Term 3 Week 9 '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.

Ruby attended her netball prize giving and received a medal for being the Most Improved Player. Ka pai, Ruby.

Samuel received certificates for participation at his soccer prize giving. Ka pai, Samuel.

This week is Social Justice Week. The theme this year is 'Family Ups and Downs'. Today we played a game and had a discussion about the things that happen in families. We all realise that we are fortunate to be in the families God has placed us in.

Finn H

Kempton, Neave and Harriet

On Wednesday we are having a Social Justice Liturgy at 12md in the Church. Afterwards we will share lunch. Each family is asked to bring a plate of food to share. Children will need to bring their lunchbox or a named bowl to eat from.

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 4 'Star of the Week'

This week's 'Star of the Week' is Finn H.

Tø koi hoki, Finn, it's great to have you in Ruma Rima.

On Saturday Finn H attended the Rolleston Rugby Club Junior prizegiving. He received a medal because he scored the most tries in the season. Ka pai, Finn, what a great effort.

Bronze Mathletics Certificate

Congratulations to Finn H for gaining his first Bronze Mathletics certificate. Keep up the great work, Finn.

Term 2 Week 11 'Star of the Week'

Today's 'Star of the Week' is Finn C.

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

Samuel (soccer) was named 'Trier of the Day'; Finn C (rugby) was 'Player of the Day; and Finn H (rugby) was 'Player of the Day.

Ka pai, boys, it's great to hear how well you are doing in your sport.

Room 5 News

We are working hard on preparing our plays ready for performing next Thursday. Here's some photos of us creating our props.

 

 

Finn and Sirayah visited Mr Bonisch's office so they could read their story book to him. Ka pai, Finn and Sirayah, you are great readers.

Happy Birthday

Today was Samuel's 7th birthday and now that he is really old he needs his walking stick!
We sang Happy Birthday and wished Samuel all the best as a 7 year old.

In maths we are learning about symmetry. We have been exploring the different shapes we can make when we fold a piece of paper in half and cut along the folded edge. We know that both halves are the same. Come in and check out the wall display. 

Here's some of us cutting our shapes:

Zofia and Natalia

Bree and Marissa

Kempton and Jacky

Preston and Finn H

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

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:

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

Principal's Award and Run, Jump, Throw Recounts

Today Jessica received a Principal's Award for her recount of her favorite activity at the Run, Jump, Throw Display.
Ka pai, Jessica, your recount is great, and here it is:

Yesterday we did Run, Jump, Throw. We had to line up first and the teacher told us what to do. She told us to march. My favourite was jumping in the sack. But before we did that we had to have a baton and run. When all your team had a turn you had to sit down. After that we got a bean bag and we put it on top of our hats. When we had done that we got an egg and spoon. We put the egg on the spoon and we ran. After that we got a sack. We had to put our feet in the corner and pull it up and run. That activity was my favourite because I like egg and spoon races. 

Here's some more recounts:
(Come into the classroom and check out our Writing Wall for more recounts)



Yesterday we did Run, Jump and Throw. The long dash was my favourite because we had to run really fast. At the end of that we were quite puffed so we had to have a big drink. Only the Year 3 children did the long dash. Gabrielle. 

Yesterday I did high jump. I had to jump and do a scissor kick. I had to run around the cones. High jump was my favourite activity because we had to go from green to blue. Finn H

I went on the high jump. I had to do a scissor jump over the bar. Zofia 

Yesterday I did the high jump. I jumped over the bar with a scissor kick. I liked it because I was good at it. Sirayah

Term 1 Week 7

This morning Room 5 lead the liturgy at the school assembly. The children were amazing. Kei whaha hihi ahau o kotou - I am very proud of them all for 'Stepping Up'.

Bree received the Special Character Award.

Bree, you are a kind and considerate class member.

You are becoming a confident, connected, actively involved learner.
taking responsibility for making the most of opportunities.

You are a positive role model.

Your attitude shows that you are ‘Stepping Up for Success’.

We are blest to have you in Room 5 and Christ the King School.

Finn H received a certificate.

Ka pai, Finn, we are proud of you.

Finn H is 7 tomorrow. As we will not be at school tomorrow we sang 'Happy Birthday' to him today and wished him all the best as a 7 year old.

On Sunday the Junior School will be attending the 9am Mass at Christ the King. Please meet outside Room 1 at 8:45am, wearing full school uniform. Children sit with their class and may be collected from the church after mass.

Today we practiced our Run, Jump, Throw in preparation for our Display on Tuesday. The children did a great job, especially considering that this is our first run through due to weather causing us to cancel previous practices. We will have another practice on Monday and the Display will be on Tuesday, starting at 11:15am. Whanau are welcome to come along and watch. You may like to bring a picnic lunch as well. Children will need to bring shoes and shorts on Monday and they can wear their sports gear on Tuesday. Please ensure your child has a water bottle as well.

The children are doing well with their spelling homework. Thank you for your support. The children thought they deserved a break from spelling next week, so there will be no words for the last two weeks of this term. Instead, please keep up the reading and aim to spend 10 minutes on Mathletics each night. During reading we will focus on plays. Children will be bringing their play home each night so they can become familiar with their part and how it fits in to the whole play. They do not have to learn their lines by heart as they can read from their books when presenting the plays.

Remember - if you have any questions or concerns, please come in and talk to me or send me an email. I know you want the best for your child and I do too.