Term 4 Starts

 Te Pihi starts Term 4!

We are all excited about our new sensory garden that was built during the October holidays!

Our first assembly for Term 4.

Congratulations everyone!

These three have graduated from Te Kakano.
They have grown from seeds into seedlings!

Welcome to Te Pihi Sophie, Mila and Shelby! It's great to have you with us!

Fun Ending to Term 3

Fun in Fairy Land!

Michele made this Fairy Garden in Lockdown

            Proud certificate winners from our                  Week 10 assembly

Well done all of you! Ka rawe!

Snowy arrives with treats from his Cousin!

Snowy stayed at Michele's for the night and he had seen his cousin in the supermarket!

He gave each of us a treat! Yum...Bluebird's the word!!
Thanks Michele & Snowy!

Spring blossom Art!

First we coloured in the tree trunk.

Then we painted green grass on the bottom.

Next we used brocolli to stamp pink and white paint on to make the blossoms.

Making our own Foam Fairies! 

 

Nova's Lockdown fairy garden!

Russ Needs A Nose Job!

Russ Needs a Nose Job! 

written by Te Pihi class 

Russ is a teddy-bear. He is our class mascot. We take turns to take Russ home for the night.

When Russ went to Toby's house, he was holding his nose so that he couldn't smell Hogg the pet pig.

But some cotton came out of his nose! Cove the kitten felt sorry for Russ.

So Doctor Michele did surgery on Russ' nose. She fixed his nose with some stitches made with a needle and cotton. Russ was very brave. Cove was the nurse, looking on.

Dr Michele put a plaster on Russ' nose. He felt a lot better after a cuddle with Nurse Cove. The plaster came off the next day and Russ looked much better. Now we can all take Russ home again!
Thank you Dr Michele and Nurse Cove!

Te Pihi returns to class in Level 2

Well, it has been an interesting Week 6 of Term 2. We returned to school this week to a new kind of normal. Here are some of our Level 2 changes:

• Te Pihi kids were excellent at sanitising their hands as they entered the class and also as they left the class. 
• Only one person in the toilets/bathroom area at a time.
• Most came to school in cars, and were picked up by parents or grandparents in the afternoons, as the adults were encouraged to stay in their cars and not to come in to the classes. Some of our kids had to be very brave coming into class all by themselves and they did it! 
• When the parents picked up their kids, they drove around the cones on the field to the pickup point.
• The bus brought a few children to school and they had their own assigned seats. Sir was also travelling on the bus to and from school.
• School hours changed too. We started earlier at 8am, had a shorter, earlier lunch time and finished at 2pm. 
• When we arrived at school, we all did quiet colouring in instead of playing outside.
• Playtimes were divided into Junior and Senior times, so there was enough room for everyone to have plenty of space in the school playground. We had to keep a metre away from everyone else whenever we could, even when we lined up.
• Morning tea and lunch were eaten inside. Then we went outside for some fresh air and a quick play.
• Instead of all sharing the equipment like Lego and blocks, each child chose a container which they played with and then kept in their bubble for the whole day.
• We did our reading online with our i-pads, two people at a time with the teachers.
• Home reading was from our online PM readers.
• No full school assembly. We had our own class assembly on Friday afternoon.
• When we were in our class, there was no big furniture! The kids sat in their own taped 'square bubble' on the floor with a cushion, a toy, their book box and a plastic bag of their own work books, pencil, rubber, colouring pencils.

Te Pihi had a fantastic Level 2 week coming back to school with all these changes! Well done everyone, it's great to be back at last, even if things are different just for a little bit longer! We've got this!

Reading lesson with Michele

We've done 50 nights of reading!

25 nights of reading. Smile Lloyd!

75 nights of reading! Super heroes!

100 nights of reading, class certificates and values award! Tino pai!

Mrs Brydon reading Teddy Bear's Picnic!

Happy Easter Te Pihi Whanau

HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE IN TE PIHI!

No Easter eggs here!

Mrs Brydon hasn't been shopping.

This one sure is a different kind of Easter.

Hope the Easter bunny managed to find you at your house?

It's a shame we weren't able to do our Easter art and colouring in activities at school.

Russ hopes that you're all having a nice holiday in the sun.

And that you're all being happy and helpful at home?!

Can't wait to see everyone soon!

Arohanui,

RUSS!

Our New Class Mascot!

Hi guys! My name is Russ and Mrs Brydon found me hiding at her house. I have been relaxing in the sun on the deck, because sunshine is great for my immune system. My immune system is what keeps me strong and healthy so I can fight off coughs, colds and viruses. I certainly don't want to catch CoronaVirus! You get Vitamin D from the sun. So I hope you're all playing outside in this sunny weather for a little while each day. 

My favourite place to be is looking out of Mrs Brydon's window for children walking or driving past. I hope they see me and call out! I hear that lots of my cuzzies are sitting in people's windows so that kids can spot them. You might like to put one of your teddies in your window? 

Does anyone wanna be my friend?

I would love to meet all of you in Te Pihi! So tomorrow (Wed 1st April) at 2pm, I will be 'hanging out' on the Te Pihi Google Meets Hangout. Join in, come and tell me your name! See ya then!
Luv, Russ XOXO