Kakariki Kiwi

Children have already started to be proactive and work towards the bronze level certificate for Kakariki Kiwi by being lunch time litter detectives and collectors. The children took paper and pens out into the playground and drew up tally charts for the rubbish they found and then put it away in the correct bin.

Miss Scott was extremely proud! 

Kakariki Kiwi

Room 33 have worked really hard on coming up with a special environmental programme to teach the juniors of Meadowbank School ways in which they can sustain their surrounding environment. In this new programme children work within the levels of green, bronze, silver and gold. Each level represents the children's classroom environment, school environment, home environment and community environment. Here is the display we made on our enviro wall...

CLOWN DAY

The year 1 children have been looking at the way clowns communicate the way they feel through body language and facial expression. So what better way to do this but have our very own...CLOWN DAY!!

Thank you to all the parents that came into school to help with painting the children's faces. It was a brilliant day!

Room 32 and Room 33 also had their class assembly on this very special day to celebrate the learning they have been doing this term on 'Communication.'

Bird adoption

We have adopted a Native Kea as our class bird. Kea are endangered in NZ. Children worked hard at home to raise money to pay for the bird adoption. We have researched about the Kea- we have learnt all about their habitat, predators, physical features and behavior. Come in to Room 33 to see our wonderful descriptions on our enviro wall!

We care for our environment

Environmental Education

Room 33 have worked hard to come up with an environmental action plan to care for and sustain their surrounding environment on the junior side of the school.

They came up with the Kakariki Kiwi programme- which is an action plan to support teachers and students with sustaining water and electricity on the junior side as well as picking up rubbish to leave the grounds and gully litter free.

Here is what they came up with...

Class checklist

 

(Please go through and tick after morning tea and lunch each day)

As a class have we been:

o Keeping the junior site litter free?

o Putting rubbish in the correct bin?

o Saving electricity by turning off the lights when we are not in the classroom?

o Saving electricity by turning off the smart board when we are not using it?

o Saving water by turning off the tap when we are finished washing our hands?

o Saving water at the drinking fountains by using it smartly?

We all have the RESPONSIBILITY

Room 33's swimmimg lessons with Hilton Brown

Children in Room 33 had a great time learning to swim and perfecting their skills with their lovely Hilton Brown instructors...

Our buddy class room 7 (Year 4)

We are extremely lucky to have a senior buddy class that we meet with at least once a week to read with or share work we have completed that week. We play with our buddies on a Friday and learn more about the senior side of the school.