Aliens visit Vardon School

A strange thing happened at Vardon School today! 
Mr Peachey arrived to find the library in blackness and chaos! All our library books were gone and there was no clue as to where! Mr Peachey mumbled something about aliens and space ships.... Mrs Jones was not sure about that!
Later when we had a gone to have a meeting about the weird happenings today, Mrs Ferraby came rushing into Room 2 with a note from the aliens...... they were very sorry but they knew nothing about books. They thought they were getting cookies! They returned our books but left us wondering how to explain what books were and how important they were to us and how they grow what we know about our world. 

 Mr Peachey like we have never seen him before, after the alien invasion !

 The evidence of invasion.... alien handprints on the blackened doors of the library!

It was all too much for Mr Peachey and he had to visit the sick bay at Vardon School.

Waikato River Walk

This term we have been learning about why it is so important to keep our rivers and drains free of rubbish and chemicals. We have become Teenage Mutant Drain Turtles in our quest to find answers to our investigation. Part of our inquiry required that we take account of the rubbish we create as humans......what we discovered was WASTE is a human invention!
We are the cause of waste and we create pollution...of our land, waterways and air!
As part of our inquiry and to try to repair the damage our class, along with Room 2 and 3 visited the Waikato River with parents to clean up the waste (rubbish). 

ONLY water goes DOWN the drain! 

Tabloid Sports Day

We have been having fun demonstrating our ability to work together as a team. Tabloid Sports days are always so much fun and we have lots of giggles on the way!
Whaea Nikki is teaching us while Mrs Jones is on leave. Thank you Whaea Nikki.

Its swimming time again!

It is swimming time again and our class has been taking advantage of the lovely weather and the pool to practice our swimming skills and learn lots of new skills. We are learning how to be safe in the water and how to keep ourselves afloat!
Thank you to Bryoney who has joined us and shared her swimming coaching skills!
We are looking forward to showing all the parents just how clever we are at the Swimming demonstration. 

Thank you for the care you took of our potatoes!

A HUGE thank you to the parents who ensured the potatoes we planted in December made it through to the new year.
As you can see they are still thriving and we look forward to bringing them to harvest in early autumn. Then we will enjoy some yummy potato bread and treats.

Welcome to Room 1 2016

A very warm welcome to Room 1 for 2016
We have some new faces in our room and I look forward to meeting all the new children and parents to our room. We have a great year head of learning and sharing our knowledge. 
There will be a meet and greet evening in February and you are all welcome to come and share kai, company and get to know the faces in Room 1.