Monday Funday

Monday Funday

Today we celebrated our year together, we played games, raced through the bouncy castle and had a lovely shared lunch.

Some children were so exhausted  they felt sick and needed a big rest after running through the bouncy castle but they made remarkable recoveries. 

Shared Lunch Funday/Monday 12 December

Monday Funday                12 December 2011

Dear _________

Funday Monday is a time for us to celebrate the year and to play together, to work together and support one another.  To make the day successful I need to take a board game to share and play with my classmates

I would like to take ___________________ to school to play. I promise to look after it carefully and bring it home in the same condition that it was in the morning.

My group have planned a healthy shared lunch and asked me to make and bring enough __________________________ for  _________ children.

Ps I will organise my own coloured clothing for Funday Monday.

Thankyou ____________

On Monday the children will be having a day of fun, they have planned a shared lunch and bought home a suggestion of an item the group of 6 can share,  you are welcome to make a change from the request.

Thankyou for your support.

Friday 25 November 2011

Certificate Winner 17th November 2011

Kayla (left) received her achievement certificate for always achieving special results, Kayla takes pride presenting thoughtful work.  Gemma earned the Heart of Achievement because of her love of learning and desire to always do her best while Brydie's values certificate was for her desire to be excellent... one of our St Alban's values.

Homework Monday 7th November

Homework - News Room 21

Monday 7^th November

ü     The children now have a copy of the camp video available to them to copy onto their pen drives from the class computer, it is their responsibility to copy it and take it home.

ü     Today we had a visit from the teaching staff of The Christchurch Art Gallery, they taught us about Polynesian Art and we made some really cool prints, these will be on display in the classroom next week.

ü     Over the next two weeks we will be having lots of tests so that we can measure the amount learned in 2011. Hopefully children will be at school every day for these tests.

Last week we planned the tree Living Springs donated to the school. We will need to make sure that we water it frequently.

Homework

ü     By now the children should be reading independently for 30 minutes each night , some nights they should share and talk about their reading with you.

ü     Tables, this Thursday we will be having a major addition and multiplication tables test so some time should be spent each night relearning these tables.

Camp

Living Springs 2011


Camp was a great success, the children were fabulous (a real credit to you all), our parent parents were superb and the venue really comfortable, even the weather was wonderful.

I know that you would have heard lots of camp stories and maybe seen some of the photos, next week the children will load all the camp photos onto their pen drives so that you can view them at home.

 We walked around the edge of Lyttelton Harbour and rested on the volcanic rocks.

 The Monorail was exciting and just a little scary.

 Our Kai was well deserved and always nutritious.

 Some of us struggled to keep everything together in our bag.

 Milking a cow looked easy but it was really hard.

 We made a human chain to cross the road.

Most of us were lucky and had a bumpy ride behind the motor bike.

We had our own little mini fair and a chance to make (and lose) some money.

Our Maths Champions

are:

Duncan, Ashleigh, and Gemma!:) 

These champions became champions because we did a math 

game held by the brilliant Brydie Washington and they

all got their name and two asterisk. Sooo....

WELL DONE!

Certificates go to:

Zach, Shannae, and Ofa!

Congratulations!:)  

Camp Gear

CAMP GEAR LIST – LIVING SPRINGS

                               **  PLEASE NAME EVERYTHING CLEARLY **

PLEASE CHECK THIS LIST WITH YOUR CHILD AS HE / SHE PACKS FOR CAMP

ENSURE THIS LIST GOES WITH THEIR LUGGAGE TO CAMP, SO THAT IT CAN BE CHECKED OFF BEFORE RETURNING TO SCHOOL.

