Tuesday 15 December 2015

Thank you!


Thank you so much to these wonderful children for an amazing year in Room 11! Time has just flown by. It has been awesome being a part of this class and teaching these great personalities. Thank you for the sweet end of year cards and gifts and to all the parents that have helped out this year.

We ended the year with a shared lunch on our 'special Room 11 day.' 
Wishing you all a happy holiday! :) 


For any news or notices for the upcoming year, be sure to check the school website for updates. Stationery lists for the new classes have been uploaded to the home page. :)

Monday 14 December 2015

Final days of 2015

Here are some of the kids having a snack at our school trip to Waterworld last Thursday.


We watched the 1989 movie version of The BFG which is one of the novels that we read as a class this year. It was great seeing the children make links between the movie and the book. We enjoyed some popcorn and light snacks during it too.


Kaia turns 8! :)


Today we had our Prizegiving and performance assembly. Congratulations to Jaedyn, Hayley and Olivia for receiving the end of year class rewards. 

Monday 7 December 2015

Testing the pool!

With the new solar pool heating, we are able to fit in a few more swims before the end of the year! 




Room 11 enjoying an afternoon swim.

Thursday 3 December 2015

Beach Ed Trip!

Here are some snaps from our day trip to Waihi! 








Thank you very much to all of the parents who helped with transport and supervision throughout the day. It is greatly appreciated!! :)






Friday 27 November 2015

You're never fully dressed without a smile!

Here is Room 11's Anti-bullying video that we shared at our school assembly last week! We hope you like it :)


Reminders and Notices:

  • Middle Syndicate Waihi Beach Trip - Wednesday 2nd December ($6.50)
  • Waterworld School Trip - Thursday 10th December ($9.00 bus fare and pool entry - permission slips to be handed in by Friday 4th Dec)
  • Performance and Prize-giving Assembly: Monday 14th December
  • School finishes Tuesday 15th Dec 12noon


Sunday 8 November 2015

Athletics Day

Here are a few snaps from Athletics day!






It was a beautiful, sunny day on Thursday but we sure felt the cold in the morning! Mrs Valencia was busy at the long jump station but was able to catch a few races that the children entered. 

I am SO proud of everyone in Room 11 who would have experienced their first Athletics day. Special congratulations to all those who made it to districts. 
Awesome work!

Monday 26 October 2015

I wish I was...



It was "Make-a-wish" mufti day. With a gold coin donation, children dressed up as what they wish they could be. All donations went to Make a wish Foundation :)

Saturday 17 October 2015

Rugby World Cup

It was mufti day on Friday and the theme was of course, Rugby World Cup!


Guess which team most of us were representing?



We even watched some RWC highlights while we drank our morning milk.



An awesome way to end our first week back to school. 


Monday 12 October 2015

Welcome back - Term 4!

What a great first day we had back in Room 11. Everyone was energised and excited to share their holiday stories!

A few things coming up this term! We will be doing lots of practise for Athletics Day which will be held Thursday 5th November. We have a Shake Out Earthquake drill this week on Thursday morning, and Friday 16th we have a Rugby World Cup mufti day! If you would like to check any dates for school events, have a look at the school calendar on our school website or on the school app.


Here are some Home Learning activities that the children can do in their homework books at home this week.

Homework Activities
Term 4 – Week 1

NZ Shake Out!

What is the Shake Out?

What are the 3 things we are meant to do when there is an Earthquake?


Athletics

Write down your favourite athletics event.

Why do you like this event best?


Rugby World Cup

Write down some countries that are taking part in the Rugby World Cup. Highlight your favourite team/country.

Draw a picture about the Rugby World Cup!

(Some ideas… Rugby ball, team of players, logo, flags, trophy)


Anti-bullying

Try some of these kind gestures this weekJ

- Smile at 5 people
- Give someone a high five
- Ask someone about their day
- Make a thank-you card
- Compliment someone
- Learn to say ‘Thank you’ in a different language



Saturday 26 September 2015

Foyer Display


Be sure to come in next term and check out Room 11's foyer display! Big thanks to Mrs Hamilton who worked with the children to create these beautiful sunrise poems and art work.

Have a wonderful holiday break and see you all next term!

Friday 18 September 2015

Performance Assembly!


Room 11 made a last minute decision to sing "Fight Song" at our school performance assembly. We had some brave singers step up and sing solos and also had some gymnasts do a short routine. What a talented class we have. Everyone did so well and I am very proud of all the children - beautiful singing!

Thursday 10 September 2015

Picture books! Library!

We are making our own Picture Books in Room 11.
This week we decided to take a good look at different picture books and find out what they include... Author, Illustrator and a publication date! 
We also went to our school library to look at a range of books like non-fiction books and chapter books too.






The children were given the challenge to find the publication date of a book and try to figure out how old the book was. Some of the books were only 1 or 2 years old and other books were older than the children!

Saturday 29 August 2015

Chrome Books

Room 11 started using chrome books! Mrs Hamilton helped us to log in with our own username and password. The children then used Google Docs to publish some writing. Technology is becoming an important part of teaching and learning and we hope to use chrome books in our class more.





A couple of weeks ago we did an experiment called 'Balloon Rockets.' 
Check out our video below!


Friday 21 August 2015

Our learning environment

Can you spot a new face in our class? Welcome to Room 11 Trevor! And welcome (back) to Stanley Ave school!


It was that time again to revisit what it means to be a Team Player and how we can respect and support each other in our class. Phoenix suggested that we write a letter to someone who we may have hurt recently and apologise so that everybody can get along again. We also wrote bucket filling letters to people in the class. It was a great way to end the week in high spirits, let's keep it up for the rest of the term!



Today we also discussed different learning spaces we'd like to have in our classroom. Here are some of the ideas the children came up with.


We did some shifting around and will trial our new environment next week! 
Photos to come, watch this space.





Science Experiment

We are learning to 'Predict, Observe and Explain' through Science.

In groups, we had a sealed bag full of water (some with food colouring) and predicted what would happen if we poked a skewer and pencil through it...


Then we tried it!


EXPLAIN: The plastic bag is made out of a material called Polymer. Polymers are long chains of individuals molecules called monomers. 
(Mono = one. Poly = many. Mers = molecules.)
When you puncture these bags with a sharpened pencil, you're essentially separating the polymer chains without breaking them. The long chains of molecules than squeeze in tight around the surface of the pencil preventing any sort of leak.





Wednesday 5 August 2015

Throwing Balloons

Our inquiry topic this term is Flight! Yesterday we looked at a balloon that had a small balloon inside of it filled with water. We predicted what might happen when we threw this balloon. Would it be like a normal balloon with just air in it?

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We noticed that because the water inside is heavy, it was pushing the balloon in different directions. A balloon with just air in it would fall much more slowly because air is light.

"The balloon was twirling because the small balloon inside was going around in the big balloon"

"The balloon had a mind of its own, it wanted to go places"

"It wiggled on the ground"

"The balloon was falling like a magnet"