Harvey was our 'Star Is Born'

Harvey you were a great 'Star Is Born'. You were able to share all the things you brought along and tell the class things about these. I loved the book you had about Santa and if Santa wakes me this year, then I will know why. You have a great sense of humour Harvey and this certainly shone through when you were sharing. We enjoyed writing your poem for you. Well done Harvey, you certainly are a Star!!!

The boys took out the trophies for Week 7

Well done to Jasper, Deegan and Harvey who were awarded the trophies for Week 7. Super effort you three and well deserved. You look extremely pleased with yourselves.

The Rocket Writers for Week 7 were .......

Charleigh and Harvey. Well done to the both of you for earning the stars for week 7. Charleigh you got the star for writing the most words - 81 words and Harvey you go the star for making the most progress. You wrote 19 more words than the previous week and a total of 48 words. My goodness you 2 made me smile all the way home on Friday afternoon. In fact everyone in Room 5 made me smile!! Who will it be next week???

They also earnt 10 Room 5 dollars for their efforts to spend at the auction at the end of the year.

Our writing about Powelliphanta Snails

Haki brought along a Powelliphanta snail shell. We all thought it looked very neat but none of us really knew anything about the Powelliphanta snail. We did some research and found out that these snails are not snails that you will find in your garden but you will find them on the West Coast of New Zealand where we live. For writing we wrote about something we learnt about the Powelliphanta snail and we would like to share our writing with you. I'm sure you will all learn something too. Thanks for bringing the shell along Haki.

We made bird feeders

Last Friday Room 5 made bird feeders to feed all those hungry birds around our school. We used a pine cone to make a bird feeder. We mixed some fat(dripping) and bird seed together and then we pushed it onto the pine cone.

We hung the bird feeders on the trees around our school. We put some wire on the top of the pine cone to hang them up.

On Friday we went to check out how much the birds had eaten. Some had fallen off the tree so we hung them back up. Ben found his pine cone and all the bird feed was gone. We hope some hungry birds have filled their tummies. Someone said it could be a hungry weka. We all enjoyed making them for the birds around our school.

We are trying to read around NZ

This term we are trying to read our way around New Zealand as part of our reading at home. We chose how we wanted to travel. Some of our transport is faster than others e.g. motorbikes, car, horse, plane, skateboard, train, car. We began at Hokitika and travel around moving a town for each book we read. Some of us are visiting places we have never been to before and seeing things we've never seen before too! Here's what our Reading around NZ Map looked like today.

The Rocket Writing Stars for Week 4 were......

A big congratulations to Harvey and Charleigh who were the Rocket Writing Stars for Week 4. Once again Charleigh got the star for writing the most words and being Room 5's leading rocket and Harvey made the most progress earning him a star. Great stuff you two. Harvey wrote a whooping 17 more words than the previous week and Charleigh wrote 78 words in total. Fantastic!! Out of the 12 rocket writers at school on Friday 10 of you made progress. Well done. Here is Charleigh and Harvey holding proudly onto their rockets showing their stars and the words they can write.

Room 5's Calendar Art

Room 5 students make the prefect summer garden!!

The Rocket Writers for Week 3 were.......

Charleigh and Harvey. Charleigh got the Star for writing the most words and Harvey was awarded the Star for making the most progress. Great job you two. Harvey wrote 7 more words than the previous time. Your rockets are rocketing towards space.

Room 5's Trophy Winners for the 1st week back were........

Renny, Ben and Harvey. Renny was awarded the Trophy for great work with her reading and writing. Ben and Harvey received their trophies for both having a fabulous 1st week at school as big '5 year olds' and being super learners in Room 5. Well done to the three of you. Unfortunately Renny was not able to make the photo and although Ben and Harvey were very excited about the trophies they almost look a bit stunned in this photo.