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.

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.

Happy Birthday

EJ and Taylor have the same birthday. They both turned 11. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished them all the best as 11 year olds.

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.

Assembly Certificates

Congratulations to Taylor and Nia who received certificates at today's assembly.

Ka wani kei, keep up the great work.

Congratulations, too, to Juriella, Rad and Rhian for gaining a certificate for the STEPs programme. Ka pai, keep working hard.

Term 1 Week 5 News

Congratulations to the following people who had sporting success over the weekend:

Maia P was named 'Player of the Day' for her netball team.

Emily M and Taylor competed in the Weetbix Tryathlon. Both enjoyed this competition and received medals for their efforts.

Last week's 'Stars of the Week' are Emily M and EJ. 

Ka pai for being super role models.

Thank you to those who attended the School Mass yesterday. It is good to celebrate the Mass with our parish community.

Gymnastics notices were sent home today. Gymnastics starts next week and everyone needs to have paid (or made arrangements to pay) before they attend. We need 5 adults to walk over with us. Please complete the consent form and return it to the classroom as soon as possible.

The Three Way Conferences are on next week. If you have not yet made a time you can do so on the School Interviews website. Our code is: ypeac. This is an opportunity to share your child's learning goals for the term and to look at the data from the recent testing. I look forward to seeing you at your Three Way Conference.

Term 1 Week 4

Congratulations to Maia F and Rad who both received certificates at today's school assembly.

Ka pai, Maia and Rad, you are fantastic role models.

William has been selected to be a member of the Student Council. 

Congratulations, William, we know you will be an amazing councillor.

Another congratulations - to our Girls Cricket team who had a win today. Special mention for the 'Batter of the Day' Taylor, the 'Bowler of the Day' Nia and the 'Cacther of the Day, Emily S.

It's great to share in your enthusiasm for the game and to celebrate your success.

See you all at 10am Mass on Sunday.

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.

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

Writing Snippets

Last week we wrote about one thing we did on holiday. Toady we published our favourite sentence from our story. These are now on the classroom wall - come in to read them.

Here's a few:

I watched my sister’s sand castle crumble like crumbs on a cookie.

Ysabella

We had KFC, fish and chips and pizza. I was stuffed like a teddy bear after that.

William

My dad and I made lunch the night before. It was chicken, lamb and salad. Nana made traffic light jelly. Mum and Hugo packed bananas, peaches and nectarines. We bought bread rolls and butter. Uncle Dan just sat on the chilly bin.
Madde

(Opening sentence) Oh no! Not again! Christmas shopping troubles.

….

(conclusion) The next day I wrapped all the presents and while I was doing that I felt proud for dealing with the problem.

Pavlos

When I got ready I put tight clothes on by accident. I could feel the layers squeezing my body like I was in a small room.

Maia P

Grandma said, “Who wants to open presents?”

Sam, Jess and I said, “Me.” all together because we were so excited. Then Jackson said, “Me,” which was really cute.

Taylor

My head was crumbling like sand since I didn't get any fish.

Matthew

I lay down and the waves smashed over me.

Jameson