We've been practising our throwing skills in PE

Our Junior Athletics Sports are coming up in Week 7 of Term 4 on Thursday 30th November. We were practising our shot put today using bean bags. We had to think about positioning our body in the right place, putting our arm out in the direction we wanted to push the bag and then push the bean bag into the air to see how far we could throw it. We all did really well. Ka pai Ruma Rima!!

We've been exploring the playground

We have been exploring the playground during PE. We have been learning how to use the equipment that we may not have used before and taking risks by having a go at different things. We all did a great job of participating on Thursday. Take a look at some of the things we did.

Matific - Our chance to win $50 000 in cash and prizes for our school

Today we began the 1st day of our challenge on Matific. We are competing against other New Zealand and Australian schools to earn $50 000 in cash and prizes. Your child will have had their log in and password sent home if they wish to continue earning themselves stars during this time. If you experience any problems with this at home please let us know. The website address is www.matific.com The students really enjoyed working on this today.

We are learning to count to 100

PE today was all about soccer

Yah Room 5 loves Thursdays when Helen comes along for PE. We played tag first and then we started learning about soccer. We were practising kicking the ball to a partner. It was hard for lots of us to remember not to use our hands to move the ball.

Ava brought her pet lamb to Room 5 for a Visit

Thanks Ava for bringing your pet lamb into Room 5 to share. We thought she was very cute, clean and her wool felt very soft to touch.

PE on Thursday

Room 5 always looks forward to Helen coming on Thursday for PE. This week we played toilet tag which we all enjoyed and then we tried to control the soccer ball close to our feet. We loved it!!

Anzac Day Wreath

On the last week of school in Term 1 Room 5 made poppies to put together to make an Anzac wreath to remember all those who went to war for New Zealand. We remembered those who were lucky enough to return home and those that didn't. We also made a poppy to wear at the Anzac Service that we had as a school. Opal and Olivia carried up the wreath as a Remembrance to all those very brave people.

Here is the class standing proudly by our Anzac wreath.

Some of us chose to leave our poppies beside the crosses of some of the fallen soldiers that we had displayed at school.

What a great day for PE today

Look at us playing ball tag for PE. It was lots of fun and it was great being outside in the sunshine.

Learning about Kaitiakitanga

One of our school values is Kaitiakitanga. We have been learning that Kaitiakitanga means to show respect and responsibility by looking after our environment. We thought about how we can show Kaitiakitanga in the classroom as well as in the playground. Each day we try to practise Kaitiakitanga. Look at how we can show Kaitiakitanga in our school.

We have been learning about Perseverance

We have been learning about one of our School Values 'Perseverance'. We each thought about something we wanted to improve with in our learning and set a goal of tying to persevere with it. Read our goal and how we got on with it.

Our letters and sounds for Term 1 Week 4 are Tt and Ii

PE with Helen

On Thursday Helen came for PE. It was a lovely sunny day. We really enjoyed playing domes and dishes. We were really thirsty after we had finished.

Welcome to Our 2017 Class Blog

We have 4 students in our class so far this year. We are enjoying being at school. At school this year we want to spend more time on the iPads, do lots of handwriting and we want to learn how to read and write. Here we are all enjoying school.