Dragon Riders

Reported By Dania

KFC Baths?

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Would you like to bathe yourself in some KFC? Well in Japan they have now released bath bombs scented like fried chicken. Not only that but they even have scented sunscreen, candles, flavoured lip balm and edible KFC flavoured nail polish. But the bath bombs are only going to be in shops for a limited time from 1st-15th of November.

Reported by Bonita

Survival - New Books

Survival

Created By Bonita

Disney Fireworks

Fun Tables

Reported by Charlotte
 

Magic Science

As you all know the new topic for term three was change (magic science). A lot of classes have been doing some work on this topic and they would love to share what they've learnt so far. Some students have been doing some science experiments like the lava lamp, oobleck, slime and so on. The three states of matter are solids, liquid and gas.
 

Massive Volcano Erupts in Mexico

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 Did you know that there are more then 3,000 volcanoes in Mexico and only 14 seem to be active. Well, on the 6th of July 2017 a massive volcano in Mexico erupted. The eruption created an ash cloud that reached at least 2,000 metres above the craters. The people who live near by have been given advice of how to protect themselves.

 

Reported by: Sopheara

 

World's Oldest Person Dies

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On Friday 15th September 2017 
117 years old Violet Mosse Brown, the oldest person in the world sadly passed away. Since the death of Violet Brown, Nabi Tajima is the oldest person in the world at the age of 117. Nabi Tajima is now living in a home in the city of Kagoshima, with her very big family.

 

 Reported by Sopheara and Bonita

 

 

 

Making Oobleck

There finally here!!!

There finally Here!!

These books will get you running to the library to issue them!!!!!
These books are adventurous and fun to read
By:Aanay

Let's Get into Te Reo Maori!

Create by Charlotte

Mrs Henry's Baby

Mrs Henry's baby's name is Taylah she was born at Papakura in Auckland.The day she was born is 24th of July 2016. It's been hard work for Mrs Henry, especially when Taylah cries, so Mrs Henry gives her a hug. Taylah has one special teddy and her favourite toys are stuffed teddies. When Mrs Henry is busy, Taylah goes to day care every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and she goes to her nana's house on other days.Taylah makes Mrs Henry laugh by eating everything, making funny faces and chasing her big brother!

Reported by Andy 

C3's New Teacher

Mrs Thompson is back and is teaching in C3 , here's some questions we have asked her and some answers from her.

What are your hobbies?  Walking , especially by the sea, and reading non fiction books.

What is your favourite subject to teach? Literacy, which is writing and reading.

What do you like best about this school ? The children and the environment, over all it's a beautiful school.



By Dania

 

Websites For Learning

Year 6 Dinner and Dance

The year six teachers have been working very hard teaching the

students three different dances.  These three dances are called Rock
and Roll, Cha-Cha and Waltz. Mrs Fowler will be teaching Cha-Cha, Ms McHugh will be teaching Waltz and Mr Tavita will
be teaching Rock and Roll. They have been practising since the end
of June every Wednesday from 2:00pm until 2:45pm. This event
will take place in the V.W room at 6:00pm until 9:00pm. The year
6's will be having a three course meal involving entrée, main and dessert. The students will have to follow a formal dress code which
applies to all. Good luck to all the year 6's taking part in this event.
Be prepared year 5's for next year!

Reported by Falisha

Swimming Lessons

This term all of the senior school and the year threes will be going in and out of the school to go for swimming lessons. These swimming lessons are completely free, usually its quite expensive so missing an opportunity like this would be devastating. Not only that but New Zealand is surrounded by water so it's important that you learn how to swim!

Reported by Bonita

Our New Sign Language Group

Sign Language

  

 

Recently we have been developing a  new sign language group to stand up in front of everyone during assemblies to perform the whole National Anthem, so that the students here at our school may follow the actions for this special anthem. Not only will the sign language group learn the National Anthem, but they will also learn other things for a great experience participating in the sign language group.

Reported by Bonita

Our Library

In the holidays we had some visitors to the library. It was a group of 20 librarians from all over New Zealand. They said to thank all the students and teachers for inviting them to visit our awesome library - they were super impressed. They loved watching the video about our library and were amazed at the creative talent and digital savvy of our students.

Watch the video here:

 

Caring for Our Pets

Human dominoes!

Have you ever wondered if there was such thing as the human dominoes? Well more than 1,000 workers have set a new world record for the "largest human mattress dominoes". It was completed in the USA on the 11th of April. People held on to mattress, lined up then got pushed. It took roughly about 650 square metres of space to make this domino tumble and it lasted for 13 minutes and 38 seconds! According to the Guinness World Records, efforts have broken the previous record; all mattresses will be donated to charity. Information found on Kiwi Kids News.


Reported by Dania 

Our Lovely Choir

Have you heard of our lovely school choir? If you haven't, my suggestion would be to keep reading to find out more. Our choir has learnt many songs to prepare for their big performance happening at the Vodafone Events Centre around September. There will also be lots of other schools participating in this event as well, such as Papatoetoe West, North, Central and the other schools. The choir is also always practising their performances at Puhinui. Nearly every Wednesday they go there to prepare for this significant event.

