Parafed - Paralympic Athletes

Last Thursday we were visited by the organisers for the IPC Athletics World Champs and Parafed. The children enjoyed having relays in the wheelchairs and exploring how NZ's best athletes compete. (Even the teachers got a turn!)

Next year the world's elite Paralympic athletes will descend upon Christchurch in a bid to be crowned World Champion! Notices have gone home with the children. If you would like another notice, I do have spare. Go New Zealand.
IPC Athletics World Championships
Christchurch, New Zealand
January 21st -30th 2011
http://www.ipcathleticsworldchamps.com/ Official Website

Eco-Warriors Planting

Yesterday the Eco-Warriors had their planting project. They did a great job and the planter boxes can be seen out in our playground!

Jump Jam Extravaganza

The Room 9 'Crazy Frogs' did me proud in the show! They looked great and were confident. Well Done!

Jamp Jam Outside

Since the weather has been so beautiful we have been doing Jump Jam outside for fitness in the mornings.

Apologies

Dear Parents,
I apologise for my lack of posts over the past few weeks. Jump Jam and Reports temporarily took over my life! We have been so busy in Room 9 over the past few weeks and the last three weeks are bound to be just as busy. As the end of year approaches we have frantically searching for more time to pack in as much learning as possible!
I will post some photos of what we have been up to lately :-)

Room 9 Maths - Fractions Games

Here is the website that will take you to two games.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/fractiondecimalpercentage/fractions/comparingfractions/game.shtml

Enjoy,
Miss Rooney

Little Red Riding Hood

In Room 9 for Writing we are looking at fairy tales. The first fairy tale is 'Little Red Riding Hood'. Click on this link to read the story online. http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/littlered/1.htm

Jump Jam Extravaganza

Welcome back from the long weekend everyone, I hope you all had a relaxing time (I know I did)!
Tomorrow we have our Jump Jam Extravaganza at Hoon Hay School hall at 7pm.
All children performing are required to meet me at Room 9 (OLA) at 6.30pm. It is a gold coin entry and we'd love to see you all there!

Religious Education - Commumion of Saints

The children this week began exploring the Communion of Saints Strand in Religious Education. The topic for the Year 3 RE programme is 'Life, Death and Christian Hope.
This week we looked at sad times in our life. The children shared with the class times when they have been sad. A theme that was common amongst all the children was the death of a pet. The children in Room 9 also expressed the death of a family member, the earthquake and fights between friends as times of sadness in their lives.

Topic - Term 4

This week the children in the M team started an inquiry on Countries in the Commonwealth, exploring the rites of passage, customs and traditions of these countries. The children will be able to select a country that they would like to learn more about. It would be helpful to discuss this with them at home and have a look at this website: http://www.commonwealth-of-nations.org/Commonwealth-Home. Happy Learning!

Athletics Day 2010

Last Thursday we had our Athletics Day for the year. It was a fun day and we all said a big thank-you to Mr A for organising it. The children got to compete in many events with three children from Room 9 getting through to Zones. Well done Finn M, Sam and Jamie! At lunch we had a sausage sizzle and a well deserved break before the relays. Red house won the house relay and the teachers won the other one after the parents we disqualified!! Here are some photos from the day thanks to Jussy.

RED NOSE DAY - November 19

Cure Kids, in association with Paper Plus Group, is bringing back Red Nose Day – bigger and better than ever before – with the aim of raising $1 million to help fund research into life-threatening childhood illnesses affecting Kiwi kids. Cure Kids’ goal is to reach every Kiwi in the land and create a sea of red come November 19th through the sale of red noses, badges, wristbands, car noses and Cadbury’s Jaffas, all available from Paper Plus and Take Note stores and Shell service stations from November 1st.
I'm so excited about this! We used to celebrate this when I was at OLA Room 9!

Art Attack - Tuesday - Paint

Yesterday the children were with me in Room 4 for Paint. We looked at the art work of Kandinsky and based our work on his famous painting "Swinging".

The children had to follow severval stages to complete their masterpiece and they did a really good job.

Art Attack - Monday - Mixed Media

Wow what an exciting week we have had so far!

On Monday Room 9 were with Mrs Campbell in Room 7 for Mixed Media art. They were taught the skills of colouring and shading and then had to create 3D animal mask. The children also got to make masquerade masks. They look great and the children were hard to recognise!

Art Attack

Hi everyone,

I trust that your holidays have gone well, mine have been thoroughly enjoyable!

Next week we kick off Term 4 with Art Attack week (minus Athletics on Tuesday). A reminder please that children need to have an art shirt with them and a pencil and rubber. Sports gear is not required, except for on Tuesday. The children in Room 9 will start off with me each morning and move to their 'Art Teacher' at 9.45am. They will return to me at 2.45pm.

I look forward to seeing you all on Monday!

Happy Holidays!!

Well it's hard to believe that it's the end of Term Three! What a busy year we have had so far.
Room 9, you have done so well this term and I am proud of all the progress you have made.
Parents - thanks for your ongoing support and for all the help you offer.
Enjoy the break everyone and see you back in October ready for another busy (but fun) term!

Jump Rope for Heart

On Tuesday we had our jump off for the heart foundation. The weather stayed fine and it was a fantastic day. The children all had the chance to show off their skipping skills!

Room 9 Assembly

Today we led assembly and what a fantastic job the children did! Our leaders Christian and Megan were clear and confident, well done!Some of the children performed a ZUMBA song. They were enthusiastic and energetic. Awesome!

Animal Songs

Today in Reading the children had to write a song/rap about the animal they have been reading about. Some of the brave students wanted to share with the class and here are some examples of what we heard. Well done Room 9 Reading!

Room 9 Assembly

Room 9 are leading Assembly this week at 1.30pm in the hall and we would love it if lots of parents could attend. There will be special prayers, singing and dancing!

Leading assembly is: Christian and Megan

Leading prayers are: Madison, Samuel, Kieran, Mikaela, Rhys, Olympia

Performing a special dance are: Xavier, William, Evelyn, Talia, Madison, Danielle, Alyssa, Breanna, Lucy, Luka and Olympia.



See you Friday!