End of 2020

 I can't believe that the learning year is over! It has definitely been different to every other year. Let's hope 2021 brings us a year of no Lockdowns.

Yesterday we were able to celebrate our annual prizegiving and acknowledging the hard work of our tamariki. I am very proud of all Room 21, those that received awards and those who did not but have worked just as hard to learn and to follow our school values.

If you would any 2020 photos please email me and I will forward them to you. Also, I still have the children's 2020 books that they have been working on and will hold onto them until next year. 

I hope that we have created some wonderful memories together and I wish everyone a very happy Christmas and look forward to seeing you all next year. 

Maria x

Theatre Group

The theatre group wrote, practise for months and finally performed their play for us today. 

Congratulations to Philly and Frances who performed in "Sliver".  We are very proud of you both.

Swimming This Week

                                                     

This week our class swim is on Friday at 9am. 

Puriri lunchtime swims are on Wednesday and Thursday.

Cultural Festival

 Thank you everyone for supporting our children during their performances last Saturday at the Cultural Festival. Here are a few photos I took of some of our Room 21 children on the day.

Swimming

 Yes there is swimming each week. Puriri Team have lunchtime swimming on Friday this week then every Wednesday and Thursday until Week 10.

Our class will be swimming on the following days:

Wednesday 25 November

Tuesday 1 December

Friday 11 December

                                  Wednesday 16 December

Library Books

 

All library books are now due back at school.

There are still 6 children who need to bring their books back.

Our Green Week

 Room 21's focus for this term's Green Week was all about how we can save water at school. Ways we save water are:

• Most of our class have drink bottles that we bring to school every day.
• Soaping our hands and then turning on the tap to wash the soap off.
• Checking that the tap is turned off when we have finished using it.

We are also collecting water from the drinking fountains in the playground to water the gardens. When we drink from the fountains there is always a lot of water that goes down the drains. This is the water we are collecting and we are finding there is so much that we may have to use bigger buckets!

Here are our Green Week photos:

On Monday we weeded the gardens outside Rooms 19 - 22.

On Friday we all wore green or blue to celebrate Green Week.

We attached buckets to all the drinking fountains.

We will report back next week to share how we have done.

Green Week

 This week is Green Week. 

Here is what is happening:

Mon & Tues - Book Swap Mornings

Tues & Wed - Seedling, Plant and Honey Sale

Wed - Make & Take

Thurs - Healthy Wrapper-Free Lunchbox Fri - Dress in green and/or blue, Walk, Bike or Scooter to school

Our focus for this week is to save water.

How do you save water at home?

Road Safety Week

 Road Safety Week is about encouraging families to think about how they can help everyone have safe and active journeys to and from school.  Parking away from the school and walking in helps keep the area outside the school safer for students.  Walking, biking and scootering is a great way to add exercise into your week!  Please remember to use the crossings, it may take an extra minute or two but it is another way we can help you to stay safe.

Certificate Winners & Athletes

Kia ora tatou!!

Over the past four weeks we have had two Puriri Team assemblies. Congratulations to our

four certificate winners who were caught being good during this time.

Xavier for helping teach his classmates how to tell the time and

Sophia for always being super respectful to her classmates and teachers.

Isaiah for the great progress he is made when speaking and listening in groups and

Josh for the amazing stop motion movie he created.

At our week four school assembly Leo received a certificate for the impressive description

he wrote. Well done Leo!

Our final photos are of the Room 21 athletics winners. These children placed first, second or third in their events. 

Lucy came 1st in the 800m, 200m, 100m and high jump. She also came 2nd in long jump

Dayelle came 2nd in the 100m

Lavina came 2nd in shotput and discus

Navala came 1st in long jump, 2nd in high jump and 3rd in 200m

Etena came 1st in discus

Kato came 2nd in discus

Luka came 3rd in 800m

Josh came 3rd in long jump

Fetongi came 3rd in shot put

Etena, Luka and Navala came 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the shot put. 

Josh, Dayelle, Lucy and Navala came first in the Year 4 relay

Tu meke Room 21 !!!

Scooter Training

 This morning we went with our scooters to Constable Holly. There were these cones that we learned to zigzag around and then we learned to stop if there was a car reversing. - Josh.

We learned emergency stuff - Dayelle.

We learned to check before we cross - Navala.

We learned to stop at crossings and driveways - Lochie.

Holly taught us about safety gear - Isaiah.

We had to stop and look when we were passing driveways - Emma.

We learned how to wear our helmets safely - Sophia.

We learned how to brake in different ways - Philly.

We learned how to use our brakes sensibly - Pene.

Holly told us why they wear bright vests - Luka.

We need to use bright vests so at night cars can see us - Vibhore.

