Disco Fun!

One cold Winter's night in June, Paparore students and staff got all dressed up in costume ready for the 'Out of Africa' disco! There were rangers, cheetahs, African warriors, leopards, lions, tigers, crocodiles, elephants and lots of other African treasures!

 The glow sticks were a hit!

 There was loads of yummy food for sale for dinner and dessert!

Hakuna matata!

 And prizes for great dance moves and best dressed!

Thanks for coming!See you all back here next year!

Road Safety Week 2019

The police were impressed with our knowledge of road safety.
Thank you for visiting us Paolo and Damaris!

Paolo showed us all the things he uses to help him to keep our community safe.

Mihi found out that a policeman's vest is very heavy to wear!

Everyone wanted a turn to try out the police car seats!

The siren was loud!

I hope that's the last time I see you in a cop car boys?!

Well, well, well, what do we have here? Buckle up bro!

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!