Rippa Rugby
We lucky enough to have Todd (T Rex) from Counties Manukau rugby come and train the kids this morning. The children had a great time, and the talented Emily and Maya put together this video for you....
View ArticleYoga and Mindfulness in Room 11
Namaste! Today we did some guided yoga and learnt about the benefits of mindfulness - or as the children thought it should be called, mindEMPTYness! In today's busy world, it was nice to take some time...
View ArticleRoom 11's assembly
Last Friday was Room 11's inaugural assembly for the year. The children had worked hard to present a combination of song, performance, and video messages. Apart from a couple of technical hitches, the...
View ArticleLawn Bowls with the Maraetai Bowls Club
Room 11 had great fun over the road at the local bowls club. The members there very kindly showed the children the basics of the game, how to hold the bowl, and the technique for bowling. They were...
View ArticleMatariki
We have been learning about the 'Maori New Year,' Matariki. We found out about the legend of the formation of the star cluster 'Pleiades' which can be seen at this time of the year. We created our own...
View ArticleThe Opals perform a play By Olive and Poppy
Today the Opals did an awesome play in front of the class and it was called:The Queen Bee Blues. Characters: Queen Bee, worker bee 1, worker bee 2, worker bee 3 and worker bee 4. Here are some...
View ArticleMaths in Room 11
Thank you to the hardy parents that battled the elements to come to our Maths Open Morning. We ran an "ordinary" maths lesson, with a few different activities and a teaching group. The following video...
View ArticleLeadership lesson by Sofia and Tanner
Today we presented a lesson about leadership because we are the school councillors. Our main thing or person we were talking about was Sir Peter Blake and how he was a great leader. We discovered it's...
View ArticleThanking our parents
We were so well-prepared for our SLC's that Ms Whittaker did not have to do any talking at all! She was so proud of the way we could talk about our learning and could show lots of work we were proud...
View ArticleFootball fun!
Today the wonderful Rudy and Lukas from footballfc.co.nz came to do a 'taster session' of the lunchtime soccer programme they will be running (their notice was sent home today). The children did some...
View ArticleTechnology Inquiry
As we come to the end of our Technology inquiry unit, we would like to share what we have been learning. We started by looking at the Technology Process and working out what we needed to do: we needed...
View ArticleSpeeches
The children did so well in presenting their speeches to the class. Although our 3 finalists have been chosen, it was a very hard decision and came down to the wire. I'm sure you'll agree that the way...
View ArticleLearning About Fractions
We had a fun start to our fractions learning, by playing a game of Kahoot! Kahoot is a quiz game where each child has to answer quickly and accurately to gain points. Here we are logging on to the game...
View ArticleOur Student Teacher
We are very lucky to have Miss Kate Rose with us for the next few weeks, as she undergoes her teaching practicum. Today she taught her first maths group and they looked at finding fractions of a set....
View ArticleWhat can you learn from apples?
Today Miss Rose taught the children about respect and kind words in a really innovative way; she had two apples that were identical from the outside. She passed one around the circle and got the...
View ArticleScooter Safety
Room 11 had a fun time learning about scooter safety today. We dodged the raindrops, and kept the wind behind us as we learnt about helmet safety, emergency braking, crossing roads among other things....
View ArticleOur response to the earthquake
Today the children came to school wanting to talk about the South Island's devastating earthquake. We discussed how it must have felt to be woken up by the shaking and rumbling. We have been learning...
View ArticleCome and read our Information Reports
Check out our learning! Come and see our 'before' and 'after' Information Reports. We can now add headings and include an introduction and a conclusion. We are proud of our writing. By Room 11.
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