Grandparents choir concert on Friday

Just a reminder that the grandparents concert is this Friday in the school hall at 10:30. We would love to see grandparents, parents and siblings come along and enjoy the songs we have been learning this term during choir time.

Rockband

Tomorrow the rockband is performing in the hall at lunchtime. Come along and listen to their fabulous music and singing... Have a dance at the same time.

A BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AMY, ANNABELLE, TATSUMI AND LOGAN

We have had four birthdays in the past couple of weeks to celebrate in Room 20.  Annabelle turned 8 and Amy, Tatsumi  and Logan turned 9! We know you all had a wonderful birthday.  Happy Birthday from all of us!

CAMP 2014

This week the Year 4 children will be making i movies in groups of their time at camp.  We will be posting the movies on the blog and sending them home on memory sticks.  Here are just a few photos from camp.  I wont give away too much before the movies are made.

HAT TERM

Well done to all the children who have remembered to bring a hat to school today.  Please remember to have a hat or cap at school everyday.

Birthdays in Room 20.

We have had a few children in Room 20 turn 8 or 9 years old.  Mrs Allen will catch up with the photos this week of the children who have missed their birthday hat photo.  Amy had an extra special birthday because she got to spend it on camp!!! Wow - the best party with all her lovely friends around her!!!!

Jessie's Muddy Good Run!

In the weekend Jessie travelled down to Rakaia to compete in the Muddy Good Run.  She enjoyed herself so much she wanted to do it all again.  The best part was climbing over the cars and making them super dirty with mud.

Happy Fathers Day!

Room 20 wishes all the Dads, Grandads, Step-Dads a very Happy Fathers Day today.  We hope you liked the card and have been able to relax on this lovely sunny day.

Learning experiences in Room 20

Some photos of the museum trip, bake sale and action indoor sports for you all to enjoy.

ACTION INDOOR SPORTS - YEAR 4 TEAM BDO!

Remember our BDO is on tomorrow - we are heading off to Action Indoor Sports at Sturrocks Road.  Wear sensible sports clothes and remember to be at school before the 8:55 music.  Don't forget a big drink bottle and lunch.  Can you remember what team you are in?

Happy Birthday to you Rehan!

A big Happy 8th Birthday to you Rehan.  We hope you have had a fantastic day and we know you will have heaps of fun at lazer strike on Saturday.

Poetry Competition

A huge congratulations to all of Room 20 for their amazing poetry recitals yesterday.  I was very proud of the way you all stood up and shared the poem of your choice with great enthusiasm, memory, expression and eye-contact.  Thank you to Miss Scadden and Miss Falkner for having the EXTREMELY tough job of judging.  Congratulations to the following children who are representing our class in the Year 3/4 final next THursday.
Year 3 - Matthias Auld, Lucas Baines
Year 4 - Sophie McGhie, Millie Holmes.

Sithum is our runner-up in case some-one is away on the day of the finals.

Our Bake Sale

Today we had such a fantastic time at the Year 4 bake sale.  We set up our spot with delicious baking  and eagerly awaited our customers to spend their money.  We loved selling and sorting out the change and keeping track of all the money that was flying in.  WE ARE SO EXCITED WITH OUR EFFORTS TODAY AND ARE VERY PROUD OF OURSELVES!!! Each of the Year 4 classes counted the money that we raised.  Room 20 thought we raised $1104.60c - WHAT AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING EFFORT! All the money raised will go towards the cost of our camp!

Poetry Week

This week we have been writing, reading and practising reciting poems.  Come and read some of our wonderful poems we have published!

Museum Visit

Today Rooms 20, 21, 22 headed off on the bus to the museum.  We had a scavenger hunt to do when we got there.  We had photos of everyday household items and we had to find, photograph and describe the olden day equivalent.  We had a fantastic time exploring the Victorian Street.  A movie of the trip will be posted over the weekend.

Assembly in Room 20

 

On Thursday Room 20 hosted the Year 4 assembly.  Isaac and McNamara did a fantastic job as our MC's.  Well done to Room 20 for singing the Waiata we have been learning over the past week.  Congratulations to our all the fantastic certificate winners for this week.  Keep up the awesome work!!!

Monday lively listeners and super speakers.

This morning the classroom was full of chatter about weekend news.  We were showing we were lively listeners by using eye-contact, nodding and making expressions as we listened.  Mrs Allen was interested in seeing how much of our partners news we could remember.  What a great way to start the new week!

Te Wiki o te Maori - Maori Language Week.

This week is Maori language week.  We have started the term by asking how the person is who comes after ourself on the roll.  Kei te pehea koe?  We are learning different responses depending on our mood in the morning.  We are also learning three songs in Maori and we will perform these to the rest of the Year 4's at our assembly next week.

We were lucky to have some tamariki from Rooms 1 and 2 visit us and teach us some Maori language. They sung the beginning of the national anthem with us and helped us to pronounce the words correctly.  They shared their Mihi and we even wrote our own Mihi.  The children then handed out a colouring competition - due this Friday.  Thanks for the wonderful teaching.

Happy Birthday Jessie

Jessie celebrated her 8th birthday in the holidays.  She was lucky enough to go to New Plymouth and spend some time with her family and grandparents up there.  We loved hearing about your birthday on Monday and are pleased you had such a great day.

Styx Mill Fresh Water Frolicking

Yesterday we went on an amazing trip to the Styx Mill reserve.
We were welcomed by Lou, Ruth and Kenny - the doc rangers.
First we walked along a walkway and learnt about the birds in the area, harakeke (flax) and some other important facts along the way.
We then stopped at the side of the water and began exploring the creatures that live in fresh water.  We were split into groups and used some technical devices to scoop interesting bugs and plants out and then investigated and identified what the water creatures were.  The most common were the water boatmen.  Boy do they swim around!
We then played some cool games and related them back to how we can help keep our waterways/rivers clean.
On the way back we stopped off at Grants Rd to look at how the community has beautified the stream and created fresh water.
Thank you so much to the amazing parent helpers - Lauren, Moreen, Yvonne, Andrea, Angela and Karen.  We couldn't go on these wonderful trips if it wasn't for your support and help.  Thanks!

Styx Mill trip!

Don't forget to pack your gumboots for our trip to Styx Mill tomorrow.  You will also need a warm raincoat/jacket.  Remember to check the blog if it looks like rain in the morning.
                                                                  

Water Inquiry

This week Rooms 20, 21 and 22 have started Inquiry projects related to Water.  First each child decided on a topic and then were put into groups of about 4 children who were also interested in the same topic.  We have been brainstorming, gathering and researching information and keywords.  Today we decided who was doing what and how we would present our information.  Some groups have chosen posters, some powerpoints, diaoramas and some groups think they may put the information into a song.  We are working on these as part of our writing and reading programme for the next week.  We will present these at the beginning of Term 3.  It has been fun working with friends from the other classrooms and also finding a space where we feel comfortable working.