Pyjama and Jandal Day

As you can see the soft toys rather dominated Room 19 on this special day.
You might have thought wearing PJ's to school would mean a very sleepy group of children? NO!! We worked very hard all day :-))

Room 19 Plays Squash

Well .... the experts came to school to help us learn skills needed to play squash.
We all had a great time and tried very hard even if some of us looked more like we were playing golf!!

New Furniture

At the beginning of Term 4 Room 19 was delivered some funky new furniture.

Below are some of our thoughts about it.

Steven - The new furniture is cool, awesome and comfortable.

Jun Ki - I feel very happy when I get to sit on all of the new furniture, especially the couches.

Yesel - I like that we are special and the furniture is different from all the other classes.

Bea - The new furniture is awesome and it helps me concentrate better. I sit quietly on the mat so that I will sit on a couch.

Bella - It helps me work better because it is very comfortable and I like to chose where I can sit.

Soowon - I like that it is clean and new. I didn't like the old furniture as it had lots of glue and crayons on it.

Ofa - I think it is pretty good and it is very comfortable.





Arlen - I really like the comfortable seats and it is easier to work on because the tables are wider.

Alisya - The furniture is good because the desks are clean and the boys and the girls sit in different places.

Jinhee - It looks really cool and I like to sit on the white tables.

Michael - The furniture is so awesome I wish that we could stay in the same classroom next year.

Grace - It is amazing because the chairs are so comfortable and people don't always open up their desks.

Christian - I like how you can lean back a little on the chairs and they are very comfy. The high desks give us a better view of the classroom.

Liam - The furniture is comfy and I like to sit on the blue or black couch.




What do you guys think?

Music with Mr Ramsay (September)

Here is another sample of what we do in music with Mr Ramsay.

We Support Ireland in Room 19

Wow! Look at all the children who turned up to school dressed to support Ireland today.
Well done Room 19 and a HUGE thank you to Liam's mum for spending the morning painting our faces :-)

Japan's Tactics

John Kirwin is the coach of the Japanese team and he should select his best teams to play the All Blacks. But the team goals are to win against Tonga and Canada so they can get into the next round. So as not to get players tired or injured the Japanese are not playing all their best players against the All Blacks.

Written by Jeremy.

Sonny Bill Loses Shirt

This is Sonny Bill Williams.
He is really good looking.
He has a great body.
He works hard, eats properly and exercises lots.
His shirt got ripped during a tackle but it wasn't supposed to rip.
It is supposed to be rip-proof, sweat-proof and odour-proof.
Adidas make the t-shirts and they are not happy.
But at least his ripped t-shirt goes to charity.

Written by Aspen

Rugby World Cup Opens

The rugby World Cup ceremony at Eden Park enthralled 60,000 spectators.
NZ and the tournament's story was told through a series of chapters.
It started with the Maori myth of fire. Moko projections shot across the field from a lone woman calling a Karanga.
A young boy wearing Canterbury colours scored the try of his dreams. All Black Jonah Lomu joined the boy on the try line. The tournament's anthem, 'World in Union' was performed by New Zealander Ria Paul, surrounded by hundreds of dancers.
As the final haka rumbled through the stadium the ground was ringed with the fireworks. The Cup was finally here!

Written (with help) by Chantelle

The Opening Ceremony

On Friday afternoon the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup was on. There was a huge party on the waterfront and 200,000 people went along. There was a massive fireworks display. Our family went to Devonport Wharf to see it. There were lots of problems with the trains and crowds, and some people didn't make it on time to see the game.

Written by Casey and photo from Steven.

The All Blacks play Tonga

New Zealand opens the World Cup with a win over Tonga. New Zealand was leading in the first half by 29 points to 3. In the end they won by 41 points to 10. However the coach was not completely happy with All Blacks performance.

by Jun Ki

Rugby World Cup

Wow!! What a huge event is taking place in New Zealand right now and Room 19 are learning many things connected with the Rugby World Cup.
We will be learning some interesting facts about the countries in Pool C: Australia, Ireland, Italy, USA, Russia. We are following our teams and reading some cool articles about what they are up to and how they are playing.


We are also keeping a close eye on the All Blacks because some of us are very big fans, including Mrs Waters who particularly likes Sonny Bill Williams :-)
By the end of the Term we should know a little bit about the history of Rugby and the Webb Ellis Trophy.

I'd Rather ....

We read a poem about some things no one wants to do and thought we would tell you about the things we dislike ...

Some of the many cultural groups in Room 19

Badminton Lesson

Check out our great badminton skills ........

Badminton -

Games

For the last few weeks we have been learning how to write the procedure you need to follow to play some games. Here are two games that you may like to play.

Rugby Show

During the last week of Term 2 we were lucky to be visited by two women who put on a show all about the history of rugby.

We learned some very interesting facts about players and the game. Some of these we will be able to use next term when we will spend time focusing on the Rugby World Cup.













Some of the children were lucky enough to get on the stage to help and others were chosen to answer quiz questions. It was a whole lot of fun and we are looking forward to following the rugby next term.

School Disco 2011

Wow!! ... Check out these great looking Room 19 children at the disco ....

Middle Syndicate visit to Howick Historical Village

Last week we visited the Howick Historical Village and had a great time learning about how people lived in the early years in New Zealand. We were especially interested in finding out about the games that were played in those days because we are learning all about games and how they have changed over time.



We wrote recounts about our visit when we returned to school.

Ofa wrote .... On Tuesday it was a beautiful day and we were going on a trip. I said, "WOW, this is going to be fun!" We had morning tea first and after this we went in our groups around the village ... The scariest teacher was the lady in the old school. She wouldn't even let me say a word. When my leg was stuck I said, "OOOW!" and the lady growled at me.....


