Diwali 2016

Thank you to Neil and his family for providing Room 1 with a gorgeous Rangoli pattern for our back table for all of Room 1 to enjoy. Today Neil taught Room 1 how to make the patterns and made a few for our buddy class Room 11 on the steps of their classroom and on black paper to enjoy in their classroom. Thank you to the kind parents for my special treats of food over the last few days and sharing their knowledge to us about Diwali.

Bianca's Holiday

Growth Mindset by Mark

Growth Mindset by Aya

           


                             

Koanga Festival

On Saturday Shayden and Emily performed at the Koanga Festival.
I was so proud watching them sing and do their actions, they were awesome!
Ahakoa he iti he pounamu.

Buddy Challenge Time

Today with our buddy class we did the marshmallow and spaghetti challenge.
The challenge was to make a tall tower which had to stand by itself.
During the challenge we used Growth Mindset thinking because we challenged ourselves, had the right attitude and showed lots of perseverance.
At the end of the challenge some of the groups understood that to fail is the first step in learning something new because as you can see by the photos some of the towers failed!
We had loads of fun!

School Cross Country

Here are photos of Room 1 participating in the School Cross Country held last Friday.
Although a few of us were not looking forward to the day, we all tried our best and were proud of ourselves for finishing. Congratulations to Zaina, Doreen and Callum who have been chosen for the Sunnyhills Interschool Cross Country team.

Ghostbusters

Here is our dance from Senior School Assembly today. We were so fabulous we have been invited to perform at Whole School Assembly next Friday!

Senior School Assembly

Here are photos from today's assembly. Well done Room 1, you were all awesome.

Mandarin Speech Competition

Today the Mandarin Speech Competition was held. Well done to Cathy, David, Zaina, Doreen and Emma for entering. Congratulations to Zaina who was placed third and to Doreen who was placed second! Room 1 are very proud of you all.

Fudge

After reading the poem Fudge! we made fudge with our buddy class.
We co-cooperatively worked together in groups to bring in the ingredients and to make a batch of fudge. We were allowed to taste the condensed milk and have a lick of the spoon and bowl! After the fudge had been left to set in the fridge, it was cut up into pieces. We tried a few pieces and took some home, it was yum!

Te Wiki o te Reo Maori - Maori Language Week

Room 1 will be learning this waiata during te wiki o te reo Maori. Remember to practice Room 1!

Matariki Posters

Matariki

Over the past week we have been learning about Matariki.
To celebrate Matariki today we learned to weave with harakeke (flax) with Room 7.
Before we began we discussed the tikanga when using harakeke and leaned a new karakia.
We have a few pieces each to take home and share.

Superhero Puppets

With our buddies we made superhero puppets. When they were finished we got into small groups and made another character and a story to go with our puppets. We used the app Puppet Pals on our ipads to record and publish our story. Here are some photos and three stories.

Literacy Week

On Wednesday we were entertained by New Zealand Playhouse with their show, "Fairest of Them All". Room 1 thoroughly enjoyed watching the show while laughing, singing and pulling faces!

Literacy Week

On Monday we had a visit from author Des Hunt. He used his passion for science to show us the writing process of a narrative. Des demonstrated how to begin with a hook to get our reader excited, develop the story line and then build up the story before reaching the end.
Room 1 enjoyed watching Des demonstrate some very cool science experiments.

Toku Mihimihi - My Self Introduction

A mihimihi is a short greeting to introduce our self to other people in te reo Maori.
It is an important part of the process of meeting people for the first time.

Room 1 have been learning to write, read and present our own mihimihi in te reo Maori.
Our mihi includes where we come from, our nationality (iwi), mountain (maunga) and river (awa), school, age and name. We have worked collaboratively to help each other with our pronunciation and understanding.

To know who we are, we have to know where we come from.

Writing Postcards Home

After seeing the postcards we made displayed in Room 1 about our summer holiday, Mrs Park (Andrew's mum) kindly gave Room 1 a pile of real postcards.
Room 1 decided to write to ourselves and have them posted to our home address.
Some students in Room 1 have never received a letter or postcard, so we are looking forward to it arriving in our letterbox. Did you know, that one postcard costs 80 cents to send?
We  discussed and found out what happens to letters and postcards when we put them through the slot in the mailbox and where mailboxes can be found.
We are wondering who is going to receive their postcard first.


 

Room 1's Summer Holiday Spots

Have a look where we all went on our summer holidays.
Tomorrow we are going to pretend we are still on holiday and write a postcard to our new friends in Room 1 from our holiday spot. Look out for our writing once we have finished!


View Room 1's Summer Holiday Spots in a full screen map