Capital E Arts Festival
Last week, Room 9 went to the Capital E Arts Festival in town. It was such an amazing day! We saw three shows that were all really different. Here are some of our highlights . . . … Continue reading
announcements
A message from our Principal
Kia ora koutou ki te whanau o Avalon School, I speak on behalf of our Avalon School Family when I say that our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the Christchurch Mosque shootings. As the horrific events … Continue reading
Walking Bus a Hit!
The weather played its part so we could finally do our first ‘Walking Bus’ Thank you for those who met us there and joined in. It was the first time for some kids to walk to school. We hope to … Continue reading
Pod 2: Measuring
We have been exploring ‘length’ during Maths Time. We used felts to measure and compare how tall we were. Now we know who is the tallest and shortest in our Pod
Junior Electives: Plan and Make wk 6
This week we had the challenge to plan and make a robot! We went to the ‘Build and Play’ trailer making our plans come to life.
Junior Electives: Plan and Make wk 5
This week we were in the ‘Build and Play Trailer’ practising using a hammer and screw driver!
Reminder: Moving March 8:15am Friday!
We will be doing a ‘Walking Bus’ tomorrow, Friday 15 March Drop off your child at a meeting point or they can join in as the ‘walking bus’ goes past. The groups will be leaving the meeting points at 8:15am … Continue reading
AVALON FAMILY PICNIC
AVALON FAMILY PLEASE BRING ALONG YOUR FAMILY DINNER AND COME AND SEE US! WHEN: THIS FRIDAY 15TH MARCH 4 – 6.30PM WHERE: AVALON PRIMARY SCHOOL WHO: OUR AVALON SCHOOL WHANAU WHY: BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEE YOU ALL! … Continue reading
‘What Now’ is coming to Taita!
The TV show ‘What Now’ is coming to Taita! It will be filmed live on Sunday 21st of April from 8am – 10am. If you would like to be a part of the live audience please go to www.whatnow.tv/bonus/audience Spaces … Continue reading
Pod 2: Sharing our writing
At writing time, we have been sharing our writing and talking about what we have been learning to do as writers! On Friday we all tried to use some build and play topic words to write about the different tools … Continue reading
All about ME – Topic sharing time
We all brought special games or items from home to share with one another. This was a great time of sharing and laughter. We even got serenaded with a beautiful Chinese song from Kristen, as well as some skills being taught … Continue reading
Fun with the build and play trailer in Pod 4
We had great fun today with the build and play trailer. What an exciting time of learning and play!
Walking Bus Tomorrow!
Reminder: We will have our first ‘walking bus tomorrow! We will have 4 meeting points in the Avalon area so drop off your child there, or they can join in as the ‘walking bus’ goes past! The groups will be leaving … Continue reading
Pikelets!
We are cooking some afternoons for our topic. Today we followed a visual recipe to make pikelets. Here are two photos of us flipping the pikelets. Yum!
Ross Taylor comes to Avalon!
Ross, thank you so much for coming and having a hit around with some of the students and staff! A lot of us were star struck!! Haylee, thank you for the surprise!
