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.

The Trophy Winners for Week 5 were.......

Charleigh, Rhys and Louis. Well done to you three for a super effort at school this week to earn the class trophies. You are super proud of your achievements too.

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!!

What fruit am I?

As part of Healthy Eating we have been describing a fruit for others to guess. Check out our awesome writing and our great reading of our writing. Can you guess what fruit am I?

Week 8's Star Rocket Writers of the Week

Last week's Star Rocket Writers were Charleigh and Rhys. Well done to you both. Charleigh you wrote the most words and Rhys you were awarded the Star for Making the Most Progress. There were also some other students who made some really pleasing progress as well. Go Room 5 Rocket Writers - you are all awesome!! Charleigh and Rhys were very happy with themselves.

Another Sight Word Fish has been caught in the net!!

Congratulations and well done Rhys. You have caught all your sight words, all 5 fish full of words. Fantastic effort. Your fish is now safely caught in the here. We took this photo of you putting your fish into the net.

And here is your fish in the net. Which fish will be caught next??

Why was Rhys squealing on Friday afternoon?

On Friday after lunch Rhys was sitting on the mat when he began to squeal. Just before Mrs Scott went to remind him about using a quiet voice in the class she looked on the mat and saw why Rhys was squealing. Rhys had a friend that had jumped onto his track suit pants when he was playing in the fort at lunch time that wanted to come into Room 5 for the afternoon. Mrs Schroder happened to come in to visit Room 5 and she took Rhys's friend back with her to the fort where he belonged.

The Trophy winners for Week 2 were.........

Well done to Renny, Rhys and Olivia who were the trophy winners for Week 2. Renny had a fantastic 1st week at school and is already demonstrating lots of qualities of a great learner and Rhys and Olivia made me so proud with their independent writing this week. Well done you 3 - super work!!

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.

The Rocket Writers for Week 10 of Term 2 were ........

These two weren't too tired at the end of Term 2 to do a great job on their weekly rocket writing. Charleigh earnt the star for writing the most words and Rhys earnt the star for making the most progress. Well done a mighty fine job to the both of you. Rhys wrote 16 more words than he had ever before and his rocket zoomed onto the 2nd umbrella. Congratulations Charleigh and Rhys.

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.

The Trophy winners for Week 9 were.......

Leon, Tom and Rhys. Well done you 3 for having an awesome learning week at school. Your attitude towards your learning and the effort you have been making with your learning is really assisting the progress you have been making. I am very proud of you all!!

Deegan and Rhys have been reflecting on their Minion goals and setting new ones

Well done Deegan and Rhys for being able to reflect on your goal setting and evaluate how you feel about your achievement of the goal you had set. You were also able to choose by yourselves a great next goal to work towards. It's great to see that you 2 are already learning how to take some responsibility for managing your own learning. Fantastic!!

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.

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.....

A tiring day when you are 5!!

Poor Rhys had a headache and felt tired this afternoon. He was able to sit on the couch and relax but it wasn't long before his eyes shut and he was in a peaceful sleep. Maybe Rhys you are as exhausted as Ed and Hilary after your busy weekend. We managed to get a shot of you sleeping. We hope you are feeling better soon.

Ed and Hilary went to stay with Rhys for the weekend

Thanks Rhys for having Ed and Hilary for the weekend. They certainly had a fun and busy time with you. They have been exhausted since you brought them back to school this morning. I loved reading their adventures from the weekend and could see from the photos that you took very good care of them. Here's Rhys's story from the weekend. Maybe Mrs Scott should be going home for the weekend with the fantastic kids from Room 5 instead of sending the teddies!!!