Tuesday 30th July

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Monday 29th August

Kia Ora all

Welcome back to term 3.
Today students have brought home a copy of the Kauri notice and the Room 5 weekly newsletter.

Today we did preparation for our Student Led Conferences. We still need a bit of practice but we are getting there.

Just a reminder that school finishes at the normal time for Room 5 - this is why the conferences are spread over 3 days.

Today in assembly Anneke, Grace and James received their BRONZE certificates. Well done.
A number of other Room 5 students will have their names in this week's school newsletter, which will mean they receive their BRONZE certificate at the next full school assembly in week 2.

Future Olympians - Courtney and Jade

Courtney does trampolining at Olympia Gym, and at the weekend attended a trampoline competition. She entered in the Double Mini, Trampoline and Syncro events and placed 3rd in each event. Awesome effort, Courtney.
In a prior competition called Superbounce Courtney competed in a mixed syncro event... and placed 2nd.

Jade does rhythmic gymnastics at Olympia Gym. At a competition held at the weekend she entered 4 different apparatus. At the prizegiving she received a 3rd place medal for teamwork. Way to go, Jade.

Here are the girls fresh from sharing their news with the class.

Wednesday 20th July

Kia Ora all

Today we had our first GOLD CERTIFICATE for mathletics. Everyone got a good go on mathletics throughout the day and it was during this that a very excited COURTNEY realised that she had achieved a GOLD.

Well done, Courtney. All your hard word and diligence has paid off. Now, to get to your second gold...

Tuesday 9th July

Kia Ora all

Today for oral language SCOTT, HARRISON and AUSTIN talked about their hut that they are constructing out on the field. There was talk of a door, marshmellows being toasted over an open fire, a 'hut club' and other amazing design features. Here is a picture of the hut in its early construction phase.

Off to conquer the world

Today Ashton unveiled his riding kit for the upcoming World BMX Champs that he will be competing for New Zealand. We are very proud of him and wish his all the best for the event. Go get 'em, Ashton.

Mathletes of the Week

CONGRATULATIONS to the students who scored at least 1000 points on mathletics over the last week. Practice makes perfect. 

Tuesday 2nd July

Tuesday 2nd July

Kia Ora all

Yesterday two Room 5 students received an award at the Kauri assembly.

MELAHYKE received the Room 5 RESPECT certificate for being a good role model and being a fantastic Student of the Week. Well done, Melahyke.

HARRISON received the Year 4 Mathletics Trophy. All students who obtained 2000 or more points went into a draw. Both Harrison and Ngakau achieved this, with Ngakau reaching a massive 6000+ points. Harrison is the proud owner of a flash mathletics trophy for the the next two weeks. Well done, Harrison.

BRONZE CARE -  first to reach the summit

Congratulations to the wonderful ANNEKE on being the first student in Room 5 to reach the milestone of bronze CARE. We are all very proud of you Anneke and you are an amazing role model.

Kia Ora all

Habitat challenge: The habitat that you couldn't get today was Arctic tundra.


Literacy quiz contestants

Every now and then Mrs Gatherer pops into Room 5 with a buch of new books and asks for Maddison and Anneke. The girls are currently 'reading up' a range of picture books and novels in preparation for a literacy quiz in September. Today they talked to us about what they have been up to. We will do an video / audio interview at a later date and post it here.

This morning we started off reviewing the precise words we came up with to use when write about the rainy weather.

Precise words for the rainy day

- dodge the puddles
- downpour
- drainpipe
- window wipers
- like a drowned rat
- flood,   flooded
- splash
- downspout
- stranded
- puddles  ,  big puddles
- window wipers beating furiously
- slippery
- storm
- aquaplane
- gutter
- drenched
- steam
- soaked
- gale
- gale force wind
- freezing cold
- pooling up  (the ground is pooling up with water)
- Reflection in the water
- blustery

Congratulations

to JAMES for receiving the Room 5 RESPECT certificate at the Kauri assembly.

Monday 17th June

Kia Ora all

Today we gave out Mathletics certificates to students who earned over 1000 points in the previous week. Here they are. The top scorer went to Harrison with 1968 points. Well done, Harrison.

Today Grace shared 2 large framed photos of minke whales. She also showed some photos of a variety of interesting sea creatures including the conger eel, maori wasse  and clown fish. Last week we read about blue whales that were begin hit by container ships off the Pacific coast of San Francisco and Los Angeles.