General Gear

• Pillow and warm sleeping bag
• Toilet gear: toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, towel, suntan lotion, hairbrush/comb, facecloth, and handkerchiefs.
• Towel
• Two plastic supermarket bags (for dirty clothing)
• Light day pack (school bag)
• Pencil case, paper and camp book
• Torch
• A board game/ Pack of cards
• Reading book

Clothing:

• Pyjamas
• Underwear (several changes)
• Socks (4 pairs at least 2 of which should be woollen or polyprop
• 2 Pairs of shorts
• 2 pairs of long pants (one of these must be warmer than jeans – e.g. track pants)
• 1 skivvy or warm shirt
• 1 warm woollen jersey
• 1 warm sweatshirt, rugby jersey or similar.
• 2 pairs of shoes (1 of which must be sturdy and suitable for hiking)
• 1 sunhat
• 1 warm woollen hat
• 1 pair of woollen or poly prop gloves
• 1 warm jacket, polar fleece or bush shirt
• 1 waterproof parka/jacket with a hood
• Swimming togs and 2 towels

 **Cut lunch, morning tea and a large water bottle for the first day**

NO LOLLIES ETC ARE TO BE BROUGHT TO CAMP.

CAMERAS ARE PERMITTED BUT TOTALLY THE CHILD’S RESPONSIBILITY.

LEAVE ALL IPODS, MP3 PLAYERS, NINTENDOS ETC AT HOME!

Homework Monday 3rd October

Remember to come dressed  on Tuesday as a English Rugger Player, we'll paint your faces and revisit the chant. We will also join with Room 7 for some activities.

HOMEWORK

As this is the last week of the term your homework is to read, then read a little more. (A Year 4 should be reading for nearly 30 minutes each evening.)


Room 7 worked with their Room 21 Buddies to make English flags and English roses.

Yesterday we had a special lesson from some Actors ,we helped them to act out a play called A Teaspoon of Light'.

29 September 2011

England!

We are supporting ENGLAND for the games on 

 Tuesday the 4 of October 2011.

So support ENGLAND!

ENGLAND ENGLAND ENGLAND

GO GO GO!!!

Paige's Red Riding Hood Story

Paige did an amazing  job with her  story so we 

decided to place it onto the blog.

Good going Paige! : )

Jermaine's Grass Head Man

This is Jermain's grass head man, we all made one similar to Jermaine's.

We made them out of these items:

• an old sock,
• 2 buttons, 
• a yogurt container, 
• grass seed of course, 
• dirt and sawdust  and some pipe cleaner (optional).

We cut out the instructions and stuck them in our books in the correct order. 

We have been learning to write instructions, these are our writing goals.

Instruction Goals

• We need to title our instructions.
• We need to show what you need.
• We must put them in the correct order .
• We need to write clear instructions.
• We must make them simplified so that someone who is quite young could under stand. 

Rugby World Cup

This is the field that Jack could see where he was sitting.

Jack's Dad drove down to Dunedin to watch the England VG Georgia game at the flash new stadium.

September 21 2011

Math results
Congratulations to :
Ashleigh, Jermain, Gemma and Brydie for getting 20/20 in the x4 tables test. WOW!!!
We will continue working on the x4 tables and retest these next week.

Our Super Spellers Are :
Ashton, Jayden, Zac, Ashleigh,
 Kayla and Brydie for mastering all of heir spelling words. WOW!!

This weeks spelling words.

1. cook, book, look, school, wood, blink, blanket, black, blush, blow, blind.

2. three, thistle, cheese, sheep, whistle, wheel, elephant, phone, photo, chicken, shoe, chief, chocolate.

3. gender, gentle, giant, gym, ginger, giddy, general, genius, gill, gem.

4. Add s, es or ies to these words. 

    cherry, wish, shelf, leaf, miss, play, worry, glass, fence, class.

5.ph sounds.

   nephew, physician, atmosphere, xylophone, pheasant, hemisphere, microphone, paragraph,                   

   phenomenal, autograph, philatelist.

PLEASE!

May we please have new scrap paper PLEASE!

BIRTHDAY BASH!!!:) 

Today it was our amazing Principle's BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday Mrs.Warren!  (21 again??)

Tomorrow/Thursday we will publish some amazing pictures, keep watching.

Camp

BUNK'S

Today we organised groups for the bunkrooms, the children were quick and inclusive as they picked their own bunkroom buddies.

GEAR

Next week we will send the gear list home, as you collect up gear for camp remember that it all gear needs to be named and that clothing needs to be warm and comfortable, not fashionable.

We require some addition sleeping bag to issue to children who do not have access to one, please send any spares along to school. They will be returned after camp.

COMMUNICATIONS

As we have lots of parent helpers on camp we have given each parent a short contact list, should we need to contact you urgently we will text or phone . Should you wish to contact us on camp we ask that your contacts are through the school.

