Dental Service at School!
During Term 2 we have the dental truck here with Mrs Masters and Ms Rogers checking everyone's teeth. 

Te Pihi went for a visit to check it out before our appointments. They showed us what will happen and all the things they use. Te Pihi children said they brush their teeth EVERY morning and EVERY night. So the dental nurses are sure to be happy when they look in Te Pihi mouths!

Tea Party Time!

Term 2 has started with the addition of six new seedlings joining Te Pihi class. They have graduated from being seeds in Te Kakano. Here are five of the six (Mason was away). We welcome Chase, Xavier, Nooroa, Emma, Keifer, Mason and their families into the Te Pihi whanau.

  
Day 1 of Term 2 was also a special day for Michele, our Teacher Aide extraordinaire!!
So we had a 'tea' party to celebrate a 'ty' birthday! They also now know the difference between 'ty' and 'teen'. Most children enjoyed two cups of tea, with their pinkies out. Not a drop was spilt or a fancy cup broken!
                                                      Great start to the term Te Pihi!

 

A Sad Time

Our class heard about the tragedy in Christchurch

     and learnt about flags flying at half-mast.

Colourful cousins!

The colourful hearts we made were placed around our school flagpole.

We all wore bright colours on Friday 22nd March for 'Colour Day'.

Unicorn colour girls!

We are all friends.

We are thinking of everyone in Christchurch.

We made paper dolls to show that we value diversity, which is one of our school values.

After the minute's silence, we sang some waiata, then had our assembly around the flagpole.

Te Pihi Pirates!

Te Pihi class read a great shared story called 'The Pirate who said Please'. One of the students suggested we make a pirate ship in class by turning a table upside down! So we got to work and this is the result...

 

We had a pirate dress up day, had a treasure hunt, walked the plank in the school pool and talked real piratey! We all had so much fun that our pirate ship has sailed in our class for an extra week. Meanwhile we have learnt lots of words like plank, bow, stern, hull, deck, crow's nest and lookout.

"Where's me crew mateys?"

           

Work that's good enough to show Sir the Captain!

Sharing the treasure!

Ahoy there mateys!

Te Pihi children are still loving pirate dress-ups each day and doing their work on board the ship!

What's Important in Te Pihi

Tena koutou katoa,

Over the first half of Term 1 we have been focusing on our school values: Excellence - Hiranga, Diversity -Rereketanga, Integrity - Ngakau, Community & Partnerships - Porihanga, Environment - Kaitiakitanga.
We began our term by discussing and signing our class treaty.


Our shared stories each week have been: Cowboys Can be Kind, Princesses Love to Share, The Caring Ballerina, and The Pirate who said Please. When someone in the class is spotted using these important values, they can wear one of our dress-up costumes for the day. I'm so pleased to say that everyone has shown that they are kind and caring, they share and use their manners! Keep it up Te Pihi! It's going to be a great year!

 

Ronda from Water Safe has been at our school on Mondays, teaching water safety lessons. Last Monday the children learnt to put on life jackets correctly, floated on their backs and learnt to signal for help holding one arm straight up. They got into a huddle to help one another stay afloat and to keep warm together in an emergency. 
This week they practiced floating on their tummies and backs with pool noodles or flutter boards, and learnt to scull the water with their hands.
On Wednesdays and Fridays in our swimming time, we practice what we have learnt from Ronda. 
It's great that they are all bringing their togs and towels and learning essential water skills, confidence and safety! We LOVE our swimming time!

Welcome to Term 1

Hi everyone,

Happy New Year! Welcome back to school for Term 1, 2019!

We have started Term 1 with fifteen lovely, eager Year 1 and 2 students in Te Pihi. Most have moved up from Te Kakano. Kylan is new to our school. 
I look forward to meeting many parents and whanau at the 'Meet the Teacher' afternoon on Thursday 7th Feb from 3.30 till 6.