Te Mahuri North children are enjoying Roald Dahls BFG

This week we have been learning how to describe using Adjectives, synonyms and similies.  All of the children have done a fantastic job and are getting super duper good at this.  Ms Dods is having to 'stay on her toes' to keep challenging them to expand their vocabularies!!!!
We have been using the synonym wall and a thesaurus to help find new words to describe. 
This is the slide we have been using with the activities we have been working through.  I have just learned how to embed photos and pictures, so this is my first attempt...Phew!! What a week, you really never stop learning do you?
That's it from me now. Nga Mihi

Sarah Dods

What time is it? It's Cross Country Time!

Prior to the holidays we had started to practise for our school cross country. Each day we would add another minute we had to run for or an extra lap of the field we had to do. Some of us kept practising over the holidays but others did not.

On the day of the event we were all excited but a little bit nervous too. The ground was a little bit muddy and wet but the weather was fine and not too cold. The Year 4 race started at 1.45pm and the Year 5 race at 2.05pm.  Ms Lange helped us to warm up our muscles and then we were off. It wasn't just a case of running, we had to go over some obstacles too.



This is the course the Year 4's ran.

This is the course the Year 5's ran.

Ms Dods and Mrs Taylor were really impressed with our stamina and determination to finish the course. They said we were awesome. We were all impressed with all the parents who came to support us. Some of them even chose to run with us. Would we do it again? No! However we may think about doing it again next year :)

Sticky Question (T3 - Week 2)

Each week we will be posting a sticky question to get us thinking and discussing our thoughts. We will be discussing it in class and we are encouraging our tamariki to share the sticky question with their whanau too but we'd love to know what all our friends, families and community think, so feel free to leave us a comment with your thoughts on the subject.

This weeks question for us to think about is....



So what are your thoughts? Don't forget to explain/justify your thinking.

Encore! Encore!

Our school was delighted to be able to host some fantastic members from the Canterbury Symphony Orchestra (CSO) this week. We were the first school they had visited since our country had come out of lockdown and we were excited.


Some of us thought that the sound would be too loud but it wasn't loud it was great how the different instruments combined to produce a beautiful piece of music. Can you guess what movie this piece is from?



One of the students in our school is a Junior Ambassador for the CSO and it was lovely to see her join them for a piece too. Mia you were awesome!

The members of the CSO informed us about the different families in the orchestra. They even invited some of our students to try them.

 Your final piece was our outright favourite.


We thought the whole experience was fantastic! We listened. We learnt. We loved! Thank you soooooo much CSO for this awesome experience.

Did Someone Call for a HERO?

Here at Yaldhurst Model School we are very proud to say we grow many HEROes.

A Yaldhurst Model School HERO is a Healthy individual, Enthusiastic learner, Responsible citizen and Open-minded explorer. Our tamariki are always showing us their HERO qualities both at school and in the community. It is a beautiful sight.

Today there were double the heroes around school as we celebrated other heroes as well. There are many heroes out there that are not just of the Super Hero variety that we regularly see on television or  in the movies and it was great to see so many of them represented today as well. What qualities do you expect to see in a hero?