So, it’s the first day of the school holidays. Great chance for a sleep in after a busy term. Some chance! Instead I am in sunny Tauranga with our Chess team and apparently sleep is not a priority for them. … Continue reading
We had our last Tuakana Teina reading session this week, and as a way to say thank you to our senior buddies Pod 6 make woven paper bookmarks and thank you notes. We really appreciate the time they take to … Continue reading
Here are our finished games! This week we have tested and evaluated the playground games we made out of recycled materials. We followed the technology process and self evaluated our games then we completed a peer evaluation to get feedback … Continue reading
We are up to the MAKING part of our simple games using recycled materials unit. This means we have had to follow the steps in our design plans to make a simple prototype of the game we want to make! … Continue reading
Our chess players had another great tournament today at Mana College! Our Avalon A Team got gold and the Avalon B Team were third for the bronze. Paul was undefeated and came first. Nachiket second and Loki third. (It was … Continue reading
We have started our Tuakana-Teina buddy reading again for 2018! Each senior student is paired with a junior student for a shared reading time each week. There are lots of positives for both the seniors and juniors! Here are some … Continue reading
As part of our technology topic, we have been researching different types of simple playground games and how to play them. We tried some of the games out and then wrote the rules about how to play them! We are … Continue reading
We are having an exciting first week back at school with the Hutt Council Build and Play Trailer!
As part of our Term 3 Topic, The Hutt City Council’s Build and Play Trailer will be at school for the next two weeks. The trailer is full of equipment that can be used to build and play with. It … Continue reading
As part of our build and play topic this term, we are looking at how to REUSE recycled materials! So if you have any of the following items we would love to have them: Plastic bottles with their lids Tin … Continue reading
Our Junior Pods Family/Whanau Sharing Night is: THIS WEDNESDAY 4 JULY 6-7PM Can the children please be at school at 5.50PM The children will be performing and sharing their Arts (Art/Dance/Drama) learning with you, so we are all keen for … Continue reading
Come and join us for our Zoo Safari Arts Family/Whanau Sharing Time! When: 6-7pm Wednesday 4 July Where: Junior Pods, Avalon Primary School What: Our Arts Learning for Term 2 Shared supper afterwards (please bring … Continue reading
Thanks to all the parents/whanau who attended our home/school sharing afternoon. It was great to see you all and we hope you found it helpful for giving you some ideas to use at home to support your child(ren) with maths … Continue reading
We made it! Pods 4-6’s Zoo Trip happened on Monday 11 June (after being postponed) .. we got a bit wet but had a great learning and exploring time. Thanks to our Zoo Educator Charles and the extra adult support … Continue reading
In maths we are learning about symmetry. We made patterns which have line symmetry.
