Diwali Treats

Diwali Celebration

We had a lovely surprise today when Siyona's mum brought in some treats to celebrate Diwali.  Some of our Reading groups have been reading and learning about this festival and are in the process of creating digital learning objects to share their learning.

Canvas Art

Fun Friday Canvas Art

This week we enjoyed another afternoon of Fun Friday activities.  Today in Rimu Class we did canvas art.  We used black canvas to create artworks using paint, metallic markers, paua and feathers.  Check out some of our creations.

Term Four

Our Year is Coming to an End

Term Four has started and so far we have been busy, busy, busy.  The Senior Hub at Gilberthorpe School have been humming away as we continue on our pathway for success. Our topic for this term is Our Dreams and Inspirations so we look forward to sharing our work around this.  Be sure to check out our individual student blogs to see how our student Learn, Create and Share their learning.

House of Bricks

House of Bricks Visit

"Building for Fun Exploring to Learn"

Who doesn't love Lego?  Today the Senior Hub have had fun building and exploring with Lego thanks to Rachel and Jason from House of Bricks.  This company was started after Rachel had saved for years and while recuperating from pneumonia, thought of the idea. She then spent all of her savings on Lego.  Her sister who is a teacher, helped develop the programmes and linked the activities to the New Zealand Curriculum.  

Working to create gardens.

Creating buildings from around the world.

House of Bricks do birthday parties, holiday programmes and fundraising events.  Check them out and get creating.

Click here to visit the House of Bricks Website

Our Duffy Heroes

Our Duffy School Leaders

What a great surprise to see Anaru and Savannah back on Gilberthorpe territory.  They came back to their old school to speak with the Senior Hub about why reading is important to them.  We were so impressed with how well they spoke and the positive messages they shared.  Our Caught Being Good award recipients were handed their awards by Savannah and Anaru.
Ka mau te wehi!

Our award recipients with Anaru and Savannah.

We had to get a quick selfie with their old teacher...(not old like she's old).

Our Trip to Pak n Save

Food for Thought

Following on from our class lessons with Chloe from the Heart Foundation, we had a visit to Pak n Save to explore the different sections of the supermarket and looked closely at food labels to help inform influence our choices and what food to eat.  Here are a few shots of us studying labels.

Check out our individual blogs to see more about what we learned.

A Very happy Birthday Surprise

Tamara's Birthday Surprise

Wow!  What a very lucky class Rimu are.  Today Tamara turns 11 and her mum brought in some birthday treats to help celebrate with the class.  We had pizza, fizzy, treats, cheese balls, crackers and of course scrumptious birthday cake.  We all felt very lucky to be able to have this birthday surprise treat.  Thank you Kyla!!!

The birthday girl and teacher selfie...always got to have at least one.

Glad Tamara's mum didn't over order pizza like somebody else we know.

Enjoying the special birthday surprise.