MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Room 16 wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas and a safe and fun holiday.

Happy Birthday Immanuel!

Yesterday Immanuel turned 9. To celebrate his mum brought in a huge, delicious banana cake and some iceblocks, which was perfect because it was sooooo hot.
We hope you had a great day Immanuel and thanks for sharing your celebration with us.

Well Done Cici!

Cici performed extremely well in the New South Wales tests achieving a Credit in maths. 
Fantastic Effort Cici !!!!!

Awesome Alisha!

A huge congratulations to Alisha who went through into the finals in the school Talent Quest.  Alisha gave a flawless performance and took out the award for the Best Dance.
We are all very proud of her. Hip Hip Hooray!

Have a Go Day!

Last Friday we got to "Have a Go" at a whole lot of different sports.  We played cricket, rugby league, t ball, soccer, turbo touch, basket ball and tennis.  We had a fantastic morning having heaps of fun learning new sports skills.

De'Jan Touches Down!

Sprinting with the ball, playing Turbo Touch!

Moroni makes a big hit!

A good day for Room 16.

On November 16th, Room 16 had a very good assembly.  Not only did Ryan, Caeli and Finn get Principals Awards but Ahmed's name was called out of the Virtues box to get a prize as well. Also Anita won the prize for the best Hiwi the Kiwi story - and guess what her prize was...... a fishing rod with a flashing reel!
Well done!

Good Effort Nuzayba!

Meet Nuzayba, this weeks Principal's Award winner. Nuzayba received her award for the fantasic effort she has been making to finish and improve her writing.
Well done and keep up the good work!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRANAV!

On Monday, Pranav celebrated his 9th birthday. To mark the occasion he brought in some treats to share. We loved the Transformers birthday cake. Thanks for sharing your birthday celebration with us and we hope you had a fantastic day.

Great Writing Eric!

Congratulations Eric for winning this week's Principal's Award for trying really hard in writing. Eric has written some really creative narratives over the last few weeks.
Here is his story, Sophie and Buddy Go For a Run.

Sophie and Buddy go for a Run.

Sophie and Buddy went for a long run. Suddenly Buddy saw his lost red ball in the freezing cold river. He jumped into the cold water. The water was deep and buddy couldn't swim. “Hold on Buddy, I'm going to save you!” Sophie said loudly. Sophie got a mountain climbing rope and threw the rope at Buddy. Buddy got the rope in his sharp teeth and sophie pulled him hard. Finally, Buddy and his red ball got out of the river.

By Eric

Homemade Honey!

Finn's dad keeps bees and makes his own honey.  He brought in some for us all to try and it was delicious.   Finn has also written some instructions on how to make your own honey.

How to make sweet sweet honey By Finn

What you need:

10:empty jars

2:big empty buckets

1:small sack with holes

1:bucket with a tap

1:machine that spins

1:spatula

Steps:

1.First put the honey comb frames in the machine

  And turn the handle.

2.Once finished put one of the buckets under the tap and turn the tap handle.

3.Buy  honey from the shop and pour the honey into the homemade honey.

4.Mix with spatula and wait for 10 days until white stuff come to the top.

5.Then hang the sack on the roof and pour the bucket with honey

Into the sack and put the other bucket with the tap under the sack

6.Finally fill the jars with honey.Enjoy.

By Finn.    

Seasons Tree

Recently we created artworks using paint and collage to represent the 4 seasons. Here are some of our impressive Season's Trees.

Silly Billy - Retold by Divyesh.

Silly Billy was a worrier.  Billy worried about shoes and big, giant birds eating him.  His mum said nicely. "Don't worry, everything will be fine."
One day Billy had a sleepover at his grandma's house.  Billy couldn't sleep.  He rushed to grandma, and grandma gave him a  six worry dolls.  Billy told his worries to the worry dolls and slept as still as a log.
But a few days later, he was worrying again. He worried about the worry dolls.
He went to the kitchen and made worry dolls for his worry dolls and they all lived happily every after.
By Divyesh.


We liked Billy's solution to his worrying problem, so we all made our own worry dolls to tell our worries to.  We have taken these home to put under our pillows to ensure a great nights sleep.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CICI!

Cici recently celebrated her 9th birthday. Thank you for the delicious cake you and Nana baked to share with us.

Last Day of Term 2

As usual, the last day of the term was a busy one.  Room 16 had a number of successes to celebrate...

