Term 3 - Week 1

Cody received our 'Star of the Week' for his effort and improvement in reading.

Cody brings a positive attitude to each lesson and works very hard to make improvements each day.

Well done Cody, keep up the great work! 

 Going back over our writing to edit our work is an important stage of writing, this can involve reading it to another student, underlining words we are not sure about, and grabbing a dictionary to look up tricky words.

 Friday is our day for buddy reading with our friends from Ngaio.

TERM 2 - WEEK 10

Nathan received our 'Principal's Challenge Award' for being a problem solver. Nathan enjoys thinking of clever ways to solve maths problems, he also rethinks his ideas in writing and tries to keep things calm when others are having trouble getting along.

 We had our trip to Monaco last week as an intro to our new science topic which will be focused on nature.

Term 2 - Week 9

Liam was awarded our 'Star of the Week' for his effort and improvement in reading.

Liam is working hard scanning pages to quickly find the answers to tricky questions, well done Liam!

The AMAZING new piece of perspective art created with Mrs Pearson (Mr Pearson would love to take credit for these....well done team).

Kaylee and Mia entertain us with a story.

Term 2 - Week 8

Evelyn received our 'Star of the Week' award for the fantastic effort and attitude she brings to each writing lesson.  Evelyn is putting so many great things into her work each day to make it interesting for the reader.  Well done Evelyn!

 We have been learning about the Maori phrases for the weather.

We are making little books to show our learning.

Term 2 - Week 7

Stella was awarded our Star of the Week for her 
attitude and effort in reading.

Stella concentrates on what she is reading, scans the page to find answers to questions, and goes back to fix mistakes by herself.

Well done Stella...keep up the great work!

Jack played us a tune for news....awesome!

 Friday means Buddy Reading - Photos by Roman.

Term 2 - Week 6

Sam was awarded our 'Star of the Week' for behaviour that always displays the Birchwood School value of Respect.

Sam shows respect by listening when others are speaking, offering a helping hand whenever it is needed and by giving supportive comments.  Well done Sam!

 Here are some examples of our Matariki Art 

that Mrs Pearson taught.

Dear parents and caregivers,

There won't be any homework this week (apart from reading each night) as it is a short week.

Thanks, 

Mr Pearson.

Term 2 - Week 5

Corey received our 'Physically Active Learner' award.

Corey loves any chance to get outside and combines a competitive attitude with fair-play. 

He helps his team and is supportive of others.

Keep up the great work Corey!

We had our school cross-country, well done everybody who got stuck in and ran.