Freaky Friday!

We had an exciting day at school today with everyone dressing up 'freaky'. Well done Room 9 for making a big effort! I think we all looked pretty flash.

Animals - Absorb

This week we have been looking at the different ways we can classify animals. The children have used the computers to research animals and wrote down the names of any animals they hadn't heard of. This was lots of fun and I learnt a lot too! This is Christians work from Tuesday.

Animal Websites

Here are a couple of good websites to have a look at. They all have lots of information, pictures and games that will help you in our inquiry.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/classification/kc_classification_main.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/wild/

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

See if you can find out an interesting fact that you didn't know.
IF you do, post it below.

Miss Rooney

Animals

This week we begin our new topic - Animals. This will be an inquiry for 5 weeks. The children will be able to investigate an animal of their choice. This topic will provide opportunities for the children to direct their own learning and to improve their research skills on the computer. Room 9, start thinking about an animal you would like to know more about and let the fun begin tomorrow!

Willowbank Visit

Dear Parents,

Our topic for the second half of this term is Animals. On Thursday 2nd September the M Team will be travelling to Willowbank Wildlife Reserve to experience New Zealand wildlife, Kiwi and other native birds and animals up close.
We will be leaving school at 9:15am and return early in the afternoon. Morning Tea and Lunch will be packed from home and eaten at the reserve.
The cost of the trip is $12 per child. This covers our bus, admission to Willowbank and a guided tour of the New Zealand section of the reserve. The cost will be charged to your school account.
We will require quite a few parent helpers for this day.

It should be a fantastic day out, if you can help please send the notice back to school or come and see me.

Kate

Religious Education Art

We have spent two art lessons making Holy Spirit Art with a special guest in our class, Mrs Earl! She taught us some fantastic techniques with the help of Mrs Clapp. The results look fantastic and are now displayed proudly in the office foyer, pop in and have a look!

Welcome to our newest addition!

Today we had an excting day in Room 7 for most of the day and some combined RE with Room 8 in the afternoon while our newest member was installed. We are now warmer in Room 9 and more environmentally friendly with our power! Yay!

HELP NEEDED!

The PTA phonebook fundraiser kicks off this Thursday. We need lots of helpers to bag the phone books.
This will be happening in the school hall from 9am Thursday. If you can give any of your time throughout the day to helping us, it would be greatly appreciated. Just come to the hall and there will be someone there to direct you.
This will be happening Friday 8.30am-5.00pm, Sat & Sun 8am-4pm.
Even if you can only spare an hour of your time on one of these days it would help us!
Support our school and support your children!

Cloud Types

Here are some of the cloud types we are learning about.
Have a look and see what types you can see outside!

Handwriting

In Room 9 at the moment we are having a focus on Handwriting and how well the children present their work. It would be great if you could be encouraging tidy, readable work at home too. Here are a couple of examples from Kieran and Danielle.

THE PTA NEED YOUR HELP!

The PTA really needs your help!

This year we have undertaken the delivery of the Halswell area phonebooks as one of our fundraisers.

The delivery takes place over a 10 day period beginning the 13th August. We need volunteers to help with Bagging them for 3 days beforehand, delivery during business hours and also the weekends. You do not have to assist with all of these, any help is appreciated. If you have a car and trailer that can be used please let us know.

This is a unique fundraiser in that we are not asking for money, just your time, in any small way you are able. If you are able to assist please approach any PTA member or fill in the form in the office with your contact details and details of what you are able to offer. Or contact Selina Wylie on 021 366778, selina.aj@gmail.com.

Room 9 TV Debut!

I hope you all received my letter home today regarding Room 9 making a TV appearance on CTV this Friday. The children will be performing two songs in Maori. This will be live from 10am-11am and then repeated between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm, 9:45 pm and 10:45 pm that day and 12:30 am on Saturday. The children will be required to be here at 9am in full school uniform, no sports gear is required at all on Friday. Please remember to send the permission form back to school tomorrow.
We are all very excited and I can't believe Room 9 will be TV STARS!
Many thanks in advance for your help and support.

Maori Language Week

This week is Maori Language Week, each day this week we are learning something new about Maori Language. The children learnt the parts of the body yesterday and the video above is of them performing the 'Body Song' today in class.

Weather

WOW what a busy first week back. Our topic for the first half of Term 3 is 'Weather'. The children this week have learnt about the water cycle and the different stages this process has. Ask them if they can explain to you what they have learnt.

The Water Cycle song is a good way of remembering this process. Have a listen below.

Information Report Writing

This term we are looking at Information Reports in Written Language. All of the M Team classes are looking at Frogs this week.

Challenge: List one fact you have found out about Frogs before 3pm tomorrow, the best fact from either Room 8, 9 or 10 will get a prize!

Remember to put your name on your fact so I know which fact is yours!

Term 3, Values Assembly

Welcome back for Term 3! We started this morning with our Values Assembly. This term we are having a focus on Life Long Learning, or Perseverance. The children were shown the video below.


I hope you all had a relaxing holiday. Term 3 is bound to be another busy one, bring it on!

Heroes and Villains

WOW! What a day, a busy, fun and exciting day! Well done Room 9, you all looked amazing. So much effort had gone into the costumes and everyone looked fantastic (teachers included)! Nikaylah and Jonathan took out the prizes for best dressed in our class with my personal awards going to Breanna and Samuel, well done! Have a look at the pictures below and decide for yourself. I'm pretty happy with my 1st place for teacher costume (but don't tell the other teachers).

Talia's Prize!

You may remember a few weeks back I posted some information about a competition CTV were running to do with creating a Fire Evacuation Plan for your family, well Talia won it! We had a very exciting afternoon today with the Fire Truck at school. Talia even got a ride in the truck. Congratulations Talia!

End of Term Celebration

Kia ora Parents and children,
WOW I can't believe we are almost at the end of Term 2.
Tomorrow is going to be a busy day with lots happening. At 7.30am our Mid-Winter Breakfast kicks off, please remember your gold coin donation for this.
Then at 8.30 (approx) we have our Jump Jam performance followed by the Fancy Dress Parade. I've got my villain costume sorted, have you?
At 12.00 tomorrow we have our Class Party for Ben and Nikaylah. Please remember a plate of food to share!
Keep checking for photos to be uploaded during the day tomorrow.

Class Party