Reported by Sopheara and Bonita

Garden TEAM

Come see our lovely garden and don't forget the lovely garden team too.

Reported by Dania

Exploring Our Living Classroom

Reported by Sopheara and Falisha

Pap East Zoo trips

Pap East kids were very excited because the whole school got to visit the Auckland Zoo. All of the students had a great experience at the zoo. We got to see lots and lots of animals like Red Pandas, Zebras, Giraffes, Ostriches and turtles.
This terms Inquiry  topic is about making a difference for animals lives.
There are five freedoms They are :

1. Freedom from hunger and thirst (food and water )
2. freedom from discomfort (shelter )
3. Freedom from pain, injury and decease (medical care )      
4. Freedom to express normal behaviour (exercise )
5. Freedom from fear and distress ( love and understanding )

These are five freedoms to keep animals safe and healthy.

 

 Reported By Rajwant

 

 

Making a Difference in Our School

This term we are learning how to Make a Difference in the lives of animals. Here is a video of some great learning that is happening around our school.

Reported by Elisha in the blog team

Lucy came for a visit!

Lucy came over to our school for a visit on the 26th of May 2017. She tells us that at her new school everything is different, there are small classrooms. She came for a visit and for a friends sleepover. By the way if you didn't know who Lucy was she was an old friend of mine she was really nice and her oma Mrs VW is leaving in JUNE . Lucy's mum is Mrs Buchanan, the teacher in B1, but sadly she left. She likes how there's a big community here in Papatoetoe and she has a lot of friends here in this school. At their house there's a lot of space, she has 3 lovely chickens, her own bedroom and a personal deck. There are also lots of Fantails, Moreporks, Rosellas, Tui's and wood pigeons. There were two classrooms at her school but know there's three. Mrs Buchanan might teach in that third class and Alexis and Charlotte, Lucy's two little sisters might be in that class. She went there because a lot of her family is over there in the countryside too. 

Reported by Dania            
 

Meet our new lovely student teacher in C6!

Miss Hermez was a student in our school once upon a time. She likes how she is able to come back and teach here. She absolutely loves the students here at this school, and loves the teachers here too because they're awesome and super friendly. She loves to teach literacy. She wants to be a teacher because she loves the children here and wants the best for them. You can find her in C6!

Reported By Aanay

Meet our great new student teacher in C4!

 

Meet our lovely student teacher from C4!

Mr Haskett says that he likes this school because it has a very friendly 

environment and actually his favourite subject is Maths. Mr Haskett says that he wants to be a teacher because it's fun and he just wants to make a difference.

 



 

Reported by: Aanay

Meet our new lovely student teacher in C1!

 

Miss Fitzgerald thinks that every day, she can support people differently. She loves to watch kids succeed in their learning and her favourite subject to teach is PE and reading.


Reported by Dania

Meet our lovely new student teacher in A8!

Miss Khan likes how every day is different about school, like you can't have one day two times. Her favourite subject to teach is maths. Miss Khan loves to see the light bulb moment that students have when they finally understand something. She thinks that being around children is a lot of fun!

 Reported by Dania

Friendship benches

                           Friendship Seats
    
                                      
Have you seen our friendship seats around here before? Well, these friendship seats are used when you are in need of a friend. You may be wondering, how do you use these seats? All you have to do is sit on a bench and wait for a friend to come. Someone will definitely be there for you.
Reported by: Sopheara and Falisha
                   

We're goin' to the Zoo!

This week our whole school is lucky enough to go to the zoo! Our juniors are going on Tuesday and Wednesday and our seniors are going on Thursday. We are going because our whole school theme this term is Make A Difference (or MAD!). We will spend the day learning abut these wonderful wild animals and having fun!

 Reported by Elysia, C4

Plastic Eating Caterpillar Could Eat Through Waste!

Kiwi Kids News
 

Have you heard of the plastic eating caterpillar who could eat through waste? Well if you haven't here's some information about it. Researchers at Cambridge University have discovered that the larvae of the moth can eat the wax in beehives. Can you believe it? Experiments show that the insect can break down the chemical bonds of plastic in a similar way to digesting beeswax. However, caterpillars of the moth can make holes in plastic bags within an hour.

Reported by Falisha and Sopheara

The playground upgrade!

 

 

 

The playground upgrade!

An interview with Mr Gilbert

Have you heard that we are getting new playground equipment at Papatoetoe East? The money from the gala will be used to fund it.

Mr Gilbert is not sure if we will upgrade the whole playground or just parts of it. Did you know that the senior playground hasn't been upgraded for over ten years? Can you believe it?

Mr Gilbert doesn't know how much money each structure will cost until the playground people come and take a look. He's hoping that the upgrade will be finished by the end of this year.

Mr Gilbert wanted something that all the students could get value from not just some of the students, that is why he chose the playground project.

The upgrading will start by the end of this term.We might even have a competition to design our new playground.

Reported by Falisha



Glass-Bottom Swimming Pool 150m High!

