My Dog

I have a dog. His name is Bruce. He is fluffy. I love him so much. In the morning he comes to me and I hug him back. When I do a job he helps me. He is an amazing guard dog because I train him. On sunny days Bruce and I play fetch. Bruce and I love playing together. I do not like it when he gets in trouble when Dad tells him off. Sometimes he is naughty because he goes over to our next-door neighbour. When Dad finds out he locks him up. He makes me smile. My dog is soft and cuddly.

Written by Molly

Pet Day

Wow! Here is Robert with his guinea pig on our pet day last week. What a fabulous day it was.

Read Our Rocket Stories

Molly and Darcie wrote wonderful stories about a rocket. 

Check out all of the cool descriptive words.

Welcome

Molly and Max W wrote: 

We planted some grass seed and we tried to plant the word welcome but it didn't work so we cut it. When we finished we put the grass in the bin.

Term 3's Learning Celebration

Here we are sharing our learning for this term on growing plants. Lots of people came to school to see what we had been learning.

School open Friday

Congratulations on your A+ Adaptability as we struggle with the challenge of no power. We have no indication as yet when power will be restored to school. We plan to open school on Friday provided the weather is fine, regardless of the lack of power.

Some things you need to know: The back gate to school via the field and Secret Garden are both locked and closed until further notice. This is a safety issue because of tree damage and it is likely that these gates will be locked for the rest of Term 3.

On Friday afternoon we are planning a fun event at the Domain for the children to welcome them back to school. We will be leaving for a picnic lunch and activities at 12pm and welcome you to join us. Subway will run as normal. Icy-slicy will be postponed until next Friday.

Please note that with the power being out, we have no phones, heating or alarm systems. We will leave it to your discretion as to whether you send your children to school. If the weather should turn cold or wet, these plans will need to be reviewed. The school will open unless you are advised that it is closed by school websites, Facebook and the More 92 FM radio station.

School Closed Again - Thursday 12th September

Good morning whānau

Due to now power, phone and alarms at Springston School we will be closed again today...

Thursday 12th September

Thanks

Springston Staff 

School closure Wednesday 11th September

Kia ora whānau

Due to the extreme weather and wind during the night, the power is off at school. We also have a few trees down and damage to school property.

School will be closed today - Wednesday 11th September

If you and your children are on school property, then please be aware that there are a number of fallen trees on the field and the bike track. These are roped off, but we ask you to supervise your children at all times outside of the school day 9-3pm to ensure everyones safety.

Thank you

Springston Staff

Discovery Time

Wow! What a lot of learning we have been doing at Discovery Time because as well as discovering amazing things about plants we are learning to be A+ accountable when we work in a group and articulate by asking and answering questions and listening to others.
I wonder what else we will discover. 
Thank you so much to our wonderful parent helpers and Room 7 buddies.

Reading Fun

Look at all the A+ readers in the Springston Rockets team. I wonder what they are reading! 

We can't wait to dress up as our favourite characters on Friday.

Let's Get Going with Growing!

We wanted to find out more about plants so today we went exploring at the Botanical Gardens and Riccarton Bush.

First we played on the playground.

Then we made friends with a tree! We described the tree while we were blind folded! 

Next we learnt about the birds and bugs that live in trees. It was fun being bug detectives! What bugs do you think we found?

Look what we found at Riccarton Bush! A big stick insect.

 Here we are exploring the bush. Do you know what we found?

A twisted branch growing amongst the ferns and lots of other trees and plants.

Ready, Set, Catch

Eyes looking, hands ready as we practise our catching and passing skills in PE today.

Frida's Presentation

Great work Frida on an awesome talk on our famous New Zealand horse Phar Lap. 
Frida really knew what she was talking about and answered all our questions. 
Do you know what a gelding is? Frida does!

Hamish's Afgans

Well done Hamish on a very good Kiwiana presentation on the afghan biscuit. 
We even got to taste the yummy biscuits. Hamish spoke clearly and loud enough for everyone to hear. Do you know how the biscuit got it's name?

Eric's Presentation

Here is Eric sharing with us what he knows about our famous icon, the Kiwi. Well done Eric.

