Wally’s Latest Adventures

Wally has loved going home with different friends from Toroa. Chloe says “I had a very good time with Wally.” April says “I had a great day with Wally when we weren’t at school. I liked having pictures with Wally.” Have a read about what they did together.

Vincy’s Writing

Toby’s Writing

Zoey’s Writing

Marco’s Writing

Honor’s Writing

Olivia’s Writing

Makoto’s Writing

Chimpanzees Writing

Last week the Chimpanzees wrote recount stories about their weekends. We have been learning to add more detail to our writing. We wrote about who we were with, where we went and when we did it. Then we wrote about what we did and finished with a feelings sentence. Listen to see if you can hear the different parts of our stories! Here is Gabriel’s story:

Birthday Boy Broden!

Yesterday was Broden’s birthday. Wally spotted Broden being a superstar and decided to go home and celebrate with him. Have a read about some of the awesome things they did together! 

Our Kitchen

We like playing in the kitchen. Ava says “I like selling ice cream and getting some money.” Sarah says “I like making big ice creams.” At our shop we make and sell pizza, ice cream and lots of other yummy, tasty food.

Amazing Animals

In Toroa we love learning about animals. Today we have a big cage for the dangerous animals and a little cage for the not so dangerous animals.

Wally’s first adventure

Wally is our new monkey friend in Toroa. Each night he will choose someone to go home with. Last night he choose Marco! Have a read of Marco’s story about what he did with Wally.

Kelly Sport!

We were very lucky on Thursday afternoon last week because we had two coaches from Kelly Sport visit our school and we did some fun sports games with them.

We played three different games and we had bright coloured bibs to signal who was the 'monster!' 

Here are some photos of us in action!

Thank you to our two Kelly Sport coaches, we had so much fun!

Our Cars

Lots of the children in Toroa love playing with the Duplo. They make so many amazing creations. Today the boys were building cars and trucks.

Stanley says "My car is an SUV car. It is double decker. My car can go really fast!"

Muhammad says "My car is really big. It can stop and go! It drives on the circles."

Getting to know Mrs Horner

Last week for writing the Chimpanzees came up with some questions to ask the teachers to get to know them a bit better. We chose some of our favourite questions to ask Mrs Horner.

Marco: What's your favourite pet/animal?
Mrs Horner: I love Flamingoes and I love dogs. I have a little dog called Bella.

Honor: What is your favourite colour?
Mrs Horner: My favourite colour is pink.

Olivia: What food do you like to eat?
Mrs Horner: My favourite thing ever for pudding is chocolate. And my favourite vegetable is broccoli.

Vincy: Where do you like to go the most?
Mrs Horner: I love to go to the Riccarton Farmers Market. One time I went there with Miss Cruz!

Gabriel: What's your favourite toy?
Mrs Horner: Mr Barrow has one of them that we can use sometimes if we are doing extra awesome at school. It is called a Bop It!

Makoto: Have you seen Spiderverse? What is your favourite movie?
Mrs Horner: I haven't seen that movie. But maybe I should watch it soon with my nephew Billy! My favourite movie is a movie called The Holiday.

Toby: Have you seen Cars 3? Where were you born?
Mrs Horner: No I haven't but I have seen Cars 1! I was born in Auckland in a place called Takapuna.

Zoey: What is your favourite number?
Mrs Horner: I don't have a favourite number but I love even numbers like 2, 4, 6 and 8.

Chimpanzees group: Why did you want to become a teacher?
Mrs Horner: Because I love children and I have always wanted to inspire and educate younger kids.

Getting to know Mrs Suttie

This week for writing the Otters group have been coming up questions we want to ask to get to know our teachers a bit better. After our class did our blog post about Mrs Walker, we decided to ask Mrs Suttie some of our favourite questions to find out things about her we don't know.

Jacob: Have you got any pets or other animals at your house? Do you like to go to Willowbank?
Mrs Suttie: I have two cats and three dogs! I haven't been to Willowbank for awhile but my son and I love going to the Hamilton Zoo. We have been three times.

Audrey: What is your favourite colour?
Mrs Suttie: I like dark blue.

Stanley: What is your favourite food?
Mrs Suttie: I like macaroni cheese and potatoes. That could be potato chips or mashed potatoes...

Otters: When is your birthday?
Mrs Suttie: The 4th of April.

Otters:What is your favourite fruit?
Mrs Suttie: Strawberries.

Otters: What is your favourite animal?
Mrs Suttie: I like giraffes. Giraffes are very tall and big.

Welcome to Mrs Walker

This term in Toroa we are very lucky to welcome a new teacher to our space, Mrs Alexia Walker. The children in Toroa came up with some questions to ask Mrs Walker so we could get to know her a bit better. Here are the things we learnt:

Sarah: What food do you like to eat?
Mrs Walker: I like pizza and ice cream. I love fish n chips!

Broden: What is your favourite colour? How old are you?
Mrs Walker: My favourite colour is yellow. I am 25 years old.

Ava: What animal do you like?
Mrs Walker: I like dogs. I have a dog called Frankie and three chickens at home.

Marco: What do you like to do when you are at school? What do you like to do when you are not at school?
Mrs Walker: When I am at school I like to colour in and talk to all of the kids at Action Stations. When I am not at school I like to go on bike rides.

Jacob: When is your birthday?
Mrs Walker: My birthday is on the 19th of November.

Mrs Walker is originally from Taranaki and has lived in Christchurch for the last five years. She studied at the University of Canterbury and this is her first teaching position. We are very excited to get to know her better and to have her as a part of our team!