Player of the Day

Last night Lachlan played hockey. He was named 'Player of the Day' and has a special shirt to wear for the week. Well done, Lachlan.

Principal's Award

Yesterday Sophie read her story to Mr B. She did such a good job that Mr B gave her a Principal's Award. Ka pai, Sophie.

Joe's handwriting was 'Triple Star' quality so it is now on display.

Ka pai, Joe.

Anita visited again yesterday and taught us to throw a discus and a shot put. We had lots of fun.

 

Term 1 Week 4 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Notes for this week:

Tuesday (tomorrow): Run, Jump, Throw with Anita - please bring sports shoes and socks to change into. Girls will also need shorts.

Friday: School Assembly will be at 9am in the school hall.

Term 1 Week 3 Assembly Certificate

At today's School Assembly Sophie was awarded a certificate.

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

At lunch time Asher's Dad brought a special visitor to school. Eddie coaches the Black Sox - New Zealand's National Softball team. Thanks, Eddie, for coming in and doing some throwing and catching.

Eddie is pictured with Mr B, Asher and Lachlan. 

In Room 5 we enjoy writing. Here's a couple of photos showing what writing looks like in Room 5:

 

Sometimes we share our writing with others. Yesterday we shared in groups of four:

Zach, Ashleigh, Asher and Ephrem

Nicholas, James, George and Joshua

Dance Workshop

Here are some recounts about our Dance Workshop:

Yesterday Leah came in to teach us some dancing. My favourite bit was dancing the solo dance. We did the banana game. Leah was a good teacher. I would love Leah to be our school teacher. 
By Hamish

I like dancing with Leah. My favourite part was the banana dance.  With the banana dance I had to jump up with my hands in the air.
By Ashleigh

Yesterday I came to school. A teacher came. She was a dance teacher. One of the dances was to walk back. But my favourite was the car. I was the driver. It was cool. I drove the car around and around. The name of the new teacher was Leah. My buddy was Bridie.
By James

A Wednesday in Room 5

This morning we worked in pairs to write silly stories. We had to use the last letter of a sentence to start the next sentence. Here's some of our stories:

My mum ate a 100 scoop ice-cream. My dad turned blue when he ate a blue marshmallow, while Grandad took a photo. Our pet otter jumped on Dad because he thought Dad was water. Raining lollipops all over Dad. Dan, our brother, laughed and laughed at Dad. Dan ate a red marshmallow then turned red.
By Aysha and Addie

Today a princess came to school. Les is my Dad's name. Eating is my favourite thing to do. Oh, you are so pretty. Yes, I want ice-cream. My mum is silly. You look like a princess. Swimming is cool. Look at me, I look good. Dad saw a duck. Kites are kids. Some things are good looking.
By Bridie and Isabella

I live with my mum. My friend lives with me. Elephants are big. Giraffes' clothes are funny. Young babies are nosy. Young people can see. Elephants are fat. Tigers are strong.
By Joshua and Ephrem

This afternoon my daughter, Leah, took us for a dance workshop. We learnt that it is important to warm up our bodies so we don't get injured and then we warmed up. Next Leah taught us some simple dance steps, which we used to make up different dances. Leah said that we are very creative. The workshop was lots of fun. Thanks so much Leah, we hope you will come and teach us again soon.

Leah, Ollie and Nicholas making a tree

Elspeth and Neave making a circle

Joe, Alex, Callum and Ryan
making a square

Asher, Ephrem, Nicholas and Connie
making a square

Term 1 Week 3 'Star of the Week'

This morning our first 'Star of the Week' was announced. 

Congratulations to George. You are a star!
It's great to have you in Room 5. 

This morning we chose our own topic to write about. Here's some of our stories:

I went swimming. It was fun. I like to swim around and around. I went into a hot pool. It was a spa pool. By Callum

Yesterday I played in the sprinkler with my sister. We were wet a lot. It was fun. We also found a ball in the bush. We played with it. By Zach

My new house has stairs, a door and a top floor. It has twirly stairs too. By Ashleigh

Notes for Week 3:

Spelling homework went home tonight. The children went through the expectations and tomorrow we will check how we did. If you have any questions, please come in and ask.