Monday 29th August

Please get the camp notes returned and back to class.

Keep working to earn your camp money, try vacuuming the floor, cleaning windows, helping with some of  jobs Mum and Dad often do.

Community Sports Day

• Elmwood Park
• Sunday 4th September at 11am... 2pm
• Try cricket, bowls, croquet and hockey.
• Enjoy a coffee and BBQ.
• Win a $100 Lone Star voucher.

Ashleigh says "It was awesome and they should have one every term, they should also have a drink stand, she thinks that there should be more than 4 sports though. "

The Court Theatre's ' Adventures of Capt Cook' will be here at St Albans next Saturday...(10/9/2011) at 2.00pm  and it is just $3.00 for children and free for your parents. (Remember to bring a cushion.)Be here or be square.

Gemma says


"It encouraged children think  that they can make up a play about someone elses 
past."
Thanx Gemma! ;)  

Lost Last week a P.S.P disappeared from our cloakroom, if you have an information that will help in it being returned to its owner the please speak with Mr Y.

We had a small group of children who managed to get all of their spelling correct in today's test .

Well done; Shannae, Zach, Kayla, Sky and Brydie.  We will all work together to have more successful spellers next week. (Try using Spelling City to help you learn your words.)

20  points for every Daffodil you bring to school tomorrow. We will be using these for Art  :)

Homework  Monday 5th September

Rule up a reading table and record your nightly reading.

Learn the x 3 tables,you will also need to know the divided bys. Tuesday will be our test day this week...be ready.

Remember to learn your spelling words.

Last Week!
Last week poor Mr.Yardley was away sick and could not be at school teaching us wonderful things for 2
days straight.We had Mrs.Glasson and Mrs.Talas'ka(Talashka).But know he's back!  :)

Just a reminder there has been a lost P.S.P from Room 21 on August the 26th 2011.Please return to
Room 21 if seen or info about where it could be if so come and see Mr.Yardley.

The Court Theatre's ' Adventures of Capt Cook' will be here at St Albans on Saturday...(10/9/2011) at 2.00pm  and it is just $3.00 for children and free for your parents. (Remember to bring a cushion.)Be here or be square.

There will be a sports blog questionnaire coming home this week and we would like you to fill out and then return.                                                                                                                                                  

PLEASE bring your home work book on Tuesday morning!!!

RED RIDING HOOD VIDEO RECORDINGS!!!

There will be a new video each day this week!

Kai's Video

Now for Heathcliff's

Ashleigh's video now.

Jack's Video

Ofa's Video

More Awesome Pics From Gemma

We made a perfect snow women at this awesome 

school. When we took this photo the glove and the

soccer ball, well the glove fell off the hand of the 

snow women and the soccer ball in the background

fell out of the curved arm.

               

Fabtastic Snow Photos!!!

 

Brydie & Mum

Mum & I were whooshing around the back yard 

on the home made toboggan in the snowy 

conditions , but just as we turned the corner 

smack was the sound we made crashing into the side of the trampoline!

                                
                                                                  Ashleigh's Snow Angle
                                           I was swishing my arms and legs through the snow &
                                          I made a snow angle.

 Sky's Snow Mountains

                                            At lake Tekapo  my family saw wonderful and beautiful
                                                               snow mountains.                    

                                                                         Snowman!
                                                     Zach Arlia & Crispin built a snowman!

Heathcliff's Snow Drawing

                                                                       Chantal's Snow Drawing

                                         

Paige's Snow Drawing

Gemma's Snow Drawing

Having Fun Shannae?

Home work!

Reading table filled in.

Spelling words come out tomorrow.

3x tables for math this week.

Grocery Mufti Day!
Tuesday 23 August
Wear mufti & bring a grocery item to go in our
Monster Hamper raffle.
This will be raffled at the Quiz Night,
Friday September 2nd- got your tickets yet?
$120 a table of 6 players - that's just $20
per person, which includes supper & a
"very generous"wine tasting from
Southern Boundary Wines of Waipara.
Spot prizes, prize for the best team theme/costumes,
Silent Auction (bring your chequebook),
the every-popular Bourbon Toss (bring gold coin)-
a great winter's night out!
Tickets on sale at the office.