Yesel began her recount .... I think it is going to be a wonderful day! On my mum's birthday the Middle Syndicate, teachers and parents travelled to the Howick Historical Village. When we got off the bendy bus we carried our bags and put them in a wooden cuboid ...






Andy wrote .... I can't believe we are going to Howick Village. It has been around since the 17th and 18th century. Our school trip began because we had a topic about games. We got to play with ancient toys and games. We also explored a rich house and I thought it was a haunted house .... We then went to a school where the teacher was scary and mean. Pippi's nails were smacked because they were dirty. We also had a spelling test and the boys lost to the girls because Judy was better than us at spelling ...

Chantelle wrote about the games .... One lady came out and drew a semi-circle on the rocks. She called out, "ladies come here" and that meant girls. She showed us the fun games that were played in the olden days. They were log walkers, stilts, hoop and skimmer, diablo, graces and hobby horses. Then we went to the haunted house. We had to play a game that was disgusting! It was called 'neck pass' and we had to pass a sack from our necks. It was like we were kissing!....

Science and Technology Week

In Week 7 the whole school took part in Science and Technology Week. We have written some thoughts on the experiences we had during the week.

Michael - I enjoyed K'nex the most because it was fun and we built some awesome stuff. I didn't enjoy the technology challenge where you had to try and guess how many or how much because I didn't really like them coming in our maths time!


Eden - I enjoyed the rotation around the middle classrooms the most because we got to make rockets out of balloons. Something I found hard was making the luge track out of newspaper because it was very difficult to make.



Casey - I enjoyed making a marble track with my team the most because it was fun. I did not enjoy making the marble track at home because my track broke.



Soowon - I enjoyed making marble movers for homework the most because there were lots of interesting models and I made one too. I didn't enjoy making the heat hats because mine was too small.



Aspen - I enjoyed making the marble movers for homework because it was fun doing something with my dad and Bella. Something I learned was that you have to curve the slide so that the greenstone could travel down the slide safely.



Christian - I enjoyed when we made the ravine because I got chosen for the finals. Something I learned about the ravine was that it had to have something to stop it at the end.

Monkey bars can show the movement of forces by Grace

Listen to Grace say how force works on the bars...




Can you think of any other parts of the playground that show forces at work?

Car tyres have friction by Eden

Why do you think tyres help keep cars safely on the road???

Opening doors show force by Aspen

What forces are at work when we open and close doors?

Force of climbing by Yvette

How does climbing a wall show forces at work??

A Car Shows Friction by Steven

How do car tyres help with friction??

Active Words

In our reading group we used fun words from the story and tried to make them look like they sound.



Here are some examples of what we did.



Can you think of any other words you could play around with in this way??

Maths - Capacity, Mass, Volume

This term we are looking at Capacity, Mass and Volume in maths. Last week we thought about what the words meant and collected magazine pictures representing each one, to make collages.

After finding the pictures we sorted them and discussed why they showed capacity, mass or volume. We found that some pictures could be placed in more than one pile, for example a jar of food could show capacity and mass.




We have displayed them as a classification chart on the wall.

Magic Words

Can you think of any other words you could use???

Literacy Week

Read some of our thoughts on Book Week ....



Something I enjoyed about Literacy Week was...

I stood up and showed the whole school my costume.
We had to bring our favorite books to school.
Stu Duval came and showed us how to draw cartoons out of letters.
By Philippa


The costumes because they all looked the same from the books.
By Jack Lai

Many teachers came to visit us to read books.
I love to read as many books as I can.
By Jinhee

The parade in the morning because we walked around.
By Ofa



My suggestion for Book Week next year is ...

I want to do no work and read, only because it’s book week and we should read and spell all the time.
By Philippa




Bring a book and be a character.
By Jack Lai

To wear a special costume for myself.
By Jinhee

To play with everyone I know.
By Ofa

Stu Duval was an absolute hit with everyone ....

On Wednesday 25th May 2011 Stu Duval visited Sunnybrae Normal School as part of Literacy Week and he drew our teacher’s faces.
It was so cool!! He told stories and then we came back to our classroom.
We wrote about Stu Duval. He is the coolest man that I have met.
It was the coolest day ever!!
By Jun-ki



On Wednesday 25th May 2011 we had a visitor. He was Stu Duval.
It was a part of Literacy Week and he showed the middle and junior syndicates, and some of teachers how to draw faces with letters and numbers.
By Ofa

Soccer with the 'Stars'

We were lucky enough to have some expert soccer players come to school last week and show us some great skills and games we can play to make learning soccer fun.

Soccer Skills - make slideshow

Music with Mr Ramsay

On Mondays we have a music lesson with Mr Ramsay. Look at and listen to our starry performance ....

Birthday

Tornado by Soowon

Tornado by Yvette

Tornado by Bea

Tornado by Jeremy

Tornado by Liam

Tornado by Christian

Tornado by Michael

Tornado by Andy

Tornado by Isabella

Junki chooses a Fang Fairy book.

The book I chose is "Fang Fairy" because it is a cool cartoon and it looks fun .
The cover shows 2 scared boys and a creepy house and the characters are Zilla, Jeremy Kreep and Nessy Thurman.

Eden chooses a computer.

The book I chose was "Finding and Sorting Information". I chose that book because it helps you learn to do art on the computer. It is a non-fiction book, Dewey Decimal Number 620.

Andy's book choice.

The book I choose was "Avoid working on the Great Wall of China" because I like Chinese soldiers in Ancient China. I found out that making the Great Wall of China was a hard and forced job. I learned that there were more than one million guard soldiers and one general called Meng T'ien .