Last Post of 2013

Room 12 2013, you have been great .. 

Thanks for all the fantastic memories and best of luck as you move on through your lives. Everyone of you has their own special talents and amongst you there will be some amazing scholars, top sportsmen, inventors, performers, future stars even. In each of you are the qualities needed to be top class citizens of the world. 

As Dr Seuss said ....

Fun Day

The year is nearly over ... but before we go have a look at the fun we had on the Water Slide last week!

Beach Trip

A couple of weeks ago Rooms 12 and 13 went to Mairangi Bay to learn how to be safe at the beach. Everyone had a fantastic day and came back to school knowing more about the safe areas to swim, what to do if we get into trouble and also sun safety.
Parents came with us to help out and some even brought sausages! We played games, built sand sculptures and we also got to swim in the surf on boogie boards. A great day was had by everyone.

SMART Tasks

Room 12 created a PMI thinking about the SMART thinking we have been doing most days this year.
This is what we thought ...

QUEST - The Musical

Come along and see the Senior Syndicate Musical

 Quest

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 7:00pm

Tickets cost $6 for Adults and $3 for Children

Next Year Intermediate ...

Recently some Year 6 students went to T.N.I.S. to see what it was like. Whilst there they designed pens, others tried some forensic science and the last group made flutes. Everyone had a lot of fun and are looking forward to attending this school next year.

Are We Waste Wise?

Room 12 spent one whole day collecting all their rubbish. They then brought this to school sorted it into piles. We constructed a chart to display the amount of each type that we had individually and as a class. We then discussed whether it could be recycled or reused and also considered ways that we could reduce the amount of rubbish we had accumulated. As the term progresses we will learn more about waste and keep you informed of our findings. For now we have a picture showing all our rubbish!!! Do you know which categories can be recycled?

Why don't you try this week's quiz?

Gumboots and Umbrella Walk

Goodbye Mr Frazer

Rooms 12 and 16 Host the School Assembly

Wow! What a fun time we had last week hosting the assembly. All through the week we practised and then on Friday we hosted the assembly. This year we decided to base it around Recycling and acted out a story called 'Look after our Planet' featuring Charlie and Lola. We also sang a couple of songs about taking care of our environment and shared some important facts.
We think our assembly was informative and fun and hope you all enjoyed watching it as much as we enjoyed presenting it?

Room 12 Soccer Stars

Some Reports on Mould

Week 9 Quiz

Culture Inquiry

Earlier this term we found out how our families came to live in New Zealand. Some of us arrived recently and others came to New Zealand over 100 hundred years ago. We had to focus on one person and find out how they traveled, why they left their own country, what their journey was like and how they felt when they arrived in New Zealand.
To present our inquiries we either made a passport, designed a poster or created a key note. All of us had to share these with the class. It was very interesting to hear the different stories, especially those who had made the journey themselves.
We have a display of some of these presentations in our visual bay. You are welcome to come and have a look.

Term 2 Week 7 Quiz

Book Week Activity Time

Our Family Group, and the children in Room 12, made collage book characters from card and old magazines. Everyone had a lot of fun and they turned out very well.

Our Recent Book Character Parade

Can you guess the characters and books they are from?

Week 4 and Week 5 Quiz

Week 3 Quiz

What do you think?

Mrs Waters heard on the radio that there was a difference in reading comprehension levels between children reading paper books and those reading i-books. We were asked whether the statement 'Children reading on i-pads or i-books are better readers than those reading paper books?' was true or false and why? This is what we thought.

Sunnybrae Vision

William and George created this poster showing the Sunnybrae Vision Statement. They included our school Sunnybee.

Week 2 Quiz

Term 1 Culture Wall

Holiday Static Images

Room 12 have created static images about an event from the holidays. We had to choose the event and create a picture that we thought clearly showed the message. We used coloured paper to create the image and wrote a short phrase to go with it. This was also glued on to the page using magazine letters. You can see them more clearly on our classroom wall.

T2 Week 1 Quiz

Can you work out the answers to these questions?

Holiday Homework - Term 2 Starts Soon!

Remember that we are back to school next week.  How is your Holiday Homework going ? Have you completed your interviews? Remember to collect the information to help with your inquiry. Here is the homework sheet if you have misplaced it. Click to enlarge it.

Cycle Safety

Last term we took part in cycle safety. We had to have our helmets and bikes checked to ensure they were safe and worked properly. They brought heaps of bikes for us to use if we did not have our own. During the sessions we learnt how to signal, stop, go around obstacles and look left and right. Some of us had never ridden a bike before and by the end off the sessions we were off!!
It was so much fun and we all hope they come again.

Buddy Class Mehndi

Quiz - Term Review

Race Relations Day 2013

Recently we celebrated Race Relations Day at school. These photos show some of the different countries our children (and teachers) identify with. See how many you can work out for yourselves?

Read some of our Bio Poems