Thursday, December 19, 2013

Secret Santa

 My turn for secret Santa today, I got hair gel and a car magazine. Probably use the hair gel tonight at the Trinity wharf Christmas do

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Guys Group

Today we had Feed of fish and chips at Memorial Park and a drink of beer [the ginger variety]

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Day out at the mount

We had a great day out this week, this is some of us at mount Dury having lunch

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Gingerbread men

We helped decorate ninja gingerbread men last week in guys group. they 're hanging on our tree for Christmas

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Robot drawings

I did these drawings on the white board of my favourite Robots, what I call 'garlics'

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Christmas tree for Wilrose

Today I helped cut these branches for our Wilrose tree, we're going to make our own decorations for it

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Maori culture trip

We had a fantastic trip to the Mataatua marae in Whakatane. we saw a DVD of the history of the marae, a cool laser light show in the meeting house and a delicious hangi lunch. It was a great end for Maori culture for the year

Batman Michael

Had a great time today at our Super Heroes Disco

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Arohanui X factor

We had a lot of fun at our very own Arohanui X factor, Wilrose won with the song 'Titanium'

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Baby shower

Last week we had a fun time at Greerton for Michelle's baby shower

Monday, October 21, 2013

Bit of building work required

Here we are putting up some of our art work from Maori culture looks awesome too



New Garden

Our new garden is nearly finished and we're al looking forward to getting out there in the summer

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Master craftsman

I'm helping to sand a table in woodwork, great fun using the electric sander

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Sports at TePuke

Sports at Te Puke
last week we had a fun goal shooting challenge at TePuke Arohanui


Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Annie production

This week at drama we die our final production of Annie. It went really well and everyone enjoyed it


My robot

this is the progress so far on my robot. He's made totally of recycled materials and is going to look great once he's finished

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Guys group to Rotorua

We had a day out last week to check out the Lakes Ranch in Rotorua for our camp next year

Sunday, September 8, 2013

80s disco

last Friday we had our 80s disco with all of the Arohanui centres, it was a fun day

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Props for 80s disco

We made this cool 80s sign for our disco on the 6th of September. We're all looking forward to it

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Shortland Street

last week we had our Shortland Street visit in Auckland. Was great to see some celebrities!

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Waipuna Park

last week we had a sports outing to Waipuna Park, I took my boomerang and had a go at throwing it

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Art at Wilrose

at the moment we are creating a large collage. We made patterns with crayon and paint, then ripped the paper and stuck them down for the sky and land.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Maori Culture Trip

yesterday we had a good day out at Te Puia in Rotorua where we saw mud pools, geysers, Maori carvings and weaving.

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Building and carving

In building and carving we are experimenting with making book shelves out of wooden crates. We've tried a few different finishes but have yet to decide what finish we will use

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Oliver Production at Detour Theatre

last week we performed  our final Oliver production. It went really well and all our friends and family enjoyed it. 

Life Skills

At life skills on Tuesday we talked about the importance of good personal hygiene. This is my life skills book

Monday, July 8, 2013

Finger painting

Today I tried finger painting, I liked the squishy feeling of the paint on my hands

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat

Yesterday we went to a fantastic production at Tauranga boys college. We all really enjoyed it


Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Graduation celebration at Wilrose

Last week we had a special celebration morning tea for our graduation from the Papa Ako 'Learning to Learn' programme. Shelley, Ani, Katiana and I received our certificates and invited our friends and family along to join us 

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Circus time

last Friday we went to Memorial Park to see the Zirkus circus being set up. We were lucky to see some of the performers practicing.