24th of August 2012
We have been studing the very exciting London Olympics. We decided to do this because we have children with family that have been and competed in the Olympics and are now going to commentate there as well, we also have children who have...Read more
24th of July 2012
We have been learning about the city London. We decided to do this because in July we will be learning about the Olympics, which is being held in London this year. Learning about London is a fantastic build up to this.
During our study we...Read more
24th of May 2012
We have been learning about the country Germany. We have quite a few families who have been to Germany, who are from Germany or have au pairs from Germany.
Some of the things we learnt about were; how Germans are very good at making things such...Read more
24th of February 2012
We have decided to re-visit our study of Hawkes Bay for the month of February focusing on Art Deco.
Olivia Jackson’s Mum, Sally, brought in her Art Deco car last October and she suggested we should study Art Deco in February coinciding with the...Read more
24th of November 2011
“We happened to be at the markets this am, when all these flash polished black cars pulled up and tall men like CIA agnets hopped out with little gadgets in their ears.. and then John Key appeared!
Due to their great teaching at Lumsden, Evie...Read more
24th of November 2011
We have been learning about Hawkes Bay, and what an exciting place it is! We really enjoyed talking about all the fantastic attractions that we have locally, like Splash Planet, the National Aquarium, theFarmers Market, Cape Kidnappers and the...Read more
24th of August 2011
Finn’s Grandparent’s were over from Australia so they came in and told us all about their beautiful county. It is also the country that Finn, Alexander and a few other Lumsden friends were born in so it is extra special to many of us.
We have...Read more
22nd of July 2011
We have been studying the country Wales. We have recently studied England and Scotland so it flows nicely to move onto Wales next.
Our children at Lumsden have a few ties with Wales, Oscar Jacksons Mum is from Wales and some of our children’s...Read more
25th of May 2011
We have been learning about the country Scotland. This is a lovely follow on from our study of England and is also extra special as Amelie and her family have just returned from there after an 8 week trip.
We are learning all sorts of interesting...Read more
21st of April 2011
We have been studying the country England. At Lumsden there are lots of children who have close family ties with this country. We have grandparents that live there, parents who were born there and even some of the children who attend Lumsden...Read more