Bucket Filling

A bucket filler is a loving, caring person who says or does nice things that make other feel special. When you make someone feel special, you are filling a bucket.

XX1 Commonwealth Games 2018

We have meet the Commonwealth Games mascot, Borobi.

We have also been learning his special dance.

We even found a video that shows two girls doing the Borobi boogie at a slower pace.  Watch this to help you practice.

Decimal Numbers

We have starting looking at and learning about decimal numbers.

Decimals are based on 10

Example: the numbers we use in everyday life are decimal numbers, because they are based on 10 digits (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9).


"Decimal number" is often used to mean a number that uses a decimal point followed by digits that show a value smaller than one.

First, let's have an example:

Here is the number "forty-five and six-tenths" written as a decimal number:

The decimal point goes between Ones and Tenths.

45.6 has 4 Tens, 5 Ones and 6 Tenths, like this:

We watched this video to help us think about and understand decimal numbers.

The Best Part of Me

Pedalmania Crazy Bikes

Kelly Sports

On Friday the 8th of December Kelly Sports came in and ran sports rotations for us. We had such a great time and really enjoy their water relay!

Kelly Sports run holiday and after school programmes. More information can be found on their website.

Oderings School Garden Project

This year Oderings have decided to fund a trial programme that gets children involved in gardening. 

We are lucky enough to be one of the ten schools involved. 

Each month an Oderings staff member and Christchurch Horticultural Society member come out to our school and take a small lesson on their planned topic. They also supply us with plants and any materials needed. 

This months topic was pollination. We learnt about leafcutter bees and how they help with pollination. 

You can find out more about pollination in their latest Live & Grow magazine.

Leafcutter Bee House

Leafcutter Bee Cocoon