Man vs Wild - Building Bridges

Room 10 and 11's New Space

Wow!  Room 10 and 11 are really loving our new classroom with the big open space.  We are working together and learning from each other.  It is lots of fun!

Muesum and Planetarium Visit

Room 10 and 11 have been learning about Matariki and the Solar System. Our trip was the perfect way to find out more about both of these topics. At the Muesum we had a turn at playing traditional maori games like poi, string, rakau and knuckle bones. We also went to the Planetarium and were shown the night sky and discovered new things about all the stars and planets that we had been learning about at school.

Maths Time in Room 10 and Room 11

We have been learning about time in Room 10 and Room 11 the last two weeks.  Today we had to complete  a rich task that connected to our Matariki breakfast we are having tomorrow....

This is some of the answers we came up with...

Writing Time in Room 11

Room 11 have been working hard at writing time. We have made a book with our story, hope you enjoy Peta's story!!

Literacy Week

What a great start to our Literacy Week today.  We started the day with the formal opening of our new school library.  Kaumatua, Reimana Johnson said a karakia and the Kapa Haka sang a special Waiata.

We had a literacy quiz, where we answered questions about the book 'Hairy Maclary From Donaldson's Dairy' and when a special song played over the speaker everyone had to Stop, Drop and Read.

Quick Writes...

I see lovely books.

I see a silly Joke Book.

I hear Daily Five Boxes getting taken off the shelves.

I feel silly because I read a silly book.

I wonder what books other people have.

By Zeal.

I see amazing books.

I see Good Fit books being read.

I hear jazzy music.

I fell smart because books make you smart.

I wonder if everyone has a Good Fit book.

By Carlo.

Don't forget to look on your bookshelves at home for books you no longer want and bring them along to our Book Fair to sell or swap. 

Open Afternoon is on Wednesday, where parents and grandparents can come along and join in the fun literacy activity that Room's 10 and 11 have planned...there may be some lions lurking...

Friday is going to be loads of fun with dress up, dress as your favourite book character, and the Hiwi the Kiwi Performance.

 Wow it was so nice to see Mr Dixon in our new library reading us a Paul Jennings book today.  

We love the way he uses some of the children's names as the characters in the story.

Well done Carlo...you won a prize from our Literacy Quiz on Monday.

We love hearing the jokes from your new Joke book.

Here we are heads down for another day of Literacy Quizzes...I wonder who will win today.

Mrs Aldridge and Miss Carswell are helping children to choose books to buy from the Book Fair.

Remember to keep those donations coming in and bring along a coin to buy or maybe swap a book.

Friday Challenge

On Friday Room 10 and Room 11 had a challenge to complete, they had only a few materials to make a ramp for a ball to run down. The winner was the team that made the ball roll the furtherest!