Welcome to 2021 with Totara 3!

 Hi everyone!

Welcome back to the Totara 3 Class Blog for 2021!  

We are looking forward to sharing our learning with you throughout the year. 

          You can check out our individual blogs using the links along the side of this blog.  

                                             Please leave us comments if you like what you see.

Key Com Awards Term 2 Week 1

Here are our key com award winners from today's assembly.  Congratulations Honor and Jamaal, you have been fantastic learners this week! Keep it up.

Meet Kyah

Today we are introducing...

Kyah

Kyah is a Year 7 in T3 who enjoys reading and art.

Meet Jake

Today we are introducing...

Jake.

Jake is a Year 7 in T3 and is a keen rugby and cricket player.

Meet Hannah

Today we are introducing...

Hannah.

Hannah is a Year 7 in T3 and here is her mihi.

Meet George

Today we are introducing...

George.

George is a Year 7 in Totara 3.  Make sure you check out his blog.  

Meet Billie-Jean

Kia ora everyone.  The learner we are introducing today is...

Billie-Jean

She is a Year 8 and this is her visual mihi.

Meet Angelina

Today the learner we would like to introduce to you is...

Angelina

This is my visual mihi, a mihi is introducing yourself in Maori. Here is mine -

Take a look at more of Angelina's work on her blog here

Hanmer Camp 2019

Last week Totara 3 and 4 went on camp in Hanmer Springs, North Canterbury.  We stayed for two night and had an action packed 3 days.  Some of the activities we enjoyed were orienteering, tree climbing, mountain biking, Hanmer Thermal Hot Pools and hydroslides, bush walks and of course camp concert.  Here are some movies and photos of our time in Hanmer.  Please check out our individual blogs over the next couple of weeks for more on our camp experiences.

Tree Climbing

Hanmer Thermal Hot Pools and Hydroslides

Conical Hill Walk

Mountain Biking

Camp Concert Craziness

Sculpture Walk and Orienteering

Welcome Back to Term 2

Hi everyone!

Welcome back to term 2 which promises to be another action packed term. Some of the events we are looking forward to this term are;

Book Week

Kids Lit Quiz

Totara Camp to Hanmer Springs

Rugby League Tournament

Cross Country

School Production Rehearsals

Young Philosophers

School Rugby

Choir

Phew! What a list.  

Of course we are also looking forward to our class learning programmes. This term we are going to be looking at Geometry and Measurement in maths as well as our maintenance and basic facts programme.  Our literacy programme will look at poetry, persuasive writing and myths and legends.  Our inquiry is going to focus on industry that the West Coast was built around as well as links to Hanmer.  In PE we are going to look at target games and our Arts programme will be focused on drama.  This is just a snapshot of what we will be doing this term.  

What are you looking forward to the most?

Pumpkin Soup

Last year some members of the class planted some pumpkins in our school garden.  This week we harvested the pumpkins along with onions and some herbs.  We also collected some of the garlic which was also grown in our garden but was harvested earlier.  We then decided to make some pumpkin soup.  

Mrs P had a yummy recipe where you roast the pumpkin first so we decided to give it a go.  It was a great success and we made so much pumpkin soup.  We put servings into containers and some of us delivered it to the neighbours of our school to thank them for being such great neighbours.  We also got to eat some for our lunch and it was delicious.  Finally we cleaned and all of the pumpkin seeds to replant later in the year.

This was a fantastic day in the kitchen where we all worked together and we all felt very proud to have been able to give back to our local community. Our neighbours were all very complimentary of our soup and some even sent us thank you notes and cards.   Our act of kindness made us all feel good about ourselves and we hope to do more as the year progresses.