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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