Term 4 Week 8

At today's school assembly four Room 5 people received certificates. Congratulations to:

Isabella, Addison and Joshua who all got 100% in their spelling test for the list of Commonly Misspelt Words. What great spellers you all are.

 Hamish was presented with his Gold Mathletics Certificate.
Ka pai, Hamish, what a super achievement.

Still on the Mathletics front: James received his first Silver Mathletics Certificate and Peter reached Number 4 on the NZ Top 100 Students board. Well done boys.




The Kiwi Reading Group presented 'Robin Hood and the Silver Trophy' as Readers Theatre. Readers Theatre requires the readers to use their voices to portray characters rather than relying on props. Everyone spoke clearly and used super expression.
Ka pai to Zach, Ashleigh, Joshua, Hamish and Callum.

Have a relaxing weekend - only 2.5 weeks left of the 2014 school year.

Term 4 Week 6 Birthday and Other News

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

We have finished our week of swimming. We were all very tired by the time we got back to school on Friday. Everyone has learnt new things and improved in their swimming. A big THANK YOU to all those who were able to help us with getting changed after our lessons. I was very impressed with how organised everyone was and the speed with which they dressed. Connie was our champion, being one of the first three out each day, even when she wasn't first into the changing room. Ka pai everyone.

Here's a great recount of what swimming involved:

Yay, it's swimming week. On Monday my favourite part was wriggly worm. I like how you move side to side. On Tuesday my favourite part was doing dolphin diving because my feet are like a dolphin's tail. On Wednesday my favorite was back stroke. On Thursday my favourite was diving. On Friday my favourite was breast stroke because I like how you have to put your legs straight and then bend them and then put them out. All this swimming made me feel worn out but it was great fun. By Sophie

Addison

Isabella

Elspeth

Bridie

This afternoon we celebrated Christ the King Day. The liturgy was a time of reflection and thankfulness for our school and all it means for us. After a sausage sizzle lunch, kindly provided by the Parent Council, Room 5 and our Room 12 buddies walked to the Westburn Bike Park. We had a great time cycling and scootering around the roads with our big buddies directing traffic. Thanks big buddies, and Mrs A for the lolly scramble. On our return to school we each had an ice-block, thanks to the Board of Trustees. What a great way to celebrate out feast day. Thanks, too, to the parents who walked with us.

Zach

Alex

Asher and Ashleigh

Next week we will be back into some routine. We will be having production practices each day and will fit in more traditional learning around those times.
Monday: Library - please return your library book so you can take another one home.
Thursday: We will have a big spelling test (this is the day the children voted for). For most the focus will be on Lists 4, 5 and 6. If you need another copy of the Essential Spelling List please ask me.

Enjoy your weekend.

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.

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 

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

Baking Day

Today Asher's Mum, Mindy, came to help us make pumpkin pie. We know that pumpkin is a fruit so we made a dessert with it. We were also able to put our new learning about fractions into practice as we had to measure 1/4 teaspoons of spices and 1/2 cups of milk and cream.
We all had a taste of the pie and some of us even came back for seconds. Not everyone liked it though.
A big THANK YOU to Mindy for sharing your pumpkin pie recipe with us.

Zach, Maria and Neave

Callum and Ashleigh

Asher

The Pumpkin Pie

As part of our topic on Growing Plants we are growing grass heads. We have started a diary so we can keep track of what happens and how long it takes for the grass to grow. Come in and check out our grass heads. Some children still need to bring in a jar before they can make their grass head. Please send a jar with a smaller opening so the head does not fall into the jar.

Tie a knot in the stocking

Fill the jar with water

Put the Grass Head in the jar

The Grass Head ready to grow

Uriel

Happy Birthday

Today Ephrem turned 7. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished Ephrem all the best for the coming year.

Yesterday Joe was named 'Mathlete of the Week'. Ka pai, Joe, we are proud of you.






In the holidays Ashleigh entered a couple of horse shows. She won several ribbons. Congratulations, Ashleigh, well done.

Term 3 Week 1

Welcome back to school. It was great to see everyone this morning and to have a catch up on how the holidays went. Three children had birthdays over the holidays. Today we sang 'Happy Birthday' to:

Ashleigh (7); Sophie (7) and Joshua (8). We wish you all the best for the coming year.

Mathletics Stars

Last week Joe gained the first Room 5 Gold Mathletics certificate and Isabella gained the second Gold Mathletics certificate. A big congratulations to Joe and Isabella. This is an amazing achievement as it involves working on Mathletics regularly and gaining  at least 1000 points a week for 20 weeks.



During the holidays Bridie attended two dancing competitions. She competed against girls several years older than her and received certificates, ribbons and medals at each competition. Ka pai, Bridie.




Important notes for this week:
Homework: Reading, Mathletics and Spelling. Spelling homework this week is to learn as many list words as possible as we will be having another big spelling test either at the end of this week or early next week. (If you need another copy of the Essential Lists, please ask me).
Friday: Room 5 will attend 9am Mass. Please be at school before 8:45am so we can complete the roll and be seated in church before mass starts. 
Friday: The Year 3 children will be having hockey lessons on the next four Fridays (weather permitting). Please bring sports shoes and (girls) shorts to change into. The Year 2 children will join Room 6 during this time.

Looking at Term 3: This is a 10 week term.
Topic 1: Growing Plants - we will use the Inquiry Process to help us discover new things about plants and their importance in our lives. We will also attempt to grow some things. If you have spare egg cartons please send them to school.
Topic 2: The Commonwealth Games - we will follow this event over the next two weeks.
Music: the children will be learning the ukulele. The school has a class set so you will not have to purchase one of these.
Art: Monet study

We are all set for another busy term. Your support at home makes all the difference to the children's progress. If you have any questions or concerns, please come and see me.

Term 2 Week 2 'Star of the Week'

Congratulations to Ryan, this week's 'Star of the Week'

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

Mathletics News:
Ashleigh received her first Bronze Mathletics certificate. Ka pai, Ashleigh.
The top three Mathletes for last week are: Lachlan, Peter and George.
Joshua was named 'Mathlete of the Week'.

Ka pai to you, and to everyone who gained a certificate. Keep up the good work. 

On Monday mornings we catch up on our sporting successes. Everyone who played sport gave a brief report of their game. Congratulations to Joe, who was named 'Player of the Day' for his soccer team. Also congratulations to Connie who came second in a Canterbury Cross Country race at Bottle Lake. 

It's great to have so many Room 5 people involved in sport.


A reminder for Wednesday: Please bring your recorder for your music lesson.