Knuckling down

We are all knuckling down and getting our MacDougall poetry and speeches done. Also we are getting our e-asTTLe tests done in reading and maths. I have also been away so I have a lot of catching up to do! We are trying to fit in with our coughs and colds and being away from school.
We are also doing a couple of different things in P.E. so this all will be very interesting.
Until next time,
Emily, Room 5

The new and improved room 5!

Just before we went to camp we moved back into room 5 which the builders had just finished with. We moved in and found we have a cool new sprinkler system and a glass siding door and window out to the corridor. We have placed or stuff around the room as it was before and we have found that the room feels bigger by a lot! As we are getting back into the swing of thing we are getting used to being in our classroom again. We are all looking forward to knuckling down and getting all our end of year work done.

Until next time

Emily, Room 5

Arohatia Te Reo

I'm sure you remember our Arohatia Te Reo resource (loop box) we created and talked to you about not that long ago. The results are in and us Room 5 came 2nd!!!!!! Sadly we did come second to Room 17 but still our placing was outstanding. This is the feedback we got - A great hands on learning/translation tool. Well done! It was judged by Patrick Gemmell.

By Jenna

Thunks prezi

http://prezi.com/gqotj6829sgh/thunking-on-a-wednesday-morning/?auth_key=02f370c1ea55864ab17eb520d6d93dd4db48d5e8

The big move!

Last week room 5 and 6 moved upstairs to room 7 and 8 as the building work was starting in our classrooms this week. We were lucky enough to move into room 7. It is very small in here compared to our old classroom but we are not that unhappy about this. We spent the whole of Friday morning moving and setting up our new classroom and putting up cool wall displays. Now it is Wednesday and we are all settled in and we now have a projector so it is really homely now. We still hope all goes to plan with the building work so we can move back into our old classroom early term 4!

Emily, Room 5

Weekly quiz

Every Monday in room 5 we do the weekly quiz in groups of around 3-5. We answer a series of current event questions and then get them marked. We get a score out of 20. Then every week we add our scores to the last weeks ones to get a total score. after 2 terms the team with the highest score wins a prize from Mrs Goldfinch. At the moment my team(Jenna, Liv and I) are in the lead with 111 points! We are also winning by a big margin! So bring it on!

Playing ki-o-rahi

Taekwon-do

Across Huia and a couple of other syndicates, we have had the opportunity to learn Taekwon-do on days Monday and Friday. This is going to be a great experience for all of us learning a martial art which originated in Korea. I'm sure everyone is urging to learn it.

By Jenna

Ki O Rahi

Our 5 week course of Ki O Rahi has come to an end, but that doesn't mean we will stop playing this awesome game. I'm sure everyone enjoyed learning it. We are also hoping that we could start up a Ki O Rahi tournament for the classes that learnt it.

My thoughts on Ki O Rahi-

I think Ki O Rahi was a great experience and I am so glad we got the opportunity to learn and play it.
Ki O Rahi is not like any other game I've ever played before so that makes it extra awesome.

By Jenna

Room 5's Virtual Class Pets

Our awesome class pets!!

(Thanks Room 10!)