Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays

Thank you all for the lovely Christmas cards and gifts.
I have had an amazing year with all the special people in Room 4.

Have a great break and I'll see you all next year when you come back as big grown up Year 2's!

Having Christmas fun yesterday!







Merry Christmas Everyone.

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Saturday, December 10, 2016

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What a busy two weeks we have had!




Thanks to everyone who made it to our Junior Celebration Concerts last week. We have all been working hard to learn the words and actions to the songs.

Our Star of the Week last week was:
ZACH!
Thanks for all your help with stickering this week.
Zach was very busy with Christmas stickers this week.
He was unwell one day during the week and asked me to save all the books for him to do when he got back to school.
Thanks for the yummy chocolate covered marshmellow surprises you made for us too!
The week before Florence was our 'Star of the Week'
Florence is a fantastic role model and a super learner.
Thanks for all your help too Florence!

Thanks for all the neat 'Show & Tell' items people have bought this term. We have all shared lots of interesting things and everyone has become very confident at speaking in front of the class.
Recycling week.

Recycling week.

This can be recycled.

Recycling week.

The letter of the week was R.
Look at these fantastic rabbits.

Madix had this great idea for the letter, 'R'!

A beautiful rainbow!

We even had clues for this rainbow!

Evelyn had us guessing with this.
R for rocket!

This was very clever and Zach had some awesome clues.

Thanks for all your hard work and thinking for Show & Tell this term. We have finished Show & Tell for the year now.

What's On This Week...
Remember to bring your reading folder each day this week. There will be lots of things going home.

Monday
Swimming
Art interchange

Tuesday
Art interchange

Wednesday
Art interchange

Thursday
Full school assembly in the hall.
Meet your new teacher & class for 2017!
School finished at midday.

Remember:
  • Bring your hat each day.
  • Your reading folder each day.
  • Swimming gear for Monday.
  • Please return any library books and reading books you may still have at home.


Some of the things we have been doing in Room 4...

Mufti Day to help the children at St Joseph's School in Kaikoura after the big earthquake.
We walked like models and talked about the things we were wearing on the day!







Ollie was the Star of the Week!







We had a lot of fun being models!

We had a school Talent Quest!
Room 4 lining up.
We were very excited because Evelyn was starring in the Talent Quest!

Waiting for the show to begin!

Enjoying the show!

Evelyn waiting as the judges announced place-getters.


Congratulations Evelyn!!!
Evelyn placed 1st in the Talent Quest.

Maths time in room 4.
We did lots of  skip counting, making & continuing patterns during our learning about Algebra.

Sadie hard at work!



Discovery has been lots of fun this term too.



We have had a fantastic year together in Room 4.
Check out some of the highlights from this year.

Easter
 Run for Fitness


 Gymnastics with Christine.



 Room 4 in Term 1!
Fiji Mufti Day.
 

Fire Wise
Get down, get low, get out quick.


 Picasso Artworks.


100 Days of School Celebration.


Fish Migration Day.

The letter of the week was..
F!

We went leaf hunting - autumn walking.

The Mystery Bag - everyone enjoyed this!

Ollie sharing a science experiement.

Making yachts, trialling them and making them better.


Penguins, penguins, penguins!


Science Alive visit.





Celebrating Matariki with our buddy classes.
We all had soup together.


On our umbrella walk.


Carlisle shared his rabbit.

Science fun with yeast.



That was some of what happened in Terms 1 & 2

This is Terms 3 & 4...

PMP started




We learnt about different countries.
Eve B's mum taught us about Singapore.


Show and Tell started.

We learnt how to belly breathe.

The letter of the week was, Z.




Kiwi Art.

Fun with the seniors.


We went on a treasure hunt.




Fun with clowns.


A special visit!






Room 4 ice creams!


We learnt how to 'Write around the Room'.



Sadie shared her budgie.

Fish and Chip lunch.

Aunty Sam visited from Australia.


Buddy reading.


Jellyfish art.

We shared something green for Show & Tell.


Joe visited with the Ranfurly Sheild.

We made gingerbread men.



Elephant art.

We have 4 more days!
See you tomorrow.
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