Outstanding Attendance Awards

Four children from Room 16 received Outstanding Attendance Certificates at our last Team Assembly.  Alexandra, Anne Marie, Feiloaki and Samson came to school more than 90% of the days that school was open and their learning benefited from such regular attendance.

Team One Certificates

Feiloaki and Samson have been working hard to get work completed and filed so they were this weeks Team One Certificate winners.  Maggie has been listening to instructions to be able to try new techniques in Art and Maria has been working at learning her numbers and helping her group solve maths problems.  They received their certificates from last week.

Feiloaki, Samson, Maggie, Maria.

A Fonterra Treat!

A big thank you to Fonterra for the treats they gave the whole school yesterday.  Here are some of the children's story which show how much they appreciated their treat.

"I was waiting for the ice block and I liked the kiwi fruit and strawberry bit too.  I collected the rubbish in the rubbish bin."  Story and picture by Samson

"The ice block we had yesterday was yummy.  I liked the strawberry part and the kiwi part.  It was nice.  Thank you Fonterra."  Told to the teacher by Siulua

"We all got an ice block from Fonterra.  It was yummy strawberry and kiwi fruit.  We are lucky because Fonterra also give us milk.  We like the milk too."  Told to the teacher by Tupou

"Yesterday we got a kiwi and strawberry ice block from Fonterra.  It was really yummy and delicious.  We are lucky.'' Told to the teacher by Mariposa

Samson and Anne Marie.

Alexandra.

Anne Marie, Pene and Siulua.

Room 16 and 17 enjoy their ice blocks under the tree.

Maggie says, "Its yum!"

Tupou and Feiloaki say "Thanks Fonterra!"

Maria thinks strawberry and kiwi fruit ice blocks are yummy.

Now We Are Six.

October has been a busy month for birthdays in Room 16.  These four boys had their birthdays during the holidays and came back to school a whole year older.  Room 16 helped them celebrate with a birthday certificate.

Logan, Pene, Fateh and Feiloaki are now all six years old!

On Caterpillar Watch

Logan and Feiloaki on caterpillar watch.

Anne Marie looking closely to see if she can spot a caterpillar.

When the children have been drinking their milk outside, they have been eagerly watching to see if there are any caterpillars are on the swan plants.  Their patience has been rewarded and they have finally spotted some baby caterpillars.  They enjoy getting up close and watching them munch through the leaves.

I can see one!

Feeding the Eels

Today during Makerspace the children visited the eels again.  They were fascinated by the eels on their last visit and this time Tupou and Pene were brave and fed them.  Pene said "They have sharp teeth but they didn't bite me.  I touched Chompy, the eel.  He is getting bigger."  Tupou liked watching the eels swimming.

Siulua, Feiloaki, Pene and Tupou feeding the eels.

Our Fog Stories

Today it was rather foggy when the children arrived at school.  They looked across the playground and commented that the playground had disappeared so we used a photo I took as motivation for their writing.  There was some great ideas expressed.

"I can not see the playground because it is foggy today.  It is like the clouds have come down low" 

By Logan

"I can see a lot of fog all the way around the sun.  It looks like a ghost."

By Samson

"The fog has camouflaged the playground."

By Chevelle

"I can see the fog.  It is blocking the sun."

By Feiloaki

Our New Duffy Books

The children were very lucky to receive a new Duffy Book each just in time for the holidays.  They enjoyed sharing them with each other and look forward to sharing them with their whanau.

Nate, Joshua, Alexandra and Maria enjoying their new Duffy books

Alexandra, Maria, Chevelle and Alazye busy reading

Samson, Nate, Feiloaki and Logan engrossed in their books

Feiloaki's Duffy Certificate

Feiloaki has been trying hard with all his learning so he was this weeks Duffy Certificate winner.  Well done  Feiloaki, keep up the good work.  It is good to see you having a positive "I can" attitude towards your learning.

Our Eel Pictures And Stories

I touched the eels and the eels felt slimy.  We fed the eels and they were going slowly around their tank.  They have sharp teeth."  Story and picture by Samson

"I fed the eels with crab meat.  The have lots of sharp teeth."  Story and picture by Feiloaki

"I saw the eels.  They live in the water in a tank.  They are long and skinny."  Picture and dictated story by Kura 

"The eels live in a special tank.  We fed the eels and they have sharp teeth.  They ate crab meat and they are long and skinny."  Story and picture by Tupou 

"I saw an eel and it was slimy.  It lives in a tank." Picture and story by Logan

Picture by Joshua

                               

"I touched the eel.  It was black and long and slimy.  It had sharp teeth."  picture and dictated story by Cyrus

Rewards For Their Good Efforts.

Chevelle and Feiloaki were awarded the Room 16 Team One Assembly certificates for their efforts with their work.  Chevelle knows how to get on with tasks and she complete them. Feiloaki has been using a more positive "I can" attitude with his writing and reading.  Keep up the good work Chevelle and Feiloaki.

This is one of Feiloaki's stories about rippa rugby.

Working in Hyperstudio

Fateh and Feiloaki did some wonderfully detailed pictures in hyperstudio.

Fateh with his picture of a cat in an aeroplane.

Feiloaki with his elephant picture.

Immersion Assembly

On the first morning on each new term we have an immersion assembly to introduce the new Inquiry topic.  The theme this term is "I like to move it."  Mr Burt provided the children with motivation for their writing by skating in the hall.

"Mr Burt is skating on his skate board.  He is good at skating."  By Samson

"This morning Mr Burt was skating in the hall."  By Feiloaki

Wheels and Mufti Day

Being able to bring your own wheels to school and ride around the school made for an exciting lunchtime.  Wearing mufti made it a special Friday.

Room 16 in mufti

Siulua, Maggie, Anne Marie and Alazye

Pene, Feiloaki and Mariposa about to set off for a ride.

Joshua, Alexandra and Anne Marie

Gathering for a ride.

Alexandra ready to roll.

Alphabet Eggs

Nate, Mariposa and Feiloaki  had fun matching the upper and lower case alphabet letters on eggs.  They discovered that you had to look carefully to match the letters and the egg puzzle pieces.  "These eggs make me think of Easter eggs," said Nate.

Friday Rotations

We continued our Friday rotations and the children are enjoying going to different teachers and learning different skills.

Nate used felt pens to add detail to his fish.

Fateh decorating his rainbow fish.

Art work by Siulua and Feiloaki.

Looking At Our Lunch Boxes

After the visit by the Dental Therapists we had a look at our lunch boxes and look a photo of what we thought was healthy in our lunch boxes.  Then the children drew a picture of what they thought should be in a healthy lunch.

Anne Marie knows what a healthy snack looks like.

What a healthy lunch Feiloaki!

Chevelle draw some fruit for a healthy lunch.

Using our iPads

We are learning to copy and paste and we did a maths activity using our skills.

Logan, Pene, Fateh, Feiloaki and Maggie doing a maths activity.

Duplo Building on a Wet Day

It was wet and stormy so the children had to find tasks to do inside at lunchtime.  Building with the Duplo was a popular choice with a boat, plane and a skyscraper being made.

Fateh with his boat.

Fateh and Samson.

Feiloaki made a plane.