Term 3 Week 10

At today's school assembly Isabella received a certificate.

Ka pai, Isabella, we are proud of you.

George, Nicholas, Peter and Joshua received their Gold Mathletics certificates. 

What a fantastic effort boys.

James also received a certificate to recognise the reading he does with Room 1.

Yesterday's concert was a lovely event. The children all performed well and spoke clearly. I am very proud of them. Check out this ukulele quartet:

Connie, Isabella, Addison and Aysha

Have a fantastic holiday. Stay safe and enjoy a slower start to the days. Keep up with the reading and Mathletics - I look forward to presenting some Silver and Gold certificates on the first day of Term 4.

Grass Heads

Over the last few weeks we have been growing grass heads. We have kept a diary of the progress of our grass heads, measuring the length of the grass and counting the number of blades. We also noticed that roots began growing out of the bottom of the stocking. We learnt that the grass needs water, air, soil, sunlight and warmth to grow.

Happy Birthday

Today Aysha turned 8. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished her all the best for the coming year.



A reminder about tomorrow, Thursday 25 September:
Concert will start at 2:15pm in the Parish Centre.

Happy Birthday

Today Nicholas turned 8. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished Nicholas all the best for the coming year.

Term 4 Week 10 'Star of the Week'

This week's 'Star of the Week' is Ashleigh.

Ka pai, Ashleigh, it's great to have you in Room 5.

Lachlan and Joe shared their sporting successes. Lachlan won two ribbons with his puppy. Joe received a medal as 'Player of the Year' for his soccer team. 

We had two Mathletics celebrations today - Maria received her first Silver Certificate and Peter reached number 1 on the Top 100 Students for both NZ and the World. An amazing achievement.

 

Notes for the last week of Term 3:
Thank you for your support with collecting toiletries for the school fair. We came in at second place again, this time to Room 6.
Tuesday: Social Justice Liturgy 12md in the church. A shared lunch will follow. Please read the email that was sent out earlier today.
Wednesday: Ukulele lesson.
Thursday: Presentation of Plays - 2:15pm.
Friday: Last day of Term 3.

Mathletics World Number 1

Congratulations to Peter who has reached Number 1 on the World Top 100 Students Mathletics board.

Mathletics News

Two more Room 5 people have made the Mathletics Top 100 NZ Students board in the last couple of days. Congratulations to Peter who came in at 7the in NZ and 22nd in the World and Isabella who came in at 84th in NZ (though by the time the screen shot was taken she had gone to 97th). A great effort making the Top 100 Students Board.

 

More Gold

This morning two more Gold Mathletics certificates were presented - congratulations to George and Peter.






Today we had another tennis lesson. We have enjoyed these lessons and have done well with our tennis skills.

Neave and George

Alex

Connie

Joshua

Bridie

Maria

Joe

Ephrem

Term 3 Week 9 'Star of the Week'

This week's 'Star of the Week' is Zach

Ka pai, Zach, it's great to have you in Room 5.

Lachlan gained a Gold Mathletics certificate. Ka wani kei, Lachlan, this is a great achievement.

This week the Mathlete of the Week trophy was awarded to Hamish. Well done to everyone who gained a certificate.

Lachlan

Hamish

 This morning we enjoyed the first of our tennis lessons. These continue on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Asher

Callum

Aysha

Addison

Term 3 Week 8 News

On Tuesday Leah came to perform a dance and to lead a workshop. We all really enjoyed the session and learnt some new dance moves and terms. On Thursday we worked in threes to write a recount of the workshop. Here's a couple of pieces from the recounts (the full recounts are on the classroom wall):

Guess what happened on Tuesday! Leah came to our school to perform a dance in front of Room 5 and room 6. Then it was our turn to dance. We helped to create a dance. Leah told us to think of five things to do. Leah said to make it into a dance sentence. Then we worked with a buddy to perform to the rest of the class. 
By Ashleigh, James and Sophie

One exciting sunny morning Leah came to dance with us. Leah did a solo. Then we had to get involved. First we had to do a warm up so we wouldn’t get injured. We did the banana, the prune, the lion face and the lemon face. When Leah said banana we jumped and said banana in a loud voice. When Leah said lion we put out our claws and said roar!
By Alex, Hamish and Zach

Leah performing

Ephrem, Asher and Maria practising

Joshua, Ryan and Nicholas performing

Uriel and Zach performing

Isabella and Maria - seaweed

Alex and Callum - seaweed

On Thursday we attended a Maths Expo. We worked in groups to solve different maths challenges. Our favorite challenge was Pack It, which involved packing eight shapes into a box. Some of the other activities were:  race monkeys down a ladder, count footsteps around a map, work out how may logs the truck could carry without being overweight and build a bridge.

Maria

Sophie

Isabella

Pack Up

The week's homework certificate was awarded to James. Ka pai, James, keep up the good work.





Looking ahead to Week 9:
Tennis lessons on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday - please bring sports shoes and (girls) shorts to change into.
No Assembly on Friday. Ukulele lesson on Friday.
Fair collection: toiletries 

Mathletics News

Mathletics is proving popular at the moment, which is great. Today another person gained a Gold Mathletics certificate, bringing our class total to 4.

Ka pai to Nicholas.

Several people have made the NZ Top 100 Students and the World Top 100 Students charts.
Congratulations to George who came in at number 18 on the NZ chart and 66 on the World chart.

 

I do my best to keep up with the Top 100, but the rankings, which are done on a daily basis, can change very quickly. If you see your name on the chart, please take a screen shot and email it to me so that we can celebrate and I can post it on the blog. Keep up the good work with Mathletics.

Term 3 Week 8 'Star of the Week'

This week's 'Star of the Week' is Alex.

Ka pai, Alex, it's great to have you in Room 5.

This morning Joshua gained a Gold Mathletics certificate. Congratulations, Joshua, this is an amazing achievement.

The winter sport season is over and several clubs have had their prize givings. Congratulations to: Peter who received a trophy for Player of the Year; Hamish who received a certificate for skills and a trophy for sportsmanship; Nicholas who received certificates for skills, participation and Player of the Day; Callum who received a certificate for participation and George whose team received the Team Trophy for the Top Team of the Season (Peter is also in this team).

This week:

Tuesday: Dance performance and workshop - girls please bring shorts

Wednesday: ukulele lesson

Thursday: Maths Expo

Friday: No School Assembly

Fair notices:

Room 5 is responsible for the book stall. You can help in two ways - bring books along and/or put you name on the roster behind the classroom door to help sort the books. Any questions, please ask me or Bridgette.

Please bring toiletries for the raffle. These items may be placed in the box under our plant table. Thank you for your support with this.

Term 3 Week 7

At today's assembly Neave received a certificate.

Ka wani kei, Neave, we are proud of you.

Today Neave turned 8. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished Neave all the best for the coming year.

This week's homework certificate went to Bridie. Ka pai, Bridie, on completing your new spelling work.

Well done to Zach and Uriel who have each gained their first Silver Mathletics certificate. Keep up the good work on Mathletics.

Today the Pukeko Reading Group presented the play 'A Clean House'. 

They worked in two groups to prepare the play and create props. Their presentations were great, with lots of expression being used by all. Ka pai!

Hamish, Alex, Ryan, Zach and Joshua

Ollie, Ashleigh, Uriel, Callum and Neave