Photos of the Super Stars

The Argentinian Visit!

P	M	I
·           They signed our flags and t-shirts ·           We got to meet them ·           We had our photo taken ·           We got free flags and autograph cards ·           We presented them with a gift ·           They gave our school 2 signed rugby shirts ·           We will be on tv because ESPN tv was here filming it ·           We had a lot of fun ·           They taught us how to say hello and goodbye in Spanish ·           They stayed at our school until first lunch ·           We got to welcome them – powhiri	·      They couldn’t stay very long in each classroom ·      They made lots of changes and we didn’t get any Subway ·      We didn’t get to play any rugby with them ·      They came too earlier, it would have been better having them at lunch time	·      We got to meet some of the team members and were a lucky school to do so ·      They spoke a different language ·      They were very tall and made Mrs A look very short! ·      They asked us how to say goodbye in Maori and then they used it in every classroom ·      It was exciting when they came into the hall and when the boys did the haka

Little Red!

Room 17's Got Talent!

Last night we had our concert.  It was awesome! I was extremely proud of you all, you looked amazing and performed beautifully!  YOU ALL ROCKED!!
Here are some photos that Mrs James took.

The Queen who wrote to Highbury!

Check out Ashleigh who was in the local paper last week! What an awesome thing to do Ashleigh - tino pai!

Schools World Cup Day - Sport Manawatu

WE WENT, WE PLAYED, WE CHANTED, WE CONQUERED!! SOMERSET SCHOOL ROCKS!
Today we went to the Sport Manawatu School World Cup Day and we won the trophy! It was awesome. We got 10/10 for all our activities both our fair play and our skills and we had a fantastic day. Thanks to Sport Manawatu for organising the day. You all looked amazing in your blue, red and white clothes and the chanting was superb.

Gala Day

We sold pet rocks, ice cream sodas, bookmarks and play dough at our school gala. It was spectacular! We raised $6000 which will go towards camp, a big day out and the junior trips. The best part was selling the ice cream sodas - they were yum and sold out really fast!! Mrs A couldn't scoop fast enough and had to keep up with VJ and Kastel's pouring!! Well done boys, you were fantastic helpers!
Forge said - "the Samoan food was soooooo nice!"
Nau reckoned - "the curry was very spicy and my Mum told me I had to eat it all!"
Isaiah - "The toffee apples were really nice"
Charlotte - "I liked the bouncy castle - it was fantastic"
Meagan - "Mr T drunk a spider drink - he drank it so fast he choked on his ice cream!!" Poor Mr T was coughing a lot but he was ok.

Mr T and Mrs Haydock were amazing. They helped to sort out heaps of things. Mr T made many trips to the supermarket for us and we are very grateful for all their help. You guys ROCK!!

SUPER SWIMMING!

We have been going swimming at the Lido every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. It has been awesome. We get to have 30 minutes instructional swimming time with the Lido instructors and then we get 30 minutes free time!We are very lucky to be going thanks to Water Safety New Zealand.

WONDRFUL WINTER WONDERLAND!

WELCOME TO OUR WONDERFUL WINTER WONDERLAND! We have loved having the snow (even though we didn't have any heating in our classroom yesterday and it was warmer outside!!) Here are some pics of us have a play at school. We will be publishing some of our awesome recount stories about what we got up to on Monday afternoon when it first started snowing.

Measuring in metres

Today we practised estimating how long a metre is.  Jessie was the closest and he won a jumbo jelly bean - ka pai Jess!  Some of us were way off!  Here are a few photos of us measuring items in our classroom to see what is one metre long.

SPEND SOME ON YOU AND SAVE SOME TOO!

Brodie came to teach us about money management yesterday. He was awesome and we all love our bands that he gave us. Here are some photos:

Term 3 Events - some of them!

Here's a wordle I have put together for some of the things we are going to be doing this term. It's going to be a busy one!!

HANDS ON HOMEWORK - WEEK 2 Term 3

HOW FAST CAN YOU TYPE? CAN YOU BEAT MY SCORE?



65 words

free online typing test

I found this online typing test and thought it would be a good idea to see if you know where all the letters are on the keyboard. Give it a go!
I hope you've all had a good weekend. See you on Monday.

HANDS ON HOMEWORK - WEEK 1 Term 3

Ok here are those photos! Lets see how creative you can get!

NEW PETS!

I'VE ADOPTED SOME NEW PETS FOR OUR BLOG.  SCROLL DOWN AND FEED THEM.

How's the holidays?

Hi Team,  I hope you are enjoying the holidays.  It's been a bit cold hasn't it! Troy and I have been watching Team Umizoomi by the heater!!  I have started organising our work for Term 3 and we will be having a big focus on the Rugby World Cup so to give you a heads up we will be looking at the countries that are involved.  I have added some new games links to our blog and some information websites that we will be accessing at school to find some facts about different countries.

I got emailed some awesome photos with the moon and thought we could have a bit of a photo competition for our first weeks 'Hands on Homework' activity.  If you don't have a camera you could use our class one at school during the day.  I'll load the photos during the week. 

Take care everyone - only one week to go, make the most of it team!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!

