Term 3 Week 7

At today's assembly Ruby received a certificate.

Ka pai, Ruby, we are proud of you.

 This morning at Discovery Time we made kites. We then enjoyed flying them outside. Luckily the wind was favourable and our kites flew quite well. We did have a few casualties and tangles, which we will try to sort out next week.

Zosia

Gabrielle

Bridget and Roisin

For the past three weeks we have been learning about Fractions. We can state what a fraction is and can work out fractions of shapes. Working out fractions of sets are still a bit tricky, but we will keep working on them. We have made posters to show our learning. Come into the classroom to check them out

Fractions by Samuel and Declan

Next Tuesday we have our trip to the Air Force Museum. We will be leaving school at 9am and returning at lunchtime. Children will need their morning tea in a separate container or snap lock bag (must be named) to their lunchbox, and a named drink bottle. Please ensure your child wears their school polar fleece. (Some children are not wearing or even bringing their polar fleece to school. It can get very cold in the playground and children need their fleece to help keep warm.)

Term 3 Week 7 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Today we celebrated four sporting successes:

Congratulations to Bree who came first in her Rhythmic Gymnastic competition.

Congratulations to Finn C who received the 'Most Improved Player' at his team's rugby prize giving.

Congratulations to Nicholas who received a medal for being the fastest player in his rugby team.

Congratulations to Declan who received a medal as his rugby 

team won Division Four.

Thank you to those who attended Mass yesterday. I was very impressed with the children's behaviour, they were awesome.

Happy Birthday

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






This morning Declan, Sirayah, Finn H and Neave presented a play called 'Baby Bear's Present.

Term 3 Week 3 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Nicholas (rugby) and Kate (hockey) were named 'Player of the Day' for their respective teams. Well done and keep up the great sporting effort.

This week's homework is to learn the answers to the Knowledge-a-thon questions and seek sponsorship. We will go over these questions each day in class as well.

On Friday 7 August Room 5 will be leading the liturgy at the beginning of assembly. Whanau are welcome. We will start at 11:45am.

Term 3 Week 1

At today's school assembly Marissa received a certificate.

Ka pai, Marissa, we are proud of you.

Declan, Bridget and Samantha were presented with their Gold Mathletics Certificates. 

Ka pai, children, this is an amazing achievement and we are all very proud of you.

Term 3 Week 1

Welcome back to school. It was great to see everyone this morning and to catch up on the holiday activities.

We had several things to celebrate:

Congratulations to Declan, Samantha and Bridget for gaining your Gold Mathletics Certificates. This is an awesome achievement as it shows perseverance and determination. Ka pai, keep up the good work.

On Saturday Trinity turned 7. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished her all the best for the coming year.






On Thursday we will be having a 'Hockey Festival'. We will join with three other junior rooms to play a round robin of games. Please bring sports shoes and (girls) shorts to change into. This will finish off our hockey sessions.

Our topic this term is Flight. We will be focusing on man-made flight rather than natural flight. If you have any relevant items that you are happy for us to have in the class, please send them along.

Remember to keep learning the Essential Lists spelling words - the big test will be next week.

Mathletics Success

Congratulations to Declan who has gained his Gold Mathletics Certificate. Well done, Declan, this is an amazing achievement.

Congratulations to Bridget who made the Top 100 NZ Students and well done to everyone for your efforts in getting Room 5 on the Top 50 NZ Classes.
(Thanks Bridget for the photos).

Term 2 Week 10

At today's assembly Sirayah received a certificate.

Ka pai, Sirayah, we are proud of you.

Over the last few weeks the Young Vinnies Group has been running a Talent Quest. Today the top acts in each syndicate were announced.
Congratulations to: Bree, Marissa, Declan and Samuel. for winning the Junior Syndicate section. You were all fantastic, and very brave to get up and perform in front of an audience.





Today we farewelled Patrick, who is heading back to Ireland on Monday. We have loved having Patrick in our room and will miss him a lot. May God richly bless you, Patrick, on the next stage in your journey. We all enjoyed the party lunch (thank you so much for the effort you made in preparing the yummy food for us) and the movie Hotel for Dogs (apologies for the lateness in getting out of class this afternoon).

We have one more week of school left for Term 2. Keep warm and healthy.

Term 2 Week 10 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Declan (rugby) was named 'Runner of the Day' and Kate (hockey) was named 'Player of the Day' after their Saturday games. Ka pai Declan and Kate and all Room 5 people who participated in sport over the weekend.

This week:

This morning we chose reading groups so that we can work on plays. We then chose our plays and organized the parts we'd like. We will work on these for the next two weeks, preparing for a presentation next week. 

Homework is Basic Facts and learning all the Essential Lists 1-5, and 6 & 7, words ready for a big test in Week 2 of Term 3.

14 children will be receiving reports on Friday and then will have their Student Led Conference on Monday. This will be a great time to see your child's work and for them to tell you about their learning.

Keep smiling and keep warm!

Celebration and Room 5 Writing

On Saturday Bree competed in a Rhythmic Gymnastic Competition. Yesterday she learnt that she came second. Ka pai, Bree, that is great news.





This morning we made popcorn in an electric frypan. We had lots of laughs as the corn popped out of the pan and onto the floor. Fortunately we didn't set off the fire alarms! We then wrote about what happened. Here's some photos, thanks to Kate, and some snippets of writing:

Bridget, Jessica, Harriet and Lulu

Patrick, Kempton, Jacky and Declan

 The popcorn went pop, pop, pop! It was really funny. I was not expecting that. Marissa

We made popcorn. Once it sizzled it started to pop. It was popping like a cannon. I just wished that it flew into my mouth. Patrick

Mrs K-C put the kernels in the pan. We waited for awhile. Then it popped all over the place. Roisin

After it had all popped  Mrs K-C put it in a bowl. We got to eat it. It was delicious. Nicholas

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 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. 

 

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.