Celebrating Together

We had a great day celebrating all our learning together at Prize Giving.  It is so hard having to just choose two awards for each class when everyone has been working hard. 

Celebrating with the prize winners

A very happy AJ

Filipo with his lei

Ace with his leis

Filipo, Harmeny, Paaka, Mrs Dwyer and Kalylah

Reading to Mrs Wilson

Aie Sorn and Harmeny have both turned 6 years old and they went and read with Mrs Wilson.  They both received certificates for doing a good job with their testing.

Aie Sorn proudly shows off her reading certificate

Harmeny did a fabulous job too

Harmeny's Duffy Certificate

Harmeny did her best at her recent reading test so she was this weeks Duffy certificate winner.

Recent Team Certificates

Kalylah with her spelling award

Harmony, Third from the right

Kalylah fifth from the left

Harmeny tried hard in Taekwon Do.

Corenilias did a lovely painting of a bear while Khittamai did some great reading for his test.

An Exciting Outing

It was an exciting outing going to see ourselves on the big screen at Sylvia Park for the Manaiakalani Film Festival.  Year Four buddies looked after us on the buses and in the theatre.

All ready to go

Tevita looking after Ofili (right)

Khittamai (left)

Harmeny with her big sister

AJ (right) and Hitelenisia (left)

Harmeny is a Lunch Box Hero

Harmeny is a lunch box hero and she chose some yummy pears.  I hope you enjoyed it with your family, Harmeny.

Gardening at Makerspace

Our class garden looks very bare.  During Makerspace this week the children started to dig up the soil so that we can plant something in the garden.  I wonder if we will plant some flowers or will we plant some beans like Jack and the Beanstalk?  Watch this space to see what we plant.

Harmony with her gardening gloves on using a folk to try and break up the soil.

 

Cinderella Stories

AS our Inquiry topic incorporates fairy tales we have started learning about the fairytale Cinderella.  There are different stories based on Cinderella but we all liked the traditional tale best.  Here are some of our stories.

"Cinderella's step sisters were going to the ball.  They were not kind to Cinderella.  Then the Fairy Godmother turned her dress into a beautiful dress with glass shoes."  Story and picture by Kalylah

"Cinderella went to the ball in a golden coach.  The coach driver took Cinderella to the ball."  Story and picture By Mele


"Cinderella looked at the time.  It was 12 o'clock.  She had to leave quickly because the magic began to run out."  By A J

"Cinderella went to the ball.  She had a beautiful dress and glass slippers."  By Aie Sorn

"Cinderella had two unkind stepsisters and a step mother.  They made Cinderella clean the house.  She cleaned the house for ever."  By Utukura

"Cinderella went to the ball.  She danced with the Prince.  They got married."  By Harmeny
 

Makerspace Fun

Cutting out shapes and sticking them in patterns was a fun occupation at Makerspace this week.  The children found a bit of help from Mr Vogt was welcome when it came to cutting.

Harmeny showing her work.

Mele busy cutting out a shape

Ace and Mr Vogt.

Utukura concentrating on the job at hand.

Wet Day Activities

On wet days the children like to get out different activities.  Utukura and Paaka made a zoo for all the animals and Harmeny made pizza shapes out of the magnetic triangles.

Utukura and Paaka's zoo.

Harmony experimenting with the magnetic triangles.

Harmeny's Duffy Certificate

Harmeny collected her Duffy Certificate from term 1.  She had listened carefully to the swimming coach and made a big improvement in her swimming confidence.

Team One Certificate Winners For Week 3 Term 2

Sometimes it is hard to try new things.  When you are brave and try new things you sometimes find it wasn't so hard and it really was fun.  That is what Aie Sorn and Harmeny found at Kiwi sport yesterday.  They persevered, were able to do some tricky things and ended up having fun.  Well done girls for being brave.

Harmeny ( third on the left ) with Aie Sorn standing next to her.

Aie Sorn (on the left) and Harmeny showing their certificates

Making the Year One Area

We went and watched the workmen putting up a fence to enclose the Year One playing area.  The workmen needed to dig big holes to put the fence posts up but it didn't take long before there was a fence and gates making us a nice safe area.

Khittamai shows us the big holes for the posts.

Harmeny and Corenilias at the gate to the new Year One area.

Writing About the Duffy Assembly

Filipo with his story.  His picture shows the box of Duffy books with 16 on it.

"I got my Duffy book in the Assembly.  Me and Ofili got the box."

Isabella with her story and picture.

"I like the Duffy books.  The Duffy books are cool."


"At Assembly we got a box of Duffy books.  Thank you Dominion Constructors."  Dictated to the teacher by Harmeny

Lunch Box Heroes

Room 16 had two children's names pulled out of the Lunchbox heroes box this week.  Harmeny was very brave and she went up on the stage to show the pineapple that she chose out of the cupboard.  Aie Sorn was too shy and Filipo was very kind to her and comforted her so she could have her photo taken.

Harmeny with her pineapple.

Filipo with Aie Sorn

Week 5 Stars of Team Assembly

Hineiturama and Harmeny were the Week 5 stars of the team one assembly.   Hineiturama has been trying hard to complete iPad tasks by listening carefully to the instructions while Harmeny has been listening hard so that she can finish her learning tasks  Well done girls.

Learning How To Play A Game

As part of our first weeks activities we learnt how to play games, being patient and taking turns.  The children enjoyed a memory type game called "Shopping".  Working with a buddy, they had to turn over two tiles then check their shopping list to see if the tiles were on their list.  If the tiles were on their list, they were then placed in their shopping trolley.  Harmeny and Sia worked well together and were the winners.

Khittamai trying hard to remember where a tile was.

Darren and Ace trying to make a choice.

And the winners were Sia and Harmony.

Four new Buddies

Four new buddies have joined Room 16 this year.  Welcome to Pt England Hineiturama, Harmeny, Khittamai and Utukura.

(Left to right) Hineiturama, Harmeny, Khittamai and Utukura with their new book bags