Wellington Zoo

On the bus it was horrendous, everyone was so excited to go to the Zoo. Year 5 and six were off to the zoo for our Term 1 topic Wild and Wonderful Animals. We went there to look at the habitats and enclosures. We saw Lions, Kangaroos, Tigers and much, much more. We raced round the Zoo to have a look at all the animals in the time that we had. From all that running our feet got sore and smelly. 

During our class session we learned about the animals adaptation to their environment.We got to say "Hello" to a lizard called Mum and Tiggy the hedgehog.

Cute Kittens Come to Visit

Thursday afternoon Georgia's mum brought in 2 week old kittens. We were lucky enough to be able to hold them and give them cuddles.
We were told that they were found after their mother had left them. The kittens needed feeding every 4 hours. When they came we got to see them being fed. We noticed that when they swallowed their ears twitched. They were small, chubby and quite fluffy.

Cyber Bullying

This  afternoon the Ako Nui Team watched a play about keeping safe on the internet. These are some of the things we learned…

• tell someone you trust if you are being bullied
• don't reply to the message so they don't get the satisfaction of being a bully
• cyber bullies are just as bad as playground bullies 
• bullying of any kind is unacceptable 
• cyber bullying can be quite scary
• the things they say aren't always true
• keep your phone number to yourself and only share it with people close to you
• you can block unwanted calls or texts
• have a strong passcode for your devices
• think about how your comments will affect others

As you can see we got a lot of information from this performance.

Monday Afternoon

Super 19 enjoys working through some free writing. The students have a choice of what they write about and they are able to buddy up if they want. We have some interesting ideas from comics to adventure stories.

A little help

Thanks for the coming in on Wednesday to see the goals your children have set for themselves for the year. Some of you asked for some ideas in regards to help with basic facts. Below I have list a couple of great sites. Your child should know which stage they are working towards but if you are unsure it will be on the homework sheet.

www.prototec.co.nz/maths.html

sites.google.com/site/basicfactsladder/

Super 19

Welcome to Super 19
We will be trying to post what is happening inside our room.