Kiwi Kids News

Can you swim in a glass pool that's 150m high and right on top of a busy road? I know I can't. Well if you're scared of heights this pool is not for you. This pool is called the sky pool and this infinity pool sits on the 42nd floor of the market square tower and extends 3 metres over the side of the building in Houston, Texas. If you have NZ$2660 or USA$1805 you could rent a studio apartment in the building for a week, CAN YOU BELEIVE IT!

Reported by Falisha

Oldest crocodile eggs found!

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Do you know that the palaeontologists have discovered the worlds oldest crocodile eggs. These crocodile eggs were found in Portugal in the cliffs. An amazing fact about the eggs are that  these eggs were laid 152 million years ago.

Reported by Rajwant

Dogs hired as ball boys

Have you ever heard of dogs retrieving tennis balls at a tournament? Well, in Brazil, dogs are being trained to be ball boys at a tennis tournament. They have special trainers that will train them to be professionals. After the tournament, the will be on sale to be given to  good homes.

 

This information was researched about on Kiwi Kids News.

 

Reported by: Elysia, C4 

 

 

Plane Crash - Landed

 

                                   Plane Crash - Landed

More than forty passengers have escaped with their lives after a plane crash landed and caught fire in north western South Sudan. The South Supreme Airlines flight from the capital Juba experienced difficulty landing and went up in flames on the runway.

                                   Reported by Falisha

North Island Flood Alert

Kiwi Kids News

 

 

Alert!

 

 There was a terrible flooding that affected the North Island at night. The cause of this problem was the heavy rain that was there a few weeks ago. Emergency evacuation centres had to be set up at the Coromandel (because it was really bad). Water waste and water supplies have been affected. They are trying to save water by not flushing toilets (if they can't help it) in Tairua, Pauanui, Onemana and Whangamata. 

 

Reported by Sopheara and Falisha

Oldest crocodile eggs found!!!

DID YOU KNOW that the worlds oldest crocodile eggs have been found.!! They have been found in the northern cliffs of Lisbon, in Portugal. As according to scientists they have been layed 152 million years ago and still have traces of life inside.  WOW!!


Reported by Elisha

Kaka Population Rises

The Kaka is one of New Zealand's native creatures. Recently, the population of these birds have risen to 6 males per female! The South Island's Fiordland National Park has been helping to help raise this beautiful birds' population. It had to be risen because the population was low and near extinction because of stoats and possums. Two pest control companies called Waitutu SILNA and Nature Heritage Fund have donated 1.7 million dollars to support the pest controlling.

This Article on Kiwi Kids News was published on 08/03/17.

Published By: Elysia, C4 

About Mrs Siaosi

Welcome to Papatoetoe East School Mrs Siaosi!

Mrs Siaosi is enjoying our lovely environment at Papatoetoe East School, and she think that having a change is good. She used to teach at Papatoetoe North but now she's here!
Mrs Siaosi goes to church and spends a lot of time with her family. Her favourite movie is Shaw Shank Redenption.



Reported by:Xiang

About Miss. Ravji

Welcome to Papatoetoe East Primary School Miss. Ravji!

Miss. Ravji enjoys the friendly staff, learning and the fun in our school. She is looking forward to the School Fair coming up this month. Before coming to this school, she was at University studying so this is her first year teaching. P.E is her favourite subject to teach along with Maths. In the weekends, she usually catches up with her family and goes for long walks on the beach. If teaching wasn't her job, she would become and Event Planner.

 

Reported By: Elysia, C4

Welcome Miss McHugh

Welcome to Papatoetoe East School Miss McHugh.

Miss McHugh  is a new teacher at our school. She is teaching in C5, a wonderful year six class.
Miss McHugh's favourite subject is writing.The place that she really loves is Taupo. Last year she taught at Manurewa Central School. In the weekends Miss McHugh usually does the house work, looks after her beautiful, colourful garden and exercises her crazy dog Holly. The thing that she likes about our school is the lovely students and the very friendly staff and teachers.

By Rajwant

Welcome Mrs Prendergast

Welcome to Papatoetoe East School Mrs Prendergast.

 All the students and staff members wish you the very best year here. We  promise, we won't let you leave because the staff and children love having you here and we don't want to scare you away from here! It's nice to know that your last school was in Clevedon and before that Hamilton. I know that you do lots of art and gardening in your spare time. You could make a gardening team of your own, that would be entertaining for you and the kids that join. It would also make our school more sustainable, which is what we want. It's a good thing you know what you want to do if you weren't a teacher. you would run your own garden business, and even better it's your own gardening maintenance business so it's free. Bye!  

Reported by Charlotte

About Miss Henderson

Welcome to Papatoetoe East School Miss Henderson!

Miss Henderson loves our wonderful children and our very kind teachers. She loves our playground and thinks our library is amazing. In Miss Henderson's spare time she enjoys gardening, shopping and going to the movies. Before Miss Henderson was teaching here, she taught at Mangere East. If you didn't know, Miss Henderson enjoys teaching maths. She would love to be a forensic scientist if she wasn't teaching at our school.

Reported by Sopheara

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