The 2011 Year Four Living Springs Camp

Monday Funday

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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

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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

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Certificate Winner 17th November 2011

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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!!!

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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

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Homework.Monday 8 August

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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

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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.

Not Just Another Holiday Activity ....much more.

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COMMUNITY NOTICE:

Canterbury Museum Holiday Programme: Dino-size and Fossil-wise!
18 – 29 July

10.00 am – 12 noon

St Albans School, 17 Sheppard Place

Have some Dino-size fun these school holidays with Canterbury Museum’s fantastic holiday programme at St Albans school. Think like a paleontologist and find out how dinosaurs lived, survived and died. Create your very own fossil or design a dinosaur mask.

Cost: Discovery Club members $4, non-members $6 per child. Bookings essential: telephone 021 366 553 or email education@canterburymuseum.com. Caregivers are welcome.

Poetry Recitals

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Gemma enjoyed presenting "The Witches Cat'.

Monday 4th July

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I thought the Truckload of Art was pretty awesome because the art had lots of colours and stories to tell.

I got a free pencil with the Roadshow on it.I wish I had bought money because then I would have got a sketchbook. By Kai

The clothed shark was described by Paul as, 'a shark in sheep's clothing.'
The picture behind Paul andAshleigh is the artwork that Kai would most like to have hanging in his bedroom.

Homework

This is the last week of homework for the term so work smart to make it special.

Tables This week you need to relearn the x 2,4 and 8 tables.

Spelling This weeks spelling words are;

Level 1 crash, dish, cash, hush, bush, wish, splash, push, mash, fish, ship.

Level 2 speak, spy, space, spoil, spend, spoon, stay, stab, stack, sway, swing.

Level 3 confused, screamed, shield, receive, tissue, throat, vein, against, crayon, exceed.

Level 4 sympathy, harmony, orderly, system, rhyme, chrysalis, suddenly, dynamite, rhythm, hymn.

Monday Night

Write a diary about a weekend event.... be ready to share it with the class.

Poetry

Learn your poem !!!!!

Remember to recite it slowly and say the words carefully.

Stand tall and proud....Kia Kaha.

Say it with expression...with meaning.

Spellers.

This fabulous group got all their spelling correct today...Congratulations.

Samantha, Ashton, Connor, Heathcliff, Kai and Ofa.

This group also achieved a top score of 10 out of 10 for the third week in a row and so they progress to the next spelling level, agreat effort from this group of spellers.

Ashleigh, Gemma, Kayla and Jack.

X9 Tables Champions.Ashleigh, Brydie, Gemma, Jermaine, Shannae, Heathcliff and Sky.

Sally the Supermum!!

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My script about my mum Sally

There on the shiny wooden chair sat the magnificent SALLY !!! Her head down and her eyes glued to the computer.

Her face is an olive colour, her eye brows are not bushy but thin, and the eye lashes are dark brown, long and curved at the tip. Her eyes are hazelnut brown, she has a bright, cheerful smile and blushing rose like cheeks. Her hair is in a short bob with the colour of copper, hazelnut brown, light brown, dark brown and I think that’s all.

She wears magenta, merino tunic and underneath she wears a crisp white long sleeved T-shirt, scruffy jeans and khaki coloured trainers.

She walks with her arms slightly swinging at a slow-coach pace (compared to me!) She speaks softly with a sweet tone. Mum is quite short like me but she says “Good things come in small packages!”

27th June Homework News

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Dear Sally, 27.06.2011

Before you came, we were learning about Kitchen Science ourselves. We were so excited when we heard that we were getting a guest to help us with Kitchen Science.

When you took us to learn about Kitchen Science we all wanted to go in the first group. The Kitchen Science was so interesting and fun. The hokey pokey was the most interesting one of them all.They were all so yum and delicious that I wanted to eat them all. The hokey pokey was scrumptious and also the best.

Thank you so much for spending time with Room 21 instead of going to work. We really enjoyed you coming with us to help us learn more about Kitchen Science.

From Ashleigh Bullen and all of Room 21.

