Room 9

The pool is finally open!!!  Finally Summer is here and the warm weather is shining through.We thought we would make the most of it and  had a blast in the pool with Room 10 today. Most of us had our togs and were ready to feel the cool water.  We had the pool noodles out and threw around the rugby ball. We even tried to make a whirlpool, there were so many kids that it was impossible to turn the other way instead the kids all rode the whirlpool around the pool.  The sun is shining, please put sunblock on in the morning and after you swim or we will all turn into red lobsters!!! Remember to keep bringing our togs every day, leading up to our Te Rapa pools trip on Monday.  Check out our awesome photos below....   

What a sight! Room 9 and Room 10 have been busy in the last week, planting and caring for our plants that we received from School Teacher Kit. "We each got given a plant and had to unwrap it. Then we had to mix the soil with water that Miss T gave us. We then had to put half of our soil into the pot and put our seeds onto the soil. The rest of the soil had to be put on top of the seeds. we pressed down on the soil and put it in the hole with our name on it. Now we have to wait and see what happens. By Noah Karika. The children take turns watering the plants each day and measuring how tall their plant is growing.  its great to see the children show responsibility by taking care of their plants and making sure it has the necessities a plant needs to survive. Check out the photos of us planting our plants.  

What a busy week we have had in Room 9. We have been practicing and preparing ourselves for presenting our speeches. I am so proud of the effort that all Room 9 has put in to create and present their speeches. Especially those who went the extra mile and wrote their speech all by themselves. We enjoyed playing fun games to get ourselves prepared and gain confidence in speaking out loud. One of these games were impromptu speaking with topics like "If I were invisible what would I do" and the class favourite "If I were the principal of Stanley Avenue School, what would I change and why?". The things the children said were outstanding. Watch out Mr Byers, these kids have some extreme ideas. Congratulations to all Room 9 students on their amazing speeches. You have put so much effort into preparing yourselves for our speeches. It has been very exciting to see the confidence that you have gained in speaking out loud in front of your peers. Ka may te wehi Room ...

Wow! What a day Room 9 had. We had fun experimenting the fizzy taste that citric acid, icing sugar, jelly crystals and popping candy made in our mouths. We discussed what was happening in our mouths, and the chemical reaction that was occurring. As the solid of the sherbet and popping candy turned into a liquid with the help of our saliva, the reaction caused the gas carbon dioxide to form in our mouths making the fizzy and popping feeling on our tongues. Check out the process and end result of our sherbet.

Today Room 9 reflected on our Genius Hour Work that we have done most of Term 1. We were using a new strategy called 2 Stars and 1 Wish. The students had to select 2 things they thought their partner did really well on their presentation and 1 wish that they needed to work on for next time. Here are some of of their reflections and some posters the students created. 

Wow! What an awesome rugby session. We had a special visitor come to school this week to teach us valuable Rippa Rugby skills leading up to Rugby season. It was great to see all Room 9 students having a go, even the girls. We had lots of laughs especially when all the class picked on Miss T and tried to take her tags. A big thanks to Bill from Sport Waikato for a awesome session. 

Wow what a busy term we are having here in Room 9. We have been learning about different science experiments, and how to observe and take notes about what we see. Here is a sneak peak of our Coke VS Mentos experiment... What do you think happened? Well, not much actually. We tried two different types of coke, even though it did react and fizz up, it wasn't giant explosion we hoped for. Have you tried this experiment? Could you share any tips you may have with us? We have been making some pretty cool art this term! We have been learning to create pieces of art that use lots of different materials. Here is a sneak peak of our mosaic animals, to see the finished the product, pop in and see us. We would love to show you.

