The Boat Challenge

This is Ayla's boat she made for our boat task.

My boat was made out of wood and paper. It was hard making my boat because I couldn't stick the paper on. I used sticky tape but it still didnt work. I used more tape.

In the water the boat broke. The paper ripped in half because all the water soaks into the paper and it starts to rip. Next time I would not use paper. I could use rope and material.

My Puppet

Here is a picture of Aayla and her puppet, Ariel. Te Kakano made puppets for Friday Surprise Day and our Whakangahau. We had to think about all the parts our puppets would need. We also had to show persistence to make sure the parts stayed on and looked how we planned it. 

"My puppet is special because I made it with glitter string. We have to look after it carefully because it was made of hot glue. It was hard to glue the things on. I had to stick the decorations on. "

Beach Day

Our class went to Nga Motu Beach with Frankley School.












In the morning we made sand castles on the beach. Aayla's Grandma helped her to make a wonderful sandcastle. They used the bucket and containers to make a castle and then Aayla found things on the beach to use as decoration. She used shells, drift wood and seaweed. 
                                                           

After lunch Te Kakano went for a swim. Aayla had loads of fun splashing in the waves.

Swan Plant Seeds

"Mum look I would like to grow some swan plants with these seeds. So caterpillars will come to the swan plants. Caterpillars turn into butterflies."
Mrs Cameron brought some swan plant pods into the library to show us.  Finding seeds inside the pods was exciting.  

Book Club

Each Friday, we get together for Book Club. We share the books that we have read during the week with our Book Club partner. We can read the whole book or choose our favourite parts of the book. Our partner listens and might ask some questions. We also like to share connections we make together. 

Here Aayla is reading "What The Tide Brings In". This was a shared book we read together during the week and one Aayla chose to read herself. They had a great time making connections with the book and the day we had the beach.  

Great reading Aayla. 

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