School Fair

What a fantastic day for the school fair. It was great to see so many of you there. The high light for me was seeing four Room 13 children busking. Bailey, Flynn, Gemma, and Molly sang a Taylor Swift song and they were AWESOME. I am really proud of them for standing up on the stage in front of so many people. Bailey, Flynn, Gemma, and Molly you are all stars!

Term 4 Week 3 'Star of the Week' and News

This week has been busy and we have all worked hard.
We have finished our 'All About Arthur' poems and the collaged letters to illustrate them. Come into the classroom to see them. We also have our '10 Little Rubber Ducks' pictures on the wall. Next week we will be working in groups to collage a character from an Eric Carle book.

This week our 'Star of the Week' is Molly.

Molly has been focused on her learning and is a great role model in class.

Thank you, Molly, it's great to have you in Room 13.

On Fridays we read with our buddy class - Room 8. Both rooms look forward to this each week. The Room 13 children read a book from their browsing box, then the Room 8 children read a library book. Sometimes our big buddies help us with our work as well. Thanks, Room 8, we love spending time with you.

The new News Day rota is working well. The children are developing oral language skills as they talk about their show and tell items.

Fair Day is nearly here. Our room is full of 'white elephant' items. I am looking forward to browsing through and maybe picking up a bargain or two. A highlight will be the busking. Look out for the Room 13 quartet!

We have not had many comments on our blog lately. We do love reading your comments, so to encourage you to write I am offering a prize to the family who makes the most comments over the next 3 weeks.

Touch Stars

Six Room 13 children play Touch Rugby on Tuesday afternoons. They are all enjoying their games and they play well.

Last Tuesday two children were named 'Player of the Day' for their respective teams.

Congratulations, Lance and Matthew, we are proud of you.

Term 4 Week 2 'Star of the Week'

Everyone in Room 13 is working very hard and they are making it challenging for me to pick the 'Star of the Week'

However this week the person who has consistently shown on task behaviour, is polite and helpful, and focuses on his work is Flynn.

Congratulations, Flynn, on being the 'Star of the Week'.
It's great to have you as a member of Room 13. Thank you.

Collage Art Work

We have been creating art work using the same technique as Eric Carle - collage.
Today we finished our 'Flowers in a Vase'.
To create these masterpieces we first painted a vase using water colours. Then we cut flowers and stems out of magazines. When the vase was dry we cut it out. Then we glued the vase, stems, and flowers onto a skinny piece of paper. The last thing we did was draw a black spot in the middle of each flower.
The completed work looks fantastic and we are all proud of what we have done.
Check out the photos, or come into Room 13, to see our fantastic work.

Term 4 Week 2 Certificates

Today we had a school assembly.
Hannah received a certificate for being a great reader and Steven received a certificate to welcome him to Room 13. Steven is settling in well and is learning the Room 13 routines.
Congratulations Hannah and Steven, it's great to have you in Room 13.

Remember the school fair on 31 October - just under two weeks away. We need your support - please read the notice that went home today. Bring any donations into Room 13 and place in the black box under our Triple Star table. Thanks.

Term 4 Week 1 Star of the Week

The first 'Star of the Week' for Term 4 is Emily. 

Emily came back to school with a fantastic attitude. She has worked hard on all her work and been a great role model. Emily has also been a kind, helpful, and considerate class mate.

Thanks, Emily, we are blest to have you in Room 13.

The first week of Term 4 has flown by. We welcomed Steven to our room. Everyone has been very welcoming and helpful to Steven. He has settled in well and is enjoying being with us.

Everyone has settled back into the class routines and we have all been working hard in class. You can read our recounts of our holidays in the two postings below. Remember to add a comment after you've read them. 

Our topic for this term is: Eric Carle - author and illustrator. We will be retelling some of Eric Carle's stories and creating our own art works using the same style as Eric - collage. 

In PE we are learning to throw and catch a small ball.

There are many other things to keep us busy - remember the school fair in 16 more days. We will be going swimming later in the term - a notice will be sent home nearer the time. I am really looking forward to the production and our preparation for this is already underway. 

Our Recounts of Our Holidays

In the school holiday I went to the movies. It was cool at the movies.  I got a lolly. Then we went home.

By David

I looked at sharks. I went to the swimming shark.

