Kia ora e te whānau, Our lovely Kopara Hub held their fortnightly assembly this afternoon in Room 12. Our hosts for this assembly were Tallulah & Ryder from Room 11 and they did a fantastic job coordinating the events. Mrs Boese dropped in to present the Principal awards and Mrs Lynley Poole handed over the…
Kia ora e te whānau, The Kopara Hub came together in Room 12 this afternoon for their fortnightly assembly. Our wonderful co presenters for this assembly were Noa and Ashton from Room 6. They did a fantastic job of not only saying their mihi but also coordinating the events and being able to go with…
Kia ora e te whānau,Our wonderful Kopara Hub came together this afternoon in Room 12 for their fortnightly assembly on an absolutely beautiful but very hot day!After singing and signing the National Anthem, Mrs Lynley Poole presented the Student awards. Ka pai to the worthy recipients!Unfortunately Tumuaki Mrs Poole could not attend to present the…
Kia ora e te whānau, For term 4 inquiry the focus for the Kopara Hub is safety. The connection to their whakatauki is that to nurture and grow they need to keep themselves safe and learn safe practices. They will be looking at Water Safety (a session at SV Pool is currently being planned), Fire…
Kia ora e te whānau, Our lovely Year 2 & 3 tamariki in the Kopara enjoyed their first assembly for Term 4 on a beautiful and sunny afternoon at the kura this afternoon! Our very capable ākonga, Scarlet and Maisie from Ruma tekau mā rua were the joint co-presenters for this particular assembly and despite…
Kia ora e te whānau, On Tuesday 19th September Kōpara Hub took an exciting trip on the bus to The Dowse in Lower Hutt. We looked at the artworks from NZ artist, Raukura Turei who uses whenua from places connected to her whakapapa to create amazing art. The children created some of their own artworks…
Kia ora e te whānau,Ruma whitu in these last weeks of the term have been trying their skills with the oval ball, throwing, catching passing and tapping. They have just started to try a new team game called Turbo Touch. Here are a few photos of them having a game yesterday and thoroughly enjoying themselves!
Kia ora e te whānau, Our wonderful detectives in Ruma tekau mā rua have been busy this last week collecting data! They firstly visited the other Classes in the Kopara Hub with their clips boards and charts to find out what type of cupcakes the tamariki liked the best from a choice of 5 different…
Kia ora e te whānau, Our wonderful Kopara Hub came together this afternoon in Ruma tekau mā rua for their assembly (postponed from last week!) Our very able co presenters for this assembly were Connor and Skylah from Ruma tekau mā tahe and they did a fantastic job of coordinating all the items included! Apart…
Kia ora e te whānau, A few weeks ago we shared some photos of the older ākonga having a great time at their pottery sessions. The younger tamariki also got to have their turn with guest potter, Magrita Freie . Here are some fly on-the-wall photos of Rooms 6, 7, 8, 9, 9a, and 10…
Kia ora e te whānau, Our Kopara Hub enjoyed their usual fortnightly assembly in Room 12 this afternoon but with a difference! We were delighted to see that there were 2 wonderful ākonga from Room 6, Morgan & James co-presenting this particular assembly. They did a fantastic job as co-presenters speaking with clear voices and…
Kia ora e te whānau, This afternoon our wonderful tamariki in the Kopara Hub gathered together for their fortnightly assembly in Room 12. They started off by singing and signing to the National anthem. Mrs Poole was on hand for the first time since she has been away in Term 2, to carry out her…
Kia or e te whānau, Room 11 had their detective hats on this morning as they divided up in several groups and headed off to designated classrooms to find out what Tawhai Kura’s favourite foods are. They did their counting using tally marks. When they returned to the classroom they handed over their information to…
Kia ora e te whānau, The budding writers of Room 11 have been working very hard this week on their interpretation of the classic story, ‘The Three Little Pigs’. Each of them had their published writing turned into a little story book with a sentence for each page and an illustration to match the sentence!…
Kia ora e te whānau, Ruma tekau mā rua had a wee bit of time until assembly and knowing that the tamariki would have a half hour of sitting still, our intrepid Kaiako Mrs Poole decided that a movement game was in order. The tamariki had so much fun that by the time they had…
Kia ora e te whānau, This afternoon Ruma ono, whitu, tekau mā tahi, and tekau mā rua of the Kopara Hub celebrated their first assembly for Term 3. After singing and signing the National Anthem, Mrs Poole presented both the Principal & ākonga awards as well as handing out a special award to Hayden from…
Kia ora o te whānau, On most fine mornings, our gorgeous tamariki in the Pumpkin Patch can be seen going for their invigorating nature walks! Occasionally the Room 6 tamariki will come too! They start off with a bracing run around the track, then it’s off on the walk they go! They navigate some of…
Most Mondays, (occasionally a Tuesday) Room 7 adapt their timetable and squeeze in a session with the “Science Kit”. We work together with a buddy to experiment with a range of equipment on a variety of topics: Bee Bots, Magnetic Madness, Simple Machines, Sweet & Sour, and What do you Think? The aim is to encourage an…
Kia ora o te whānau, Today the Kopara Hub came together in Room 12, for the first of the 4 Hub assemblies for week 8. As acting Tumuaki Mrs Boese could not be at the assembly, Mrs Poole was very happy to present both the Principal and Student awards. Ka pai to those ākonga who…
Kia ora o te whānau,As the tamariki would be going home at lunchtime, the fortnightly Kopara Hub assembly took place after morning tea today!After singing and signing of the National Anthem, Acting Tumuaki, Mrs Boese came in to present the Principal’s Awards, and Mrs Poole did the honours with the Student Certificates. The tamariki sang…
