Friday, September 30, 2011

Certificates - Week 9

Here are this week's certificate winners. Congratulations boys. You have worked hard this week.
Swastik - Achievement in Writing
Anton - Values Award
Jake - Heart of Achievement


Oliver's Russian Inquiry

Over the last few weeks Oliver has been attending a inquiry class with Mrs Howison. He decided to find out all about Russia. At first he wanted to find out about all sorts of countries, then he realised that he might need more time for that! He choose the biggest country instead. He made a plan of things he wanted to find out and then searched for information and pictures on the internet. You can click on the link below to see his presentation about Russia.

Oliver's Presentation

Well done Oliver. Emma and Caitlin are in the next group to have a go.

Halswell Quarry Trip

Here are some pics from our trip to the Halswell Quarry. While we were there we made friends with trees, became bug detectives, turned from children into birds and bugs for a while, turned back into children and then joined in a story with native bug and bird finger puppets. We learned lots about our native environment and how to look after it. At school we talked about this as the environment that Early Maori lived in. It was a fantastic day. Thanks to all the parents who came along.


Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Certificates - Week 8

Here are last week's wonderful certificate winners. Congratulations!
Emily - Achievement in PE
Niamh - Achievement in Writing
Ben - Values Award

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Athletics

Over the last two weeks we have had two athletics sessions with some students who are doing a diploma of sport and fitness at polytec. We did activities to help us get better at running, jumping and throwing. It was good fun and it was a perfect lead up to our own athletics programme. Here are some photos from the two days.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Super Haka

Our whole school has been given a challenge to learn the Christchurch Super Haka by the end of Term 4. We will be using these videos to learn the actions.




Thursday, September 22, 2011

Australians all let us rejoice!!!

In week 10 the whole school is having a Rugby World Cup/Top Town day and yip, you guessed it, Rooms 16 and 27 got AUSTRALIA!!! So start schooling up on facts about Australia, finding your yellow and green clothes and practising your Australian accent! We will make flags and badges with our buddy class. Click on the Aussie flag at the side of the page for a list of links to find out more information.

Sports Ed - Dodgeball

Today we finished our dodgeball competition. We discovered that dodgeball is a much faster game than hockey and soccer, and that it is not as much of a team sport. Here are the results and the winning team - Chipmunks!!! Well done to all teams. Keep an eye out for a notice as well as some posters around the school about the final part of our Sports Education. It's going to be fun!!



Track the Games

I have added a new link to our blog. From there you can follow each RWC team, check out the up and coming games and check for scores you might have missed. Look for this picture on the side of the page:

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Happy Birthday Mrs Warren!!!

Today was Mrs Warren's birthday. The whole school snuck outside before morning tea to sing her happy birthday. Every child had a balloon and one child from each class took her a flower. The children from TTRR did a haka for her as well. She thought it was the best birthday present ever!! I think she even had a tear in her eye. Enjoy the rest of your birthday Mrs Warren!





Friday, September 16, 2011

Certificates - Week 7

Congratulations to Kahn and Bradley who have recieved the class certificates this week. Top effort boys. Well done.
Bradley - Values Award
Kahn - Heart of Achievement

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Sports Ed - Hockey

Over the last two weeks we have had our class hockey tournament. Some of the games were very close with many children stepping up to lead their teams to victory. There were some excellent hockey skills shown, especially from some children who have never played hockey before. Well done to all the teams. The final was held yesterday between the All Blacks and Go Fire. The first half was extremely close with Go Fire getting the first goal and the All Blacks sneaking in one of their own just before half time. In the second half the All Blacks showed determination and skill and came out with a 3-1 victory. Well done! Here is the results table and the champion team.


Saturday, September 10, 2011

Milo Cricket

On Wednesday we had a session with the coaches from Milo Cricket. We practised throwing and catching and then we played a game called two-ball smash. It was good fun. Afterwards we played a great game where Miss A throws a bucket of balls in the air and we have to get them all back in the bucket. She keeps throwing them out until someone catches one on the full. Some of us played the games during discovery time on Friday as well. Remember to check out the registration form in the milo packs if you are interested in playing club cricket.



Friday, September 9, 2011

Certificates - Week 6

Congratulations to this week's certificate winners. We did not have a Year 2 assembly this week so we celebrated this achievement in class. Well done girls.

Sophia - Achievement in Writing
Niamh M - Values Award

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Certificates - Week 5

Here are our certificate winners for Week 5. Congratulations!

Ashley - Heart of Achievement
Max - Achievement in Sports Ed.
Oliver - Values Award