Stardome photos.

Stardome trip

We had a very informative trip to stardome.  Thank you to our parent helpers, Mrs Lala and Mr Kumar.

Book parade

It was a really fun day!

Book Parade

We had a lot of fun on book parade day.

Happy sixth birthday to Loto, Eric and Lida

Saal Murbaarak

Diwali sweets

Yohaan and Pranaya brought Diwali sweets homemade by their mums for the class to see and for Mrs Duffy to share with her family.  The bharfi was delicious.  Thanks very much!

Traditional clothes.

On Wednesday some of us dressed in our Indian clothes to celebrate Diwali.  Azal came in her traditional Pakistanian clothes.

Diwali

Year 0/1's group photo celebrating Diwali

Learning Goals

For writing we have been using individual  learning goals with success criteria to help us achieve these goals.  Once we have 6 ticks the  learning goals go on our congratulations wall, then we select a new learning goal with Mrs Duffy.  Here are some learning goals on the congratulation board.

Here are some students' explaining how the goals have helped them.

Keng Shen
 Having the goals helps my brain.

Celine
My goal helps my brain think about what to write.  it helps me to do personal excellence and write nicely.

Yohaan
The success criteria helps me remember what to do.

Richie
They help me remember what to write.

Kavin
The goal card tells me what to focus.  I feel happy when I tick stars because I get a prize.  I can write by myself.

Lida
When Mrs Duffy talks about my goal card it helps my brain to do personal excellence.

Earthquake stories in the newsletter.

Have you checked last weeks newsletter?  Some room 18 stories were published.

Earthquake stories.

Last Thursday the whole school participated in shakeout day which was a New Zealand wide event.  We did drop, cover and hold.  Then we evacuated onto the field.  Everybody participated well and demonstrated they knew what to do!  Well done!  Prior to Thursday we found out what causes an earthquake.  Here are some of our stories.

Earthquake stories from room 18.

Azal

The earthquake is rattling and wobbling and the tectonic plates move apart.  The buildings move, the ground shakes.  That is how the earthquake comes.  It can crack our houses.  Earthquakes are everywhere.

Yohaan

An earthquake is when the tectonic plate moves apart.  When tectonic plates move apart the the earth shakes.  Buildings move when earthquakes happen and doors wobble.

Keng Shen

An earthquake is when the tectonic plates move apart.  The earthquake makes bridges break and the road makes big cracks.  Earthquakes break houses.

Zarar

An earthquake is when the earth shakes.  Plates move apart.  Buildings move.

Aayushi

The earthquake is when the earth is shaking.  It is when the tectonic plates move.

Eric

An earthquake is when the ground shakes and the ground cracks.

Kavin

An earthquake is when the ground moves.  It is when the tectonic plates move and it looks like a puzzle.  When an earthquake happens the ground shakes.

Happy sixth Birthday.

Happy birthday to Tanisha, Zarar and Richie who all turned 6 in the holidays.

Money Boxes

As part of our Inquiry  Money Matters   we created our own money boxes.  Everyone was so creative!  Here are our creations.  Check individual money boxes on seesaw!

Pic collages

We read the shared book about Tane.

Pic collages

Some of the Leopard reading group made pic collages of the characters in the shared story The Kings Cake.

Happy sixth birthday Oceanna

Poetry Recital

Congratulations to Muhammad and Yohaan who were finalists in the Poetry Recital.  Well done to everybody who worked hard to learn their poems.

The finalists at the poetry recital

here are the participants in the finals of the poetry recital.

Poetry Recital

Congratulations to Griffin who came second in the finals of the poetry recital.

Happy sixth birthday Cassyana

Gymnastics

We really enjoy gymnastics on Thursdays.  Here we are having a fantastic time.