End of Term

It is nearing the end of the year now. Room 8 is enjoying spending time together, singing Christmas songs and creating Christmas crafts. Have a safe holiday and a very Merry Christmas!

Slip 'n' Slide

Thank you Room 6 and Miss Simpson for organising the slip 'n' slide for us today! We had a great time and loved splashing in the pools at the end. What a fun way to spend a beautiful sunny morning. Perhaps over Summer you could create your own slip 'n' slide at home? Remember to use plenty of soap to make it nice and slippery!

Beach Trip

Wahoo! We had the best day ever at the beach. We all piled on the bus and drove to Foxton Beach. It was a long way and a very noisy bus trip. When we arrived at Mrs Davies beach house we had some morning tea to fill our puku's so we had lots of energy for the day ahead. Then we set off on an adventure through the sand dunes. We had the best time running, jumping, rolling and sliding up and down the sand dunes. We then headed to the beach. We had a sand sculpture competition, played games and had some play on the beach. After lunch we went on an adventure through the enchanted forest. We saw a hut and we climbed some trees. Mr Davies took us to the highest sand dune at Foxton Beach. Mr Davies challenged us to a race. Guess who won?..........Mr Davies did. Mrs Lynch is going to give him a rematch! At the end of the day we were all exhausted and some of us even had a wee snooze on the bus!

Thank you to all the parents for helping make this trip such a wonderful experience for the children. Also thank you to Mr and Mrs Davies for letting us use their beach house.

 

Firewise

Today Mr Darling came to our class to teach us about fire safety. We watched a DVD and the curtain caught on fire because the candle was too close to the curtain. He showed us a smoke alarm and we learnt about how important these are to have in our homes. How many do you have in your home? Get your child to count them and then come and tell me tomorrow.

We practiced an evacuation. When there is a fire we need to: GET DOWN! GET LOW! GET OUT! - FAST, shouting FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! We had to crawl underneath a sheet (smoke) and then walk fast to our safe meeting place. Where is your safe meeting place at home?

Thank you for all your support at home with this unit.

Pet Day

Room 8 had such a fun day today at pet day. We were impressed with all the different creations made by each class. There were decorated gumboots, miniature farms, pinecone owls, paper mache masks and many more cool things. Some children even won an award. We enjoyed looking at the different pets too, and watching children lead their lambs and calves around the ring - they were so obedient! It was an awesome day.

Disco

 

Shake Out Day

On Thursday the 15th of October Halcombe School are taking part in the national earthquake drill - Shake Out. We will be discussing earthquake safety at school, in the classroom and playground. Here is a poster that we have around our school showing children how to keep safe during and after an earthquake.