By Jason

I was watching Despicable Me and my family watched too. It was fun. In the first part the man was making a balloon. It was a dog. He popped it with a needle.

By Lance

I went to the cinema and my father and Mum came. We watched Cats and Dogs and it was fun. We ate some popcorn.

By Benj

I went to Willowbank and I went to the tank. I liked the fish and I liked the lemurs.

By Zac

In the holidays I went to get a Wall. E book. It was very hard to find. I was very happy when I found it. I love it. I looked in three shops. On Sunday I found my Wall. E book. It was fun. I was happy when I found the Wall. E page.  

By Matthew

In the holidays I went to Hanmer Springs with Mia. There we had a night walk. It was dark. I liked it. In the holidays I stayed in a hotel.

By Nico

Our Recounts of Our Holidays

In the holidays my tooth fell out but it did not fall out on its own because my Mum knocked it out. Then Mum had to pull it out of my mouth because it was out in my mouth. It hurt a bit. After Mum got my tooth out she put it in a pink cup and left it on the windowsill.

Then we went to see some of Mum's friends but first we went to some shops.
There was an Angelina Ballerina show. After we went to the show we went to McDonlads for lunch with my Mum's friend and my brother. I had an ice-cream with my brother. I loved the ice-cream because it had a chocolate stick on the top but Xavier only had ice-cream.
Then we went home and played some games. We played with our toys while Mum did jobs. Then we had afternoon tea. Then we went and watched TV.
By Gemma


On Sunday I went to a party. It was my Gran's party. My cousins came too. I liked the food. It was yummy. My cousins had fun too. Mum and Dad went too. I liked going to the party. It was fun. I had cream and puffs.
By Molly


On Friday I went to the pool. I went down the hydroslide. When we got to the pool we had an ice-cream. Then we went home. After we got pizza for dinner we went to bed. In the morning I had toast for breakfast.
By Emilie


On the first week of the holidays I went to get babysat by my big cousins. We went in a car to Riccarton Mall Hoyts. We went to see Despicable Me. We got to have lollies there. We had lots of fun. We came back on the bus. We had cheerios for lunch. We also played on the play station. We played Jungle Party. It was fun.
When Mum picked us up we went to the swimming pool to have a swim. I went in a big slide. I squirted water at Eden. Then we went home but first we dropped off Eden.
We played a lot on the play station. I hope Eden had fun too. I knew when I saw her the next time. The other cousins went to see their Nanny's home. I bet they did not have fun.
there was a big after shock the next day.
My cousins needed to look after Luke and me from Monday until Friday. We played games. The most funnest game was Halabalo. We had pads to jump on and the man on the tap told us what we had to do.
By Hannah


In the holidays I went to the park with my Mum and Ella. We played tag. Mum pushed us on the swings
By Lucy


In the holidays I went to Hanmer. On the way it was really windy. We had to get the tea. Mum got out of the car to get the tea and then Mum was back. then we went to Hanmer Springs. When we got home I went to the couch to get warm. We watched a movie and the movie was Guyfawkes. I didn't like it very much but the boys liked it.
Then we had tea. mum said, "We have food." And I said, "Thank you very much." And Mum said, "You're welcome."
My family went to the pools. I went in the hot pools and Mum and harry came too. It was very hot.
The home that I stayed in was 88 Lakes Lane. Then I went to bed. I liked sleeping in the bunk bed. I slept with two of my brothers and they were annoying.
By Emily


In the school holidays I went to Emily's birthday. I went to the movies. It was Despicable Me. It was 3D. I had lots of treats. I was scared of the shark because it was 3D. When Victor looked at something his head came out.
On Sunday I went climbing with my Dad. It was on a mountain. I loved it. I had a little break. I had some treats and then I went back to climbing. I managed to get to the top. I raced my Dad.
When I went home I had dinner. My dinner was pizza. 
When my Dad told my Mum she was very happy because I climbed a mountain. 
Then I changed into my pyjamas. I went to bed but I didn't go to sleep. My sisters were asleep.
By Alannah

Term 4 - Day 1

Welcome back to school. I trust you have all had a great holiday and are ready for a busy last term of 2010.

During the holidays three people turned 6! Happy Birthday to Emilie, Emily, and Lance. We hope you enjoy being 6.