LEST WE FORGET

In Room 3 we have started the term off doing some learning about the Anzac's and why we need to remember the heroic achievements of our servicemen and women.  Their efforts provided us with the opportunity to be able to choose our own destiny as a nation and as people. 

We attended a memorial service at school, read about what an Anzac parade involves and looked at what life was like for the Anzac soldiers.
We were amazed at the size of the WW1 cemeteries and discovered the memorials that our school has to these people honouring those from our community.

Narratives On -Line

Room 3 authors were hard at it in the last week of term and now online under Writers Corner you will be able to see some of the products of their hard work. Some of featured authors are Jacob, Sam, Trent and Katija. Well done. We have a book of fairy tales in our class library with all our fairy tales to date. 

Maungatuatari Reserve

As part of our inquiry into the adaptive features of birds we took a trip with our parents assistance to Maungatuatari Trust Reserve. First we met Gemma at the classroom near the reserve to learn about why the reserve exists and why they need to protect the birds that live within the fence. The fence gave us plenty of need to think about its design and how the scientists came up with the end product.

Next we tramped around the mountain to view the birds in their exclusive habitat. We glimpsed Kakas, Robins, Kereru, Takahe and Piwakawaka as they danced around the exciting array of native plants.

Wheelie Day

Yahoo!! Off we go! 
Constable Louise Samuels from Tokoroa Police visited Kuranui School again to reinforce the importance of Bus Safety, Safe Walking, Cycling safety and ATV safety. We were surprised and delighted when with the assistance of Fonterra-  most of our farming partners- we were presented with free helmets to use on our bikes or ATV's. Thanks again Constable Samuels and to Fonterra for your time and support.