Harold visits our assembly.

Jordan got a big hug from Harold, as well as her click-card 1, and  a special pencil.

Bernie brought Harold to visit our assembly on Friday.  He made us laugh.

Foggy Morning

This was the view at Glenholme Reserve last week.  We could hardly see the houses.

Foggy mornings occur when the night temperature is cold (not freezing), and the ground is damp.
The air can't hold all the moisture in vapour, so it turns into a cloud, close to the ground.
Once the sun comes out, and warms the air up, the tiny droplets of the fog evaporate back into the air.

Responsibility

When we get to school in the morning, we have to
#1. Put our book-bag in the red box.
#2. Put our spelling book in the white box.
#3. Put our lunch-box on the shelf.
#4. Hang our bag up on our own hook.
#5. Put down the chairs.
Ashlee didn't need any reminding!

FROSTY MORNING

This morning when we got to school, everything was white and frosty. Frost occurs when it is a fine night, with no clouds.  As the night air cools, it drops dew, because cold air can't hold water vapour.  When the temperature drops to freezing, (0c) the dew freezes, forming frost.  Bird baths and puddles freeze too.  Our steps were slippery and icy, so Matua Eric put some astroturf, so we won't slip over. We wrote an acrostic poem about frost. People say "Jack Frost is about," but frost is a kind of weather, not a person.

Frost.
Really freezing and icy outside.
Our steps were slippery and white.
Sunny Winter mornings are frosty.
Today is frosty and cold.

Santanna, Phoenix and Ashlee on the icy steps.

Santanna, Ashley, and Phoenix check out the frosty playground.

Rainbows



Rainbow over C9 today.

 Pikopiko Team are learning about Weather Systems.  Thanks to the weather being so changeable, we've been able to observe lots of different weather this term!  A rainbow forms when there is some sun, and a little bit of light rain.  If you put your back to the sun, you might see a rainbow, like we did today.  Rainbows form when the sunlight passes through each little raindrop, and separates into seven colours.  The colours are always the same.  Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.  Rainbows often make people feel happy.



Piper and Phoenix adding a bit of sparkle.

 Our beautiful butterflies are on show in our classroom, the A-block corridoor, and the hall.  We used metalic paints for a shiny finish, to contrast with black detailing.  They look stunning.  We looked at a book that shows some amazing butterflies from around the world to get ideas.

Tidy Kiwis

 We forgot to tell you how proud we were last week, when we won the Tidy Kiwi award at assembly.  We do try to keep our area tidy, by putting our rubbish in the bin, and picking up any rubbish that blows in.  here we are with our certificate, and the Tidy Kiwi.