The Last Post

The 2017 school year is now over. We have had another busy year with lots of different activities and many highlights. 

We farewelled Ryan, Toby and Maia P who will attend different schools in 2018. 

I wish you all a blessed Christmas and a safe relaxing holiday break.

We wished James (15th), Christine (4th), Maia P (20th) and Nina (4th) Happy Birthday for their January birthdays.

Happy Birthday and Assembly Certificates

Today Rhian turned 10. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished her all the best as a 10 year old.

At today's final assembly Maia P, Ryan and Toby received certificates thanking them for their contribution to Room 6 and OLV. They are leaving OLV to attend Year 7 and other schools.

We wish you all the best.

Happy Birthday

Yesterday Toby turned 11. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished him all the best as an 11 year old.

Congratulations

Today we had many things to celebrate in Room 6.

Congratulations to: Ryan (Silver), Alexis (Silver), Matthew (Silver), 
Rei Anne (Bronze ),and  Maia P (7160 points) who earned Mathletics Certificates last week.

 Leon was named 'Players' Player' at his soccer prize giving.

Toby was named 'Forward of the Year' at his 

Rugby League prize giving.

Maia P was named 'Player of the Year' at her netball prize giving.

Portia gained Distinction in her jazz dance exam.

The School Bus Robot

Nina, Ysabella, Toby, Leon, Maia P, 

William and Nia presented a play called 'The School Bus Robot'.

They had practised well and their presentation was great.
They all spoke clearly, knew when it was their turn and made good use of the space to move into and off the bus,
which was the setting for the play.

Ka pai to you all.

Weekend News

Congratulations to Emily M, Matthew, Ryan, Theresse and Toby who made their First Holy Communion yesterday. It was great to be able to celebrate this important event with you.

Maia P (netball, for reading the game), Emily S (netball, for moving into spaces and getting intercepts) and Leon (soccer for setting up and scoring goals) were all named 'Player of the Day' for their teams. Ka pai.

Portia represented the school at a Rhythmic Gymnastics competition this morning. She is awaiting the results of this competition.

A reminder that we are having the three way conferences on Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 June. This is a time to share our learning. If you have not yet made a booking please go to the School Interviews website. The school code is: 9je5n.

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.

Writing Snippets

Our current writing focus is narrative writing. We have been talking about how we can gain and maintain audience interest. Some of the things we need to use are: a hook that will get the audience's attention, interesting vocab, sequencing our ideas and making links between paragraphs. 

Here's a couple of snippets:

Once upon a time there were two families, the Pugs and the Rabbits. They hated each other. 

(the characters are then described). 

This is the story of why they hated each other. 

Toby

"Wow! What an idea. I wonder how though?" said the tall, strong boy as he quickly passed the security to get on the plane. 

(the setting is then described)

As soon as Theo climbed down the tree to get to the beach his stomach rumbled as loud as a giant's yawn, so he looked for some food. Not long after he spotted a banana tree but the problem was he was worried he might fall off. After awhile Theo's stomach managed to make him climb the tree.

Pavlos

There will be more snippets as we continue writing our narratives.

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:

Term 1 Week 8

Congratulations to our two 'Stars of the Week' 

Madde and Nia.

Congratulations to Toby whose team won a Rugby League tournament in Dunedin. His team also lead the teams onto the field in the Warriors v the Bull Dogs game and played during half time.

Jameson, Toby and Blake presented a play 'Too Much Noise' to the class this morning. 

They played their characters well and used lots of expression. Ka pai!

Second Gym Session

Here's some photos from our second gym session:

Madde

Nina

Toby

Maia F and Christine

First Holy Communion

Five Room 6 students are preparing to make their First Holy Communion.

Congratulations to Theresse, Emily M, Toby, Matthew and Ryan.

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.