kps magazine 2011

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How far can we stretch? The school forms a line during the walkathon 2011


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Makayla Hawker, Ella johnson, lainie henderson, sophie Miller, Jessica ReidElliott alloo, Ryan mccleery, Matthew Pyper


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By makayla Hawker and ella JohnsonAt the end of last year Mr. Wilson

left our school and we needed to find

a new principal. Mrs. Martin

stepped up to be our principal until

we could find someone fantastic to

take her place. After a long, hard

search we finally found the fantastic

person that we were looking for. His

name is Simon Clarke. He came

from Balmacewen Intermediate. He

is quite tall and slim. He is sporty.

He is handsome. By the way, Mr

Clarke told us to say those things!

Mrs Martin enjoyed being our

principal. She was popular and did a

great job.

Images from MrClarke's Welcome


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Room 1 Room 2

Room 2a

Room 3

Room 4 Room 5


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room 6

Room 7

Room 8

Room 9

Room 10

Room 11

Room 12


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At the end of term 2, Kaikorai Primary School presented an expo aboutnarrative. Each class chose a book/story to explore and created adisplay for the hall. Children had opportunities to learn as a class andto develop their own ideas, learning, and items to display.

People entered the expo through the castles drawbridge and couldchoose their own pathways to explore. They could head under Room 7sRoom on the Broom, through Room 12s Mucus Monster, towards Room8s Zog, over Room 11s Great Wall of China from Cleversticks, or upthe stairs towards Rapunzel in her tower and Room 4s Gentle Giant.Other highlights of the expo were Room 6s Dot and Ish, Room 10sArt and Max, Room 5s Dazzle the Dinosaur, Room 1s Lester andClyde and The Lorax, Room 9s Horton Hatches the Egg, Room 3sThe Quiltmakers Gift and The Quiltmakers Journey, Room 2asHighwayman, and Room 2s Rangi and Papa.The expo certainly had WOW factor with everyone entering the hallimpressed by the high standard of work. We cant wait to see wherethe next expo will take us!

by the term 2newsletter team


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By Ryan McClery


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On the 22 of March 2011, all the year six children left for Year SixCamp. They went to Camp Iona at Maheno and they were away forfour days.On the first day Mr. Laurie Hart drove them by bus to camp Iona.When they got to camp they had lunch and discovered their cabins.Next they went on a river walk up the Waianakarua River to hear

Mrs. Gillies talk about her poetry, her life, and the river. Thatafternoon and evening they were put into duty groups, had free timeand played games.On the second day they did Adventure Masters. Adventure Masterswas lots of fun physical activities. There were six activities andeverybody was able to do them all. The activities were: archery, teambuilding activities, geocaching, escape and evasion, search and rescue,and abseiling. The children found Adventure Masters awesome becauseit was a new and exciting experience, and they learnt a lot of new

skills. On the second night they had sock wars and a cookout. For thecookout they cooked their own sausages and damper.On the third day, the year six children were split into two groups.One group went to McKerrows Pond to do sailing and kayaking whilethe other group visited the Moeraki lighthouse to see penguins andseals. They all came back to the pond for lunch then they swappedactivities for the afternoon. That night they had a camp concert, thena tent out for the night.On the fourth and final day they did the confidence course whichtested people to their limits. That afternoon they had lunch at thecamp and came back to school on the bus.The year six children really enjoyed their camp. They said it was thebest camp that they had ever been to.

by the term 2

newsletter team


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By Matthew Pyper


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TouchThis term some year three four five and

six are playing touch Rugby. Touch is avery common sport in the Summer.

Touch is played down at the Oval. There

are 6 touch teams there is 3 yr 5/6 teams

and 3 yr 3/4 teams. The touch teams

have done well so far.

Touch is played with 6 players on the

field at a time .The team has to pass the

ball amongst its players and try to get a

try at the try line .

The other team has to defend the try line.

They have to stop a try being scored by

touching the team that has the ball. They

get 6 touches and the ball is then turned

over to the other team.

Touch Rugby is played in term one and

four.

Touch Rugby is so much fun if you

havent played it give it a go next year.

by elliott alloo

By Matthew Pyper

MiniballThere were two year 3/4 teams in

miniball for 2011. The names of the

teams were the Legends and the

Demons. The Demon's season was

excellent with no loss. The Legendswon most of their games but lost some

too. The two teams practiced at 1:00 on

Thursdays.

Mr Reid, teacher of Room 2a, was the

coach of the Legends. The team thought

that Mr Reid was a really good coach.

William Edwards, Dylan Fisher, and

Henry Dickson were assistant coaches.The team really appreciated their hard

work and training.

