Room 3 2017

Everyone went to the park near Day's Bay for our end of year class picnic. This was a great chance for all the children and their families to relax together. The children loved running around the huge space and especially enjoyed the lolly scramble! Special thanks to Katherine and Hayley for organising this for us. Have a peek at us all having a fantastic time!

Over the past two weeks the children have enjoyed taking part in a range of activities outside of the classroom. They were fantastic at the Athletics Sports and so proud to show everyone their new skills. The students also had a lot of fun when the coaches from Kelly Sports came and taught them a variety of games using a wide range of equipment. On Tuesday, they went by bus to the NewDowse to see the 'Tickle my senses' exhibition and take part in the followup workshop. Before this, they enjoyed playing in a new playground and visiting the aviaries. Later in the morning they visited the children's library. They met the librarian who explained what was available for them to borrow from the library and then she read them an exciting story. Following this they went down to the returns area and put a book through the slot. They then went behind the scenes and scanned the returned books.

Over the past few weeks, we have been listening to a wide range of stories that feature strong character descriptions. This week we used plasticene to create colourful 3 D creations of the different characters and props chosen from these stories. We then retold each of the stories to our class using the characters and props that we had created.

What a fantastic day we had on Friday as we celebrated the achievement of the Green Gold Enviroschool Award. We started the day by watching the hangi being prepared and then we joined in with the powhiri. After that we listened to speeches including those by our Year 7 and 8 leaders and then our Kapahaka group performed on stage. All this was then followed by the presentation of the flag, certificate and special tree, which was planted in our playground. We watched the hangi being lifted and then we all ate the yummy food together. The fire engine and fire fighters came and that night we had a special disco.

Room 3 have been learning how to use similes in their stories to make them more interesting for other people to read. These are the stories they wrote about their mum or dad. We hope you enjoy reading them. My Mum is like a restaurant cook and she smells like a rose. She bakes cupcakes. She is as beautiful as a thousand flowers and I love her. by Sabine My dad is really fast. He is as fast as a dog called Bolt and he is really nice. By Oscar My mum is an angel. She is like a soft feather. She is so, so nice. She really likes me. By Amy My dad is like a great wrestler. My dad is the best in the world. My dad is like a star. By Luca My mum is good at tennis. She looks like a rainbow and a rainbow rose. She is beautiful. She is as yellow as the sun. By Yasmin My mum is as cool as Starwars. My mum likes Starwars. My mum took me to Paraparaumu. My mum let me sit next to her. My mum cooks nice stuff for me. My mum gave me two ten cents because my mum is nice. by Daniel My dad is like a hand...

This week Room 3 were the hosts of the Junior School assembly. Theo and Georgina were wonderful presenters. During the assembly six of us read out our fantastic recounts about Jack and Jill to everyone. We have finished our calendar art and it is on display in our classroom. Some of us made butterflies using crayon and dye while others made sea creatures using pastels.

We are loving Kapahaka. This week we learnt some new waiata and also how to use poi and ti rakau. We were shown what to do and then we practiced in our classroom.