Library!
 PLEASE bring your
library books on Mondays!:)                             

                                                                                  

This Is

Homework.Monday 8 August

Homework Prepared and Published by Brydie.


Homework!

NEED MORE HOMEWORK BOOKS!

There wasn't as many homework as needed.

PLEASE bring your homework book FILLED IN!

Toy Story Lego!

Thank you Salvation Army!

We would like to thank the Salvation Army for donating

Toy Story lego!

Wheelie Day

Tuesday 9 August

On Tuesday you are all invited to bring some wheels to school. You can bring skateboards, bikes, roller blades, scooters, rip stick  etc (NO  electronics).

Each year group will get a designated time to use their wheels during the day. A course will be set up around the courts. You will NOT be allowed to use them before school and at intervals.

If you bring a bike or scooter they will need to be locked up. Skateboards etc to be stored neatly in your cloakroom but not blocking any doors.

Time Table:

9am-9.35am             Yr6

9.35am-10.10am      Yr5

10.30am-11.10am    Yr4

11.15am-12.00pm    Yr3

1.30pm-2.10pm        Yr2

2.15pm-2.55pm        Yr1

(: Room 21 Bikies :)

Interviews 

Just a reminder that you can still book interviews on line

(There is a computer at the office and  Mrs. Ross can assist if you need help).

Finishing Time.

This Wednesday we will be finishing school at 2pm because

of interviews.

YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO BOOK FOR AN INTERVIEW!!

Toys

Toys need to stay at the safety of our home.

YAY!!!

Today we got the great news that there is still

going to be a Yr4 camp.

There will be a notice coming home some time this week.

 Jayden is videoing Zac retelling The Pied Piper.

Jazmin shares her story with her pictures and notes.

Homework

Reading Rule up a reading table and record your nightly reading.

Maths 

Three in a Line

Mary the milk lady had a square milk crate that could hold nine bottles. In how many ways can she put three strawberry milk bottles in the crate so that they form a line?

How Old?

There is a family with four children. Between each child there is an age difference of 2 years. The oldest child, Maryanne is less than 11 years old. The youngest child, Tom, is older than 5. In between Maryanne and Tom are the twins – Claudia and Cassie. What is the age of each child in this family?

Animal Projects Remember to seek out books and magazines that have information about you animal. Bring them to school later this week.

Homework 1st August

Room 21 News

1^st August


The children have been given a survey for you to fill in to give us an indication of your feelings towards the planned camp at Living Springs, they have been asked to have it returned immediately so a definite decision can be made about this camp.

It was nice to welcome everyone back after a rather wintery break, our day began with a powhiri where we welcomed all the new children and families into our school. We role played the ways in which we should welcome our friends into our homes, maybe you could ask the children to practice this at home.

We will commence the term with a maths unit on TIME. Please try and encourage the children to read the time, add to the time…what will the time be in one hour, 30 minutes etc

Our writing will be about Fairy Tales so the children will need to bring books with Fairy Tales to school, if possible it would be great for them to get Fairy Tale books from the library and read some of these stories recreationally.

Photocopying paper. We as a school are trying especially hard to reduce the amount of paper/photocopying, the class will work towards establishing systems that help Room 21 reduce their photocopying by 50%. Homework newsletters will continue to be posted on our blog rather than photocopied. 
We would appreciate any A4 scrap paper that you may have to use for rough copy and note taking work.


Interviews 
Remember to book these on lines, it would be great to be able to see you all and discuss progress and further direction. These can be booked on line or at the school office.

HOMEWORK

Mesmerize this MONTH poem.

Thirty days has September

April ,June and November

All the rest have thirty one

Except February alone

Which has twenty eight days clear

Twenty nine each leap year.

Maths                        Time

Read the time from the ‘round clock’ using minutes after and before.

ie 25 minutes past 7  or twenty minutes to nine.

Record the important times on drawn clockfaces in your homework book, ie tea times, bedtimes etc.

Reading.
Prepare to share a Fairy Tale with the class...the simplest way is to bring a book and share the story but you might remember the tale and tell it to the class.

Keep a reading log of your nightly reading, remember to try and include the reading of Fairy tales.