Kapa haka performers

So very proud of our Kapa haka girls... Jessie, Amy, Chantelle and Poppy. They have very been enthusiastic and an asset to the School's Kapa haka group this year. Well done!

Super hero Day for Walking to School Week

Here are Room 18's Super heroes. Thanks to everyone who supported Walking to School week.

Colour Run Fun

Thank you to the Room 18 children and their families who supported The Colour Run on Sunday...colourful powder squirted onto our plain t-shirts and bodies, food trucks, raffles, bomb the teacher, photo booth and more!

Our Inventions

Room 18 have enjoyed working on their inventions this term. 

                       Jessica's umbrella...to solve the problem of umbrellas turning inside out.

 Ruby's Save the Turtles Poster and video of sick turtles...to solve the problem of turtles getting sick and dying.

 Carolyn's air freshener ...to solve the problem of smelly toilets.

               Poppy's stand...to solve the problem of Thunder(a horse) messing up when hs girth is put on. 
 Pasindu's ocean cleaner ...to solve the problem  of too much rubbish in our oceans.                                  

Father's Day Breakfast

Thanks to all the Dads who were able to come to the Fathers Day breakfast. Thanks also to the Mums who helped. 

Nathan's Mum helped serve the food at the breakfast. His Dad enjoyed a coffee and bacon buttie before leaving for work.

Carolyn and Danya's Dads enjoyed the bacon butties too. Danya's Dad had a hot chocolate while Carolyn's Dad drank a flat white.

Mrs Robb is holding the prize(a scooter). Rebecca is wondering who the winner will be. You had to make a paper plane and fly it the furthest to win.

 Ruby's Dad is enjoying a birthday cuddle with Ruby after the breakfast.

Poppy showed her Dad her beautiful art work in our classroom after the breakfast.

A Measuring Problem

Today the triangles maths group looked carefully at a measurement problem.   This problem came from the NZMaths website... 

We made our own metre rulers using our 30cm classroom rulers to help us.  We noticed that our rulers weren't quite the right length.  We discovered that we needed to add three strips plus a bit more to get to a metre.  We talked about how 100cm is the same as 1 metre.  

Then Mrs Lee challenged us to think about how many strips we might need to make different lengths of rulers.  We had to think about what other knowledge we could use to help us to work this out.  Some of us worked out that our three times table was very useful for solving these problems.  We also worked out that we could use the answer to a previous problem to help us to work out the answer to the next problem. 

There was lots of talking about how we reached our answer for each problem and what might be an easier to way to get the answer for the next problem.  

Photo of the day

Poppy was doing math and working out problems

Photo taken by Chantelle

Photo of the day

This photo is about Poppy doing Tinker Time. I chose it because she was working hard.
Photo taken by Zoey.

Chantelle Poppy and Jessie performing a Maori Dance

We were entertained today by Chantelle, Poppy and Jessie who showed us a new dance which they learnt at Kapa Haka this morning. Thank you girls. We were impressed with your performance!

Poppy's Autumn Poem

Autumn

Green and orange leaves falling off the trees                                                                                           

As they get old they break like dust

Big petals, small petals gliding off a bush,

One by one, two by two each fall off a tree

Birds jumping in a pit of leaves

Kids with layers of coats on

By Poppy

Walking School Bus-Superheroes Day

Here are Room 18's walking Superheroes!

Did You Ever Poems

Did you  ever

Go on the water slides

At hamner springs?

Heart pumping

Water running

Arrows glowing

Go there !

by Brodie

Did you ever

Go sliding

At Wet n’ Wild?

Heart thumping

Sliders Sliding

People Splashing

Too much fun!

by Danya

Did you ever

Go skiing

At snow planet?

Stomachs fluttering

Snow slushing

People jumping

It’s exciting!

by Eric

Did you ever go

Riding down the luge

At Rotorua?

Butterflies in my stomach

Legs tingling

Luges sliding

You will love it!  

by Erin

Did you ever

Go riding on the fearfall

At Rainbows End?

Stomachs churning

People screaming

Wind blowing

You Should try it!

by Jessica A

Did you ever

GO sightseeing

At the Eiffel Tower

Cameras clicking

Tourists travelling

Souvenirs selling

Give it a go !

Did you ever

Go to Snow Planet

On Auckland’s North Shore?

Heart beating

People skating

Snow shining

Try it!

by Poppy

Did you ever

Go sliding

At Wet n’ Wild

Hearts pumping

Water splashing

People screaming

I love it!

by Ruby

Did you ever

Go snorkelling

At the beach?

Heart pumping

Seaweed swaying

Diver breathing

I love it!

by Ryan

Did you ever

Go watching 4D movies

At the Adventure Park?

Stomachs churning

Dinosaurs roaring

Booms exploding

Give it a go!

by Zoey