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.

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.

Certificates - Week 5

Here are our certificate winners for Week 5. Congratulations!

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

Junior Poetry Competition

Today Caitlin, George and Oliver recited their poems in the Year 2 poetry recital. All three children did a superb job and should be very proud of themselves. Several parents and teachers commented on how well they all did. Oliver did especially well and came second out of all the Year 2 children. Congratulations Ollie and well done!! Niamh M also represented our class as one of the four announcers. This was a big task and she did a wonderful job. Thanks Niamh.

The Year 0, 1 and 2 winners.

Poetry Champs

Yesterday we had the Room 16 Poetry Recital. Wow - the performances were fantastic!! It was incredibly hard to choose 3 children to go through to the Junior recital next week. Well done to all children and thank you for your all your hard work. Here are the results:
1st - Caitlin
2nd - George
3rd - Oliver
4th - Niamh M
5th - Max
Caitlin, George and Oliver will recite their poems next Tuesday morning at the Yr 0-2 recital. Good luck! Niamh M will be an announcer at the recital and Max will be a back-up in case anyone is away on the day.

Learning at Home

Oliver did some work at home during the snow days. I love how you used a simile in your writing. Thanks for sharing your work Oliver.

Super Writers

This week two fantastic members of our class went to writing extension with Mrs Howison. Their aim was to paint pictures using words. They have both chosen a colour and written wonderful poems about that colour in the world around them. Well done Jake and Oliver.

The sky is blue shining in the atmosphere
Water is blue bubbling in your mouth.
Windows are blue shivering in the sun.
A screen is blue,
Waiting, excited to be used.
The ocean is blue with the fish
Leaping in the sea.
The smurfs trotting around their village.
Aqua, navy, turquoise.
By Oliver



Blue
Blue pens writing
Planets floating around in the atmosphere
Night skies with dazzling stars.
Blue slides coming from steep places.
Blue buildings almost touching the sky.
Blue birds fluttering.
Tears pouring from blue eyes.
Shimmering oceans filled with water life creatures.  
By Jake

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.

Let's get Skipping!!

This week the school recieved a very generous donation from JB Anderson and Zumba Fitness to say thank you for the use of the school hall after the earthquake. This money was used to buy two class sets of skipping ropes. Room 16 are the first class to test them out. We are going to keep using them in fitness this term so that we can all become fantastic skippers. A huge thanks to JB and Zumba Fitness.

Fun with Clay

On Thursday we had our first play with clay. We talked about where clay comes from and what we have to do to be able to work with it. We found out that it is much easier to work the clay when our hands are wet. Some people had their science minds switched on and were asking lots of questions about turning clay into a liquid and what happens once it has been fired. We experimented with the clay by pushing, pulling and twisting to see what happens.





















Next we made the surface of the moon and used the tools in our clay kits to add texture. After that we added moon men. Here are some very funky results.