Term 2 Week 6

At today's school assembly Neave received a certificate.

Ka pai, Neave, we are proud of you.

This weekend Finn C (30.05) and Bridget (31.05) turn 7. We sang 'Happy Birthday' to them this morning and wished them all the best as 7 year olds. Have great birthdays Finn and Bridget.

Today's hockey session went well. We learnt how to do a push pass before playing a game. We have one more hockey session, on Thursday 4 June.

Enjoy the long weekend - hopefully you'll all get a sleep-in on Monday!

Hockey

Today Sian took us for a hockey lesson. We all learnt how to do closed and open dribbling before playing a game. We had a great time and are looking forward to another hockey session tomorrow.

Bridget, Sirayah, Kempton and Kate listening to instructions

Kempton showing his dribbling skills

Jacky showing his dribbling skills

Nicholas and Finn H

Happy Birthday

Today Declan turned 7. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished Declan all the best as a 7 year old.

The  Pukeko  reading group read the story 'Michael is a Clown'. Then they  took their photos and colored them in so they looked like a clown. Can you work out the name of each clown?

Term 2 Week 6 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Two people were recognized at their weekend sport:

Congratulations to Neave who received Highly Commended certificates for her Highland Dancing, and Nicholas who was named 'Player of the Day' for his rugby team.

 

This week we plan to have hockey sessions on Thursday and Friday. Please bring sports shoes and (girls) shorts to change into. There will also be a recorder lesson on Thursday. 

Term 2 Week 5

At today's assembly Bridget received a certificate.

Ka pai, Bridget, we are proud of you.

Homework awards went to: Kate and Marissa, Neave, Samantha, Declan and Bridget. Ka pai for writing great sentences for your spelling words, some of them made me smile.

 

Last week Harriet was awarded the 'Player of the Day' cup for her netball team. Congratulations, Harriet.

Lots of exciting things happened today: At Discovery Time we can choose what we do. One of the most popular choice is the construction table. Today Zofia and Kempton spent their time making things to wear.

This afternoon we had our first hockey session! We all really enjoyed this new experience.

 

Tonight the school disco was held at the school hall. We all had a lot of fun. A special thank you to the Parent Council for organizing a wonderful evening. 

 

Writing

Today we created Wordles. We wrote lots of words to describe ourselves and the things we like, then we used Wordle to create a word picture. They are fun to do. Check these out:

Term 2 Week 5 'Star of the Week'

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

Ka pai, Ariana, you are a superb role model and it's great to have you in Room 5.

This morning we had a run down on the weekend sporting activities. Two people received sports certificates.

Congratulations to Samuel, 'Player of the Day' for soccer, and Declan, certificate for the best 'rip' in rippa rugby.

Notes for Week 5:
We are learning to create Wordles. Click here to create your own.

We hope to have hockey lessons on Thursday and Friday this week. Please bring sports shoes and shorts (girls) to change into.

Term 2 Week 4

Today concluded a very exciting week for us.
I am very proud of the way the children behaved on Wednesday. It was a bit overwhelming for some of them, but they kept smiling and did themselves proud.

At this morning's assembly Samantha received a certificate.

Ka pai, Samantha, we are proud of you.

Preston and Jacky also received certificates as they are 'Reading Recovery Stars'.

Ka pai, Preston and Jacky, we are proud of you.

Today is Zofia's Feast Day - this is a Polish tradition where people celebrate on the feast day of the saint they are named after. Szczęśliwy święto dzień Zofia.

This week's Homework Awards

Declan, Roisin, Marissa and Patrick

Harriet and Gabrielle

Today Neave had her dancing exam. She is a very good dancer and her exam card was full of 'very good' and 'excellent' comments. Neave performed a sword dance for us - minus the swords.







Unfortunately the rain caused the cancellation of this afternoon's hockey session. We still hope to have four sessions and plan to decide on dates next week.
Please have a look at the RE sheets from today's and yesterday's lessons and have a discussion about them. Please help your child to complete the sheets and bring them back to school ready for Tuesday's lesson. 
Spelling homework is going well. Thank you for your support with this.
Enjoy your weekend.

