20-24th June homework superstars.

Congratulations to both Aria and Ksharne for scoring 5/5 on their spelling. Both girls have yet to get one word wrong since we started our new homework system.

Spelling homework

This weeks super stars with 5/5 are: Aria, Arnav, Ksharne, Harmony B, Harmony H and Jahvan.

Well done to Brydyn, who got 4/5.

Rhymth Interactive

We went to the hall for a show. When we got there we found lots of drums. We played the drums until our arms hurt. Even the teachers had to play the drums. We also did some clapping and singing. We danced and the big people played the drums. It was noisy. It was fantastic and sublime.

Harmony's Birthday

Harmony celebrated her 6th birthday on Wednesday. (Wow - can you believe that she has been here a year!) Her family brought in an ice cream cake for room 9 to share. What a way to finish off the day.

Matariki

On Wednesday Awapuni School celebrated Matariki. We had a shared lunch of burgers and fruit kebabs made by Whaea Raina and the children, we watched a movie and danced with Whaea Shari, we played rakau games with Mr Fawcett and decorated stars with glitter and stickers with Mrs Zander. Doesn't our hall diplay look fantastic!

Fish pictures

Here are some photos of us creating our artworks for the hall.

Cross Country

Today at school we held the annual cross country event. The junior school course is around the front field, and then half way around again.

Well done to all those that ran today - you can be proud of yourselves. Special praise to our champions Aria and Amotai - you trained hard and deserved to get a trophy.

You can make a happy cake.

All week we read a big book called 'The fantastic cake.' As a treat, we made our own cake. It is called a happy cake. It is based on a Junior reader.

Now you too can make your own happy cake.

Melt 100g of margerine/butter in the microwave.

Add: 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence, 1 cup of sugar and mix well.

Next add: 1 cup of flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1/4 cup of cocoa and mix well again.

Pour into a 20cm dish and microwave for 5-7mins on high. Cool a little in the dish.

Cut out face shapes and place place them on the cake. Sprinkle with icing sugar. Remove paper carefully.

Admire and eat the cake.

Queen's Birthday

We learned about why we have a holiday on Monday. You could ask your child:

• Is it really the Queen' birthday? - the answer is no. Her birthday is in April. It is the anniversary of her coronation or being crowned as a Queen.
• Is the Queen a girl or Boy? We also discussed some princes become kings and some princesses become queens. The children thought that Whaea Christina would make a good Queen of Awapuni School and Mr Soutar the King. Mrs Zander is the Queen of room 9.
• What gifts did the Queen get at her coronation? The royal jewels - her crown, an orb (ball) and the septer (stick). She sat on a throne.
• What gift did she give her loyal servants? A day off - or holiday.

We also looked at some real photos of the queen, in scarves and hats, with her pets, riding in a carriage and her image on our coin money.

We finished this section off by making our own crowns.

Friday 3 June - Wow! what a day.

Today at school we found out about Queen's Birthday, We finished our artwork for the hall, baked a cake and had the Cross Country. Check out our blogs about it.

Friday 3 June

Remember to bring your homework book and cross country clothes to school today. Dont for get that is Mr Fitzgerald's last day today. Lets make it a nice one for him.