Sweet and Savory Croissants

Ingredients

1 sheet puff pastry

Chocolate drops

¼ Cup cheese

3 Table spoons tuna or 1 slice ham

Method

1. Turn oven onto bake and 180 degrees

2. Cut the puff pastry on the diagonal to make 2 triangles

3. On one, spread the hazelnut and chocolate spread, leaving a 1cm boarder.

4. Roll from the larger end.

5. Place on a greased tray and shape into a croissant.

6. Repeat for the tuna/ham croissants.

Hokey Pokey

Ingredients

Sugar

Golden syrup

Baking soda

Method

1. 10 Tbs sugar

2. 4 Tbs golden syrup (or corn syrup, although it won’t be true hokey pokey specialty shops for real golden syrup).

3. 1. Tbs baking soda (bicarbonate soda).

Bring sugar and golden syrup to boil slowly in a large heavey saucepan as it will burn easily. After it starts to foam up, simmer gently over a very low stirring occasionally and still watching it carefully. Remove from heat and act quickly until it foams up and pour at once into a greased pan or onto a piece

With the edges turned up.

Break it into bits when cold and store in air-tight jars. Be sure to save all the can top your ice-cream with them to make Hokey Pokey Ice-Cream.

Homework News

Over the last two weeks we have been having special music lessons with Mrs Dunn, these lesson have been both interesting and exciting.

Last week some children completed some excellent writing for homework, well done this special group, remember to add your group points to your team lists tomorrow.

Poetry This week you need to select a challenging poem, share it with Mr Yardley then learn it to heart. Next Monday we begin our inter-class poetry recital,the following week we will be competing against all the Year 4's.

Matua TeHaere was our teacher today so our tables and spelling test will be taken tomorrow,Tuesday. Next week we have the easy job of learning the x9 tables.

Reading Remember to complete your reading table each night, by now you should be reading,not browsing for nearly 30 minutes each night.

Descriptive Writing

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We have been learning how to use paragraphs to group our ideas when writing.

Mrs Warren

Samantha L

On her stool sits, The Principal of St Albans. MrsWarren she is very furious but kind hearted and proud. Her face is strong and steady, her hair is almost black but remains dark brown, on cold days you would see her red and orange scarf and her clothes are all most as black, as a panther. She is more steady than a knight and looks strong marching away in the school.
Our Principal,Mrs Warren.

Mrs. Warren

By Brydie Washington

The magnificence has struck the St Albans School community, can you guess who it is, it’s the amazing, marvelous, magnificent . . .

MRS. WARREN!!! She is our principal! She our ruler,our master. It’s what she is, she’s the earth’s treasure.
Her face speaks to us. The hair on her head is a brown a nice chocolate brown to speak lovely truth and her lips are like ripe strawberries! She is our sovereign of the school. We respect the ways she goes about doing her best!

She wears a black coat, black boots, black tights and underneath she wears a black and cream floral dress. The Mrs. Warren is ours!!! The coat she wears is buttoned up like an hour-glass. The boots she wears are like witches boots but not all scary or anything. The tights she wears are slightly see through but not completely, last but certainly not least the dress, this is what I think bea-ut-i-ful!!!

She walks the walk & talks the talk. She’s like an angel sent from the heavens above! This lady makes us smile & laugh she takes us through thick & thin through all the times we have. She’s gracious, she’s glorious, she’s great and she’s our leader. We feel proud when her excitement shines through when we give great work by our selves!!!

Mrs. Warren

17^th June by: Zachary

Mrs. Warren is the Principal of St Albans School, as she walks by a smile will come to her face every day.

Sometimes, her face can be full of shock and rage but at other times her face and smile is full with sparkly gold. Her hair is a very very dark brown.
She wears a black top with short sleeves she neck, also has a red scarf around her.

When she’s angry her walk is very sturdy and heavy but when she is happy her walk is bouncy and light.

Our Principal, Mrs Warren!

Homework 20th June

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Room 21 Newsletter Monday 20^th June

Spelling Zac has progressed up to the next spelling level…Well done Zac.

Last week we were writing descriptive work using paragraphs. This is Jazmin’s description of Mrs Warren.

