Activities for @ home

We have made the decision to put the Science and Maths Badges on hold this year, due to increasing lack of commitment by many participants, and will revisit these next year.  We have also considered the value of the sharing time and the ‘buy-in’ from all Pukeko students.  However, you can access interesting websites for your children on our team blog.

These links will be changed throughout the term and don't forget to bookmark them!

If you haven't found them, they are found on the right hand side of our Pukeko team blog called ICT in the Class.

What activities did you like the best?  I am hooked on Little Alchemy, leave a comment and tell Mrs Poulsen your score.

Swimming Safe

Each Friday the Pukeko team are learning water survival skills as part of our swimming programme.  Our first session was about life jackets and how the fit is crucial to keep you a float.  We tried on a range of sizes to see how what happens when they are too loose or to tight, it's got to be 'just right.'

First time in the deep end! Well done Self Believers

Best fitted life jackets let you have two hands free

The crowd goes crazy because ...

Drenched! Lucky it was a warm day

Most improved

As LC 10 & LC 2 were away on their Marae trip on Friday, they missed out on a special part of the assembly. Most Improved student. 

That's ok because Mrs Jackson came and presented Ted and Ryan their certificates. We also got to sing our waiatas we sung at the Marae. 

Well done Ryan, you are LC10's most improved student!

A proud Dad! Ted received LC 2's Most Improved certificate. 

Our athletics

Runing, jumping, throwing, team player and being a self believer was present yesterday at our Pukeko team athletics. 

A few snaps capturing the children in action. 

Jess jumped .95cm!! Well done!

Athletics champs!

Congratulations to our high jumpers! 

Well done to our champs of shot put!

Our long jumpers did very well! 

Congrats to our sprinters! Fastest in the Pukeko team!

Our middle distance winners! They did so well considering it was over 23oC while they were running. 

Our discus champs! Well done to Molly McPherson who threw the furthest on the day. You had Annalise Day, our year 8 Canterbury rep for discus in awe!

A BIG well done to our year 2's who showed amazing perservance and gave everything ago. Can't wait to see you in action next year! 

Final Pukeko presents for 2013

Congratulations to these children who consistently display how to be great KC kids!

We were also invited to listen to the guitar group playing, Something Special.

A special CONGRATULATIONS to Bradley Hamburger who has worked incredibly hard with his reading and writing this year and completing Multi Lit. We are very proud of you Bradley!!!

Our assembly

It was our turn to host assembly. LC 1 showed their kowhaiwhai patterns, LC 2 shared a photo story about their recycled creations they made with Kay. LC 9 showed us their trip to Christchurch's unique gap fillers and also the found rat babies in the compost. Ewwwwww!  Finally LC 10 shared how to make a worn farm from fizzy bottles.

We also sung a beautiful waiata that we will sing at our Marae visits shortly.

LC 1 sharing their Maori art

FABULOUS RECYCLED CREATIONS

The Pukeko team has been lucky to have had visits this term from Kaye of Zero Waste, who has been teaching us all about re-using objects in new ways, as a way to reduce or avoid waste. One of the awesome activities we did was design our own creation using re-used materials, such as plastic milk bottles, cans, old bottle lids, etc. We had such fun planning and making our creations! What do you think of the end results?

Look at this great pig, designed and made by William.

Jess was thrilled with her fun creation!

Ruby loves the superb lion she has designed.

Kohbyn was proud of his super creation!

Matthew designed an amazing creation!

Emma created a wonderful bunny.

Don't you love Eliza's clever horse?

James and his incredible rocket pencil tin.