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.

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 'Star of the Week'

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

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

Lots of Room 5 people play sport over the weekend. On Saturday Jessica received the 'Player of the Day' cup for her netball team. Patrick was named 'Player of the Day' for his rugby team.

Neave competed in a Highland Dancing competition.

Congratulations to these people and everyone who played sport this weekend.







A reminder that our Character Day is upon us. Tomorrow (09.06) we will come to school dressed as a character of our imagination. I am looking forward to seeing who turns up in Room 5 in the morning. We are going to have a fun day being someone new and writing with our buddies.

Homework this week is spelling and basic facts. Both lists will be tested on Friday. Reading will be a little different - we have chosen our own groups and a Maori legend to read. We will be working on this for the week and presenting our legend to the rest of the class later in the week.
On Thursday we will have recorder lessons.

Term 2 Week 7

 Patrick was presented with a certificate at today's school assembly.

Ka pai, Patrick, we are proud of you.

We have been learning about symmetry. This has provided us with some challenges, but also lots of discussion. We have been trying to work out lines of symmetry for capital letters. We discovered that 10 letters have no lines of symmetry, 4 have two lines and 12 have one line of symmetry. Check out these photos of us working out the lines of symmetry:

Lulu and Jessica

Trinity and Zofia

Jacky and Preston

Samuel and Finn C

A reminder about the Character Day on Tuesday 9 June. Keep thinking about what your character looks like, their emotions, what they like and what they do. I am looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
Enjoy the weekend - keep warm.

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

Term 2 Week 1

Welcome back to school. It was lovely to see everyone this morning and to catch up on the holidays. Sounds like everyone has had a good break. This is an eleven week term, so it should be a little more relaxed than last term.

Today we celebrated two milestones that occurred during the holidays:


Patrick turned 7 on 12 April, so we sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished him all the best for the coming year.

Lulu gained her first Silver Mathletics certificate - ka pai, Lulu.

This morning we wrote about our holidays. Here we are sharing our recounts with a buddy:

Ariana and Bridget

Finn C and Samantha

Lulu and Ruby

Patrick and Kate

This week we will be focusing on ANZAC Day and what that means. We will be reading a different ANZAC poem each day and this will be part of the reading homework. Spelling homework also begins again.
There will be NO school assembly on Friday as the Senior Syndicate is on camp at Hanmer Springs.

Term 1 Week 7 'Star of the Week'

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

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

The Homework Certificate went to Declan. Ka pai, Declan, keep up the good homework.

Congratulations to Patrick for getting his first Bronze
Mathletics Certificate.

Term 1 Week 5 Assembly Certificate and Other News

At today's School Assembly Trinity received a certificate.

Ka pai, Trinity, we are proud of you.

This morning the Fantail Reading Group presented a play, Lucky Dip. They did a great job and spoke clearly so we could hear. Well done to: Gabrielle, Kate, Ariana and Marissa.

We had two things to celebrate today: more Bronze Mathletics certificates and great homework sentences.

Congratulations to: Lulu, Neave, Nicholas, Roisin and Marissa, Bronze Mathletes.

Congratulations too, to: Bridget, who had the best homework,

and to Declan, Gabrielle, Marissa, Samantha, Ariana and Kate for their homework.

Patrick had an exciting afternoon, spending time with Andy and Ben from the Crusaders. That's Andy's signature on Patrick's arm.

Looking ahead to Week 6:

Monday: Library 

Tuesday and Thursday: Run, Jump, Throw - please bring sports shoes and shorts to change into

Friday: School Assembly

Room 5 News

Ka pai to Finn C,  Samuel, and Kate who received their first Bronze Mathletics Certificate this morning.

Last night was the last game of Touch Rugby for the season. Well done to Patrick, Gabrielle and Neave who have had a fantastic season.

Term 1 Week 4 'Star of the Week'

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

Congratulations, Jessica, it's great to have you in Room 5.

Today we had our last swim session. It was a busy but fun session of water safety. We were in small groups and had four different things to do: make waves and a whirl pool, ride in a rubber dinghy, jump in the pool and swim with life jackets on, and jump in the pool fro the starting blocks and move down the pool by pulling along the side. We were all buzzing on the way back to school.

Check out this link for some photos:

Swimming Feb 2015

Remember to bring sports shoes and, for some girls, shorts for the first of our Run, Jump, Throw sessions tomorrow.

Term 1 Week 2

Congratulations to Patrick, who is 2015's first 'Star of the Week'.
Ka pai, Patrick, it's great to have you in Room 5.

This week we will continue to establish our routines. I am very impressed with the way everyone is picking them up. We read this morning, so everyone will have a book to read tonight.

Our school assembly will be on Thursday 12 February at 2:15pm. This is because the Middle and Senior Syndicates will be competing in the school swimming sports on Friday, our usual assembly time.

Today a blue swimming notice was sent home. The notice was also sent by email. The form only needs to be returned if you are able to help with changing room supervision. 

Please ensure your child brings a named uniform polar fleece to school, even on warm days. The weather can change quickly, as we saw today, and some children were feeling the cold.

Looking ahead to next week: on Monday 23 February we will have a 'Meet the Teacher' evening. This will start at 7pm with an important talk about the Writing Programme we will be using this year. Meet in the hall for this talk, then you can meet in your child's classroom.

I am looking forward to a great week with these amazing children.