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

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

Term 3 Week 7 'Star of the Week'

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

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

This morning we had lots of things to celebrate:

Last week everyone in Room 5 gained a Mathletics certificate. This is an amazing achievement and I am very proud of the children. Thank you, parents, for your support with Mathletics.

Peter (32) and Bridie (92) made it to the Top 100 NZ Students and Peter's efforts saw him place 57th on the World Top 100 Students - a fantastic achievement.

 

The top three Mathletes are: Bridie (8100 points), Addison (9147) and Peter (15449). Peter was also named 'Mathlete of the Week'.

 

The winter sport season is coming to a close and several teams have had their prizegivings.

Congratulations to: James who received a certificate for doing the best rip; Ollie received a certificate for the best dive; Hamish's and Callum's team received the Matheson Cup for the Best Conducted Team of the Season. It's been great to hear about the games each week. There's now a break before Touch starts in October.


In the fair collection for gourmet foods Room 5 came second. We each received a lollipop and fair dollars. Thank you for your support and to the fair committee. There's a week's break before we start collecting toiletry items.

On Wednesday we will be involved in a mini hockey tournament to celebrate the end of our hockey sessions. Please bring sports shoes to change into. Girls can bring shorts to change into.