Customs Officers and Luka the Sniffer Dog come to talk about their careers

Today we were very lucky to have Jordyn's mum come along with her colleagues and Luka the Labrador to talk about their careers and to answer the children's questions about their training and the best parts about their jobs. Luka was able to find a 'planted' pre-arranged object in Jordyn's bag. This was a great demonstration of the capabilities of our countries border protection staff. 

Rakau Practise

Enjoy the video of the Harakeke learners practising their rakau at school this week.

Week 7 KIT book notice

5 June 2015 Hi everyone Welcome to week seven updates and information.  We hope you all enjoyed the extra day at the weekend. This week the children have enjoyed: Continuing to make up routines with their rakau sticks before the school day has started and today as part of their learning Having our first guest speakers come and talk about their occupations - thanks to Kerryn (Police Officer) and Kelvin (pilot) for their time Arbor Day “green” mufti and planting new trees to enhance our school environment Playing draughts and chess whenever there is time Going onto Mathletics and earning a certificate Thanks for the great week and making sure that Mrs Herring had a wonderful time being back in  the Harakeke Community. Regards -  Thelma,  Morgan and Heather Upcoming Events and Reminders Basic Tests were undertaken today and results will be sent home along with new lists (if appropriate). Next test - 19 June Spelling - next test - 12 June Library Books - remember to return these by Thursday please Poetry Books - thank you to the children who are returning these on Monday morning, it would be appreciated if all children could do this Mrs Herring will be away in Sydney for three days next week with the Leadership Team.  Mrs Co will being taking the “Red” children in her absence Harakeke/Kiwi Team Blogs: Make sure you check these out.  It’s a great way to check what the children have been doing. http://kiwi-team.blogspot.co.nz/ http://wmsharakeke.blogspot.co.nz/

Fractions at home and school

We have been looking at dividing shapes and objects into fractions. We cut up some fruit and Mr Tomlin's lunch in maths time. Then we cut up some more at home.This is what we had to say about our experiences of making fractions at home:

Lily- It was hard because we couldn’t think of anything to cut up at the start. My sister had two halves of the Feijoa- that equals a whole one! Mum and I also made fruit salad.

Finnian- It was easy to cut it up, but I had to be careful using the knife.

Josie-It will be tricky to cut it up evenly, I am looking forward to doing it tonight.

Matua- It was easy because you just had to put 1/8 or 1/10. I cut up a bagel.

Ollie- At my birthday party we had to cut up my cake into lots of pieces, everyone got a piece. My toast was yummy this morning, I cut it up into quarters.

Mitchell- Mum cut up the onion because it makes your eyes a wee bit stingy.