Lucy and Amy's Ice Cream Sundaes

Yum! Lucy and Amy have been whipping up tasty treats in the kitchen. They followed a recipe to create a delicious looking chocolate sundae. It must have been good as they didn't share it with the teachers!

To make your own you need:

Ice cream

Chocolate sauce

Sprinkles

A glass to put it in

A spoon to eat it

You could also add chopped fruit or other toppings if you like. 

Ali Sings With Us

For the last few weeks Ali Harper has been singing with us and teaching us some songs. We hope to share something with you all at a Monday meet up one day soon. We'll be sure to let you know when!

Thank you Thomas for letting us borrow your very talented mum. 

Taila the Musician

On Friday we were treated to a special piano concert by Taila. His piano song was beautiful to listen to and we thought he had obviously put in a lot of practise to get so good. Thanks for sharing your talent with us Taila.

Kingston's Pyramid

Kingston has been sharing his interest in Egyptians so he decided to make his own 3D pyramid. He had to use a net which is like a pattern or template which helped him to fold the cardboard into the right shape. Then he drew bricks and used dye to colour it before adding real sand to make it look real. If you look closely you might spot an Egyptian mummy too!

Brock's Tank

Brock created this awesome looking tank as a woodwork project. Just when he thought it was done he researched real tank pictures and noticed they had some other important details. Brock then added the milk bottle lids and ribbon to make the cannon and tracks. What a quality project Brock. The soldiers would love to have a tank like yours!

Grace's Puppet

Grace has been busy creating a hand puppet. It looks rather cute with all the neat details she has added. Next Grace and her friends thought of a great way to share the puppets - by creating a puppet theatre and putting on a show! Now that's great thinking. We can't wait to watch it.

Isaac's Stadium

Isaac has been incredibly busy working on his AMI Stadium. It has so many parts to it just like the real stadium. You can buy tickets, ice creams and hot dogs at Isaac's stadium. We love how Isaac kept working on it and were really proud of how he improved his painting to disguise the boxes he used. It looks fabulous!

Baxter's Cat

Baxter sewed this fabulous cat cushion. It's very soft and will look great on his bed at home. Baxter showed lots of perseverance with his needlework and it was great to see him adding other details to create the face.

Edward's Castle

Edward created this very cool castle out of box construction. We love the details he has added like the turrets on the roof and the drawbridge and he has since added a guard on duty by the entrance. Inside the door you can find a King and a Queen and a great picture of the inside of a castle. Quality work Edward!

Sophie's Weaving

Sophie was inspired by Lucy's weaving project and had a go at making a placemat for herself. What a practical and colourful project. It's going to be fun having dinner on that Sophie.

Jonty's Creeper

Check out Jonty's creeper project. A creeper is from the minecraft game but Jonty's one is pretty special as you can open it up and inside is a lounge for his minecraft toys to hang out and relax in! What a neat idea for storing toys.

Hannah's Card

Hannah made this very crafty card. Look at the way she made the details on the front. Can you guess how she made it look like that?

Week 7 (13-17 June)

What's happening in Kohara this week?

Lunchtime Clubs
Sewing club is on Tuesday lunchtime in the room by the library from 12.45pm.
Chess club is on Wednesday lunchtime in Room 21 from 12.45pm.
Children are welcome to pop along if they wish.

Chocolate Fundraiser
Chocolate money and/or unsold chocolate was due back last week but the wonderful PTA mums have kindly offered their time this week for any families who still need to return money etc. You can find them in Room 21 from 8.30-9am each morning this week.
The prize draws were made today at Monday meet up and how exciting to see Luke's family winning one of them! Congratulations!

Library Day 
Please send back books before Friday so children have them ready for our class visit. Thanks to those families remembering to send along the library bags as well.

Kapa Haka
Junior Kapa Haka is on Friday

Thank You
A huge thank you to those families who have donated old pillows for us to use for our sewing projects. We now have enough to last us for the next wee while but will still gladly take any donations of unwanted wool or newspapers. Thanks also to the families who have donated old puzzles and games to Kohara - the children are loving these especially on our wet lunchtimes!

PTA News
If you're interested in joining the PTA you are most welcome at our meeting this week - Tuesday 14th starting at 7.30pm in the school library. Feel free to pop along and join us. A great way to get involved in the life of the school, meet other friendly Mums and Dads, and have a few laughs along the way.

