Cultural Concert

What an amazing Cultural Concert on Monday evening! I was so proud of everyone who performed! 

I am looking forward to seeing the photos and DVD!

5 on the Hour Conferences

Wow! It was so exciting seeing children proudly sharing their learning with their parents at 5 on the Hour Conferences. It is so good to have time to show the work we have been doing throughout the term. Please say a big THANK YOU to your parents for coming and enjoying it with you.The art exhibition in the multi-purpose room looks colourful and lots of people were very impressed with the wonderful art work.

Book Donations

It was very special to go with four school councillors to Ronald McDonald House and the playroom of the Children's ward at the hopsital to give them the books that had been donated for our Book Character Day. They were so excited to receive so many lovely books!

Part of Ronald McDonald House has been damaged in the earthquakes so they are only using half of the building. We got to see a room where families living at the house stay and a lounge and kitchen area. The room was just like a hotel room with a double and single bed, a bathroom and a place to make cups of tea.

At the hospital the nurse and play specialists were very excited to have some lots of new books to share with the children who are in hospital. They were looking froward to having some new stories to read! They were overwhelmed with everyone's generosity!

Thank you everyone - you have made some sick children's day!

Book Character Day

What a fun way to come back to school after the earthquake. Everyone made such a big effort to dress up and looked great. Some people must have spent a lot of time getting ready.

It was very strange to meet with a new family looking like I did!

Writing

Over the last week I have enjoyed visiting classes and interviewing students about writing. It has been interesting to see the writing people are proud of and what they have been learning. It is important that we have a purpose for writing and an audience. Blogs are a great way of sharing ideas for others to read and comment on. Feedback on the things we do well and what we need to do to get better really help our writing. What types of writing do you enjoy doing? I'd love to hear your comments and ideas.

Literacy learning

I really enjoyed Room 9s role plays about literacy learning in assembly. There is so much great learning happening at Harewood! Remember not to say "nothing" if your parents ask what you've been doing at school!

Kitchen Chemistry

I enjoyed seeing some of the experiments happening during the science interchange. I heard some interesting words - reactions, explosions, permanent change, temporary change, solid, liquid, gas, prediction,....
What other new words have you been learning?