Here are a few photos from today:

Week One

Fakalofa lahi atu

This week is Niuean Language Week and we will be learning some Niuean phrases and a little about the culture. Click on the image to find the phrases we will be learning:

Last week Kelly Sports came into school and took the children for games. Sadly it rained on our day but the class were still able to enjoy the indoor activities that Kelly Sports provided. Here is a photo of the class playing silent ball.

Congratulations to everyone who completed your holiday reading logs. Fairy Judy was very impressed!

Congratulations, also, to Xavier and Sophia who were chosen by the class as well deserving recipients of last week's "Caught Being Good" certificates at our Puriri Assembly. We are very proud of these two role models of manaakitanga 😀.

On Wednesday our class has scooter training. Please bring your scooter and helmet to school on that day. All scooters will be locked in the pool area after we have used them.

Please remember to send back all Athletics Day notices before Friday.

Have a great week!!

WELCOME BACK TO TERM 4

 Nau mai haere mai tatou! Welcome back everyone!

The class was buzzing with excitement this morning as the children caught up with their classmates. It was wonderful to hear about the different activities they had been doing during the holiday break.

One piece of really exciting news was that Lochie competed in the Ngauruhoe Ski Club Junior Ski Race and won the Under 10 boys division. We are very proud of your achievement Lochie and wish you all the best for your next competition.

A few reminders for this term:

• Holiday reading logs are due by this Wednesday at the very latest.

• Everyone must wear a hat and be sunsmart this term. Remember to name it.

• Home learning will continue to focus on Reading. Please remember to record your reading in your reading log. Reading logs are checked on Fridays.

• Scooter Training is next Wednesday. Bring your scooter and helmet along.

• We have our Athletics Day on Tuesday 3 November.

• Cultural Group practises are on Thursdays and Fridays.

• Niuean Language Week is next week and Tokelauan Language Week is in Week 3. If you have something you would like to share about either of these cultures please come along and share with us.

Have a great week everyone!

Maria

 

End of Term 3

 This term flew past so quickly with the Level 2 Lockdown interrupting our learning programmes. We did manage to revisit a lot of the work that had been posted on our blog during Lockdown, to review our learning and allow those who didn’t have access to see what we had been doing. Physical distancing meant a lot of our group based, collaborative learning did not take place and a lot of our sports was cancelled.

However, we did gain an extra week of Garden to Table! We would like to thank all our adult volunteers who helped make it so much fun and a special thank you goes to Sarah and Richard, our G2T specialists.

We also acknowledged Tongan Language Week and Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori by learning some new phrases and reading myths and legends.

 

Mālō e lelei	Hello
Mālō e lava mai	Welcome
Kohai ho hingoá?	What is your name?
Ko ___ hoku hingoa.	My name is ___.
Ko ho’o ha’u mei fē?	Where do you come from?
Ko ‘eku ha’u me i ___.	I come from ___.
Nofo ā (to those staying) ‘Alu ā (to those leaving)	Goodbye

We played Nga Kupu Jeopardy too.

To end the term we wrote stories for our stop motion movies which we will create next term and share on our blog. These photos show the class practising. Look how focused they are!

Duffy books and holiday reading logs were given out to everyone on the last Thursday so I’m hoping all the children are finding a bit of time, like me,  to relax over the holidays and read.

Happy holidays everyone!

Calendar Art

 

  Malo e lelei everyone.

Most of our class have rejoined us at school and we will be returning to our regular learning programmes as of tomorrow. We have spent the last week revisiting the "Learning at Home" lessons from the class blog and class building. The photos below show two of the activities from last week - Chocolate River and the Maths Trail.  

If you have resources from Lockdown please return them this week so they can be "quarantined" before I return them to the resource room.

            

This week is Tongan Language Week. Every day we will learn a new phrase and we will spend some of our Reading time this week learning about Tongan language and culture. If you would like to visit our class to share your Tongan culture with us this week please let me know.

Garden to Table is on Wednesday in the middle block from 11.20 - 1pm. We would appreciate any help / time you can give. Last week the children made sapa sui, palusami and pineapple pancakes. Delish!!!

Lastly, everyone has Reading homework. Please encourage your child to read for at least 10 minutes every night and fill in their reading log. Reading logs are checked every Friday.

Have a great week everyone!

Class Meeting

 Thank you everyone who attended our class chat this morning, I wasn't expecting so many of you. It was great to hear what you had been up to this morning in your bubbles. It was definitely a new experience for most of us! I'm looking forward to seeing you all in person next week. Until then, be kind and take care of everyone in your bubble.

I thought you might like to read this recount of our meeting that Dayelle wrote afterwards.

You Did It

 Tu meke Room 21! You have read over 1,000 books this year on Epic.

Congratulations especially to Dayelle and Philly who have read over 100 books each. Keep up the great reading everyone 👍