Amazing certificates!

Wow Room B! You are amazing learners ... Look at all the certificates we got at Junior Assembly on Friday! We are very proud of all of you. 

"The sky is falling!"

Room B had a big treat last week. We got to watch a special play put on by two reading groups. It was called 'Chicken Licken'. We especially liked how the group used clear voices and kept their books down from their faces. They did a super job!

Guinea Pig Visitors

Cate and Samuel brought in two special visitors last monday. Their big brother's pet guinea pigs. Two reading groups had just read about how to look after these animals, so they were very excited to get to meet some. Room B people are guinea pig experts now!  

 

Enviro Action Day

Cheeky Kea

Kea are large parrots that live in the South Island high country, sometimes venturing down to valley floors. Their call is a ringing ‘keee-aa’. Playful and inquisitive, they can be destructive around ski fields and campsites, vandalising or stealing unattended items. In the past kea gained an undeserved reputation as sheep killers and many were shot. Since 1986 they have been fully protected by law.

From: Te Ara, Encyclopedia of New Zealand 

Beautiful Birds

Go to the 'Beautiful Birds' page at the top of the blog to see some great bird videos.

I love to cheeky kea video!

Kiwi Story

Watch this lovely kiwi story.

Birthday Treats

Room B got a cool birthday treat on Thursday! Everyone really enjoyed their tiny teddy cars. 

It is Autumn Time!

Here are some photos of the great autumn activities we have been doing at reading time. 

A hedgehog comes to visit...

Around our new toliet block there was a special visitor ... A hedgehog! Mrs Bing rescued him from a hole in the ground and then brought him into Room B so we could see what he was like. After that she gave him a new home on the field. 

We were very interested and asked lots of questions! We learnt that they like to live in dark places and they have spikes to protect them from predators. 

Super Certificates

Look at these fantastic learners who have been following the yellow part of the Rainbow. They have both been making great choices in the classroom and trying very hard with their learning. Keep it up guys!

Interesting Sharing

On Friday for sharing these two learners brought in some very interesting things to share with the class.

Here is Cate with her bull horn! She was able to show us the part where it was in the bulls head. Her brother got it and let her bring it in to share.

Here is Kaea with his thunder rock. He has had it since he was very young.

It is great to see people bringing in some different things for sharing!

Pipe Cleaner People

Today at reading time some of us made our very own pipe cleaner people. It was pretty tricky! We had to cut the pipe cleaners in the right places and twist them to make the arms and legs. Another tricky part was threading the buttons on for the hands and feet. We learnt that we just had to keep trying to get them looking like people. I can't wait to see the rest of Room B's pipe cleaner people!

Holiday News

Everyone in Room B had a great holiday. Here are some stories about what we got up to ...

In the holidays I went to my friends and we played on the slide. I love to play with my friend.

By Ella

In the holidays I went to my Nana and Granddad's with my Mum. I played with their Lego.

By Jamie

 

In the holidays I went to Kowhai  Park with my Mum and Dad. I played on the slide.

By Kiara

In the holidays I went to Timona Park and played

rugby. Mum came and Dad came and Zoe came. I scored five tries. We won all of the games and it was a fun day. I played three games. That was all the games.

By Kayden

In the holidays I played on the Play Station. It was so fun. I played G-Force.

By Samuel

 

Max!

Just before the end of term Kayden brought his new puppy Max into visit! Room B loved how Max was so friendly and wanted to say hello to us all. 

Athletics 2013!

On Friday the 5th of April Manchester Street School had their Athletics Day. It was a fantastic day, the whole school was out on the field taking part in lots of different activities. The most important thing about the day was that we all tried our hardest and did the best that we could! 

Here are a few photos of the day .... 

  

Special Visitor!

Look who came to visit us on Friday...

Mr Wheeler, our principal.

We sent him a special card to say thank you for a great show on Tuesday and he came to say thank you to us! 

Super Learners!

These people have been trying so hard to follow the Rainbow that they got certificates! Well done :)

We got the Enviro Award for doing such a great job as the Power Rangers. We will try really hard to keep up the good work. 

This amazing rainbow learner was the FIRST person in the Junior Team to get the Harold Friendship Award. We are very proud of him. 

Enviro Day with Mrs Cowan

Here are some photos from our Enviro Day last Monday. We learnt so much from Mrs Cowan. 

Here we are checking out our litterless lunches. We are all trying hard to make less rubbish. 

We are the Power Rangers!! It is our job to check lights are off at lunch time and to turn them off if they aren't. 

We went out into our class garden. It is VERY dry. We need some rain so the plants don't die. 

At the end of the day we drew some NZ ABC pictures. 

Thanks Mrs Cowan for a great day!!