Term 2 Week 6

At the school assembly George received a certificate.

Ka pai, George, we are proud of you.

Aysha, who is one of the Year 3 reps on the School Student Council, was presented with her Student Council badge.

At Discovery Time Maria spent most of the session creating her Fairy Tale character. Maria, the teachers were impressed with your creativity and perseverance. You have done a superb job.

Connie was presented with her first Bronze Mathletics certificate, which she earned in May. Another admin glitch saw this presentation delayed. Congratulations, Connie.

This week's homework certificate was awarded to Uriel. Ka pai, Uriel, keep the standard going.

If you are unsure what is expected for spelling homework, ask your child (we have talked about this in class) or check out the May 16 posting or come into the classroom and ask me.

Mathletics Certificate

In February Elspeth gained her first Bronze Mathletics certificate, but due to an admin error (mine) she has only just been presented with it. Congratulations Elspeth, and thanks for your patience while waiting for your certificate.

Mathletics Certificate

Congratulations to Ephrem on gaining his first Silver Mathletics certificate. Keep up the good work.

Happy Birthday

Today Uriel turned 8. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished her all the best as an 8 year old.

Term 2 Week 6 'Star of the Week' and Student Council Rep

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

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

This morning we congratulated the following people:

 Neave, who received the Homework Award for Week 5. Well done, Neave, keep up your good work.

Lachlan, who received 'Player of the Day' for his hockey game on Saturday. 

And Aysha who is the Year 3 girl representative on the School Student Council. We know you will do a great job representing the Junior School.

Term 2 Week 5

At this morning's school assembly Alex received a certificate.

Ka pai, Alex, kei te whaha hihi ahau o kotou, we are proud of you.

This week Callum gained his first Silver Mathletics certificate. Ka pai, Callum, keep working hard at Mathletics.

Over the last two weeks we have been working on plays. We have been using our voices to show our characters rather than relying on props. This morning we visited Room 3 and presented our work to them. All our plays were a variation on the fairy tale, The Three Little Pigs. Everyone did a superb job and Room 3 were able to tell us who each character was. Thank you to Room 3, who were a fantastic audience. 

Connie, Ashleigh, Zach, Addison, Bridie, Isabella, Sophie, Elspeth and Neave

Peter, James, Ephrem, Ollie, George and Nicholas

Maria, Aysha, Hamish, Joshua and Uriel

Alex, Lachlan, Callum, Ryan and Joe

This afternoon we wrote a poem about Little Red Riding Hood. Here it is: 

The Girl in Red

By Room 5

Little Red Riding Hood

Travelled through the wood

To see her sick Grandma.

Her Mother said, “Don’t dawdle on the way!”

But Little Red Riding Hood did not obey.

She stumbled upon a wolf

Who tricked her with a greedy smile

And sent her around the long way.

Then he sprinted to Grandma’s door.

In a flash he burst through and gobbled

Grandma up.

Little Red Riding Hood arrived with her basket

of goodies.

She was in for a surprise!

Everyone finished the poem on their own - check out your child's poetry book for their version. 

Next week we will be writing our own fairy tale.

Have a great weekend.

Term 2 Week 5 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Today we caught up on our weekend news:

Asher had his 8th birthday on Sunday. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished Asher all the best for the coming year.

Elspeth and Connie competed in the Christchurch Marathon. Both ran well and received medals. Ka rawe girls.

Lachlan was awarded two ribbons for his puppy training competition. Ka rawe Lachlan.

It's always great to hear about and celebrate the children's successes outside the classroom. Please feel free to email any results and/or photos so we can share them I can put them on the blog. 

Spelling was sent home today. Please encourage your child to write quality sentences (we have talked about this in class) for each of their spelling words. Last week very few children went on Mathletics and only 5 achieved a certificate. Mathletics is a great and fun way to reinforce concepts learnt in class, especially Basic Facts. I am hoping to be able to award our Mathlete of the Week trophy next week - we need at least 13 certificates though.