Sunday, September 30, 2018

End of Term 3

Congratulations to Hayan for receiving the full school certificate this week.
Well done!

Congratulations to all our "1 Summer" Room 16 nominees and Category winners !

We said goodbye to Miss Muir this week, the children were sad to see her go as they have enjoyed her  being in our class.  We had lots of fun learning about Non-Newtonian Liquids - Ooblek, and conducted the sink float test in the classroom and then the Push, Pick up, Shape and Pour test out on the field.  Remember if you want to make some more at home 

the Ratio is 2 : 1 (1 cup of cornflour to 1/2 cup of water).

We enjoyed playing T -Ball Rounders against Room 21 and definitely improved our game from one game to the next.  We are looking forward to more games next term.

We finished the term presenting plays to the class.  The characterization used in these plays was much further developed than in Term One, thanks to the experience the children have gained by participating in 1 Summer.

     



   

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  


Thursday, September 6, 2018

Term 3 Mid Term update!

Congratulations to our Certificate Winners this term, very deserving - keep up the great work!

Thanks to some technological issues and an extremely busy term, updates have not been as regular as usual - here are a few photos from the last few weeks.

Production has been moving along nicely with most of Room 16 involved.  Those not involved have been creating  in Visual Art in Room 23 with Mrs Jowett.  Everyone has been focused on the task at hand and it has been so awesome to see the talent in Room 16 -  both on stage and off.  I hope everyone has purchased their tickets!

In between production, we have been busy learning about 12 and 24 hour time and solving problems using both in Maths.  We are also focusing on Fractions this term.  We have done some fantastic retell writing of Rapunzel with a New Zealand twist.  Some really creative ideas have included in the children's writing.

In Visual Art the children had to identify images that reflected themselves and create a collage with their chosen images.  Next they had to use a viewfinder to choose a small square of their collage to enlarge and paint using watercolours.  It would be lovely to see you in the classroom if you are able to pop in and view - Room 16 are very proud of their efforts.

Calendar Art has been the recent art focus and the children have worked very very hard to learn some new techniques to create a truly pleasing piece -  they will be amazing as calendars!

For the first half of the term we focused on Skipping for Fitness - enjoyed by all - well done to all the skippers that mastered new skills.

For the last few weeks we have been doing Bootcamp -  lots of fun and laughs!

Congratulations to all the Cross Country runners - Room 16 had 6 - 7 in the top 10 which is a great effort.

Lastly, we welcome Ms Muir back into Room 16 next week - she will be working with us for the rest of the term on student placement from AUT.



Trash to Treaure Travelwise Day - what a great effort Room 16, you all looked awesome 


     


           



  Kahui Ako - Outstanding Browns Bay!


      


Building structures to learn about the centre of gravity






          







   

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Tongue Twisters by Room 16

Have a go at saying these aloud three times each!  This is just a small selection our work!

Lazy Letty Lawrence and late Lilly Looter liked lacy leather lions.
They also loved little Liam, lucky laughing Liam.
If lazy Letty Lawrence and late Lilly Looter loved little Liam lucky laughing Liam, where’s the little Liam lazy Letty Lawrence and late Lilly Looter loved?
By Abi


Little, lucky, laughing Lilly licked her lovely lemon lolly.
Did little, lucky, laughing Lilly light the lantern like a lovely litter lady.
If you see little, lucky, laughing Lilly tell her not to be a loud, lovely litter lady!
By Alicia


On Thursday Thomas took tacos from the Tangled store from the Talking Toilets.
The thieves took one of the Tacos teeth.
If the teeth and the taxi thieves took the taco’s teeth where are the tacos teeth?
By Thomas


Tala Tiger took twelve turquoise toadstools to Turkey to teach Tuataras how to twist tinsel around toast till Tia Tuatara took a tadpole to class.  Tala tried too till the twelve toadstools left. Should Tala the tiger have taken twelve turquoise toadstools to Turkey to teach Tuataras?
By Susie


Super slow snails slither up the sack.  The slow snails hear a sound and shiver so decide to turn back.  The slow snails start to shake so hide in the sack. Should the slow, shivering snails go back into the sack?
By Sofia

Lucky Lily loves little lollies. Lucky Lily saw a lonely little lady.  Then why didn't lucky Lily put the Lonely Little lolly in her little lucky mouth?

By La Reina


Matthew McDonald made a mystery monster in the Multiverse and made them eat muffins too. Mystery monsters are magnificent in Multiverse mysteries multiplied by metall moons.  Matthew made a mystery Multiverse out of muffin mystery monsters.

By Matthew

Week 1 and 2 Term 3

Congratulations to the following children for receiving certificates, 
their recent work has really stood out - well done guys!



Well it is already the end of Week 2 and we have been  non stop busy since school returned last week. With Production rehearsals beginning last week and the work leading up to the Kahui Ako performance last night for 11 students of Room 16, time is flying along.

In Maths we have been working hard understand the language of probability and working out systematic ways of recording all possible outcomes to an event.  In writing, we have written recounts, poetry, diary entries and played around with alliteration and tongue twisters.

We have also had fun building spaghetti and marshmallow structures and learning about the center of gravity, following this with some building challenges of our own.  Photos to follow next week.

Lately we have been skipping for fitness most days - this week we started using the class rope and running in and out of a moving rope - a challenge for some of us but we mastered it!

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Mrs Scanlan


Thursday, July 12, 2018

Independent Reading suggestions Year 5

Hi Parents and Caregivers

It was lovely to see so many of you at conferences last week!  I had many conversations around suitable reading suggestions for this age group so I have added a couple of links below  that may be helpful.

https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-lists-for-ks2-school-pupils/suggested-reading-list-for-year-5-pupils-ks2-age-9-10/

http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/aotearoa-reads-details/50-new-zealand-books-every-kid-should-read-by-age-12

https://www.whitcoulls.co.nz/top-listings/kids-top-50

Hope you are enjoying the holidays :)



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Week 10

Congratulations to Matthew for receiving the full school certificate - keep up the good work!

Congratulations also to our super swimmers!  Well done girls!

Pogoing - such fun and an opportunity to take some risks and work together.
  
   

Thanks Room 16 for a great term of learning with lots of fun thrown in.  My highlights have definitely been our Enrichment Unit and the day we spent creating our protypes.  Amazing art too - I am so proud of the Art you produce.  Well done!

Congratulations to the Room 16 students who won drama roles in 1 Summer.  Even if you did not gain a speaking role, I know what ever Room 16 students are involved in, that they will be amazing!!
Happy holidays everyone!

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Week 9

Congratulations to Matthew for receiving a special certificate this week!
Keep up the good work.

So proud of Room 16 today.  We have had a fantastic day or creating, problem solving and working together, sharing resources and helping each other out with holding things and making suggestions.  This has been a wonderful way to finish our learning around animal enrichment.  Thank you to all parents that helped their child gather materials.  We had enough of everything and we are all proud of what we have created from our designs.  Thank you Miss Hewitt and Mr Mulchay for visiting us today.