Christmas Big Day Out

We had a fantastic trip today to the Christmas grotto, Barrington Park for lunch and then on to the Transitional Cathedral for some christmas singing.  A huge thank you to the wonderful parents who came and helped on this trip.

Mila's amazing Duathlon!

In the weekend Mila competed in the Tiddlers Multisport Duathlon.  She had a such a fantastic time biking and running.  Her sister Ruby also competed.  What a fantastic achievement.  Well done girls.

Pirates - "Arghh me hearties!"

We are learning to write instructions at writing time.  This week we followed a set of instructions and made a Pirate Hat.  After we made the hats we wrote out our own instructions.  We know instructions use specific words such as First, Next, Then, Finally.

Rangoli Pattern - Diwali

Yesterday Erin bought in somer coloured powder to make our own Rangoli patterns.  We have been reading about Diwali and learnt that Rangoli patterns are made from bright powder.  They are put at the front door to welcome visitors into the home.  Diwali is the Indian Festival of Light.  Thanks so much for bringing in the powders - we really enjoyed making the pattern and then making our own ones in the class.

Our Assembly

Last Thursday Room 9 were hosting assembly. We learnt about our school value EXCELLENCE.  We loved making a letter and surprising everyone with it pinned on our back - WE LOVE EXCELLENCE   in Room 9!

Banana Milkshake - Writing Instructions.

Last Thursday we made banana chocolate milkshakes.  We are learning to write instructions and use the special beginnings for each stage.  These beginnings are: First, Next, Then, Finally, Last.  We enjoyed making, drinking and writing about our milkshakes.
I wonder what we will make next week?

Kids Can Cook

Today we had Chris Fortune cooking with us.  Nate from Room 8 got to be his Sous Chef! They made french crepes and filled them with spinach and grated apple.  We all got to taste the crepes at the end.  I wonder if anyone might make crepes at home and fill them with different fillings.  Here is the recipe:
2 Cups Flour
3 eggs (beaten)
milk

Put 2 cups of flour into a bowl.
Beat the 3 eggs in a separate bowl.
Mix the beaten eggs with the flour.
Pour in some milk and whisk until slightly runny.
Leave to stand for 20 minutes.
In a frypan, pour in cups fulls and wait until cooked - flip to the other side.

Fill with yummy fillings.

Yum it is time to eat them!

A few shots of the Folk Dancing Demonstration

We had such a great afternoon showing our parents, grandparents and preschoolers the dances we have been learning at PE.  The best part for Room 9 was when we asked the adults to join in.

Kiwi Cricket!

Yesterday some fantastic men came and taught us some catching and throwing skills for Kiwi Cricket.  Have a look how great we are...

Gingerbread People - Run, run as fast as you can!

Look at our awesome Gingerbread making!  We had heaps of fun making our Gingerbread people.  We all got to have special jobs to help out.  A huge thanks to Lauren for helping and also to Grandma Elsie for helping too.

Poetry Finals

Today we had the Poetry Competition finals for the Year 0/1/2 children.  A huge congratulations to the three children who represented Room 9.  Mila, Jackson and Erin did an amazing job reciting their poems up on the stage.  I was super proud of their loud, clear voices.  Well done.  A special congratulations to Mila for getting 3rd place in the finals.  Awesome job on your Bugs, Bugs, Bugs poem.

Erin reciting "Just one More.."

Jackson reciting "I eat..."

Mila reciting "Bugs, Bugs, Bugs..."

Year 1 poetry winners!!

Poetry Competition!

Today I was so proud of all of you with your amazing poems.  You have all learnt to say your poems in lovely loud, clear, slow voices.  I loved how you could all stand up in front of a large audience and say your poems off by heart.  Well done Room 9.  We had Monika and Jeannie judging our competition and they had the tough job of choosing 3 finalists to go through to the Year 1 and 2 finals next Tuesday.  Congratulations to Erin, Jackson and Mila for getting into the final.

Clever Readers!

Today we celebrated three clever readers in Room 9.  Erin has read for 50 nights, Jackson has read for 75 nights and Tahnul has read for 100 nights.  Keep up the awesome effort Room 9!!!!

Book Week Dress up day!

What an amazing start to Book Week!  Have a look at our gorgeous costumes.

Magic Caterpillar Handwriting.

We are very lucky to have Jeannie working with Room 9.  She is teaching us the magic caterpillar story and all the shapes to form our letters correctly.  Can you remember the names of the shapes in the photo below?

Wonderful readers!

Today we celebrated our fabulous readers who have received their next reading sticker.  Nate has read for 25 nights, Charles 50 nights, Harry 75 nights and Angel and Charlotte 100 nights.  Keep up the super duper reading Room 9!  Who will be next?

Dinosaur Day

Yesterday the Tiger's reading group read the story "Ben's birthday cake."  We made the birthday cake that was in the story.  It was a dinosaur! Look at our photos of our fun day!  Earlier in the week the Lions read a story about a Dinosaur Day at school.  On Monday will draw our own dinosuar pictures and paint them.

Wacky Wednesday!

Room 9 looked amazing for our Wacky Wednesday Mufti Day! Take a look at our photos.

Super readers in Room 9!

On Friday we celebrated clever readers in Room 9.  These children have worked hard to get to 25, 50 and even 75 nights of reading.  Keep up the awesome reading Room 9! I am very impressed with how wonderful you are doing!!

Maths learning in Room 9

Today we worked in our maths groups and used our kit boxes to explore numbers.

Tapa Cloth Making

Today the whole school has created a massive Tapa Cloth.  Room 9 went over to the hall with 4 other classes.  We had a piece of brown paper and a vivid and created our own tapa pattern.  We learnt that a tapa cloth is made up of patterns that are all put together to make one big cloth.

Room 9's Big Day out to Clip and Climb

Today Room 9 had their first Big Day out.  We went to clip and climb.  We all travelled there by bus and Room 8 were with us.  We had such a fun time climbing the different walls at clip and climb.  Boy some of the Room 9 children can climb so high!!! Mrs Allen was super proud of you all today.  A big thank you to Belinda, Lauren, Tony, Anna, Kim and Maureen for helping us on our trip!

Slipper Socks = Warm Feet!

Today we were all given a treat for our feet!  We were allowed to choose our own pair of gorgeous slipper socks.  They have been knitted and given to our school by some kind, lovely people.  Thank you!!! We think they are really cool, cosy, comfy and will keep our toes so warm on these cold winter days.

First we took off our shoes and lined them up like a shoe shop!

Our wonderful cosy slipper socks.

Happy warm Room 9 feet! 

Archaeologists

Today Kairu bought in some old old fossils and some pieces of pumas.  We turned into Archaeologists and began digging to see what we could find.  We came up with all sorts of amazing things that we thought could be buried in the sandy clay that we got to scrape away at.