Phontayne's away from school!

Do you ever wonder what some children get up to while they're away from school? Phontayne has written a recount about why he was away. Listen and find out if that has ever happened to you.

Team 2 practises for the big Athletics Event

This is Vivienne's recount about our team 2 athletic practise. Does your class practise before the big event? Find out what we tried out and how some of the children in our class went.

Cross Country at Pt England

Listen to Nova's recount writing about our cross country that took place last term. Can you find out what place she came?

Icky gooey mud

Have you played in mud? Listen to Logan's recount of what it was like playing in the mud especially in winter time. This was written during the previous term.

We need more recycling bins!

As part of our topic we have written letters to the Auckland City Council asking for more recycling bins for our school. Listen to Hueloata's letter and see if why we need more bins is right.

Room 10's athletic practise

Today is our school athletics. We have to practise for it because some of us are now 8 years old and we'll be doing senior field events like discus and shot put. Listen to Te Rina's recount about how Team 2's practise went and you might like to give her some tips of what she can do to do well next time.

Vivienne's Long Weekend Experience

What do you do during your weekends? Do some of your family members go away sometimes? Listen to Vivienne's recount of what she did. Please share with her what experiences you have in the weekend.

Te Rina goes away for Labour Day weekend

During the long weekend of Labour Day in New Zealand most people take the chance to go away and see family in other parts of the country. Listen to Te Rina's recount of what she did and share with her something you like to do during long weekends.

As part of our topic our class looked at compost using apple cores. Listen and find out what we did. You can share with Logan something you know or have done with compost.

Jesiah's Long Weekend

Monday 27th October, 2008 was New Zealands Labour Day. Listen to find out what Jesiah got up to. If you're from NZ share with him what you did or if you're from overseas, what you do for your Labour Day.

Josh Williams says "It's cool to Read, it's cool to Achieve"

During our Duffy Assemblies at Pt England School we're very fortunate to have some famous speakers come and talk to us about Reading. Listen and find out what happened at our special assembly that took place in Term 3.

Room 10 goes on a Rubbish Hunt

Logan tells us where he went to find rubbish and what he found along the way. Listen carefully and you might to share with him some interesting pieces of rubbish you might have come across.

Pt England Teachers Recycle their Rubbish

Here is Nova's version of Immersion Assembly. Pt England Staff and students kickstart each term with Immersion. Listen and find out what and how we do this. You might like to share with us what you do for the first day of each term.

Alex goes to a birthday party

This is Alex's first blog and he share with us what he did in the holidays. Listen and share with him what you like doing in the holidays. He'd love to hear from you.

Fashion show of Recycled Rubbish at Pt England School

Jasmine shares with us our Immersion Assembly here at Pt England School. Listen and find out other than a fashion show what else happened in our assembly. Jasmine would love to hear from you.

Hueloata's Holidays

Like thousands of other children in New Zealand, Hueloata has just returned from the holidays. She has written a story about what her favourite part of the holidays were. Share with her what you got up to or what you like doing in your holidays.

Go for Green Assembly by Logan

First day of every term here at Pt England School we have an Immersion Assembly. This term our topic is Go For Green. The teachers got dressed up and put on a show for our children. Listen to Logan's story and share with him what happens on your first day of the term.

Term Four at Pt England

This is our last term for 2008 here at Pt England School. Listen and find out what our topic is and what it's about. Take note of the 5 questions we have come up with in our class and share with us your answers by leaving a comment.

Olympasifika practise here at Point England School

At the end of this term our school had an Olympasifika night. What is an Olympasifika night? Listen to Tui's story and find out what we did to prepare ourselves for this wonderful ocassion. Share with her similar experiences you may have had.

Thank you Bucklands Beach Lions Club

Here at school we are very lucky to have people buy books for our children as part of the Duffy Books in Home scheme. This term we each child was fortunate enough to choose two books to take home and read. Reading is cool and reading is fun. Listen as Vivienne says thank you and find out what two books she chose. Thanks again to the Lions Club.