Week 7 - Production Week

¡Lo hicimos! We did it!
We performed in front of hundreds of people and although we felt nervous we still remembered all of our three Rock n' Roll dances and lines. I am so proud of all of you, especially those of you from Room 13 who were in the Cast. Special mention to Cody (Wolf O'Malley), you have developed a great attitude throughout the production practises and the other teachers and I were impressed how you held it together with the 'mishap' on the first night performance! It goes to show that 'things' can go wrong on the night but as Mrs Funnell rightly pointed out "The Show MUST Go On". Riana (Narrator One), you did very well saying your script! Your confidence has blossomed! Chorus and dancers, we are proud of you too!

In week six, we made lemonade in our class for maths. We learnt how to measure ingredients (weight) and how to triple the lemonade recipe. We also learnt how it is important to follow instructions. Our classroom had a lovely citrus smell as we filled our rubbish bin up with lemon skins! We decided the lemonade was soooo yummy that we were queuing up for third helpings.




We created a Pop Art apple and they look awesome on display. We learnt how to sketch using a pencil, how to shade and how to use water paint and oil pastel.

Week 6

Less than one week to go and we will be performing our production live in front of hundreds! Next Friday we will have our end of production party and boy, what a party we will have! What a mission learning three rock n' roll dances, two songs and creating props and practising over and over again!

Thank you to Whaea (Mana's Nan)for her time in our class on Monday and Wednesday afternoons for Te Reo. This week we learnt, E hia, E hia tenei? including items around the classroom. We are working on our pronounciation and having fun! There has been no Spanish this week due to production!

On Monday, our Spanish speaking countries are due. I am blown away at the high standard of work being put into this homework activity and I would like to remind you just to do the best you can do and you are allowed input from whanau/familia. I am still unsure of who is more excited about this project - you or your parents!! If you need any resources you just need to ask! Remember, think outside the dodecagon (12 sided shape).



Remember to restock your pencil case. You need a glue stick, pens and a lead pencil - pene rakau.

Term 3, week five

What a week! Gemma represented our class at Mt Pukaha (Bruce) on Monday as she and three other students presented the wildlife reserve with a $100 cheque from our fundraising! Thank you, Gemma!

A huge welcome to Ariana and her family who have joined us at NSS! You have settled in well, Ariana!

Guess what? Today, we received a letter from HRH Queen Elizabeth! You can only imagine the look on Room 13 faces (particularly Riana, who was asking me almost everyday of Term Two if the letter from the Queen had arrived)!!!! Yes, you read it right!!!! In term one we answered the inquiry question, "Am I an Island" and we wrote letters to the Queen of England because some of us learnt that we were connected to the Commonwealth and their was a Queen in England. In our letters we wrote how we found out we were connected to England and we asked what it was like to be Queen. Our letter is on display in our classroom (and a copy is already glued into the personal profiles) and next week, we will all have a copy of the letter to take home. (I know we are all very excited but we need to wait until four of our friends who were away today to be back at school on Monday so we can share the news with them).


REMEMBER: NO teacher only day on Monday! SCHOOL AS NORMAL

We have made wonderful progress in the area of the Arts. Not only are we dancing magnificently in our production but we also created some wonderful sketches! Yes, that's right, we are now sketching with pencil and you will agree with me how super the work will be as it is displayed at an exhibition at the Production. Here is a little highlight of our work from only two art sessions!





Don't forget your mini project about a Spanish speaking country is due a week on Monday. I can't wait to see how you present your project!

Enjoy your long weekend!

Mrs. C.

Half way through Term 3

Wow, this term is flying by! We are practising our class dance for our production and we have a lot of art to do in the next couple of weeks. We are aware that some of you are busy at lunchtimes with production practice so you need to remember to use the 15 minutes of lunchtime wisely. Because of this busy time, it is important you fuel your body with food and water!

This Friday is a Teacher Only Day so remember, a day off for you!
Remember, we also have two competitions on at the moment:
1. Create a title page for our production; and
2. Draw a picture of a Takahe.

Because we are doing art and we are creating our own exhibition to sell our artwork during the production you will need to bring to school a black pen and an HB pencil (preferably a soft lead pencil for shading).

Homework this week has now changed to a project to be completed at home. This project may take 2-3 weeks to complete and of course, you will need to use the computers at school to research your information. We have five computers with internet access so no excuses.

For those parents who received their student reports and who couldn't make it to the interviews feel free to pop in and discuss the report with me as it can be confusing as it is based off the NZ National Standards.

Have a wonderful 'short' week!

Mrs C.

Middle Team fundraising for Mt Pukaha (Bruce)

What a hectic time of slinkying over 60 apples but it was well worth it because we fundraised over $100!!! Awesome effort, Middle Team! Mrs Watson and four students from the middle team (and Gemma from Room 13) will be sending the money next week to Mt Pukaha which will be warmly welcomed since they had an unfortunate loss of several kiwi chicks recently.




If anyone has sighted a green slinky machine can you please contact Mrs C. :0)

Term Three

Hola! Wow, our term is already flying by! We would like to share with you a selection of our work:

Have you left any comments?

Over the school holidays Room 13 want to encourage you to leave feedback about what we have been doing in our classroom. We really enjoy reading other people's comments.

Now, it is your turn. Every week there will be a photo posted on our blog. You have to be as original as you can to write a comment about what you think is happening in the picture. Remember, when you click on comment and you select annoymous you need to write your name.

Prize for the most creative thinking ...