Junior School News
Year 3 visits the Museum Towards the end of Term 3, the Year 3 students took a trip to the Auckland Museum to learn about volcanoes. Macy Freeman from Class 3I enjoyed it so much that she wanted to share the experience with the rest of the school through her writing.
Kindergarten
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hange has been the buzzword in the Kindergarten over recent months. Children and teachers arrived back to the winter term to be met by fresh new paint and a great refurbishment of the Kindergarten building. The result of three weeks’ hard work left the pupils and staff delighted and amazed. Adding to the change, the big excitement was about the new school uniform. The children proudly wore the updated look and looked incredibly smart in their newly refurbished learning spaces. There was more to come when everyone returned for Term 3 - this time in the playground area. A complete revamp of the outside space has been undertaken with outstanding results. New equipment and ground refurbishment have worked wonders. This space has been transformed into a playground wonderland, full of magic and adventure. With both the inside and outside upgrade now completed, it is ‘full steam ahead’ for the children and teachers in this wonderfully bright and vibrant learning area. Mandy Savage Kindergarten Dean
Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!! The Volcano Room is scary. Year 3 went to the Museum. We risked going into the Earthquake House. When we got out, one girl was crying because she did not like the moving of the house. After I got out of the house I thought it was quite scary but fun at the same time. Following on from the Volcano Room we went to the Weird and Wonderful Room. My mum was the most scared of the cockroaches. Our group peered in nearly all of the drawers. We looked at the rats and frogs and geckos and fish and starfish. Next we ate our delicious morning teas in the Kai Room. After morning tea we strolled over to the Learning Room where we learnt all about volcanic rocks and three different types of volcanoes. We bussed back to school with our brains laden with new connections. Macy Freeman
Cybersafety On Wednesday 28 August, Constable Michelle Bluemel came to school to talk to all of Year 6 about cyber-bullying and cybersafety. The key things she talked to us about were: Snap-chat, askFM, Facebook and Instagram. We organised for this presentation to take place as part of our Exhibition action. The main points we learned from her talk, to help keep us safe online, were: Y +?P?L MB;L? SIOL J?LMIH;F CH@ILG;NCIH IHFCH?
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Constable Bluemel said that it is our responsibility to also help keep our friends and family safe. This includes not sharing personal information with other people and having ‘secure’ passwords on all of our electronic devices. While we are too young to use Facebook, some children use fake details to create an account. This can make us vulnerable to cyber-bullying and even worse. However, Facebook does have some protections in place for users between 13 and 17 years of age. All of the students learnt something valuable about Internet safety and we hope everyone will share this with their families to keep us all safe online. Fleur Hamilton-Vincent and Lauren Officer
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