Poetry recital

Our poetry finalists- Manearose, Ka and Ong Manout made us really proud.  They remembered their poems, added actions, spoke clearly and wowed the audience.

Our Author- Eric Carle

We have been learning about author/illustrator Eric Carle. 

He has written and illustrated some very well known stories like The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider, The Mixed Up Chameleon, The Bad-Tempered Ladybird and many others.

The Very Busy Spider

The very busy spider made her web, she didn't make a sound but kept working hard.  All the other animals wanted to play but she only wanted to catch a fly and she did.

We made the web and caught a few 'flies' too.

We made a book cover for The Bad-Tempered Ladybird using some of Eric Carle's painting techniques.  This will be displayed in the library.

We really enjoyed reading his books and wrote a big book based on his story, 

The Mixed-Up Chameleon.

Sewing

Needle in, needle out, over, under and we have made a stitch.  

We are learning to stitch and this week we have learned to do knots, thread the needle and make straight stitches across the hessian so we can make a border.  It will take us a few weeks of hard work and patience before we can finish!

Let's Go Shopping

We are learning about money so we decided to go shopping to see what we could buy from the play shop.

The shopkeepers had to give us the correct change and we had to make sure that we knew how much change we should get back.

There were so many choices, from ice-cream to strawberries to hamburgers.  We had to be very wise with our choices so we could get what we wanted.  Lots of us spent our money on junk food!!!!

Cross country finals

What a busy, fun term we have had.  It was the cross country time as well.  We had practised every morning and we were ready for the finals.  When Mrs Mitchell said, "get set, go", we sprinted as fast as our legs could go.  We had to run twice around the field and were very tired at the end.

The 7 year old girls ready to start.  Adalene came 3rd in the 7 year old girls race.

Julius came first in the 8 year old boys race.

The 8 year old boys ready for their race.

Ong Manout  came 3rd in his race.

Musika came 2nd in the 8 year old boys race.

Congratulations Madisyn

Madisyn was so excited to receive 3rd placing in the junior speech finals.  She was very nervous at the beginning but she had practised her speech and she delivered her speech beautifully with lots of smiles.

Madisyn with her certificate for winning 3rd place.

Madisyn getting her cerificate from Mrs Vickers.

The Speech Finalists

Our speech finalists showed a lot of courage as they stood and delivered their speech to the audience.  They looked at the audience, spoke clearly and remembered their speeches.  We are so proud of them.

Madisyn, Reality and Jordan

Jordan delivering his speech on dinosaurs.

Reality with her speech on her pet dog,Blue.

Madisyn, telling us all about toys and her favourite remote control car.

France Update

Some interesting facts that we have learned about France:

• They spend a lot of time cooking.
• They have yummy desserts.
• Croissants and baguettes are French breads that we can buy readily in shops here.
• They make 350 different types of cheeses from goat, sheep and cow's milk.
• They like to eat snails and frog legs.
• Paris is known as the fashion capital of the world.
• Beret hat is a world famous French hat.
• Asterix and Obelix and Tintin are famous comic book characters.

Our presenters: Reality, Madisyn, Julius, Adalene, Manearose and Jairus

Photo by Diego

Snag Golf

We have been really lucky as we have been given the opportunity to play Snag Golf with Shannon. Some basic steps to remember before we can hit the ball:

• arms straight
• feet pointing forwards
• hands together
• Say "snag" loudly when we hit the target.

It has been so much fun and we have learned so many skills already.  Some of us are so good at hitting the target that the multipurpose room rings with "snag" sounds.

Sunipa aiming for her target while Sione and Shannon look on

Myron Simpson, the famous cyclists Visits Us at our Duffy Assembly

Myron is a famous New Zealand cyclists who came to visit us and share his experiences. He told us about his cycling, his business and his travels around the world.  He has visited 25 countries in almost all the continents.  It was amazing to know that he could lift his bike with his pinky finger because it is so light!!!  

Photos by Sebastian

Bonjour

As part of Rugby World Cup 2015, we have chosen to learn about France.  Sione, 

Ong Manout, Sebastian and Musika presented our findings at the junior syndicate assembly. 

Some Facts about France:

• Eiffel Tower, Arc De Triomphe, Notre Dame and Louvre Museum are some of the famous landmarks.
• Paris is the capital of France.
• France is in Europe.
• 60 million people live in France.
• The flag of France is red, white and blue.
• Mount Blanc is the highest mountain in France and in Europe.

For some fun facts visit: www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/countries/france.html

photo by Madisyn

Merci (Thank You)

Collaborative Writing

We decided to try collaborative writing this week in our class.  In our teams, we all started to write our own story but after a few minutes, we had to pass our story to another team member so they could continue with our story.  Some of the stories were really funny!!

Daffodil Day

We had a challenge this week to create a daffodil with a stalk so it could be displayed in a vase.  We had to think fast and hard and this is what we created.  

Sebastian adding the final touches to his daffodil with support from Tukotahi and Sunipa.

Field of daffodils

Red Socks Award

The Leadership Award

 Congratulations to Sebastian who got the leadership award from our class.  He is a quiet student who is always happy to help his classmates.  He takes on leadership role in groups and makes sure that everyone knows what they are doing.  He received red socks as a symbol for Sir Peter Blake's Leadership award

Luisa was selected by Mrs Vickers  as another red socks recipient.

 

The Junior Skip Off

What an excitement to the build up of the skip off!  We prasticed so hard and it was so hard to choose three skippers to represent our class.  Alavine, Leasharnea and Julius were our finalist from room 5.

Congratulations to Leasharnea for getting the second place and Julius for the third place.

Dayton was our most improved skipper.

Art Way

Room 5's Wall of Art

Enjoy walking down our wall of art in the hallway outside our classroom.

A closer look at our recycled newspaper flowers in their pots.

Thank the Sponser for Duffy Books in Schools

Mr Jarvis has been sponsoring Duffy Books in our school for a very long time.  We would like to thank him for all the books he has paid for so we could have them at home.

Thank You, Mr Jarvis

Room 5 Rocks at the Assembly

This week was our first syndicate assembly and we were so excited.  We shared, we sang, we played the musical instruments and  WE HAD SO MUCH FUN!

We shared our pastel art.

We Sang:

Beat the drum, beat the drum, beat the drum this way, sounding really good now, play it through the day

Shake the shaker, shake the shaker, shake the shaker this way, sounding really good now, play it through the day

About me

We have been learning about ourselves, our whanau, where we live (Panmure and Glen Innes).  Next we are going to look at our city of Auckland and our country, New Zealand.

Buzz Groups

One of our key competencies is Participating and Contributing.  Here we are in our buzz groups sharing our news and listening to our team mates news.

We are starting to ask some questions too.

We have been busy painting

We are learning different techniques of painting so we brought out the paintbrushes, marbles, bubble wrap and our hands!

Marble Painting: We rolled marbles on blobs of paint, it was s much fun racing the marbles and we created beautiful artwork as a result.

Our self portraits: We made hand prints and then painted our bodies.

For this art work, we had to blend the paints first to make the background.  We then used bubble wrap to make patterns on our butterfly.

Swimming 2015

Our swimming lessons are well under way.  The instructors are now gone, teaching us lots of new skills.  We are now practising them so we can swim even better.

We are so lucky to have free lessons and a pool to practise.

Look at Kate, Madisyn and Demetreouz go!