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!

Using our iPads for Inquiry

This term in Inquiry we have been thinking about healthy eating and other ways we can keep our self fit and healthy.  At the end of the term the children had to do an activity on their iPad using the skills they have learnt such as copy, paste and duplicate to show what they had learnt.  Here are three of the children at work on the task.

Samson copying an object.

Logan thinking about a choice.

Nate completing the activity. 

Logan's New Haircut

Logan came to school with a new haircut so he wrote about this during class writing time.  Here is Logan's story.

"In the weekend I went to Panmure.  I got a haircut."  Story and picture by Logan

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!

Team Assembly Certificates in Week 4 and 5

During Team Assembly Chevelle received her birthday certificate as she has turned 6.  Happy birthday Chevelle!  Logan has been helping others during maths to solve problems so he was the other certificate winner from Room 16.

In week 5 Chevelle was awarded another certificate for her acting in our class movie.  She did a good job listening to what she needed to do. Tupou has been trying hard to use the Pt England Way.  You have been kind to others Tupou which helps others be kind too.

Logan and Chevelle at Team Assembly. (Logan is 4th from the right and Chevelle 5th.)

Tupou (2nd from left) and Chevelle (3rd from left)  

Jump Jam At Friday Assembly

Each Friday members of different teams have been demonstrating ways you can get fit and have fun.  This Friday it was team one's turn to show everyone how we love doing Jump Jam.  Logan, Samson, Anne Marie and Siulua were the representatives from Room 16.  They sure got everyone up and enjoying doing Jump Jam proving you can have fun while exercising your body.

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

Healthy Lunches

Our Inquiry this term is about healthy eating and how our body works.  We took a look at some of our lunches and saw the healthy things the children are eating.  Good on Logan, Pene and Samson for bringing some healthy sandwiches, Kura for bringing some yummy strawberries, Anne Marie for bringing some milk to drink and Cyrus with his yoghurt.

Logan with his sandwich.

Pene enjoying his sandwich.

Anne Marie with her milk.

Samson with a sandwich.

Kura with her yummy strawberry.

Cyrus with his yoghurt.

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

Planning and Constructing A Marble Run

On the last day of term the children had fun using what they had learnt during Term 2 Inquiry to build a marble run.  They were soon busy planning and building, cutting and taping up boxes and bits and pieces.  The fun part was testing out the marble runs and looking at what other groups had made and getting the other groups to explain how they had made their marble run.  It was a fun end to our simple machines inquiry.

Many hands make light work - Chevelle, Anne Marie and Alazye 

Samson busy cutting up cardboard.

Maria making some tubes

Samson's finished marble run.

Anne Marie, Logan and Maggie with their marble run

 Anne

Siulua with her marble run

Testing the marble run

Lunch Box Heroes

Logan and Alexandra were lucky to get their names drawn out of the Lunch Box Heroes box this week.  They both bring lovely healthy lunches each day.

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

Using IPads in their Learning

Logan and Fateh having been using their iPads to complete reading activities.  Logan was asked to draw a picture of what the hungry hedgehog liked to eat and Fateh found he needed to take a picture to insert in his work.  Good work boys that you remembered the skills you needed to help with your reading activities.

Logan with his hedgehog picture.

Fateh with the photo he inserted in his work.

What Logan Likes For Breakfast

                          "I like to eat weetbix and Rice Bubbles." Story and picture by Logan

Logan's Duffy Certificate

Logan was the Room 16 Duffy Certificate winner for week 4.  He has been helping others solve maths problems in different ways and sharing his learning with the class.  Thank you also for sharing your new book with the class.

Lunch Box Heroes

Logan and Pene had their names drawn out of the Lunch Box Heroes box.  You need to be caught with a healthy lunch to be able to have your name in the draw and both Logan and Pene know all about healthy lunches.  Well done boys.  You have some more heathy food to add to your lunch boxes now.

Logan and Pene with their choice of fruit from the lunch box.

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Junior Kapa Haka Group, Fiafia 2018

Four children from Room 16 were in the Kapa Haka group.  Logan, Tupou, Samson and Pene performed and sang beautifully on the night.  They had learnt several waiata with the actions.  The boys looked like fearsome warriors while the girls danced beautifully.

Weaving a Fish.

Room 16 was host to the Mt Hobson visitors as it was too wet to go outside so we made a woven pattern on a fish with our visitors help. 

Samson with his fish

Logan and Maria learning how to weave with paper strips.

Team Assembly Certificate Winners

Logan and Samson have been working together on Maths problems.  They were Room 16's winners of the Team Assembly certificates last week.

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.