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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Figurative Language

This week we have been learning what figurative language is, specifically metaphors, as part of a School Kit activity to get kids writing. We are producing poems to write on postcards and creating a poster about our class to send to another class in Wellington. We are looking forward to receiving their work in the next few weeks. Here is our metaphor poem we made together.

Monday, February 13, 2017

Welcome Back



To the parents, caregivers and whanau of Room 5 students,

Welcome back! I hope you are all looking forward to 2017 as I am!

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Dana Cowles. I have been a teacher for 10 years now, all of which have been here at Kawakawa Primary School. I am back to full time teaching after working part time for a few years so I could spend some quality time with my precious babies.
I have two gorgeous children, Tegan who is 4 (and ridiculously keen to join me at 'big kids school') and Damian (aka Zebs/Zeber) who is 18 months old. I am married to Brian Cowles and we live in Kawakawa. 
I was brought up local, going to Karetu Primary School then on to Bay of Islands College. From there I spent a couple years travelling and being a camp councilor for Camp America before settling in Waikato to study to become a teacher. 
I love reading, sciences, sports and P.E, art, maths... most subjects really haha. And I am really excited to be on the online journey with our school. I can't wait to see where our kids go and watch them experience success in new and interesting ways. 

I look forward to meeting/reconnecting with you all over the coming weeks :)


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Sunday, February 12, 2017

Cybersmart learning in 2017

Getting underway in 2017 with our Cybersmart learning. Students looking again at their Kawa of Care - how to take care of their devices for another year.