Welcome to 2014

Welcome back to the start of a new year. Term 1 is going to be full of exciting opportunities including Garden to Table, making movies, Ferrymead etc.

Over the last couple of weeks we have been settling down into our class routines and expectations. 

Just a reminder that the meet the teacher evening is tomorrow evening starting at 6.30pm in the school hall. Also if you are able to help with any Garden to Table work please let me know. 

Check out Room 16's blog on a regular basis to see all of the exciting things we have been up to. Watch this space :)

Meet the students in Room 16.

Rosie

Juliette

Lucas

Hunter

Maia

Queenie

Crusader

Max

Maddison

Charlie

Max

Abby

Isabella

Tyler

Tristan

Isaac

Grace

Bronagh

Chloe

Hamish

Oliver

Rena

Kanna

Alex

Leighton

Zoe

Ruby

Priya

Top Town

The Year 3/4 children had fun in house teams working cooperatively to solve problems.  Have a look at some of the fun activities they got up to. The winning team was Huntsbury.

Year 3 and 4 Speech Competition

Listening quietly to the poetry finalists

Finn performing 'Jelly Fish Stew'

Grace performing 'Dorothy Jane'

Congratulations to everyone that performed last term in the poetry competition

Christmas Shoe Box Diorama

Yes, we're doing this very popular homework challenge again this year! This is a fun project to make a Christmas shoebox diorama depicting a Christmas scene. 

To begin, you will need to scout around for a shoebox (or something similar). Then help your child create a Xmas scene in a box eg. Santa's workshop, animal scene etc.

It would be great to have all the boxes on display in the class for the beginning of Week 9-10 December. Check out Google: Christmas Diorama- images for some simple cool ideas.

'How to grow your own salt crystal'

This term Room 16 has been learning about instructional writing. We worked together to grow a salt crystal and we discussed the process and steps we went through. Students then designed a 'How to grow your own salt crystal' recipe book, featuring the ingredients, instructions (method) and a diagram. Some students also presented their work orally. Listen to Finn Howard's salt crystal recipe.

Live from the America's Cup

Hi Room 16,

My good friend Lydia has a special message for you :)

Hi Room 16
Live from the Americas cup village and the finish line!
Lovely day here in San Francisco the sun is shining and the dreaded fog is no where in sight.

Hundreds of kiwi flags waving as the boats sail pass warming up and checking all the equipment before the big race.

30 minutes till the race count down is on!

Looking forward to the presentation and tour of the tv compound where all the footage is filmed and edited live.

Nz merchandise all sold out and kiwis are everywhere.

Will send you a photo of the boats as they cross the finish line

Go team nz!

...looks like we will have to wait for the next race to bring the cup home! Fingers crossed!!

From Lydia