Celebrations!

Well done Ruby on winning the trophy for being a rising star in your swimming. We are all really proud of you.

And thanks to Jacobs parents for buying him this very cool Chromebook. Now Jacob can do his school work at home and at school. No waiting for one to be free either. How lucky is he! 

Constructing

Winter Sport finally began on Friday and so a third of our class went of to play hard but fair at Hagley Park. This left a group of us to participate in the junior sport rotation and do some construction building. With our topic being Electricity Mrs S set the challenge for students to create something that would need to have a circuit in it. It could be something they know has a circuit or something they could create from their imaginations. Everyone got very busy with their creating and came up with some wonderful ideas.

Construction Time on PhotoPeach

Financial Literacy with GetWise ASB

We had a guest visit our classroom today. Michele from GetWise ASB came to teach us a little bit about how to look after our money.

It was a lot of fun and the students were in fits of giggles at the different people Michele acted out. We learnt about trading, safe places to keep our money (not under the mattress) and the difficulty of keeping silver and gold in treasure chests (to heavy). We played a game where we did a 'chore' to earn some money. And 3 lucky students went shopping to buy a scooter with $100.

Here are some photos from our financially fun morning.

Today's Happenings

Today was a busy day. Short weeks tend to be busy, so much to do in so little time.

For writing we are beginning our Narrative Unit. Writing narratives is lots of fun. You can create characters, imaginary worlds, exciting adventures or scary scenes ... the list is endless. We began today by working in pairs to write 3 sentences using words from a book that were randomly picked out. The words were 'gymnastics', 'floor' and 'proof'. Here are some photos of our stories.

 Aren't they fantastic?! The class then did some acting out of different types of feelings. It was pretty fun and funny to watch. A lot of us learnt new words like tentative, boastful and generous. Parents if you are wanting something fun to do with your kids you could play this game together at home. Get your child to give you the instructions.

We also had the pleasure of a Science Alive visit. How lucky are we?! Writing and Science all in one day!

Check out our photos from our afternoon of Electrickery Fun!

Electrickery on PhotoPeach

Snow!

Everyone arrived at school very excited by the possibility that there might be snow and we weren't disappointed. At about 9:20am Kylie said to William "Look William, snow" and we all rushed to the window. That snow flurry didn't last very long but about 20 minutes later it was really snowing and so we all put our jackets on and rushed outside. Soon the whole school was outside enjoying the snow. For a few of us it was our first snow ever. 

During writing time we worked on writing some poetry about snow. We each wrote our own poem and you can check those out on our personal blogs.

Welcome to Totara

On Monday we welcomed 10 wonderful new faces into our classroom. It is great to have them joining us in our fantastic learning space. While the noise level may have increased a little it is great having a few more people to talk about our learning with.

So welcome to Totara - we love having you here.

Welcome Rihanna

Welcome Mikael

Welcome Bryar

Welcome Lauren

Welcome Alex

Welcome Siyona

Welcome Troy

Welcome Billie

Welcome Rosyln

Welcome Divana

Birthdays and Flutes

Today one of our class members turns 9! Cyriss is very excited to be a year older and we think he looks older already. He is going to have a special fish n chip dinner with his family. Sounds yum Cyriss!

We also have seen one of our class members share their talent. Sophie brought in her flute and played us three so gs that she has been learning. We really enjoyed hearing Mary Had a Little Lamb, Hot Cross Buns and your own song Sophie. We look forward to hearing more later in the year.