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.

Duffy Certificate Term 4 Week 1

Maggie wrote a lovely thank you card after our visit to the Zoo.  Maggie took care in making her card the best she could.  She found, and wrote very neatly, all the words she needed and she did a beautiful picture.  Well done Maggie for such a nice way to say thank you.

Maggie on stage with her Duffy Certificate.

 

National ShakeOut Day

On National ShakeOut Day we practised what to do in the event of an earthquake.  When the school sounded the alarm the children promptly remembered to "Drop, Cover, Hold".  They dropped on to the floor and quickly moved under the nearest desk and held onto a desk leg to prevent it moving off them.  It was a drill that was carried out quickly and without fuss.  We then thought about the fact that an earthquake might happen when we were outside and Nate was able to demonstrate how we could keep safe outside.

Maggie practising "Drop, Cover, Hold".

Tupou and Nate under a table.

Practising a "Turtle" position outside.

"Put Your Rubbish In The Right Bin."

At Team Assembly we have been talking about the need to "put your rubbish in the right bin" and the consequences to our environment if we just let our rubbish blow into the creek or down to the beach.  This was motivation for Samson, Maggie and Alexandra to write about why we need to put our rubbish in the right bin.

"I had to sweep the bay.  My brother had to help me.  My Mum came to look at the rubbish and she saw it was cleaned."
Picture and story by Alexandra

"The rubbish goes to the sea and to the fish.  The fish eat the rubbish.  The fish get sick."
Picture and story by Samson

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

Two birthdays this week.

We had two birthdays this week.  Joshua and Maggie both turned 6 one day after another so they both got birthday certificates at the Team One assembly this week.

Maggie's Story

Maggie's Team Certificate

Maggie has been trying hard to get to school on time and be ready for learning before the bell goes so she was awarded one of Team One certificates last week.
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Samoan Group, Fiafia 2018

Siulua was enjoying performing for her whanau with the Samoan group along with Joshua, Maggie and Mariposa.

Siulua second from the right with the Samoan  girls group.

Samoan boys performing.

Finding Matching Words

Maggie and Ann Marie had fun finding matching words on eggs.  They had to look carefully at all the letters to see that they had the right words to match up.  Good noticing girls - you did a good job.

Flying Fox Tails!

During our Friday sports rotation we learnt how to throw a "fox tail".  We were relieved that it wasn't really a fox tail - just a ball with a long tail attached.  The Mt Hobson Middle School boys had some good ideas about technique and Room 16 soon had the fox tails flying.

Fateh and Maggie making the fox tails fly.

Winding up to throw a fox tail.

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.

Healthy Snacks

Pt England school is able to provide healthy snacks of milk and fruit to the children thanks to Fonterra and the Fruit in Schools scheme.

Maggie and Pene Mu enjoying their apples and milk.

Chevelle munching into her apple

Remembering the korero

At assembly on Fridays Mr Burt asks us to remember the previous weeks korero.  This week Maggie and Fateh were both able to remember a korero and they were not shy about answering in front of all the school.  They each got a principal's award sticker.  Good remembering  Maggie and Fateh.

Going To Makerspace

Room 16 went to Makerspace for the first time this year and made fans.  They were able to decorate them by writing and drawing on them with felt pens. They were both decorative as well as being very useful to try and keep cool in the warm, muggy weather Auckland is experiencing at the moment.

Joshua and Pene.

Tupou, Mariposa and Chevelle making designs on their fans.

Maria concentrating on her design.

Maggie and Nate trying to keep cool.

"Our IPads!"

It is always an exciting day when we begin to work on our iPads.  Room 16 listened carefully to the Kawa of Care video so that they all know how to look after the iPads.  Then they followed instructions and learnt how to take a photo and put it into their work in Explain Everything.

Maggie learning how to take a photo.