Thanks for an awesome day today team.  Our shared lunch was amazing and I am still full from eating all of those spring rolls! (Jonathon's Mum you absolutely ROCK!)  Have a great holiday everyone.  I'll keep adding little posts throughout the holidays and will try to upload some of our pepehas.


Stay safe - Mrs A :)

Hands On Homework - Baking

Here is the photo of Maraea's beautifully chocolatey muffins!  Tino pai rawa Maraea for completing the baking assignment.

REMEMBER:
Shared lunch on FRIDAY!   Bring something yummy.

Only 2 days to go until the holidays!!   :)

What's happened?

What do you think the dog is seeing out the window?
There is a bone outside and the dog wants to get it before another dog does. - Ashleigh
Another car is going to crash into them! - VJ
They are about to jump over a monster truck! - Isaiah
The dog has seen a cat and wants to chase after it! - Charlotte
The dog is scared because the lady looks like she is daydreaming and is about to jump over  10 million cars! - Forge
The dog is seeing a women crossing the road with another cat and a dog. - Azalea
She is doing a fast and furious race! - Nahum
There is another bulldog outside the car that wants to get the dog - Jonathon
There is a gorilla coming towards the car! - Isaiah
They are going to do a big drift around the corner! - Nahum

Should old people drive?  What could happen?
White Hat - they shouldn't drive because they could crash, they might not see very well, - Cassidy, Crystal, Jessie & Maraea

Blue Hat - old people could use these things instead of driving - a motorised wheel chair, they could stand on a skateboard and someone could push them - Shakana, Maia, Ashleigh & Charlotte

Yellow Hat - if old people weren't allowed to drive the positives would be: they wouldn't slow traffic down, there would be less crashes.

Green Hat - new ways of transportation for old people - stand on a skateboard and the dog could pull it - Jonathon, Kingston, Ofa & Navuga

Black Hat - cars behind them might crash into them because they are going too slow, when old people walk across the road a car might run them over because they walk slow, - Danielle, Nataliah & Azalea

Red Hat - how they might feel if we take their license off them - Danielle said sad because they still want to drive, Maia said upset, Shakana - terrified, Cassidy - upset because if they are in a hurry they find how to get there, Isaiah - happy because they won't crash.

ADD YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS TO OUR WALL - Don't forget to get Mum and Dad to as well!

HANDS ON HOMEWORK - WEEK 10

OK guys I would like you to spend some quality time with one of your family members and complete a jigsaw puzzle! Easy aye! If you haven't got one at home let me know and I will get you one to borrow. Here is one you can complete on line. Happy puzzling everyone!



Free Online Flash Games

There are mice in Mrs A's office YUCK! but we caught one this morning! Yeah!!  We used the Inventions Thinking Key to invent some self emptying mouse traps.  Here are a few of our inventions.

Check out our thinking about How Maui found his Father and the Magic Jawbone!

WHITE HAT The Facts	Write 3 facts from the story.  Think about the characters and the setting. Maui found his father and grandfather. Maui didn’t give his grandfather his food. His grandfather gave Maui his magic jawbone. Forge
YELLOW HAT The Strengths	What were the good things or strengths that a character did or showed in the story? When Maui found out it was his dad. Crystal, Maraea & VJ
BLACK HAT The Weaknesses/Negatives	What were some of the weaknesses or bad things that a character did or had happened to them? Maui took his grandfathers’ jaw bone. Maui starved his grandfather Ashleigh, Juan & Jessie
GREEN HAT New Ideas	Write a new ending for the story. After Maui found his father, he lived in the underworld with him for ever after. Cassidy
Red hat Feelings/Emotions	How did the story make you feel? List the characters and write how you felt about each one. Danielle felt happy because Maui found his dad.  Cassidy felt sad because his Dad threw a rock at Maui.
Blue hat Thinking	Was the author trying to give a message in the story? How did they keep you reading the story? How Maui found his father was the message.  Jonathon, Maia & Nataliah

Willy Wonker's Factory?

What do you think happened to this weird, wonky buidling?

Cassidy - There was an earthquake.
Nau - The wind blew so hard it wobbled the building. It was pushed over by a big giant frog!
Nahum - It was made out of chocolate and it melted in the sun!
Charlotte - There was a tornado.
Shakana - There was jelly in the house and it was wobbling around.
Meagan - A big jelly bear has been pushed over and landed on the house.
Ashleigh - Willy Wonker didn't want a straight house so he built a wonky one!

Hands On Homework

Each week I'll put an idea up for a practical homework activity you could try at home with a family member, a friend or even your next-door neighbour! This week you could do some baking. I would LOVE to judge it on Friday! You could take a photo of your baking and we can add it to our blog. HAPPY BAKING EVERYONE! :)

YUMMY! SCRUMMY! IN MRS A'S TUMMY!
Visone was our first classroom member to complete the hands on homework activity.  Well done Visone! She bought in a beautiful cupcake - thank you Visone.

MARAEA your chocolate muffins were delicious! The icing was very chocolatey!! Thank you! Hopefully we can put your photo on our blog next week!

Name the Turtles Competition!

As you can see I have been 'blinging' up our blog! You can feed our class turtles below but we need to name them. What do you think would be good turtle names? Add a comment and we'll see whose names get the most votes!

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