Riding on the Bike Track

One of our favourite things to do is to ride on our brand new bike track.  We've been learning to wear our helmets, check our bikes and to make sure we've got the right clothes on.
Each time we go for a ride we have races, play games and have spectacular crashes. We really love bike riding - Thanks Mr J for our amazing bike track and thanks Whaea Saf for the cute movie.

Te Taiao O Tamaki

The boys have been learning about how the simple act of picking up rubbish can make a huge difference to the health of our environment.
As part of our learning we have made these stop motion animations using I Can Animate, Garageband, iMovie and good old fashioned paint, paper and popsicle sticks.

Enjoy Moui and Lee's movies below. See the rest of the boys' movies by clicking on their blog links to the right ----------------->

School Picnic 2017

Our annual school picnic was held last Friday at Pt England Reserve. We had too much summertime fun. Enjoy seeing what we got up to.
The boys will have some stories up on their blogs very soon. Stay tuned.

Top Schools 2017

Yesterday was the annual Top Schools event held by Rotary at Churchill Park School. Pt England came first in both the year 3/4 and year 5/6 categories. Go Pt England!

Chromebook Day

Yesterday was Chromebook Day - the best day of the school year - the day that 12 boys got to open up their very own Acer R11 Touchscreen!

After an important korero from Mr Burt about how lucky we are to be receiving such a precious taonga and how we need to always remember the kawa of care, we finally got to see for ourselves what our own Chromebook looked like.

Miss King put them out on our tables ready for us to open. First we opened the box and then we had a countdown before opening the lid on on our Acer R11 Touchscreen.



So far we are loving all the special features of this Chromebook. The 360 degree hinge that turns our laptop in to a tablet, the touchscreen which is awesome for drawing and how amazingingly fast is it.





Thank you so much Cyclone and Acer for our taonga. We promise to look after them and use them for some marvellous learning.

Beginning 2017

Drawing on our iPad

2017 has started with a hiss and a roar. Room 13 this year is comprised of 12 delightful young lads. Miss King feels very special and quite honoured to be teaching such an exclusive bunch.

The Taniwha

Farewell Our Sparrow Friend
 

So far, in just two days we've - had a funeral for a sparrow, shared delicious kai together, drawn some beautiful pictures, carried lots of wood, written a story, shared all about our whanau, created a taniwha, learnt about kaitiakitanga, danced, used our manners, read stories, laughed and used ALL of our Key Competencies.

It has most definitely been a busy few days, but Miss King is excited for the even busier days ahead.

The Family

This is our 2016 Manaiakalani Film Festival movie.  We are a happy whanau in our class and wanted the world to know.

Classroom Olympics

Team Pavilion had their own Olympics. Let's see who wins!

Family Feud

The team 3 teachers had some fun seeing how much they knew (or didn't know) about the Olympic Games.

Art Show

It's time for the biennial PES Art Show!

We showcase how amazing we are at the fine arts.

Team 3 has been learning about architecture and geometry this term. We put these two together to create some cityscapes inspired by Heather Galler.