Working with the IPad

 

Practicing letter formations.

 Number patterns.

iBooks

Swipe and read.

Puppet Pals creating your own story video. 

Taking photos and recording videos.

Ardinopark

Book creator- make your own storybook.

 

 

Our Video Story made in Puppet Pals.

Class of 1953 Reunion

Pōwhiri is the formal ceremony for welcoming visitors. 

All pōwhiri follow a basic process with 

some variations according to the occasion.
Our school welcome involves

whaikorero-speeches, waiata - singing 

and kapahaka performance.  

Visitors shake-hands and are seated for Positive Assembly.

 

Some class members of 1953 helped to present our Toolkit awards 

and made special acknowledgement of the HES Speight's Shield 

having two recipients past and present in attendance.

 

 

What a great time we had with our special visitors.

Rockets

Tubes and Things

 

Making Rockets. 

Busy, busy, busy . . .

a bit of paint here, a bit of tape there.

Can I take your photo?

  Rockets are fun. 

What will we make next?

Our Kitchen Garden Makeover

Take a look at the new design.

So different . . .

                              Some of the old.

and more

 Here comes the compost . . .

  

                                                                great job.

 

Team work

It's all coming together.

Mystery Creek Visit

An opportunity to experience the life of the early settlers.

                                               The Hospital

 

 

Heritage Village

We got to explore the heritage buildings by the peaceful lake.        The schoolhouse, hospital, church, blacksmith and garage were fun.  We loved the old jail house! We saw the old Petrol Pumps at the Clydesdale Garage, and sat at an 100 year old school desk in the school house and yes, we rang the school bell!

Colonial Rooms

The colonial rooms showed time from 1875 through to 1935. The rooms were full of fascinating items such as a working gramophone and an early vacuum cleaner. We saw an old kitchen with a coal range and the Parlor a fancy name for what we now call the  lounge. We had a go at using the earliest laundry equipment. An old copper for washing your clothes in and a ringer to remove the excess water.

We had such an interesting time learning about the past and life as early settlers.We would do it all again.