BOOK WEEK ROOM 8

At the end of Book Week we all had great fun dressing up as our favourite book character. There were plenty of princesses in Room 8!

CURIOSITY, WONDERMENT AND AWE!
Room 8 have been entranced by the idea of castles, princes and princesses from the start of this year. We were lucky enough to have some really big , strong boxes come our way and decided to design and build a castle. We also looked at pictures of castles on the internet and drew up a list of properties that make castles what they are. We are very proud of our colour in pictures of castles and we have done some writing about the subject too.

Character Ed. - Skills for Growing.

In Room 7 we have:

• been enjoying the new iPad. We have to take turns, be patient, share and offer positive comments. It is full of maths, spelling, reading, music and matching activities.
  
• watched the Dr Seuss movie "Daisy-Head Mayzie" in which Mayzie finds that friends and family are more important than fame and money. You'll be pleased to know my class agreed.
  
• learned the meaning of a 'keepsake' when Connor made his Dad a lovely card with words he thought out carefully. He was proud of his Dad passing his Law exams and wanted him to have a card he could treasure.

On a lighter note -
Last week half my class learned they were 'male' !! We came across the word 'female' in a book and ALL 22 of my students thought they were female!!

Biosphere!

Room 10 investigated the biosphere as part of our Motuihe topic. Firstly we brainstormed and investigated what a scientist is and we came up with brilliant ideas! We researched Native NZ animals found on Motuihe in pairs and we grouped the flora and fauna on Motuihe into two groups - animals and plants.

Publishing our writing in Room 10

Some writing groups in Room 1o have been publishing their stories on the laptops. They are really enjoying this and they are becoming great typists!

A Glamour Shot:

Here are the Principal and Deputy Leader enjoying the Book Character Day.

Hire-a-Hubby and Bunnings combine forces to our benefit.

Junior School have seen the addition of extra seating today... they just seemed to appear!
Some big strong Hire-a-Hubby men appeared and did their magic for FREE!!!
We will feel the benefit of these seats every day.
Nathan suggested the winning whanau each week should get to eat lunch on the new seats - and I agree with you, Nathan.

Beats and Rhythms in Room 7.

Room 7 have enjoyed two different, yet similar music lessons with two different, yet similar teachers, recently! Mrs Johnson has enjoyed watching these teachers enjoy her class of fabulous children as much as she does!!! Way to go Room 7.

PLAYBALL in the Junior school

The great team of coaches from Playball kept the Juniors busy with ball skills for an hour today. The children were put into their class groups and moved around to each activity. There were five coaches, five groups of children and five teachers assisting. It was wonderful to see how each child participated with enthusiasm and enjoyment whilst learning and practicing great ball skills. We are looking forward to doing it all over again next week!