Monarch Caterpillars

We were very lucky last week because Alex and his father brought three caterpillars to school for us. 
We watched them nibbling the swan plant leaves that they were crawling on.

Then one of them started hanging upside down. It was getting ready to turn into a chrysalis. 

When we came back to school the next morning we saw that it was a beautiful chrysalis. 

Then the other two caterpillars started hanging upside down as well. 

We watched them really carefully, hoping to see them change into a chrysalis. However, they both changed when we weren't looking. 
By the end of the day we had two more chrysalises. 

Now we are counting the days until the butterflies emerge. 
Thanks Alex for sharing your caterpillars with us.

Trying Out the New Bike Track

On Friday we brought our bikes and scooters to school so we could try out the new bike track. We wheeled and scooted up and down and around the bends. We can't wait to use the bike track again. What a great thing this is to have at our school. Look at all the photos of us having fun.

Grandparents Reading to Us.

A special treat we had for Literacy Week was when some of our grandparents came to read to us. We listened very carefully and enjoyed listening to stories we hadn't heard before.

Book Character Parade

The highlight of Literacy Week was the Book Character Parade. Here we are in our fantastic costumes.

Literacy Week

What a wonderful week have had for Literacy Week. We did lots reading and responding to books and enjoyed some special events.
Here are some of our highlights.


Miss King read us the story about Rainbow Fish and then we wrote about it. We also drew these lovely pictures.

On Tuesday, Frida, Laith and Monique presented their poems at the Poetry Festival. They were amazing standing up in front of the whole Koru Whanau. 

Well done!

Blackout Day

On Friday we came to school dressed in black to support the All Blacks at the Rugby World Cup. 

GO THE ALL BLACKS!

Calendar Art

At Sunnyhills School we have the Sunnyhills shine, so we created sunrise and sunset pictures for our calendar art. We used warm colours for the sunrays and cool colours for the sea and land. 

We loved painting these pictures, so we hope our parents will support the PTA and buy a calendar with our gorgeous artwork on it. Then they will get to enjoy the Sunnyhills shine every day of the year.