Police Visit - 5 June

Police Visit - 5 June
The police came to talk to the whole school today.  They told us that you need to be, fit, strong, co-ordinated, caring, kind and you need to listen well.  The armed defenders squad visited and told us about their job.  They use many different pieces of equipment.  A dog handler came and introduced his dog Gaze to us.  Gaze is two years old and is a german shepard.  There are 120 dog handlers in New Zealand and 30 of them are in Auckland.
The police mentioned that if we see them on the streets to please say hello to them.
The police helicopter came and we saw it on the school field.
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Trip to the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple

Trip to the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple
What an amazing trip we had at the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple.
They showed us the huge bell and drum and every day the bell is struck two times.  The first time is at 6:30am as a reminder of the new day.  They talked about the three acts of goodness and these are: speaking good words, thinking good thoughts and doing good deeds.  We touched the mondo grass and noticed that it springs back up.  The message was if we are sad when the grass springs back up it leaves all our sadness behind.  We went to the wishing well and if we wanted to we could make a wish.  The children made a lotus flower as a thank you to the teachers and parents.  We were able to write down a wish and put it on the wall.  Then we went to bathe Buddha and we thought of doing good deeds, saying good words and thinking good thoughts.  The police talked to us as well about making sure our friends are included in our games.  The children were given a chime and thier lotus flower to take home and treasure forever.
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Technology with Mr Rankin - Coding

Technology with Mr Rankin - 28th and 29th May

Mr Rankin worked with the children in Room 4.  They were working on programming or coding.  The children designed a lego model of a fan and they worked on controlling the speed of the fan,  the timing of it and also the sound of it.  Thank you Mr Rankin and the parent helpers.
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