2017 Prize Giving

Congratulations to this year's prize winners:

Diligence Awards to: Rhian and Savanna

Academic Excellence to: Pavlos and Madde

Madde and Nia won awards for Cross Country and Athletics respectively. Ka pai.

Term 4 Week 7

Over the weekend lots of exciting things happened for Room 6 people.

Congratulations to Savanna who received 2 medals and a trophy at her dance prize giving.
Among her many achievements Savanna was awarded the second highest mark in her Contemporary Dance Exam in Australasia.
Ka wani kei, Savanna, this is a fantastic achievement.

Materoa was named 'player of the day' for her netball team. 

Ka pai, Materoa.

Taylor received a medal at her dance prize giving. Ka pai, Taylor, on this achievement.

Emily S played in a Touch Tournament and her team was placed 2nd. Ka pai, Emily.

Hannah gained her first Silver Athletics Certificate. Ka pai, Hannah, keep up the good work.

Athletic Reps

Congratulations to EJ, John, Nina, Savanna, Maia P and Nia who represented OLV at the Zone Athletics last Thursday.

EJ and Mia have been selected to compete at the Central Athletics in Ashburton next month.

Room 6 News

Congratulations to Emily M who has earned a Gold Athletics Certificate. 

This is an amazing achievement! Ka pai, Emily.

The School Choir is performing in the Christchurch Schools' Music Festival at Horncastle Arena.

All the best to John, Nina, Emily S, Hannah, Emily M, Savanna, Madde, Taylor, Christine and Portia.

  Congratulations to John, Portia and Savanna who placed third, first and second respectively in the Year 6 speech finals.

Congratulations to Emily S who has been named in the Canterbury Touch Rep Team and will play in nelson at Show Weekend.

Art Competition Winners

Recently the House Leaders ran an art competition. Today they announced the winners. 

Congratulations to Savanna, Nina and Emily S who received certificate acknowledging their success.

Character Day and Other Room 6 News

Today we all dressed up as our favourite character.

Congratulations to Matthew and Taylor who were judged the best dressed Room 6 people by the Student Council.

Congratulations to our other award winners:

EJ and Rei Anne for receiving a certificate at assembly.

And James and Nina for gaining a STEPs certificate.

Yesterday Savanna received the results of her ballet exam. She passed with Honours. Ka wani kei, Savanna, what a great achievement.

Congratulations

A big congratulations to Savanna who gained 97.5% in her latest dance exam. This is a fantastic effort and well deserved as Savanna works very hard and dances with grace and style. 

Congratulations, too, to Materoa who was named most consistent player of the year at her recent netball prize giving. 

Games

The Fantail Reading Group read a story about a game involving kites and eggs. They then created their own games with the same theme. Today they shared their games. Everyone had lots of fun playing these games.

Emily S and Hannah

Ryan and Pavlos

Taylor and Ysabella

Savanna and Madde

Congratulations

Congratulations to Emily S and Savanna who received certificates at today's school assembly.

Congratulations, too, to Toby, who scored a hat trick at the rugby game today.

Term 2 Week 1

Welcome back to school. It was great to see everyone this morning and to catch up on the holidays. There was plenty to catch up on.

We have welcomed Rhian to our classroom. It is great to have you join us.

Yesterday Hannah turned 10. We sang 'Happy Birthday' to her and wished her all the best as a 10 year old.







Congratulations to Savanna who won two trophies, three medals and two ribbons at her ballet competition during the first week of the holidays.

Today we wrote about our holidays. Here's a couple of snippets:

We had a couple of hours at the beach before the beach was eaten as the water climbed up the beach. Maia F

When we went down the slide it felt like our stomaches were now somewhere else in our bodies like we were on a roller coaster as there was a really steep drop. Nia

When I went in the house I felt a warm breeze welcoming me. It gave me goosebumps on the inside and outside. Maia P

Looking ahead:
Wednesday: PE - please bring PE gear to change into
Friday: Mass at 9am. Please be at school by 8:45am

Next Week:
Camp at Woodend - Monday - Wednesday Year 6; Wednesday - Friday Year 5. 

Tapa Cloth

As part of our Caritas focus on the Pacific we learnt a little bit about Tapa Cloth, which is a special bark cloth made in Tonga and Fiji among other Pacific countries. Tapa cloth is made from the bark of mulberry trees and takes a long time to make. Plants are used to make dyes to paint the tapa cloth.
We made out own tapa cloth using paper and crayon and a template to create a pattern.

Gluing and creating the template:

Creating the pattern on the paper by rubbing crayon over the paper and template:

The finished tapa cloth:

Cricket Game and 'Stars of the Week'

Today the Year 5 and 6 Girls Cricket team had their first game. They played at West Spreydon School and had a great game. Congratulations to Nina who was named 'Bowler of the Day.

Nia, Taylor, Maia P, Emily M
Nina, Madde, Savanna, Emily S

The 'Stars of the Week' are Hannah and Portia, who received the most points from the class leaders.

Ka pai, Hannah and Portia, thanks for being great role models.

On Monday Room 6 will be leading the Values Assembly. This starts at 9am. You are welcome to join us.

Term 1 Week 2 Things to Celebrate

This week has been a great week as we are all well versed in the routines of Room 6. We've learnt some new things about the Treaty of Waitangi, established our Maths Basic Facts routine and enjoyed the mapping activities and published some work - our 'This is Me' posters and booklets and writing snippets. Come in to the classroom and check out our work.

Today we had our first School Assembly of the year.
Congratulations to Nina and Toby who received certificates. Both are super role models and have made a fantastic start to the school year. Ka wani kei, Nina and Toby, keep up the great effort.

During the week the class leaders have allocated points to those students who are doing the right thing. This week we congratulate Savanna and Pavlos, the two students with the most points.

Looking ahead to next week, Week 3:
Please return all notices asap - Swimming notices to the classroom and change of details and money to the office. 
Monday: Values Assembly - please be at school before 8:50am
Tuesday: Bring PE gear to change into at lunchtime
Wednesday: Bring PE gear to change into at lunch time - we begin our Room 6/7 Year 5/6 sports sessions
Thursday: Homework is due in
Friday: Mass - the bell will ring at 8:45am so we can take the roll before we head over to mass. Parents are welcome to come to mass to.

Looking ahead to Week 4: On Monday 20 February Room 6 will be leading the Values Assembly. This starts at 9am in the Creative Space. You are welcome to join us.

Have a great weekend - see you all on Monday.

Maths - Mapping

In Maths we are learning about maps and how to use them to give directions and find places. Today we worked in pairs to give directions to our buddy to get from school to another point on the map. We have learnt about co-ordinates, grids and giving directions using specific descriptions such as turn at the third street on the left. We are really enjoying this learning. Ask your child to navigate next time you are out.

Ryan and Leon

Nia, Savanna and Taylor

William and Rad

Christine and Juriella