Camp ElRancho 2012

We have just been to camp at El Rancho. What an amazing three days we had. The beach, activities and movie night on Wednesday.  Instructed activities on Thursday. These included the flying fox, archery, rifles, go carts and horse riding. In the evening we enjoyed watching or participating in Camps Got Talent. Friday was the big clean up, free activities and then a swim at the Lido on the way home. Lots of tired bodies got off the bus on Friday afternoon. I had a fabulous time with your lovely children. It was great to see them achieving in a different environment. Some of them really surprised me with what they could achieve. It was great to see. Thank you for allowing me to have this special time with your children.
An extra special thank you to the parents who gave up their time and came with us as camp parents. We can't do it without you.
Raewynne Hill

Relay for Camp

Owww! Owww! My feet hurt! Lots of us have really sore feet today after our relay for camp yesterday. We did a walkathon to raise money for camp. The winning team went around our 500m track 73 times. Everyone made a huge effort and it was an awesome day. We are looking forward to collecting all of our sponsorship money to help pay for camp.

Fantastic Heads

We have been arty smarty! Look at our awesome heads. We used our names in block letters to create some great pieces of art.

Stu Duvall story teller

Yesterday Stu Duvall, a visiting story teller,told us an amazing story and drew a great pastel picture of Lion Rock at Piha during the story. Room 1 won the picture when Jamie answered his question. Today we tried to recreate Stu's style of art with some great results. Here are some photos of our efforts. Mrs Hill thinks we are pretty talented.

A special visitor

Wonderous One had a special visitor today, Caniece's mouse Zip. Caniece told us all about Zip and we asked lots of questons. He was extremely cute! We have written descriptions of Zip for our first sharing book writing sample.  Thanks for the great inspiration Caniece.
Mrs Hill

Our first day

Hi again Wonderous One,
What a great first day! I really enjoyed meeting all the new people in room 1 this year. What an awesome bunch of kids you are. I am sooooooo lucky to have you in room 1 with me. It will be great getting to know you all a bit better. I am looking forward to an awesome second day and a great year of learning.
Don't forget to try out study ladder. I have set up our 2012 class and set some tasks for you to get started on :-)
Mrs Hill

Wonderous One 2012

Hi everyone,
Welcome to 2012. It will be great to see some old and some new faces in Wonderous One this year. I can't wait to get to know you all and start our amazing learning journey.
I hope you have all had a good holiday with not too much rain and wind. I went to Lake Taupo and hardly swam at all. It was a bit disappointing but still relaxing.
I can't wait to get started!!
Mrs Hill