This week has been a very busy week!! We have been practicing for Cross Country, learning our Times Tables, keeping up to date with RIO2016, and we have had been lucky to have two very exciting and entertaining visitors. First up, we had Mr Bruce Potter. Mr Potter is an author and book illustrator. He has illustrated Kaha the Kea, Penny the Prolific Pooing Cow, There is a hole in my bucket and many more.  He has his own doodle collection book, called Doodle bug. Doodle Bug is a product of Mr Potter's imagination. We loved having Mr Potter in Room 9, showing us how talented he is by drawing an original based purely off our suggestions.  On friday, we had a special NED assembly. Ned travels the country teaching kids how to do super cool Yoyo tricks and how to be champions. Ned  stands for Never give up Encourage others Do your best.

Today we had Mr Muir from Team Energize helping us prepare for Cross Country. We had a great time testing our fitness levels. We Had to run 550m and Mr Muir timed us. We look forward to him coming again in a few weeks, to see how much we have improved.

We are so sorry we haven't updated our page in awhile, Miss Meredith was experiencing technical difficulties accessing her photos.. Oopsie!! But we are all sorted now and would like to share a few highlights of our wonderful Term 2 with you. Zero Waste We were lucky to have Zero Waste visit and teach us all about the importance of reusing and recycling. We learnt how to make our very own compost in a plastic bottle. Hopefully you have seen our finished products and have your own compost up and running at home. If not, feel free to ask us how - we are experts now! Middle Syndicate trip to the Auckand Museum   We had an amazing trip to the Auckland Museum, where we learnt all about different Myths and Legends. Boy oh Boy was there A LOT to look at. We all had a blast. Here are a some photos. Matariki   We have been learning about the  seven stars of Matariki. To celebrate Matariki, we had a school Hangi and performance night...

Just a reminder, we are presenting in this weeks Assembly. We hope to see you there! Room 9

Have you seen our Mother's Day display in the cloak bay? We had so much fun thinking of all the reasons we love our Mum's and it was super hard to just pick one!! We hope you enjoyed your cards.

WOW!!! What a neat class we have here in Room 9 this year. I can't wait to see what this keen bunch of leaners will achieve over the year! It has been such a great start to the year with an excellent first week getting to know each other. Starting next week, we will be cracking into our regular class program. Please make sure you bring your book bags each day and togs for swimming. Miss Meredith

Welcome back to Term Three! Hope you have all had a nice break and are feeling refreshed and ready to learn. Lets continue to strive to succeed and have another fantastic Term! Miss Meredith

This week we were very lucky to have Mrs Hamilton join us for a day.  Here is a snippet of the fantastic writing session we had with her. We wrote some very dramatic pieces on cyclones and some of the storms we have experienced in Te Aroha. Be sure to come in and check them out!

Wow what a fantastic term we are having!! Here are a few highlights! Rotary Club Dictionaries We were very very fortunate to have the Rotary Club visit us. Not only did they visit, but they came bearing gifts! All Year Four students were given their very own Illustrated Dictionary to keep! Thank you so much, we love them and have been putting them to great use - especially during Vivid Vocabulary. You're so special to me... We have been practicing singing Six 60's 'Special'. We have loved singing this in class so much that preformed it in assembly. Here is a quick snapshot. POP! POP! POP! Yummy in our tummies!! Miss Meredith brought in her popcorn maker and together we made popcorn. It was delicious. While it was being made, we wrote down what we could see, hear and smell.Then the fun part, we got to EAT it!! There were some amazing stories and poems to come from this experience - POP into our class to check out our writing.

Family Picnic  Looking forward to seeing you all tonight at our family picnic/meet the teacher evening. Reminder that it starts at 530, bring a picnic for dinner and join us for fun and games on the field before joining us at 6.20 in the Rec center to meet our teaching team. See you all there. Miss Meredith.

Today Bradley gave us an interesting showcase about a curious experiment he has been working on at home.  Thank you Bradley for sharing your 'Naked Egg' with us!  The students enjoyed asking you questions and discovering all about what you have been up to.  Well done!

Today in Room 9 we looked at what makes shapes different.  We came up with: Number of sides Number of corners Right angles Parallels We used 8 small triangles to create these shapes: Rectangles Trapezium Parallelogram Large triangle Here we are in action!