The Power of Peers

Golden Moments in Marama watching our young learners share a great story with each other.   

Enjoying a sunny Friday morning in Marama

Practising Hard For Cross Country

We have been practising running every day to prepare for our upcoming Cross Country run at Dovedale School. Here we are having fun while out running. We can't wait until the BIG day. We love running!!!

A visit from Captain Cash!

Our wet day turned out to be an especially good day with a visit from a real live Super Hero
none other than ASB's Captain Cash!
Captain Cash taught us all  about the different values of notes and coins as well as talking to us about spending our money for both  'Needs' and 'Wants'.
We learned that a  'need' is something we have to have to survive like water, shelter, food etc and a 'want' is something we'd like to have such as chocolate or toys. We learned that when we spend our money it's a good idea  to spend it on what we need first then we can save our money to have what we want.
This is a Super Hero chant she taught us:
                     
                    "Speed to your needs and wait for your wants"

 

Thanks for visiting us Captain Cash, we had so much fun today!

Autumn Artworks

Upper Moutere Autumn - Kizoa Video Editor - Movie Maker

Collecting Autumn's finest in the afternoon sun.

                                                We're loving Autumn in Marama!

What could be more fun than collecting Autumn leaves, berries and seed pods in amongst the trees! We were so inspired by our stash that we decided to write stories and poems describing the colours and how we feel about Autumn.  Here are just a few to share with you.

Autumn.
It's arrived so early.
Yay, I love this time of year.
Red leaves fall from the trees.
Brown leaves fall from the trees.
Oh how I love Autumn!

By Jude


Red like an apple.
Yellow like the gold glow of the sun.
Brown like someone's hair.
Orange like an orange that is a fruit rolling away.
Autumn is cool.

By Monique


Red like blood in my body.
Yellow like gold glowing in the sun.
Brown like mud that I can feel on my feet.
Orange like apricots on the tree.

By Jessica

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all our gorgeous mothers. We hope you have a fabulous day!