Mrs Warren

Jazmin Scott

16.6.2011

Mrs. Warren has short black hair and wears lots of black clothing, Mrs Warren walks swinging her arms, she is a happy chap, she is, she lets me write on the ground but Paige keeps annoying me by making silly noises and trying trip people up. It’s annoying!

I like Mrs. Warren but she is I think, the only girl adult that wears black clothing.

Go Mrs Warren, rule the school.

Homework

Learn your spelling words.

Learn the x 8 tables.

Write a character description of someone a home.

Draw a reading log…keep a record of your nightly reading.

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Our Fabulous New Dictionaries Have Arrived !!!

Thankyou to the kind folk from

Christchurch Rotary

who purchased and presented these wonderful dictionaries to us.

Homework Newsletter

Tuesday 7^th June

Congratulations to our Super Spellers ,this group learned their words thoroughly and had them spelt correctly for our class test.

Ashleigh, Jermaine, Kayla, Samantha, Ashton, Heathcliff, Stavros and Zac. Special congratulations to Jayden as he has progressed to the next level. WOW

X 5 Tables Champions

You can see our x5 tables champions looking pleased with themselves in the photo above, there was also a group of children who have worked really hard and have improved their tables knowledge.

Kahurangi were once again our overall class winning housegroup. This team are No1 for consistency. WOW

Kitchen Science A special thankyou to Sally…….. Gemma’s Mum for helping the children experience some real edible kitchen science.

The children are presently preparing their own experiments, kitchen science experiments that they will conduct to the class. (They may require your support in acquiring ingredients.)Before they are able to present their experiment to the class they must complete their scientific paperwork.

I will be away on leave this Friday, Monday and Tuesday. Mr Scott will be relieving on Friday and Mrs Glasson will be covering for me on Monday and Tuesday. We have organized the programme together so that the children’s normal schoolwork will continue.

School Values

Presently we are having a major focus on EXCELLENCE.

ü EXCELLENT personal behaviour.

ü EXCELLENT presentation of work.

ü EXCELLENT presentation of self.

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Monday 30^th May Room 21 Newsletter

This weeks x6 tables heroes are: Ashleigh, Brydie, Gemma, Jermaine, Sky and Zachary. We also had a group of fabulous improvers; Connor, Heathcliff and Jack. Congratulations on learning the x6 tables thoroughly.

Spelling This week’s spelling heroes are; Ashleigh, Brydie, Jermaine, Connor, Jayden, Kai, Ofa, Sky and Zachary. Spellers who achieve perfect spelling results for 3 weeks gain promotion to the next group.

Last week’s focus on homework resulted in many children gaining group points. The group shown above completed extra special homework ( scored highly in their spelling and tables tests.)

This week we continue with our Science interchange, once this is complete the children have to present and teach the class a kitchen science experiment of their own . (Some children have already selected the experiment that they will share.)

Homework

Reading …. Complete a reading table.

Maths Learn the x5 tables.

Spelling Learn your spelling words

Monday 23rd May

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Room 21 Homework News 23 May 2011

I went to Farmers with Nana to get Club Penguin cards and they have 2 cards in each packet and it came with a book. It was my first time getting those cards , Nana paid for them ,they cost $20.00. I saw all the Club Penquin toys and stuff and once I saw Puffle. Paige’s Diary

This Week’s Super spellers were;Brydie, Gemma, Jermaine, Ashton, Heathcliff, Jayden and Stavros. Well done this group.

Our x3 tables heroes are; Ashleigh, Brydie, Jermaine, Jayden, Sky and Stavros.

During the last two weeks we have enjoyed some fabulous science experiments, this week we will be interchanging with Room 20 for more science fun, following that we will have the children prepare and present science experiments to the class.

Please ensure that the camp notices have been returned.

Later this term we will be revisiting the goals set earlier this year, please use the Goalsetting sheet as a guide help with home learning.

Homework

Maths

This week we are learning the x 6 tables and have challenged Room 20 to a competition on Friday . (Last week we bet them at a large ball relay competition, we hope to continue our winning streak.)

Spelling

Learn your spelling words, keep relearning them every night. (Spelling City is a good help but you still need to use a pencil and paper to really learn your spelling.)

Reading

Keep your home reading table up to date with your nightly reading.

