Term 3 Already Wow!

Last week was Read-a-thon week and we had to read as much as we could and get sponsors to pay us.  On Friday we had Pyjama Day.  Mrs Phillips was so busy and had so much fun she forgot to take the photos!!  We looked: amazing, tired, epic, awesome, cool, sleepy, fantastic, great and magnificent in our PJ's and Onesies.  Mrs Phillips wore her big, long, apricot dressing gown.  Many of us also wore our slippers.  We had lots of bedtime stories and some children brought their favourite books and toys to share.  It made lots of us very sleepy especially at the end of the day and Mrs Phillips said "Good Night Room 16!"
Our new topic is about the Commonwealth Games and each morning we look at the number of medals we have won.  We are watching the 17 different sports results.  This morning we had 21 medals.
In Maths we are talking about left and right and turns. It is called Transformation.
We have been training for the Cross Country by running laps at school.  Many of us are nearly ready to get the 100 Lap Certificate.  The day has been postponed until next Tuesday, 5th August.  See the Newsletter for the race times.
Last week Mr Weepers came and taught us about Circle Time and Bubble time.  We think they are both a good idea and are using them a lot.
At Storytime we are publishing our holiday stories.  You can come in and read them.
In the holidays lots of seats and steps and a tree have been taken out out ready for the new Learning Centre to be started soon - we hope!

There's Something A Bit Fishy Going On Here!

Room 16 and Room 17 draw the fish.

What does the shape and colours of the fish tell you about them?

So that's what the inside of a salmon looks like!

Look at the eyes and the colours and the shape of this fish.  What is it?

Do these sea creatures have the things you need to be called a fish?

Matariki Cloak

Last Friday R16 and r17 spent the afternoon together talking about Matariki.  Do you like this great cloak we made?  It is outside our rooms in the corridor.
Our fish topic is just about finished.  Tibs will go home this week.  Thank you to the Orchiston family for sharing him with us.  We made fish with weaving just before Miss Penwarden left us.  We have finished our fish books and they will go into our Time to Shine books.
Yesterday we had a lock down practice. We all went into Mrs Phillips' Office and she read us a book.  When Mr Galloway came to tell us it was safe he couldn't find us.  He thought we were in the library corner.
This Friday it is Ice Skating night.  There will be a disco ball, lights, food for tea, dressed up characters and prizes for the colouring contest.  We are looking forward to it!
Our Learning Detectives came yesterday to tell us about the Read-a-thon.  There will be packs going home soon.  We need to get sponsors in the holidays.  We read next term and give the money to the school to buy books for the new library.
The lovely Rosa is finally back from her holiday.  We are very pleased to see her and she has grown heaps taller.  We are all very jealous of the fun things she has done and places she has been.

Kate Rice Visits Us to Talk About Our Fish Topic.

Kate asks us what would happen if there were no phytoplankton or seaweed left in the sea.

Making a food web was very tricky because so many things ate the same food.

Remember Monday 2nd June is a holiday for the Queen's Birthday.

The Fonterra day with the Highlanders was: magnificent, amazing, fantastic, epic, fabulous, lots of fun, cool, great and super.  We didn't have pizza, we had Pitta Pit instead.  We also had the two big milk tankers.
On Monday is was icy and snowy so we got a holiday.  On Tuesday it was still icy so we had a late start.  We hope all our Mums and Dads have seen the newsletter with the information about what to do when it is snowy.  It is also on the school website if you missed the newsletter this week. Come and see me or other staff if you want more information.
Electives start today (Friday 30th May). Yeah! We are all looking forward to them and feeling very excited - we call it tino nanawe in Maori!
We really liked getting a comment on our blog from Rosa.  She told us she had been to Disneyland and was now in Italy.  We were going to email her back but don't have an address.  If you read this Rosa, send Mrs Phillips an address.  We hope you are still having fun, we do miss you.
Our fish topic is going well.  Tibs is still here and Mrs King made fish with us last week.
On Tuesday a show came to school.  It was called Rap-unzel.  We thought it was amazing and hilarious.
Mrs Phillips had another great time listening to us read.  She has turned the five reading groups into four.  She thought our reading was incredible but we still need to work on our comprehension to answer all the questions.

Fonterra and Highlanders Assembly Last week

This is very funny, isn't is?

Leo's Goldfish Visits

 Leo had help from his Dad and his brother to bring in his goldfish for a visit.  It is so old they cannot remember his name so we called him Goldie.  He has a much bigger tank at home but he liked this tank for the day and we put him beside Tibs who is still here.
We are enjoying having Miss Penwarden in our class.  She is here for four weeks.  She is very helpful, kind and nice.
The Fonterra milk people are going to give us free lunch this Friday.  We are getting milk, pizza and fruit.  The Highlanders, the Mayor and the

T.V. people are all coming too.  We will have a competition to see how fast we can fold milk cartons. 
There are more clubs and activities at lunchtimes this term.  We particularly like Mrs King's choir and Construction Club.
Electives will be starting soon.  We were able to choose three things from a list.  We will find out our groups soon.  It is very exciting.
For Cultural swap we are going to Room10 with Mrs Spencer and we do Drama.  You sometimes have to talk, act without talking, or move around.