Mini Ball Skills with Ginny

Mini Ball Skills on PhotoPeach

Ukulele Learning

Ukulele Learning on PhotoPeach

Room 5 Poets...

We are learning to use the different forms and techniques that poets use to write poetry.

In our first attempt this week, we have been learning about  nouns (naming words) and verbs (doing /action words) and creating our own poems about sports and places we love.  You can read these on our Super Author Page - if you would like to leave a comment about any of our poems, please navigate back to this post and click on 'comment'.   We have also started to create poetry using the 'Diamante' form where we have to know about adjectives (describing words) also.  We are all very proud of our poems! 

Mrs MB has added a poetry site link to explore other forms of poetry for the children who really are enjoying being poets and would like to find out more.  Please have a look and bring any poems you write at home to school to share with others.

We love reading your comments and are trying to encourage a comment from every family this week!

Room 5 are also launching into a new action project this term ...we (the children of Room 5) have set a goal of fundraising to buy some net books (little laptops) for our classroom .  We've had lots of ideas of what to do to raise the money and the one we've decided on doing this term is a Room 5 'mini fair'.  Each focus group is going to take charge of putting together a stall.  More info soon ....

Signing off R5 and Mrs MB

In A Book

Hi Everyone,

Welcome back to a term full of engaging and exciting learning.  We have ripped into the term with a big focus on knowing our 'learning intentions' or W.A.L.Ts (We are Learning to...) and 'success criteria' - how we will know we have achieved - or what this will look like. 

The children ar

e all making tremendous progress in their knowledge and recall of basic facts and are enjoying moving onto new sets once they have met the success criteria of 'getting them all right'  and 'answering quickly' - as fast as light'ning!

On our links for learning in the side bar you will find a new site we have started to explore that is based on the important skills and strategies we need to 'understand' what we are reading.                                                            The 

site includes examples and 'online' reading to put these skills to practise. 

Swimming Update

Room 5 has been swimming. So far we have been doing back stroke,free style, how long we can hold our breath for. I have been holding my breath for 20 seconds!!!! We also had a lot of good behaviour and lots of good compliments. We also had lots of fun on the dive bords and lots more people are more confident and jumped off the ten metre diving board YAY!!!! From Lynley and Sarah

Fundraiser Update

Hi All,

So far Room 5's amazing original art has raised $159.50.  Thanks so much for all those who have bid :-)  We still have 7 more paintings to put up for auction ....once Mrs MBs Trade Me account is topped up!  Tomorrow we will be listing Bethany, Grason, Salani and Cameron's wonderful pieces.

Also a reminder tomorrow (Friday) is Gold Star PJ,Popcorn, Wheels and Games Day! If you are a Gold Star (everyone this week!! yay!)   wear your PJ's bring a game from home, wheels and a helmet if you want to have a spin on the court 

and Mrs MB will provide the popcorn.  Here are some photos from our last Gold Star PJ Day.

Gold Star Celebration Treat & Christchurch Art Fundraiser...

For the Gold Star treat we graphed what we wanted  to do for gold stars and the favourite is pj and popcorn day (and wheels if you have some and are really keen) . So if you're a gold star be sure to wear your pjs 2 moro (Tues 14 /3) Mrs M B will bring the popcorn.  If you bring your wheels remember to bring your helmet as well.

from Bella

Christchurch Earthquake Art Fundraiser

Room 5 has put into action their brilliant idea of raising money for the people of Christchurch by creating original art about the quake and putting it on Trade Me for auction.  All money recieved will be given to an aid agency (Salvation Army or Red Cross)  to help where we can.

Today the following childrens art has been put up on Trade Me 

                                                    

Natasha - Bricks Bouncing Like Madness    Start price $5.50

Jayden - A Terrified Day   Start price $ 2.00

Reyana -  Shattering Earth  Start price $8.00

Lynley - The Angry Earth Start price $ 8.00