Room 5's Trophy Winners for Week 6 were..........

Congratulations to Kaylee, Lucy and Haki who have all worked very well this week to earn our Room 5 class trophies to take home for the week. You can all be very proud of your efforts this week and I'm sure everyone at home will be very proud of you all too!!

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.

Room 5's Calendar Art

Room 5 students make the prefect summer garden!!

Ed and Hilary went to Lucy's for the weekend

What a great weekend Ed and Hilary had at Lucy's house. They would have been very excited about catching up with Tattybogle again and he sure did look happy looking after your veggie garden Lucy. You must have really tired them out as they have hardly said a word since they arrived back at school. Next time when you are going to visit Nana and Poppa whitebaiting you will have to take a net for Ed and Hilary to see if they can catch some themselves. Room 5 would love some whitebait patties for morning tea. Thanks for looking after them really well Lucy.

Another fish has been caught in the Sight Word Net

Well done to Lucy who has completed all her sight words. Great stuff Lucy. You can now read lots and lots and lots of words. Fantastic!!

Room 5's Star Rocket Writers for Week 1 of Term 3 were.......

Charleigh and Lucy. Great job girls. Charleigh you wrote the most words in the class. Once again you earnt the Star for being the 'Leading Rocket' and Lucy got the Star for 'Making the Most Progress'. Lucy you wrote 12 more words than last time and rocketed to the next umbrella. Well done to you both.

Haven't We Aged!!

As part of our 100 days at school we have being writing about the photos Mrs Scott took of us to try and make us look old. We thought they were funny photos. Have a look and read our stories.

Room 5 and Room 1's Musical Talents!!

On Friday it was our turn along with Room 1 to host assembly. We shook our rice drums/shakers along to the music and Room 1 singing 'Kiwi Ukelele'. We got a wee bit stage shy when it came to our dancing but we all thought we did a great job and Mrs Scott and Mrs Phelps were proud of us too!! We made our own drums. Here we are, have a look. We're sure you will like it too!!

What do we want to be when we grow up?

Look at our great writing and listen to us sharing our writing with you. I'm sure when we are all grown up we will get to do these things.

Lucy and Leon have been reflecting on their Minion goals and setting new ones

Well done Lucy and Leon for evaluating your last goal. I like the way you can quickly do this without support because you already how how well you have achieved it. You have both set achievable goals to work towards and with your continued hard work, positive attitude and practise I know you will achieve them. Well done to both of you.

The Trophies for Week 8 went to ..........

Charleigh, Deegan and Lucy. Well done for earning the Class Trophies for Week 8. Lucy I have been impressed with your reading and writing and how clearly your read your story out aloud. Deegan when you are focussed you really impress me with what you can do and what an awesome job you did with your rocket writing on Friday. And Charleigh you have been making awesome progress with your reading and writing and have been the Star Rocket Writer for the past few weeks. Well done you three, you make me proud.

A Small Class on Thursday Afternoon

On Thursday afternoon we had a small class as some children were away. After lunch we could all fit on the couch so Mrs Scott took a photo of us. Keep an eye out for our new couch, we made a deal with Zoe and we are doing a swap. Look at these beautiful smiling faces all ready to learn.

The Star Rocket Writers for Week 7 are.......

Well done to Charleigh and Lucy who were the Star Rocket Writers for Week 7. Charleigh got the Star for writing the most words and Lucy got the Star for making the most progress. Great work you two. We now have three rockets on the 2nd umbrella for writing between 31 - 60 words in tens minutes. Who will get their photo taken on Friday?

Check out our Word Rockets hanging from the umbrellas next time you are in Room 5.

We have been writing Character Descriptions

Mrs Scott read us the book

We all really enjoyed it. Then we wrote a character description for Aunty Elsie and here they are.....

The winner of the trophies this week were Charleigh, Lucy and Olivia

Congratulations to these three girls who were awarded the trophies for this week. Their great listening manners and their ability to follow instructions straight away made them easy winners for the week. Well done.

Lucy was our 'Star Is Born'

Lucy was our latest 'Star Is Born'. She was able to tell us about the special things she had brought along to share with the class. We enjoyed writing your poem Lucy. Thanks for being a great 'Star Is Born' and a great role model to your peers.

Let's see the Trophy winners for Week 5

Well done to Lucy and Tom who were awarded the Room 5 class trophies for Week 6. Lucy you were great with your public speaking during the week and Tom I'm impressed with your great listening skills and how you always ask if you are unsure of what it is you are suppose to do. Fantastic effort both of you. Well done. Here you both are holding onto your well deserved Trophies.

And the Writing Rocket Stars for Week 3 were ........

We had 4 people on Friday who earnt the stars for Rocket Writing. Lucy and Leon were awarded the Star for The Leading Rockets - they both wrote 30 words and Vinny and Rhys both earnt the Star for Making the Most Progress and improving their score by 5 more words. Wow great job. This is the 1st time we have had 4 Star Rocket Writers with each star tied. Keep practising at home though because Room 5's other little Rocket Star will be at school this Friday. Good luck.