Term 3 Teamwork

We are practising our teamwork skills. With our Inquiry topic about the Olympics starting after Firewize we thought we should get in some teamwork practice!
Here we are working together sorting, measuring and making!

Imagination and teamwork were needed to make this design. Well done Megan and Bethany.

P is for Puppy

Evan brought his puppy to school for P week. We learned that pets need food, somewhere comfortable to sleep, toys and lots of love; just like people.
Stella, the puppy, found Ashton who has just started in Room 17. Can you find Ashton in the slideshow?

Did you find Ashton? Here is a clue....

Sir Peter Blake

We learned about a very famous New Zealander and wrote stories about him. First we drew a picture plan to organise our thoughts and then wrote our stories. Here are some of our picture plans and stories about Peter Blake.

Chloe's picture plan

Peter Blake was racing the yachts and he won the trophy. Sara

Peter Blake saved the sea and he got the trophy for the whole of New Zealand. James

Peter Blake is winning the race. He is having a race and he is picking up the rubbish. Chloe

Peter Blake was a good racer on a ship and people liked him. Peter Blake was a good racer, good leader. Mason

Oliver's picture plan

Peter Blake is a hero. Peter Blake got shot and he is wearing his red socks. He is brave and he died. Evan

Peter Blake was a hero. He won the New Zealand race. He won the red socks. He was going to pick the rubbish up. He is winning the yacht races. Sadly Pirates shot him. The pirates’ ship was brown and black and white. The pirates were sailing Peter Blake‘s boat. Oliver

Sir Peter Blake was sailing on a big yacht. He won the New Zealand trophy and the New Zealand red socks. He has to race seven times and he was so brave. Deaming

Peter Blake is winning the race and picking up the rubbish. Te Aroha

Sir Peter Blake has won the race. He is picking up rubbish. Ruby

Ella's picture plan

Peter Blake was driving a yacht around the world. Then he saw a pirate. He had to run away. Bethany

Peter won the race. Lucas

Sir Peter Blake won the race. He was killed by pirates. Ashton

Sir Peter Blake is sailing his last yacht race. Wiremu

Peter Blake is sailing the yacht to New Zealand. Ella

Emilia's picture plan

The pirates killed Peter Blake. Emilia

Peter Blake saved the sea. “No more rubbish,” said Peter Blake. Then the people listened. Jessica

Peter Blake is a hero. He goes on a yacht and he was going faster and faster. A pirate went on Peter Blake’s yacht. Peter Blake died. Megan

Peter Blake is sailing around the world. Anaru

Some of these stories were read out a special assembly for Year 8 student, Avalon Te Haara-Barr, who won a Sir Peter Blake leadership award. We were very proud of Avalon and our famous Room 17 writers!

Cultural Journey Day

On Thursday we tried some food from different countries. Thanks to Wiremu and Anaru, Mason, Jessica and Sara, we ate Tongan caramel dumplings, an Aussie food platter, Chinese savoury dumplings and Scottish shortbread.
Parents - you can be very proud of the children who gave all the food a try. Many came back for seconds and thirds!

Cultural Journey Day from Annette on Vimeo.

Also, many thanks to Rebeckah and Alrina who helped serve up and did our dishes!

Goodbye Hamid and Adib

I like Hamid and Adib. From Chloe

I will miss you both. From Evan

Bye, bye Adib and Hamid. From Deamimg

I like playing reading games with you. From Mason

I don't want you to leave. From Ruby

I like playing with you on the logs. From James

I like you when you try to tag me and laugh and run. From Bethany

You are getting good at writing. From Wiremu

I hope you have a good time at your new school. From Megan

Making Noodle Necklaces

This week we threaded colourful noodles onto wool to make noodle necklaces. It took a lot of concentration to thread some of the trickier noodle types. The hard work was worth it - the necklaces looked great.

Comparing Heights

We have begun our maths topic of Measurement. We estimated which children in our class were taller and then checked by comparing heights.
Next Wiremu and Oliver had to order everyone in one long line from shortest to tallest. It was very hard to do when we didn't stay standing tall and straight! At last they had us all sorted according to size.

Wiremu and Oliver

Here is Rua

Rua has joined our class. He had a very busy first day. Look at some of the things he did.

Rua - Kizoa Video Editor - Movie Maker

Whale Prints

This term our art topic is print making. We learned who to draw whales, pasted them onto foam and cut them out to make whale prints.
We wrote stories about rescuing the tohora (whale) that was stranded on Waimairi Beach. Come in and read some of the stories on the wall display.