The Zoo!

We are off to visit the animals!  The children of Rooms 8 and 16 are definately excited - the talking and noise in the bus proves this.  Personally I am looking forward to being up close and personal with the Giraffe and maybe lunch with the elephants!  A wonderful day ahead!

Room 16 Writing Learning Goals 2016

This morning we are self reviewing our Writing Goals.

Andreas is looking for examples of "record most of the sounds in words"

Joshua is looking for "I use full stops and capital letters"

Ryan found an example of "I can reread my story to check it makes sense"

Rajeev found an example of "experimenting with punctuation"

Looking for, finding and realising all the different things we do when we write has been a learning journey for all in Room 16.

Friday afternoon painting in Room 16

This afternoon Room 16 began painting their  "summer paintings"  The first step in the process is to paint our background.

Friday 29 July 2016

Our 1st assembly for Term 3 yaaaay! 1 week down and 8 more to go.

Congratulations to Andreas for receiving our Principals Certificate for being an excellent role model during our Olympic Torch Assembly.  Well done Andreas!

Olympic Torch arrives at Sunnyhills School

This morning the Olympic Torch arrived at our school.  Rooms 16, 20 and 21 ran an Olympic Relay in slow motion with the torch.  Then Andreas, Olivia and Andrew took the torch to some interested classrooms.

We all had fun, even though Room 16 came last, it was about sportsmanship, fairplay, and peace on earth!!!!

Hi Everyone

I am so so proud of the all the children of  Room 16 who have learnt their mihi and karakia so early in the term!  The children have done so well that some were chosen to tautoko(help or support) other classes in the school both in the morning and end of school to help their classes learn the karakia..

A big thank you to the following children:

Andreas and Sanajan

Rajeev and Ian

Lily and Sophie

Stella and Lauren

He Karakia Timata

E te atua

Manakitia tenei hui

Awhinatia matou

I roto i o matou mahi

Ki te Wairua tapu

To matou Ariki

Amene

(a loose translation of this karakia is that we ae asking for blessings, help and support in our work (learning) for the day)

He Karakia Whakamutuenga

Kia tau kia tatou katoa

Te atawhai o to tatou

Ariki

A ihu Karaiti

Me te aroha o te Atua

Me te whiwhinga tahi tanga

Ki te Wairua Tapu

Amene

(a loose translation or purpose of this karakia is that we are giving thanks for the blessings,love and support that we have received and bring closure to our day/work (learning))

Well done Lily, Sophie, Andreas, Sanajan, Lauren, Stella, Rajeev and Ian.  Whaea is so proud of you!!!

Whaea Tearani