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Happy Easter!

Welcome Back Mrs Mulrennnan

(Noelani)  (Mrs Mulrennan)
How did you feel when you walked through the school gates?
When I walked through the school gate at the beginning of the year I felt a bit excited and a bit nervous at the same time, but I also felt like I was coming back to my home where I felt safe, and when I saw the kids who I've taught in the past, I was very happy that I've decided to come back.

Where did you go when you left Papatoetoe East 3 years ago?
I went to a school called Papatoetoe North Primary School which is not far from here and very close to where I live, and I taught there for three years mostly I taught new Year 0/1 just like I've always done at Papatoetoe East.

Can you tell us about any of the other teachers that left with you?
Yes I can because I'm still friends with all of those teachers.

• Miss Lepou is teaching a Year four class at Mt. Roskill Primary School. She also  has a very cool blog that kids can look at and I can give you the address. She has two little girls now, the eldest is named Tamaya and she is four nearly five and Annie who's two.
•  Mrs DesForge is teaching a year one class  at New Market Primary School and is enjoying this.
• Miss Nola is teaching a class out west in West Auckland, I think it's a year two class and she has a little boy.
•  Miss Mac is working at the ZOO!!! She's actually in a  classroom located in the zoo teaching them about the animals there and she loves working there. She gets to see  some of the children she's taught in the past and the same time meet many new kids.

Why did you leave Papatoetoe North?
After 3 years of teaching at Papatoetoe North, I thought it was time for a change plus I wanted to see what other schools were like. I was thankful to see an opportunity to teach in Auckland and at Papatoetoe East. So, When Mrs Compston and Mr Gilbert asked to come back I said "YES PLEASE!!" 

So far, how do you feel about your decision to come back?
Yes I think I've made a really good decision coming back and I LOVE the library. I think it's the best library in Auckland because I love books and I love teaching in a school where there's lots of books. And I like the gardens in the Living Classroom. But do you know what I like best of all? The children because I think that they are all very special.

This is reported by Noelani in C5

Cool School Pets

Rhino is a little blue budgie who is very tweetitive and is very playful. Mrs. Compston saved Rhino from being squashed by a huge truck!

 


Toby is a cat that loves to play in the library and hang out with his best friend Poppy. He loves the blue library beanbag.

Poppy is a fraidy cat that only sleeps, eats and sometimes runs about but she doesn't that often. She mostly hangs about in the office.

 

 

 

Reported by:Atalia

       

Monster Rat

Did you know...

Tony Smith aged 46 is a gas engineer, who has caught a monster rat near a famous London playground for children. The rat weighs about 11 kgs and approximately 30 cm in length. A spokesmen from United Kingdoms
pest-control experts have clarified that the brown monster rat is a female and has been breeding in the United Kingdom's street sewers. They believe it could be an African West Grass Cutter rat, also known as a cane rat.

Reported by Elisha Allison
  

Camp

From the 21st to the 25th of March this year, all Year 6 kids are going to camp at Chosen Valley which is a bit further than sonshine ranch but it is for learning. We might challenge ourselves to do some activities like the flying fox (aaargghh), kayaking, racing on the trolleys and other cool stuff.
We will learn a lot about each other and ourselves - and maybe about the teachers too!!

Reported by Darcy

 

Chewing Gum Artist

In this article the main person is a girl called Anna Sofia Matveyeva . She is an artist who uses chewing gum to make famous people art. The event took place in Ukraine. This article from kiwi kids news was posted on February 21 2013. Anna Sofia Matveyeva has been making bubble gum art for years.

By Harshpreet    

The Wonderful Diversity Day

At school we are learning all about Diversity. Diversity means that we are all unique and special. We respect that other people and other cultures do things in different and special ways. We are having another Diversity Day to celebrate everyone's cultures on 12th April. We will probably celebrate by dressing in our cultural clothes and share food from our culture. Last time we had a parade to celebrate.
Reported By Manukura

Asteroid Flies Close by Earth

Guess what whipped past the Earth last Tuesday morning around 3am? Well it was an...ASTEROID!!Luckily it didn't hit the Earth though "phew!"The asteroid could pass the earth again in 1 years times, but it would not hit the Earth for at least 100 years. Hopefully, most of us will not be around! The asteroid is twice the size of the one that exploded over Russia in February 2013 injuring many people.

Reported By Leena

Flag Vote Begins

                 Union jack, or silver fern? Keep the flag or change it?
New Zealand citizens are thinking of changing their flag which will cost 26 million dollars.
The prime minster John Key wants to change the flag to Kyle Lockwood's silver fern design therefore we will be having another referendum. All around New Zealand people will send their vote and choose between the new or the old one. Voting papers arrived on Thursday morning last week, the voting will close on 24th of March and the result will be announced on the 30th of March. The
reason why this referendum is happening is because some people think our flag doesn't really represent us anymore, so John Key decided to have a referendum.
My opinion is that we should change our flag to the new design. 

Reported By Rajpreet

The Game Of The Century

On Friday 4th March there was a magnificent netball game, parents vs teachers. While we were eating lunch the loud speaker was playing "We are the champions" and the whole school was so excited. It was very interesting because the ball was flying all over the place with the amazing passes that were going on.
There was a netball game because we needed some entertainment. The netball game was held on the back courts near the field and a lot of children came to watch it, nearly the whole school was watching. But at the end the parents had won and defeated the teachers!!

Reported by Tihei

Fonterra Milk Competion

Our school is entering a Fonterra milk competition. There is a special group that is creating a 90 second video on how we get the milk from the farm to the school. If we win, the ex-captain of All Blacks Richie Macaw will come to our school!!! That would be amazing! Leading this group is Mrs. Gounder. The 90 second video has to be given in by Friday 11th March which is not that long. I asked a girl in  the milk group Elysia about what she thinks and she said "So the milk video group is thinking of a brief and our brief (for now) is a cow (Moo Moo) and his/her sidekick (Milk girl) goes on adventure to find out what happened to Moo Moo's milk". I asked another person in the milk group, Shane, here's what he said "I think that it is a cool experience"

Let's hope we win!

Reported by Nailah C1

A Peace Garden

Did you know that Mr Gilbert is focusing on building a peace garden?

Over the past 8-10 years Mr Gilbert and the teachers have been trying their best to a create a peace garden  but there was always building going on so they failed to find a spot. But after years of waiting we are finally going to make it because he has found the perfect spot located in front of C1 and C2. He says we will remove the stairs and the foot path and we will add 6 trees and 2 new foot paths that come from the side and merge in the middle. He is also hoping that we can get a water fountain right in the middle.

The reason we are building a peace garden is to remember our dear ones who have passed away years ago and to make peace with everyone in our school community. Mr Gilbert says that we will work with a landscape gardener and an architect to construct the garden and I'm sure that the Enviro Team will help out as well as other students.

 

      I bet you can't wait to see the finished garden! Watch the space to see how it turns out!  

 

 

 

Reported by Elisha C3

Are you ready for camp ..2016!!!!

This term the year 6 students and teachers are going to camp. The destination is Chosen Valley which is located in Ararimu Valley, and the date they leave is the 21st of March. The year 6 students are going because the pupils need to bond with each other.
At Chosen Valley the students will challenge themselves to do different activities, such as, flying fox, canoeing and bmx track racing. I think they will learn a lot about themselves and each other!

Reported by Shirley