End of Year Sign Off

Due to technical problems this past term we have been unable to update our blog. We are all go for next year so check back in in February 2013 to see what is happening in Room 5. Enjoy your Christmas and we will see you back next year.

Olympic Poses

Today we made Olympic Wreaths for craft. Here is Room 5 wearing their wreaths showing their wonderful Olympic poses.

Medalist Visit

We have loved watching the Olympics and seeing our New Zealand competitors doing so well. We have learned about the Olympic mascots, Mandeville and Wenlock and we have watched some of the olympic sports on our Activ-Boards. The whole school went to the library to watch the 100 metre final. We were very lucky to have Ann Muir, our very own Lawn Bowls bronze medalist from the Commonwealth games, come in to show us her medals and talk about what happens at the games.We have also watched some of our local players playing for New Zealand at the Olympics in hockey, soccer, sailing and the triathlon. All of the school watching the 100 metros final.

Ann with the children showing her fantastic haul of medals

Welcome back to Term 3

We are back at school and looking forward to another exciting term. We have 3 new students who have moved up from Room 2. This term we will be focusing on the London Olympics and our local sports people. Hopefully we will have some local sportspeople coming in to visit our school and talk to students and we will also be getting out to visit some of our local sports centers to see what happens.Look out for more news shortly.

Visit by Fire Service

This week we started our "Get Firewise' program me and had some of the local fire brigade come in to talk to us and learn about fire safety. We talked about what we need to do in a fire, what causes fire, and how to keep safe. Here are some of the things we had to say about the visit. "Don't play with matches 'the fireman said. We pretended that our classroom caught on fire and we had to crawl out. Unique Yesterday I learned about fires and matches and lighters and we read a story. Verne When I smell smoke I stay low, crawl under smoke to the door. Call out "Fire! Fire! Fire!" Lennox I went to the fire engine and it had a big ladder on top of it. Rosa The fire engine warns us with it's siren. Bradley We had to go outside and pretend there was a fire. Nigel We pretended that there was a fire at school yesterday. Jamie My Mum and my brother and me are home and it is on fire. We have to meet at the letter box if the house catches on fire. O'Riely The firemen visited us and we crawled under the smoke and we went out of the class and we came back in to sit down . It was fun because we crawled under the smoke. Chrisma I stayed low and crawled under the smoke to the door and shouted, "Fire!Fire!Fire!" Myra Mei I liked crawling under the black thing because it was dark. When we started we were asleep, then the smoke alarm ringed. We waked up and started yelling "Fire! Fire! Fire!' Then we started to crawl under the black thing. We had to go outside or else we would die. Bonnie

Life Education Caravan

These are two videos of Harold saying goodbye to Room 5. We loved having Harold and Nadine in to visit us. Hopefully we will see them again next year.

This week we have had the Life Education Caravan in for a visit. We loved going on a picnic with Harold the Giraffe and learning about healthy food and looking after our bodies. We all farewelled Harold on Tuesday. 

Tiger writing

This week Room 5 has created a book about tigers using our computers. On the computers we have been learning to drag a picture on to our pages document. Check out our great tiger images and descriptive writing.

Keeping Ourselves Safe

This week we have started working on Keeping Ourselves Safe. This involves visits from Constable Jasmine and also work in class regarding our homes, staying safe and our bodies. Today we looked at expressing our feelings and how we might react in different situations. Have a look at our facial expressions and see if you can choose between the following feelings - sad, happy, angry, proud, scared or confused.

More wordle wonders

Here are some more of our wordles that we have created that tell you about some things about us

Things we like to do

Today we were writing about things we like to do. Some of us got to have a turn on the computer publishing our stories. We have been learning to use the keyboard correctly, using capitals and fullstops and also learning to use the space bar. Here are some of our stories so far.

 Yippy I like playing on the monkeybars. I like swinging on the  monkeybars. I like sharing the bars with my friends  and playing with my friends.

Bonnie

yippy I Like playing rugby. I like tackling.

Verne

Yippy  I   Like     playing     On   the  flyingfox  with my friends. We take turns on the flying fox. I can   go fast on the flying fox.

Sophie

I like playing me and Myra ran my friend Myra  I am me said Myra.

Lennox

Welcome back to Term 2. We have all had a great break and are keen to get back into school for another exciting term. This term we will be focusing on Keeping Ourselves Safe and also be having a visit from Harold and the Life Ed Caravan. Keep a look out for updates. We also welcome a new class member, Brooke to our class this term. Here is our team all ready to go.

Wordles

This week we have been creating wordles which make a word picture about ourselves. Here are a few so far. We will be adding more over the next few weeks.

Crazy Faces

Who am I? I start with a U and am one of a kind

Who am I? I have red hair and start with a M

Who am I? I start with a O and recently broke my arm

Who am I. I start with an S and have a cousin in Room 4

 Who am I? I start with a M and have a sister in the seniors

Who am I? I start with a J and my last name starts with a P

Who am I? I start with a J and end with an e

Who am I? My brother is in the class next door

Who am I? My brother came to teach us AFL

We took photos of our class and cut them into pieces to make crazy faces. By moving the pieces apart our faces changed shape and looked different. See if you recognize any of our wacky room 5 people