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.

Term 4 Week 5 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Congratulations to Nicholas who gained a Gold Mathletics certificate this morning. What a great effort, Nicholas.






This Week:
Production practices: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. These are progressing well. Today the children were given a copy of the songs we will be singing. Please help your child to learn these words.
Thursday: CRT - please bring your recorder.
Friday: Show Day - No School.

Looking ahead to Week 6 - we will be swimming every day. A notice went home last week with the times - Year 3s leave school at 9am, with Room 3 and Year 2s leave at 9:30am with Room 6. If you are able to help with changing after swimming please return the slip at the bottom of the notice.

Children may bring their gold coin for 'The Twits' performance to me any time. Please DO NOT take this to the office. Thanks.

Air Force Museum Visit

Today we visited the Air Force Museum. We had a fantastic time and learnt lots of things. A special 'Thank you' to the parents and grandparents who came with us and made the trip possible. The children were amazing and I am very proud of them. Check out these photos:

Lulu, Neave and Nicholas

Samuel, Bree, Marissa and Kempton

Chris demonstrating aerodynamics

Marissa and Bree were awarded homework certificates for great homework sentences last week. Ka pai,, girls, keep up the great work.

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.

Term 3 Week 6

At today's school assembly Nicholas received a certificate.

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

We have been learning about God being Present in the World. We have read the creation story from the Bible as well as a Maori creation story.

We have created art work to show one part of the story. Come into the classroom to see our masterpieces.

Harriet

Trinity

Natalia

Jacky

Sirayah

Lulu

A reminder that the Junior School will be attending 9am Mass on Sunday 30 August at Christ the King Church. Please meet outside Room 1 by 8:45am. Children are to wear full uniform.

Reading in Room 5

We enjoy sharing our reading books with each other. Sometimes we read to a buddy and sometimes we tell a buddy what our story is about. Check us out:

Preston and Ariana

Finn C and Marissa

Samantha and Nicholas

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Term 3 Week 6 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Yesterday Nicholas turned 7. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished him all the best for the coming year.

Congratulations to Natalia for gaining her first Silver Mathletics Certificate. Keep up the good work, Natalia.

Bridget has been awarded a certificate for outstanding homework.
Ka wani kei, Bridget, keep up this high standard.

This morning we made butterfly kites. We decided that kites don't 'fly' because they aren't controlled and they can't gain altitude under their own power. Check out our kites.

Remember to bring your green Knowledge-a-thon forms to school as soon as possible. The quiz will be on Friday.

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.

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 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 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.