Water Safety

Room 15 went swimming in our clothes  so that we could feel what would be like trying to swim if we fell into the water with our clothes on. We learnt how to hold on to our lifejackets in case we need to jump overboard off a boat. We practiced throwing ropes to rescue each other.

Rabbit Island picnic-Getting to know our buddies.

Happy to be back at school with our friends!

Planting Fruit Trees

We planted some apple and pear trees behind our classroom. We gave them lots of compost, leaf mould  and worm juice from our worm farms. We diluted the worm juice with water 1:20. Now we can watch them grow from our classroom window!

Go All whites

All the Clifton Terrace kids and even the teachers wore white clothes to school to help bring the All Whites good luck in the football world cup.

Celebrating Matariki

Room 15 had a crazy hair day to celebrate Matariki. Matariki is the Maori new year. It is when the first new moon can be seen after Pleiades returns in the eastern sky. The Pleiades star cluster is sometimes called the seven sisters because you can see seven bright stars. We had a delicious shared lunch.

The Founders' Book Fair

At Clifton Terrace School we try to reduce, re-use and recycle everything we can. Buying second hand books at the book fair was a fun way to re-use books that somebody no longer wanted. We love reading books!