Monday 23rd May

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Kitchen Science

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Two proud ice cream makers.
One keen ice cream taster.
Many (clean)hands make a job easier.
One careful mixer.
Heathcliff is keen for the instructions to be followed.

Monday 16th May

2011-05-15T18:07:00.000-07:00

Room 21 Homework News 21st May 2011

Headlice Once again we have parents reporting to us that children in Room 21 have headlice, please check your child’s hair. All children with longer hair need to have it tied back.

Notices were sent home for camp, can these be returned ASAP as we wish to finalise numbers and confirm parent helpers.
Our suggestion for fundraising will hopefully give children an opportunity to be involved in earning money for camp from your family and friends and help spread the burden of cost.

Our Kitchen Science topic has been lots of fun, hopefully our budding scientists have demonstrated some of the experiments at home.
This week we begin an interchange between Y4 classes with even more science experiments.
(If you would like to help with a Kitchen Science/ baking group between 10.30 and 11.30 then please be in touch.)

☺ X3 Tables Champions. Congratulations to Ashleigh , Brydie and Sky . ☺

☺ Spelling Champions Brydie, Gemma, Jermaine, Samantha, Shannae, Connor, Heathcliff, Sky, Stavros and Zac. ☺

Homework

Reading Draw your reading table and enter your reading from each evening.

We are continuing learning the x 3 tables; this week’s champs will be challenged with the x 30’s.

Spelling words will be issued on Tuesday, it is important that you spend time learning these. (Remember that if you get a max score for three weks in a row you graduate to the next level.)
(Spelling City will help you to learn these words.)

Monday 9th May

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Room 21 Newsletter 9th May 2011

Bookclubs These close tomorrow/Tuesday. All orders must be posted into the office drop box.

Help We still require lots of boxes and clean plastic containers.

Spelling City This is an excellent free site that the children may use to help learn their spelling words. (The children all know how to find it.)

X2 Champions Asheigh, Brydie, Gemma, Jermaine, Samantha, Shannae, Connor, Jack, Jayden, Kai and Sky.

X20 Tables Champions Asheigh, Brydie and Gemma,

Jayden’s Diary
On Sunday it was Mothers day , Tori and I cooked breakfast for Mummy, we made mum toast and cereal and gave her a choc.
On Sunday morning we all got up for church, it was fun. On Sunday night at 6:01pm we went to Carrie’s and Deon’s for Mother’s day tea. All of us had Fish & Chip’s. I got a cheese burger. We went to Deon’s to fix dad’s 4 wheel drive, before tea they were still working on it. At 7:50pm Mum, Tori, Samantha and I went home. I turned on the electrical blanket, I was so happy because it was warm.
We read a book for Samantha and I then we went fast asleep. And that is how my Mother’s day went.

Homework

Keep a record of your reading by completing a reading table.

Maths Learn your x3 tables.

Spelling On Tuesday yu will get this weeks spelling words, spend time learning them each night.

Wednesday is a personal news day, Thursday is our good news day.

Extra for Experts
Make a list of interesting similes ….. write these “as carefully as a kiwi.”

May 2nd

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Room 21 Newsletter Monday 21st May

It was great to welcome everyone back this morning. The children all seemed to have enjoyed their break and were mostly excited to be back at school. Our day began with a Powhiri to welcome new families to the school and a sharing of our holiday news.

This term we will be having a maths interchange every morning from 9.15 until 10.15. The children will be working with children of a similar ability so that they will be challenged at their own strategy stage.

Every Tuesday afternoon from 1.30pm until 2.15pm we will have a winter sport session with the children and teachers from Y3 and Y4. All children will experience a range of sports from soccer and netball through to dance. These sessions will be skills based with a minor game taught as a practice. (We would welcome any parental assistance at these sessions).

Unfortunately our Aquagym sessions have had to be postponed again, we are hopeful that we can our swimming lessons can be arranged for later this term or early next term.

The Goal setting sheets were sent home last term, please keep these in a prominent place at home to record achievements. We will share these achievements at school and also keep a record of the children’s successes.

Homework
Maths Every Monday we will have a new table introduced, the children will need to demonstrate this table to you on Monday evening and relearn it every evening. Every Friday we will have our table of the week tested.
This week we are learning, relearning the x2.

