Wacky Wednesday Mufti

This was a special mufti day when you had to wear something wacky.  People wore odd shoes; odd socks; clothes inside out, upside down and back to front; funky hair styles and funky colours . . . we still had to do our school work though!

Who can this be?

Winter Holiday Recounts

We finally finished our art work that illustrates our holiday stories.  You can read all of these recounts on the WRITING page to find out what really excited us about our holidays.

A special thanks to Green - his writing was used as a student exemplar on the Writing Wall.  It  has labels to show you how he used different literacy features, set out in the success criteria, to improve his written work.

ASB taught us about financial literacy

ASB gave us a lesson on financial literacy.  We found out how debit cards work, and how banks and shops communicate with each other when you buy something. 

School Disco

This year, Cockle Bay had a Disglow - everyone got glow bands which looked fabulous - we had glow sticks, glow ear-rings, glow bunny ears, glow glasses, glow necklaces and glow bracelets.  The dancing was pretty good too!

We were still smiling, even after the lights came on

Champ of Champions

Room 18 was well represented in the Cockle Bay gymnastics team this year.  Luke and Kate went on to compete in the Champ of Champions - with great results.  The year 3 boys' team came first with 85.1 points. Congratulations to all competitors.

Luke was part of the Year 3 boys' team, seen here with his gold medal.

Koanga Festival

Cockle Bay hosted the Koanga Festival for the first time.  Many schools from our local area came together to showcase their kapa haka, including our junior and senior kapa haka groups.  As Room 18 is close to the hall, our classroom was used as a dressing room.  We relocated to Room 5 for the day, and worked with Year 4s for the day.  In the morning, we rotated through several activity stations with a Maori perspective: weaving, Maori myths, local history, traditional Maori games and waiata.

Weaving in Room 5

Watching kapa haka in the hall

Marimba Band in action!

This you tube clip features Room 18 students performing in the Cockle Bay School Marimba Band at the Marimba Festival on 31st August.  Special thanks to Mr McCully for all his tuition and encouragement.