School Council meets Leigh from Animates pet shop

Today our leaders met with Leigh from "Animates" - the new pet shop at the Supercentre in Manukau. She works there and knows lots about cats. The leaders asked her questions about how to look after our school cats. Leigh gave us some cool cat presents!! Two collars with gold tags, a ten dollar voucher to spend at the shop, and some cat toys.

Under the Sea

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Junior PJ Party!!

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Hundertwasser

It's a celebration of art all over the school, as everyone learns about the amazing work of Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. In nearly every classroom you'll see bright splashes of colour, spirals, curly-curvy lines, rainbow colours and rainbow buildings. Have a look around. The Papatoetoe Schools Art Show is coming up in Week 8 of this Term and your artwork could be chosen to be displayed at the show.

Cool Hundertwasser stuff to think about . . .

Next time you walk to the dairy, or to school, walk in a curvy line like Hundertwasser did.

When it's been raining and the sun comes out, check out the colours of grass, flowers, trees . . . everything! Hundertwasser loved how the sun shone through raindrops and made all the colours more brilliant.

Scroll to the bottom of the page to see a Hundertwasser slideshow.

School cats

There is a rumour going around that we are getting cats!!! A little bird may have mentioned that the School Leaders visited the SPCA last week to check out puddy dats. Ask Mrs Compston about it - we're sure she knows more than she's letting on!!

Name the scarecrow

Can you think of a cool name for the scarecrow that has mysteriously appeared in the library! You can post your idea in the competition boxes on the library desk.

A cleaning party?!

Loads of kids entered the competition to write a story about our unusual guests above the library doors! Many children and teachers reported hearing strange music at odd times during the day. A saxaphone perhaps, and a ukelele . . . . Adding this strange occurence to the appearance of animals and cleaning equipment in the library, some children came to believe that there was a secret cleaning party going on when nobody was around. What do you think was happening . . . ?

Check out children's stories in the library and look on Oliver to find the winners of the competition.

Should whaling be banned?

A group of Year 5 students have been working on an INQUIRY investigation about whaling. Many countries around the world are trying hard to protect whales from becoming extinct, but some countries continue hunting whales for their meat. Japan is one of those countries.

Come into the library and read the "WONDER WALL" to find out more about whaling. Decide if you think whaling should be banned. What's your opinion???

A new rabbit

Have you seen this rabbit???