Prince Harry Recounts

Prince Harry's visit gave us something exciting to write about. Here's some excerpts:


We went to see Prince Harry. Prince Harry is amazing. Finn H

I got nervous when Prince Harry was going to talk to me. He asked what sport we played and I said, "I play netball." Ruby

Prince Harry asked, "What sports do you play?" I said, "I play rugby." Preston

Today our class saw Prince Harry. We had to wait a long time. Zofia


Mrs K-C said that we had gaps in our teeth so Prince Harry looked at our teeth. Neave

Prince Harry was in an awesome car. Before his car there were about ten police cars. There was a red one. I felt excited. Patrick

Prince Harry

What an exciting morning for us! We met Prince Harry.

Prince Harry was to visit Odyssey House, which is beside our school, so we went out to wait for him to arrive. First we saw a red police car, then several other police cars, all with their lights flashing. Then Prince Harry's car drove passed us. We smiled and waved and waved and Prince Harry smiled and waved back.

After Prince Harry went into Odyssey House we started walking back to school but we had to stop because the police cars were turning around to get ready to pick Prince Harry up when he'd finished his visit. We decided to wait so we could wave to Prince Harry when he left. What a good decision that was. We were asked to stand along the driveway of Odyssey House and Prince Harry came along to talk to us. He asked us how old we were. Our teacher told him that we are 6 and 7 and are losing our teeth. Prince Harry asked us to show him our gaps. He showed us his teeth too. (Check out this photo from Stuff.co)

We were all so excited to talk to Prince Harry. He is such an inspiring person.

Player of the Day

On Saturday Finn C was named 'Player of the Day' for his rugby team. Ka pai, Finn, we are proud of you.

Mathletics Star

On Monday Bridget made it onto the Mathletics Top 100 NZ Students Leader Board. She reached number 41, but by the time I took a screen shot she'd dropped to 77. Great effort Bridget.

Term 2 Week 4 'Star of the Week'

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

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

There are a few things happening this week. The new parent morning tea is on Wednesday at 10:30am. If you know of any parents who are new to our school you might like to bring them along to the school hall to meet other new parents. 

On Friday the school assembly will start at 11:45am. Parents are welcome to attend. In the afternoon we hope to have our first hockey session. Please bring sports shoes and (girls) shorts to change into. Mouth guards are optional. Hockey sticks will be provided but you may bring your own. Please note that we play hockey on the tennis court.

Term 2 Week 3

We had lots to celebrate today.

Congratulations to Gabrielle for receiving a certificate at the School Assembly.

Ka pai, Gabrielle, we are proud of you.

Congratulations to Zofia for gaining her first Bronze Mathletics certificate. Ka pai, Zofia, keep up the great work.

This week's homework was of a high standard, which made it hard to decide who should receive the Homework Certificate. Congratulations to Samuel and Bree who did received the certificates and Roisin, Gabrielle, Kate, Samantha and Bridget who were also recognized. Hopefully we will see some of this work transferred into our writing.

Today we had the play 'Too Much Noise' presented to us by two groups. Both did a superb job and spoke clearly with expression.

Bridget, Natalia and Samantha

Samuel, Bree and Neave

Unfortunately this afternoon's hockey session was cancelled as the coach wasn't well. Hopefully she'll be better for next week.

A big THANK YOU for your support with today's mufti. Nearly $700 was donated which will be sent to Caritas for support in Nepal. Everyone looked great today, but unfortunately I forgot to take a photo.

Finally I'd like to wish all you amazing mums a wonderful day on Sunday. You certainly deserve to be spoilt.

Silver Mathlete

Congratulations to Gabrielle who gained her first Silver Mathletics certificate. Last week Gabrielle managed to amass and amazing 8090 point for the week. Ka pai, Gabrielle, what a super mathlete.

Term 2 Week 3 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Yesterday was Natalia's 7th Birthday. Today we sang 'Happy Birthday' to her and wished her all the best as a 7 year old.

This morning Ronald McDonald visited our school. He came to give us a road safety message. We all enjoyed his presentation and will spend this week's writing sessions retelling Ronald's message. 

Here's an extract from Nicholas: 

Guess what! He lost a sock. What a worry for Ronald McDonald.

This week is NZ Sign Language Week. We will be learning to sign the days of the week and the months of the year and how to spell our names in sign language.

On Friday 8 May we will be having a mufti day - run by The Young Vinnies. We ask everyone to wear red, white and/or blue as these are the colors of the Nepalese flag, and to bring a donation to which will be sent to Nepal via Caritas.

We will also have a hockey session with a Canterbury Hockey Coach. Children will  need to wear sports shoes for this. 

Term 2 Week 2

At this morning's assembly Declan was awarded a certificate.

Ka pai, Declan, we are proud of you.