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!!

Certificates - Week 5

Here are our certificate winners for Week 5. Congratulations!

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

Sports Ed - Day 2/3

Yesterday we had the last round-robin games for our soccer tournament. The teams with the most points were the All Blacks and the Chipmunks. Here is the results table for the competition. The teams could get a maximum of 10 points per game (5 for the win plus 5 fair play points). Points are lost for poor sportsmanship and poor behaviour.

Today we held the final between the All Blacks and the Chipmunks. It started off as a very close game with the score still on 0-0 at half time. In the second half the Chipmunks stepped up to take a 3-0 win. The team picked Max and George as their best players. Well done boys. Next week we start our hockey tournament.

Soccer Champions!

St John Safe Kids

When St Johns visited our school we learned that we need to know our full address and phone number in case of an emergency. Here are the fantastic people in Room 16 who already know this information. They all recieved a St John Safe Kids certificate. A few people were away today, and some people are going to learn their information over the weekend. I will post a photo of those children once they get their certificate.

Certificate Celebration

From now on the winners of class certificates will be celebrated on the blog instead of the school newsletter.
Our Week 5 winners are:
Values: Max Ansell
Heart of Achievement:Oliver Smith
Congratulations on your efforts boys.
The person who was recieving the achievement certificate this week was away. It will be handed out next week instead.

Treasure Maps

Earlier this week we finished our treasure maps. To make these we first drew a compass and the shape of an island. Next we added details around the island, e.g. waves, sharks, a ship and rocks. The next step was to put in the detials on the island, e.g. mountains, rivers, beaches and forests. Finally we added an X for the treasure spot and drew a trail from the ship to the treasure. To make them look old we covered them with cold tea. They were heaps of fun to make.

Monkey Antics

During fitness for the last two weeks we have been building up our upper-body strength and learning to climb the pole. Lots of people have been using their lunch times and play times to practise, practise practise. We have some very determined young people in our class. Well done to those who have managed to do it so far. The rest of us are going to keep practising next week.

Ahoy there Mateys!!

News Ahoy!! This week Room 16 was not a class of 6 and 7 year old children. It was a ship full of pirates. Shiver me timbers they were a fearsome crew to behold. During the days of old the ship mates and crew wrote some scrawlins to describe other pirates they have met on the seven seas. These were put onto 'wanted' posters to put up in the sheriffs offices in each port t'was docked in. They created masterpieces of their ships so they might gloat to other pirates. In the days to come they will be recording the way through the seas to their stolen treasure. So grab yer eyeglass and have a peek on yonder at their work.

The Ant and the Grasshoppers - Take 2

Yesterday we finally got time for the last 3 groups to share their plays of The Ant and the Grasshoppers. They were focusing on using expression and following the story even when it was not their turn to read. They did a great job.

X-Country 2011

Today was the 2011 X-Country. We have been training at school every day for 2 weeks, and lots of the class have been doing extra training after school. Earlier in the week we all set goals for the race. Today we achieved our goals. Everyone put in a top effort and ran their very best race. Room 16 came out with some great results. Chloe is the 2011 Year 2 X-Country champion, and Niamh M came third. Well done Chloe and Niamh for earning a spot on the podium. We also had other fantastic results. Niamh B came in fourth. Te, Jake, Max and Kahn all finished in good positions for the boys, as did Caitlin, Ashley and Emma for the girls. Everybody completed the race and got a free ASB bank drink bottle. Well done!! I was very proud of you all and so were all the family and friends there watching. Here are a few photos of the day. Sorry if you were missed - some of you were just running too fast!