Reading Every week the children will have to rule up a reading table and enter the details of their reading. The Goal is to read for approx 30 minutes each evening.

Spelling Beginning next week the children will have a weekly set of words to learn, these will be issued on Monday and tested the following Monday.

News This term we are beginning two formal news days, on Wednesdays the children will have a chance to share person news (they must have an item to share and show that is of no $ value) and on Thursday they are expected to have a good news item sourced from the newspaper or television.
For example they might bring a leaf, insect, photograph or some interesting item that they can speak knowledgeably about on Wednesday. On Thursday they might have a cutting from the Star or Press newspaper that they have studied and become an expert about.

Homework 11th April

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Monday 11th April Room 21

The Canterbury Public Library Reading Crusade.
The children need to enter online once they have read 6 books. Those who complete 6 books may get the chance to be guests of the Crusaders !!!
Just Google Canterbury Public Library Reading Crusade 2011.

Last week we had a draw with Kakariki and Whero both scoring 325 points, a great effort from these two groups.

Last Week’s Heroes were Laryce, Heathcliff and Ashleigh. Fabulous!!!!

Our + 6 tables champs who scored 20/20 !!!!
Ashleigh, Brydie, Gemma, Heathcliff, Jack, Jayden, Sky and Zac.

Diaries Each Monday morning the children write a diary, the form of the diary may change but content is always that of a recount. The children will have these diaries at home to complete several entries during the holiday. They must be returned for the first day of the new term.

Aquagym There are still a small number who have yet to pay.

Homework

Reading Complete a reading table then enter the details each night.

Maths This week we are learning all the doubles…
1+1= 2+2= 3+3=

Spelling (Next term we will begin spelling learning lists), this week we are making a list of words that we can change the vowel sounds by added e at the end.
Ie sit…..site van …vane plan …plane

Homework 4th April

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Room 21 Newsletter
4th April 2011

Photographs tomorrow… no polar fleeces please.

Interviews We begin these tomorrow, I look forward to meeting with you and setting goals to help advance the children’s learning.

Hair We encourage all children with long hair to have it tied back.

Please check that the Aquagy notice has been received, it was sent home today.

+5 Champions Congratulations to ; Ashleigh, Bridie, Gemma, Ofa and Zachary who gained the perfect score of 20/20. WOW

Last weeks winning group was Kahurangi. This fabulous group have been a consistent group of winners all year, a great effort. Sky, Stavros, Brydie and Jazmin.

Last weeks Heroes were Gemma, Paige, Kayla and Sky. Heroes must use the School’s values throughout the day at school

Monday 4th April By Stavros

On sunny Saturday I went to my friend’s house (He is our next door neighbour) and we played soccer and cricket, then I went to the park where I made a new friend.
Later I climbed a tree with my friend and I flew down of the tree and with a flash on the ground I went with my friend.
Next we went to the swings and we flew off them and we landed on the ground without being hurt at all.

Homework

Learn the +6 tables

Reading …. Remember to set up a reading table in your homework book and to record your nightly reading. Your goal should be to read independently for approx 30 minutes.

Make a list of interesting adverbs, remember adverbs help verbs.
Quickly, slowly ………

The Cross Country

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Heathcliff
Well, personally I thought it was really tiring and hard to do but it was quite enjoyable.
Ashleigh
It was fun watching but when I ran it was really tiring.Next year I want to practice more, work, work work.
Sky
I liked the running at the end because I came 4th. I was glad to see my Mum because normally she does not come to the cross country, she said that I did really well.
Jack
I really liked charging at the finishing line.
Kayla
I liked it when I went up the ramp, I was excited to be doing the cross country. At the end I felt glad not to come last.
Samantha
The first lap was quite fun but when it came to the second lap it was quite hard especially with a broken arm.
Kai
At the finishI was puffed but um,I was proud of myself because I was in the top fifteen.
Jazmin
It was terrifying at the start because I did not know what place I would come.

