kakano's dance was about the wheke from the Rangaunu Harbour, who turned into Puwheke Maunga.

Te Pihi's dance was about the godwit's annual migration to Alaska to breed.

Te Putake's dance was about the ancestor Tuwhakatere, and his son Hoka sneaking off to battle.