Term 4 Week 10 - Year 3 Graduation Day

This morning we attended a graduation ceremony for the Year 3s. This was a special time when the Year 2s prayed for the Year 3s, the Year 3s prayed for their parents and we sang 'In God's Circle of Love' before the Junior School leaders, Kate and Joe, handed the leadership mantle onto two Year 2s.  Each Year 3 child was then presented with a special certificate to mark the end of their Junior School days. Morning tea followed - thanks for all the yummy food.
Parents, thank you for attending today's ceremony and for all your support this year.

Gabrielle, Ariana, Harriet, Lulu, Ruby, Jacky
Jessica, Kate, Preston, Neave, Kempton

Term 4 Week 9

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

Term 4 Week 8

Natalia, Kate, Bree, Roisin, Bridget and Zofia

WOW! The children were amazing performers in 'The First Noel' junior production. I am very proud of them all. A special mention goes to Kate, who stepped into the role of Mary, and Samantha who stepped into Kate's role when the original Mary was sick.

Kings Kempton and Preston

After Tuesday's Touch Rugby games Neave and Samuel were named 'Player of the day' for their respective teams. Ka pai, Neave and Samuel, keep up the great playing.

Term 4 Week 7 - Gold

At this morning's assembly five Room 5 people received a Gold Mathletics certificate.

This is an amazing achievement and we are all very proud of 

Samantha, Kate, Nicholas, Finn and Marissa.

Samantha was receiving a Gold certificate for the second time this year.

Our production practices are progressing well. We will be having a dress rehearsal on Monday morning and on Wednesday morning we will have a practice in the Aurora Centre. Children need to be at school before the 8:45am bell on these days so we can start the practices on time. Thank you for your support with this.

Enjoy the weekend.

Term 4 Week 5

This week has been very busy and we are all quite tired. I hope everyone has a relaxing weekend.

The children have enjoyed their swimming lessons at Wharenui. They have all worked hard and made great improvements. Check out these photos:

Ruby, Neave, Kate and Harriet

Kempton

Bree

Bridget, Roisin and Trinity

Nicholas and Finn

Today we celebrated our school's Feast Day - Christ the King. We attended a liturgy in the church, then had a sausage sizzle for lunch - a big THANKS to the Parent Council for this. In the afternoon Room 5 and Room 12 took our scooters and bikes to Westburn Bike Park. We had lots of fun riding around the track then playing on the playground. Thanks Mrs A and Mr B for coming down with us. When we arrived back at school we were treated to an ice-block, A big THANK YOU to the Board of Trustees for this.

Next week we will be having production pracitces every day. On Monday we will attend Burnside High School's production, 'The Twits'. Monday is also library day. Please return library books so that a new book can be issued.

Have a great weekend - may the weather be kind for the Garden Tour.

Gold Mathlete

This morning Kate received a Gold Mathletics certificate. Ka pai, Kate, this is a fantastic achievement.

Ruby ordered some books from the Scholastic Book Club and they arrived today. It was exciting watching Ruby open her box and show us the books she'd received. Enjoy your new books Ruby.

Term 3 Week 10 'Star of the Week'

This morning Jacky was named 'Star of the Week'.

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

Kate received a certificate at her Hockey prize giving. Congratulations, Kate, on being a great team player and improving in your hockey over the season.

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 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

Term 2 Week 8

Kate received a certificate at the school assembly.

Ka pai, Kate, we are proud of you.

This week's homework certificate was awarded to Marissa. Ka pai, Marissa, keep up the great work.

On Saturday Roisin is turning 7. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished her all the best as a 7 year old.

Term 2 Week 7 'Star of the Week'

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

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

We had lots of other things to celebrate as well:

Sirayah received her first Bronze Mathletics Certificate. Ka pai, Sirayah, keep up the great work.

Nicholas was named 'Player of the Day' after his rugby game. Ka pai, Nicholas, you played well.

I forgot to give out the homework certificates on Friday, so it was a long wait for the following: Neave, Bridget, Kate, Marissa and Samantha as well as Roisin who received the certificate. The standard of homework has risen and I am impressed with the sentences people are coming up with. You can have a break from spelling and sentences this week.

 

This morning our buddy class came to do some discussing and writing with us. This is in preparation for our character day next Tuesday (9 June). Last week you  received the Create a Character newsletter about this. Our buddies wrote some lists of characteristics of our made up character in our homework books. Please check the list to see what your child is planning to be. You are not expected to spend up large for this, but can use items you already have. If you have any questions about this day, please contact me.

On Thursday we plan to have our last hockey session (this is weather dependent). Please bring sports shoes and (girls) shorts to change into.

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

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 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.