Mathy Enviro

Today was an Enviro Day with Mrs Daniel. Did you know that each Enviro Day includes a maths component? So as well as tending to our butterfly garden, identifying ways to be sustainable and comparing our eviro journey with Royal Road School, we also learnt how to create a picture graph to display data today. Can you see how many grasshoppers Kelly found in her garden?

To conclude our day we had fun tech challenge; who could make the longest worm with an A5 piece of paper? Well done to Blake our winner.

Cynthia taught Room 17 how to make a paper explosion.
 Cynthia's Teach the Teacher presentation

Naomi taught us how to make an origami cube we could blow up like a balloon. It was tricky, but she helped us so well we were all successful. Thank you , Naomi, for being our first Teach the Teacher presenter.
Naomi's Teach the Teacher

Inquiry Learning

We have each chosen an Olympic athlete for our inquiry learning during August. 
We discussed what we would ask them if they visited our class, because we want to know how you become a world champion.
We researched information about our athletes on the internet and by watching TV news coverage.
We learned to make notes of information we found. 
We learned how to present our information in our own words.
Next week we will share our learning with others in our class.

Planting Trees for Survival

Today Room 17 and Mrs Daniel, with the help of Lynda from Auckland City Council, repotted TWO HUNDRED & FIFTY seedlings, as part of the Trees for Survival programme. The children were such enthusiastic and careful botanists.

Did you know Sunnyhills Senior School students have already repotted over 300 seedlings? We're looking forward to our tiny seedlings growing 30 cm in a year, then we'll be replanting them in a  local reserve for our native fauna to enjoy.

What a fantastic project; a wonderful learning experience with a really positive environmental outcome.

Our lesson with Julian from the ASB was a lot of fun. We learned it's good to "Spend some for you, but save some too."

Fancy Feet Friday

Wow! What funny feet we had today, dancing and skipping every where and getting into the holiday spirit!

Kiwi Sport on PhotoPeach

We're working on geometry in Maths at present.

Enviro BreakOut with Mrs Daniel

On Friday morning the children in Room 17 discovered a mystery padlocked box in their room. Mrs Daniel said that the information they needed to start their new Enviro Schools project had been scattered across the school, and the code for the locked equipment box had been forgotten. Could Room 17 work together to solve the clues, find the facts and break the code? They were determined and seriously excited.

The children showed amazing team work  and communication skills to discover the solutions and find all the key facts about plants hidden in the gardens.  Back in the classroom everyone persevered to break the code and open the padlock. Great problem solving!

Inside the mystery box the children discovered the seeds, containers and other equipment they needed to launch an edible garden. They spent the rest of the day researching seed germination and planting up. Mrs Daniel can't wait to see how much  their bean, sunflower & pumpkin seeds have grown, when she returns later in the term, for another fun enviro day.

Grandparents Visit.

What a great time we had today sharing stories with our wonderful grandparents. Reading and telling stories underpins the development of literacy for students. The children were engrossed in listening to you and enjoying every minute. Thanks so much for the time you give them and for coming in to school today.

Read some great poems!

  Our Millenium Centre Trip

At our Millenium Centre trip

we had

snorkeling

and team building.

We wore goggles

and lifejackets.

We swam like scuba divers

and lifesavers.

We made chains

and fell out of a lifeboat.

We ate sandwiches

and biscuits.

At our Millenium Centre trip

we had a bunch of fun!!!

               by Nadia

At the Millenium Centre trip

we had

snorkelling

and kayaking.

We wore togs

and life jackets.

We swam

with our flippers on.

We slipped

out of the boat.

I ate a sausage bun

and drank water.

At the Millenium Centre

we had lots of fun.

                           by Naomi

At our Millennium Centre trip

we had kayaking, snorkelling, pool safety and team building.

We wore life jackets, mufti

and swimming togs.

We swam on our backs.

We did some games in team building.

We ate lunch

and fruit.

At our Millennium Centre trip

we had lots of fun.

                       by Mark

At our Millennium Centre Trip

We had

team building and kayaking.

We wore

flippers and togs.

We swam

underwater and on top.

We played

parachuting and Hot Chocolate.

We ate

a bar and a banana.

At our Millennium Centre trip

we had lots of fun !!!.

                   by Jasmine.

Survival Skills at the Millenium Centre

Survival Skills at the Millenium Centre on PhotoPeach

Kayaks at the Millenium Centre

Kayaking at Millenium Centre on PhotoPeach

Our Art in the style of Wassily Kadinski

A Week of Tests and Swimming

What a busy start to the year! It has been lovely to meet so many parents at our picnic and Three Way Conferences. The children are settling well to new routines and work harmoniously together. This week has involved a succession of written tests and I have been impressed with how carefully our students have listened and followed instructions. 

No, we're not blue! It's just the light shining through the shade cover. Children say "We are blue. We're Smurfs!"

Hello Room 17 people, I'm looking forward to getting to know you and working with you all this year. We will have our first swimming lesson on Wednesday and our other swimming day is Thursday, so make sure your name is on your gear. We will be able to cool off in the lovely pool if it's a hot day.....yay!