The Cross Country

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Monday 28th March

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Room 21 Class Newsletter Monday 28th March

Zac’s Interesting Weekend

On Sunday I would have played JUDO ground fighting with
Dad if Dad was not busy trying to demolish the kitchen and put in a new gib-board . I tried to ring-up all the boys in Room 21 to see if any of them wanted to come around to my house and play, but none of them answered the phone .
The rest of the day I sat in my bed-room listening to Harry Potter from Arlia’s iPod until Arlia came home and took the iPod from me. I did not care, and anyway it was low on battery, so I went to bed and eventually fell asleep.

➢ Please remember to book you Goal Setting Interview time through the link on the School’s website. Please attempt to complete the ‘Goal Setting’ preparation sheet tonight and have it returned to school tomorrow.

➢ Our Library time is Wednesday, please ensure the books are returned for changing.

➢ Cross Country, we have been practicing our running at fitness time and are ready to demonstrate our fitness on Thursday at 11.45. We would love you to come to support us at this time.

➢ University of New South Wales Last week the children received information re these competitions/tests. We encourage you to consider letting the children sit one or two of these tests.

➢ Last weeks Classroom hero’s were ;Brydie, Jayden and Samantha. Congratulations to this fine group .

➢ Last week the children were tested on the +4 tables; this fabulous group score 20/20 in the test. WOW. Congratulations; Ashleigh, Brydie, Gemma, Jermaine, Heathcliff, Kai, Sky and Stavros..

Homework
Monday Work with your parents on the Information Sharing sheet.

Complete your nightly reading then record it on a table.
Learn the +5 tables in readiness for Fridays test.

How many words can yu find with squ in them, write them out in syllables.

We Are Learning to Write Persuasive Texts.First we discussed the ways that we persuade people to help us, next we will write a persuasive text.

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Homework News 21st March

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Homework News Room 21 21st March 2011

Kirsten’s Diary
Sunday the 20th was a very wet rainy day and at 1:45
March 2011 a very big aftershock struck Christchurch, it was a
magnitude of 5.1. When the aftershock struck Kristen and I
rushed to a strong door way or tried to do the safe triangle of
life. Kristen was screaming and crying, we all got such a fright.
Lamps fall down, smash, smash! Cups broke, crash, crash! We were all so
scared afterwards we snuggled with Mum and had a good night
sleep.

Plus 3 Addition tables. We finally had our +3 test last week , these children scored 100%. Congratulations; Ashleigh, Brydie, Gemma, Jermaine, Kai, Sky and Stavros.

Our Library book exchange day is Wednesday, please check that books are returned to school in the reading folders for returning or renewal.

Homework
Maths Learn the +4 tables in readiness for Fridays quick fire test.

Reading Keep you weekly reading log up to date , you should be reading for an average of nearly 30 minutes per night.

Spelling
How many words can you make from the letters in; ST Albans School.

Cross Country We all need to practice lots for the upcoming Cross Country…. We will practice at fitness time at school but children need to complete some practices at home as well.

Proverb of the week.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

2011-03-14T23:20:00.001-07:00

Room 21 Newsletter Monday 14th March

This morning we had 17 children in class; we welcomed back Jack and Kai who have attended schools in the North, it is nice to have them back. We farewelled Holly who will be attending Browns Bay School in Auckland. Holly has promised to keep in touch with us and I know she would welcome any email news .

Our normal class programmes have recommenced and this week we will be focusing on testing that was missed from previous weeks.

Last week we shared the Mr Men books then completed some graphic work on the computers, here are some examples of the work attempted. These are on the classroom wall for you to view.

Jermaine’s Diary

awesome surprised odd brilliant exciting
Next month Gina, Vigie and I are going to Australia. In Australia we are going to the Gold Coast with Tite, Ray and my cousins. We are also going camping, fishing, to Water World and Sea World and the theme parks. It is really exciting. It is going to be freaky and awesome because there are freaky spiders in Australia and Sea World is going to be awesome.

Homework
Maths Each night draw a tables grid, you might try timing yourself to see how fast you can complete it correctly.

Reading keep the reading log up to date.