Tegan's Presentation

Listen to Tegan to find out what her favourite recipe is from New Zealands popular cookbook, 'The Edmonds Cookbook'. What is your favourite recipe?

We hope you are coming!

Maths Fun

We had fun today in Maths. We had to give our buddy instructions to get over the adventure play ground. We tried to use words like right turn, left turn, forwards, backwards, up, down, through. Look where Listening Lamb and Caring Kiwi ended up!

Lachlan's Presentation

Well done Lachlan on your awesome Kiwiana Presentation. 

Lachlan spoke well with a clear voice, loud enough for everyone to hear and really knew what he was talking about. 

Sam's Presentation

Wow! Look at all the Kiwiana icons Sam shared with us. Do you recognise some?

Ben's Icon

Fun Run Fun

It was a sunny day on Friday for our Fun Run at the Springston Domain. We were all vey adventurous and had a try at running around the domain with the help of our buddies. There was also some other great activities to try while we were waiting for our race.

Discovery Time Kai

Yum! Here we are tasting our Kiwi pavlova, hokey pokey ice cream and Anzac biscuits we made at Discovery on Thursday. A big thank you to the Mums who came to help.

Max's Presentation

Here is Max with all his Kiwiana icons. He showed us ice cream, a buzzy bee toy, a paua shell, kiwi fruit, marmite and even drew some koru patterns. Great job Max!

Isabella's Puppies

We had some new visitors in our room on Friday. Isabella's beautiful puppies came for a visit. They were so cuddly and fun.

Inquiry Presentations

Wow! What a great job Blake, Molly and Robert made of presenting their Kiwiana icons to the class. Can you guess what they talked about? To be a super speaker we need to talk clearly and loud enough for everyone to hear  and look at the people we are talking to!

Discovery Time

Wow! Look at the awesome kiwi that Alex and Eric made from dough at Discovery Time today. I wonder what other New Zealand icons they will try to make!

Problem Solving

Wow! Look at this magnificent problem solving Blake did in maths today. 
The problem was 6 emus each lay 2 eggs. How many eggs altogether?

Kiwi Camp Fun Day

This term's inquiry is all about growing up down under and what it means to be a kiwi kid. 
To kick off a great inquiry, we had a Kiwi Camp and cook off. We made a movie of the photos we took. 
What kiwi icons do you know?

A New Visitor in Room 4

Look at what we found sitting on Mrs. Carter's chair when we arrived at school today. He even wrote us a letter.
Maa!
My name is Listening Lamb and I am a great kiwi icon.
I really would like to stay in Room 4 where I feel safe and happy. I will be on the look out for great listening girls and boys in class. Then you can take me home for the night to share what you do after school. Write in my journal about what I saw and did while I was with you. Take me back to school the next day with my journal to share with the rest of the class. I can't wait to get to know you all!
We wonder who will take listening bear home next......

Growing up as a Kiwi Kid Camp Out

Our Great Buddies

We love meeting our buddies from Room 7 on Fridays because they read to us and we read to them. Sometimes we even play a game! What book is your favourite?

Beautiful Butterfly

Wow! How exciting it was to watch the butterfly hatch out of its chrysalis at school today! Thank you Brody for bringing it in to show us.

Craft Day Fun

Lachlan and Frida are working hard on their Crafty Recycling for Craft Day.

Here is one of the beautiful sand saucers that was made in our room. Everyone had a go and our room looked wonderful!

Bee Accepting

Did you know that bees are accepting and work together as a team?
Each bee has a special job to do in their hive. Frida's Dad brought some bees       and a hive to school on Thursday. Frida dressed up as a bee keeper.
Frida wrote:
I love bees because they make honey. Our honey is very yummy this year. 
You can hold the bees. They do not sting but you still have to be careful!

The Springston School Triathlon

It was our first school triathlon on Friday. We were very adventurous and tried our best to bike, swim and run with the help of our Room 7 buddies who were amazing. 

Fun at the Beach

We had a wonderful day at the beach learning how to keep safe at the beach.
 Guess who is dressed up as a super cool life guard ready to rescue Max from the sea.

Here we are being adventurous in the waves.

Lachlan loved making this sand castle with Hamish and Hamish's Mum.