Great spelling!

We had fun today using our whiteboards and magnetic letters to practise some high frequency words. 

Rata Wha are awesome spellers! 

Going dotty!

We had fun in Art on Friday painting lots of different coloured dots. Check out our blog next week to see what we are going to do with them now. 

Thank you!

Easton brought in a book to donate to Paraparaumu School, after their library was burnt down in a fire. 

Letterland

We use Letterland as part of the Literacy programme in Rata. The children love the characters and they help them learn about letters and sounds. Here is a link to some useful information for parents about the programme on the Letterland website.
http://www.letterland.com/parent-guide?country=New+Zealand

Fun with the IPads!

Mrs Lewis's 'experts' in Rata Whiti taught us how to use an app called Pic Collage. 

Welcome to Term 3!

We are lucky to have lots of new children in Rata 4. By the end of Week 3 there will be 12 altogether.

We have had a busy start to the term, getting back into routines or learning them for the first time, catching up with old friends and making new ones. We have been worked really hard while having lots of fun.

We have been visited by our big buddies from Kauri and have visited Mrs Lewis's class - the newly formed Rata Whitu.

Welcome to our new classmates - Charlie, Easton, Emma, Kieran, Ryan and Sophia.

Rata Wha is growing fast! on PhotoPeach