Spelling This week we have a competition to see who can find the most words with scr in them,

We will continue with the class talks , the children listed below need to bring a bag, this bag should contain items of importance which can be shared with the class; items might include: photos, toys, keepsakes, memorabilia, clothing etc. These talks will be held early each morning so you are welcome to stay and watch. A practice session at home the evening before the class sharing would help ensure they are more confident in front of their peers.
Wed 16th Thur 17th Fri 18th
Paige
Sky
Samantha
Zachary Shannae
Stavros

Monday 21st February

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Week 3 Monday 14th February Room 21

Our heroes from Week 2 were; Laryce, Brydie ,Heathcliff and Ofa. They have set a very high standard of behaviour and effort and started the year with a real determination to succeed.
This week our class Value is initiative…. Taking the lead both individually and as a class/group member. Our ‘Heroes ‘ will be people who use their initiative with the class and school.

This week our class is hosting Uniece Kim. Kim is from Gongju National University in Korea and is here to observe in our school. We are hopeful that she can share some cultural aspects with us, we also welcomed Jstyce to our class, we now have 22 pupils, eleven boys and eleven girls.

Most Friday afternoons for the remainder of the term Matua Te Haeare will be teaching in Room 21, he will be teaching the children PEd, Te Reo and written language. We welcome him into our classroom and are delighted that he is able to participate in Room 21.

Holly Strong has prepared and emailed the class/parental contact list to you, I have attached a printed copy for your reference. Holly worked extremely hard to complete this list for us. Thankyou Holly.

Over the next two weeks the children will be asked to bring a sharing bag to school, this bag should contain items of importance which can be shared with the class; items might include: photos, toys, keepsakes, memorabilia, clothing etc. These talks will be held early each morning so you are welcome to stay and watch. A practice session at home the evening before the class sharing would help ensure they are more confident in front of their peers.
Monday 14th Tuesday 15th Wed 16th Thurs 17th Fri 18th
Mr Y Ashleigh
Heathcliff Brydie
Connor Gemma
Ashton Holly
Jazmin
Jack
Monday 21st Tuesday 22nd Wed 23th Thur 24th Fri 25th
Jermaine
Jayden
Kai Kayla
Laryce
Ofa Paige
Sky
Jstyce Samantha
Zachary Shannae
Stavros

Reading Table

Reading It is an expectation that you spend time reading each evening, most of this reading can be independent but it is important that you read and talk about your reading with an adult.
Criteria Read for more than 15minutes
Read in a quiet place.
Read just one book.
Read to an adult.

Remember to fill out the reading chart each evening.

Monday Book title Time Read Score your Reading.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday

MATHS This Friday is our +2 tables test, there will be a quick-fire test of the +2 tables. Write out these tables each night and then ask to be tested.
You also need to practice counting forwards and backwards in 2’s to 50, then if you become experts try counting up to and back from 100 in 2’s, remember to write these in your homework book.

Homework 7th February

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Homework Newsletter Name _____________________
Monday 5th February

As from next week our weekly newsletter will be published on our blog and paper copies will only be given to those who do not have access to the blog at home. It is my hope that children will quickly become the authors of this newsletter and that it will reflect some of the work undertaken in the classroom.

Drink Bottles The children all need to have a drink bottle at school. These should be names and can be stored in schoolbags or on the cloakroom shelf.

Library Our library sessions will be on Wednesday so please check that books are packed for returning each Wednesday.

Homework

Homework books are to be returned to school on Fridays for marking.

Reading The children are expected to read independently each night and to share this reading with you, then to record this reading on a simple table. Most weeks the children will be given a journal for reading, this journal must be returned to school on a daily basis. (Some children will be given the responsibility of selecting their own recreational readers.)
Please bring a favourite personal reader to school tomorrow-Tuesday.

Maths We will learn all the tables on a two week rotation. The children will be pretested at school and a post-test will be held every Friday. The children who gain the max score and are the biggest improvers will have their names published in our weekly newsletter.
We are all relearning the +2 tables this week.

Spelling
This week the children are to fill the first few pages of their spelling notebook with family names….addresses, holiday place names etc . (Please check that these have been correctly spelt.)

A class/parent contact list often proves useful for parents and children from within the class, if you wish to have your name, email address and phone number circulated to our Room 21 parental group please forward your details and I will circulate them to you.