KiwisportsSome students from Otago Girls came

ant taught us some fun sports. We got to

do things like netball, cricket, and rippa

rugby. We had a great time playing lots

of different games and we learn't new

stuff. We got to have some serious fun.

At the end we played a real game of the

sport we had been learning about. It was

really enjoyable and we really

appreciated Otago Hirls for teaching us

these wonderful sports.

By Room 6

School SwimmingUsually twice a year the school goes to

swimming lessons. The Seniors go toMoana Pool and the Middles and Juniors

go to Dunedin North Intermediate. We

are pretty lucky to go swimming because

New Zealand has heaps of water around

it and kids need to learn how to swim so

they can stay safe. The Seniors have

been swimming two or three times a

week in the term 4 block. The Juniorsgo swimming for eight days in a row.

The seniors walk down to Moana Pool

and the Juniors take the bus to DNI.

School swimming is fun.

By Lainie Henderson


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By Sophie Miller


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Dog Safety

By Madison Room 9

Today we learnt about dog safety. Here are some

ways to keep safe:

Stay still and cover your face if a dog runs

up to you.

If you want to pat someones dog, ask if

you can.

Curl up in a ball so a big dog doesnt trip

you.

By paige milburnroom 10


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During maths and art, room 2used a monochromatic colourscheme (shades and tints ofone colour) to produce their

cubist heads artwork inspired

by Pablo Picasso. In theseartworks geometric shapes

are reconstructed in amathematical way, using

straight lines and right angles.


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On Tuesday afternoons Tylah, Jim, Ethan Foss andI go to see Mrs Reid. We read stories and act

them out. We practise speaking loudly and lookingat the person we are talking to. We have acted

out lots of plays. In the photo I am pretending tobe a cat. We made the masks and we got to take

them home.By Courtney Lloyd. Room 11.

On Tuesday the 1

st

ofNovember we brought oursoft toys to school. They got

to sit at the back of the cornerarea. It was fun seeing

everybodys toy. Every toylooked like it was loved. We

brought them to school so wecould draw them. We used

pencils to sketch them. It wasquite hard to get our drawingsclose to what our toys looked

like.By Room 11


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By Emma Dickson,Room 2a

This animation was made by cole barnes andethan clarke as part of their electives

learning. The animation can be found at the linkbelow, or use your smart phone to access it viathe qr code on the right.


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By William EdwardsRoom 2a

By Thirza SmithRoom 2a

This year as part of our Literacyprogramme Room 11 has been writing

to a buddy in Room 9 at WakariSchool. It is really fun getting ourletters and then replying to them.

In Term 3 Room 11 walked toWakari School to watch our buddiesperform in their production, which

was all about pirates. We walkedthere, which was a long way upShetland Street. Their productionwas really cool. Luckily we got abus back after we had a play ontheir adventure playground. This

term our buddies came to see us. It

was great to finally sit down andtalk to them. In the afternoon we

played games together.By Room 11


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By Kailen Beattie

By Maia Taylor

By Maia Penhey

By Teddy Finney-Waters

By Theo Stebbings By Abby Harris By Anton Parker


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Room 9 children were so

pleased to see the gardenweeded after the working bee;

they set to and planted lettuces,

spring onions and radishes. Thebeans are beginning to sprout

inside the classroom, ready toplant out before the holidays.

By Grace Roesler, Room 5

birds at thedunedin publicart gallery

By ella walker, Room 10


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By Ryan Shotter By Abigail Clifford-White By Brianna Monk


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By Madi Baker, Room 9

By Piper Dalton, Room 5 By Brooke Mitchell, Room 5


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Recipe

Ingredients:potatoes (from our school

garden)chillis (from the R3 chilli plants)salt

oil

Method (how to make it)1. Dig potatoes up from school

garden and wash2. Chop potatoes into wedge

sized pieces.3. Put into roasting dish with

chopped chilli. Make sure all the

seeds have been removed.

4. Cover with cooking oil.5. Cook for about an hour until

crisp and brown at 200 degrees.6. Sprinkle salt it you want to.

7. Eat and enjoy!!

Super hot spudsby Catherine Mason


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Artwork inspired byclaude monet'spaintings

By Brooke callon, Room 3


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This animation was made by Georgia Ward andMrs Fitzgerald as part of electives learning.

The animation can be found at the link below, oruse your smart phone to access it via the qrcode on the right.


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By hannah King,Room 2a


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By Sean Kerrroom 10

This animation was made by Danyon noakes aspart of electives learning. The animation canbe found at the link below, or use yoursmart phone to access it via the qr code onthe right.


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