Also a huge thanks to our fabulous Kohara families who have recently volunteered to help at the Christchurch Marathon on the drinks station or at the working bee on Sunday. Our school really appreciates any extra time you can spare and it's a great way to enjoy the community feel of Waimairi School!

Uniform Sale
Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the last day if you want to pop along and grab a bargain at our secondhand uniform sale. The lovely PTA mums are running this from the hall before and after school tomorrow. Payment is by way of a donation.

Upcoming Events
The PTA are also running a disco on Friday 1 July. Book it in your calendar now :)

Can You Help?

We would love any donations of any of the following things for the class:

* Newspaper
* Wool
* Old pillows or stuffing

SCHOOL RENEWAL PROJECT

This is a once in a lifetime chance for us all to re-shape the whole school for now and for future generations.

Internationally respected Dr Julia Aitken will be holding community workshops on...


TUESDAY 21 JUNE

9.00am -11.00am
and again at
7.00pm - 9.00pm

Julia is back with us again to hold a Treaty Perspective Workshop. The purpose of which is to gather input and ideas from anyone who has an interest in ensuring the renewal school honours The Treaty of Waiting on...

Thursday 30 June

7.00pm-9.00pm.

Julia has worked with all the staff over a number of years and always leads really interesting and thought provoking sessions. All you have to do is put it in your diary and ring the school office to register you attendance......simple!!

Week 6 (7-10 June)

Talofa and welcome to Week 6!

Classroom Release
This week Room 18 have PE with Mr Lukes on Tuesday from 9-10.30am.
Room 19 have PE with Mr Lukes on Wednesday afternoon from 1.30-3pm.

Welcome
This week we welcome Tilly to our class. It's always lovely having new students in Kohara and we know that our Kohara children will make her feel welcome.

Reading Roster
Thanks so much to all our lovely helpers who have been helping recently to shelve our reading books in the reading room. We really appreciate your time with this.

Jackets
Please make sure that children have a warm jacket at school everyday. This is especially important if there is an emergency and we need to assemble outside for a length of time. Please also ensure they are well named.

Library Day Friday - please pack the library books to be returned.

Kapa Haka Thursday

Sewing club Tuesday lunchtime
Chess club Wednesday lunchtime

Working Bee
Sunday 12 June from 9am - come along and help support the school by lending a hand at the upcoming Working Bee. Children are welcome to come along too and their is a BBQ at the end as a thank you. No experience required but many hands make light work.

Thank You
A big thank you to our Kohara parents who assisted with volunteering their time at the Chch Marathon last Sunday. It turned out to be a great day and there was a lovely community feel as we all mucked in providing drinks for the marathon runners. On behalf of the PTA, many thanks for your time and efforts.

Chocolate Fundraiser
All money and/or unsold chocolate needs to be returned by this Friday please. The PTA helpers are in Room 21 every morning before school from 8.30am to collect this.

Second Hand Uniform Sale
This will be happening on Monday and Tuesday next week with items to be sold for a donation. If you have any good condition second hand uniforms that you'd like to donate you are welcome to drop them off to us in Kohara and we'll pass them on.

Have a wonderful (short) week :)

Farewell to Junho

On Friday we said a 'we will miss you and hopefully you'll be back for a visit' not a 'goodbye' to our student teacher friend Junho. The children shared with Junho the learning they had enjoyed with him. 'Thank you for helping me work out words at reading time' 'I like that you smile everyday' which made Junho's smile even bigger! Junho totally embraced the learning in Kohara and proved to be a champion baker...even admitting that he thought he might have had a career as a baker before he decided on being a teacher! We think you should be a teacher and a part-time baker Junho and wish you every success in your future study. 

Farewell Junho

Tomorrow is Junho's last day with us in Kohara. Junho will leave us with many new skills including woodwork, sewing and baking!! They will look great on his CV :)

We have appreciated all the hard work that Junho has put in to plan, teach and evaluate our Kohara children and it has been so wonderful seeing his confidence grow over his 4 weeks in our room.

If you see Junho tomorrow, wish him all the best for a very exciting career ahead in teaching. The children are going to miss him!

Queen's Birthday Holiday

A reminder that school is closed on Monday 6 June - Queen's Birthday.
See you all back at school as usual on Tuesday. Enjoy the long weekend!

Library Day Friday

Please remember to pack the library books for our class library session on Friday morning.