Cross Country 2011

A fantastic day today. The weather was superb and we all did our very best. Thank you to all the parents that helped make this so successful.

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Making Pikelets.

The equipment...

The ingredients...

The mixing...

The tasting...

Delicious! Yummy!

Asking good questions.

We have started to learn how to ask a really good question.

Tonight we will ask a where question at home to find out something new.

Look at the photos to see our first question.

Before the holidays we decided to ask a 'bug expert' a question about our tree moth. So we wrote to ... Hi there Ruud,

We have attached 2 photos of what we think is a Gum Tree moth.

Please can you tell us what to do with this to make sure we see a moth emerge!

We have been told it may not appear until Spring and that we must spray with water each week.

It was found here in Ashley which is 5km north of Rangiora.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Your Room 6 New Entrant friends from Ashley School.

We have a reply...Actually someone asked Ruud this just the other day and you're doing exactly the right thing already. Keep the cocoon on its twig somewhere cool outside (such as under the house) and mist it with water once a week. In spring a brown moth with eye spots should emerge. Best of luck!

Jo McCarroll, Editor

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ANZAC Remembrance.

Each year at Ashley School we have an ANZAC ceremony. The school community is invited to join us when we lay flowers at the WAR MEMORIAL near our school.

Today we made sand saucers to place on the memorial steps.

Some of our Mums created other floral tributes.

Lest we forget.

Easter Bunny is on his way!

Easter Note Generator

Snakes Alive!

We have continued experimenting with warm colours. This time we dabbed the paint on our spiral snakes with our fingers. We did get in a mess... but it sure was fun. Now look at how they turned out.

The background leaves were brush painted.

We are learning that quality work takes time and we enjoyed the whole process.

Our Playcentre Friends Visited Today.

We enjoyed the visit of our friends today. Everyone played nicely with the visitors and made them feel at home.

The Ashley Way.

It was lovely to see Hannah who will be joining our class soon. Thank you Keira for making her feel welcome.

We share, we care, we are helpful and friendly.

We look forward to seeing you again soon.