Finn was an excellent elephant in the Year 3 and 4 Assembly Item.

Sidharth, Anita and Caeli receive awards for being excellent writing tutors. Moroni and Cici also received these awards but were absent.

Xavier was in the Under 50kg Rugby Team that won the Papatoetoe Primary Schools Tournament.

Celebrating Matariki

On the last day of term 3 we headed outside for our own special Matariki celebration. The seven stars of Matariki are a constellation that appear in our skies sometime in June. This is when Maori celebrate new year. Traditionally they flew kites to celebrate because they fly high in the sky close to the stars. We all made our own bird kites to fly.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALISHA!

Yesterday was Alisha's Birthday.  At lunchtime, her parents brought in a delicious birthday cake and some lollies so we could celebrate with Alisha. We hope you had an awesome birthday and thanks for sharing it with us.

Alisha, with her parents and her lovely birthday cake.

Compasses

This week we have been learning about giving and following directions. Compasses tell us where to go. Today we made our own compasses. We cut the template, then glued it onto a piece of cardboard. Next we cut out the arrow and we made holes in it and our compass. We had to write in the compass points. Finally,  we had to stick the arrow and the compass together with a clip.  People tried to use their compass to make their way somewhere.
By Immanuel.

Jonathan, Danny and Ahmed hard at work.

Brandon and Kylah cutting and pasting.

Nice compasses - we won't be getting lost any time soon.

Snow Googles.

Yesterday we made snow googles with blue cellophane and cardboard. These were like the ones that Sir Edmund Hillary used to climb Mt Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. One of the challenges he faced was he couldn't see properly in the snow. He faced this challenge by wearing snow googles. Having all the equipment he needed showed he was prepared and organised. Being prepared and organised is a quality that explorers have.
By Sidharth.

Brandon adjusts Divyesh's goggles for size.

Looking good Room 16!

Diya, Rida, Kava and EJ model their creations.

OLIVER!

On Friday, Room 16 excitedly walked onto the bus. We were going to Oliver in the city. When we got to the theatre, we sat down in red comfy chairs. The lights went off and the play started.  It was about Oliver, an orphan. There was lots of singing and dancing.  There was lots of children in the play.  It was really entertaining.  I liked the story line. Some people got some photos with the actors. Then we lined up to go back to school. We went on a big, tall luxury bus back.
By Diya

Waiting for the show to begin.

Posing with Fagan.

Oliver makes some new friends.

Travelling back to school in luxury.

Meet Pranav....

Our Principal's Award winner this week is Pranav for his excellent effort and progress in reading.  Well done Pranav !

3,2,1.........BLAST OFF!

Last Friday, Finn brought in his super cool rocket, the Bell 62. He made it himself at home and it flew an awesome 10 metres into the air. If you want to make one at home, Finn has written some instructions.

How to make a Bell 62.

You will need:
- Cardboard
- Cardboard cutter
- Sellotape
- Rubber
- Bike pump needle
- 3 x pencils
- Bottle

Steps.
1. Draw and cut out some cardboard fins.
2. Sellotape the fins until they are covered.
3. Sellotape the fins to the bottle.
4. Sellotape the 3 pencils to the 3 fins on the rocket.
5. Cut a cork out of rubber.
6. Get a bike pump needle and put it in the rubber cork.
7. So that is how you make the Bell 62.

All you have to do now is quarter fill the bottle with water and attach to a bike pump....pump hard until the rocket blasts off into the air.

By Finn.

Awesome Assembly!

Today Room 16 had an awesome assembly, not only did De'Jan recieve a Principals Award but Immanuel and Cici got to read out their writing to the whole Year 3 and 4 syndicate.
De'Jan has been working hard in maths and received her award for "Impressive Progress in Maths".
Fantastic effort De'Jan!

Immanuel read his informative explanation of the four seasons and Cici read her detailed retell of The Seven Stars of Matariki. Both read confidently and clearly and we were very proud of them.

Nice writing Jonathan!

Meet this week's Principal's Award winner, Jonathan. He received his award for trying really hard and making great progress in writing. Jonathan has been using similes and knowledge learnt in Inquiry to create some great writing.

  "When the bus driver drove, we were singing "The Wheels on the Bus" and we saw the deep, blue sea next to Mangere Mountain. As soon as we arrived, this lady took us into this room that was as black as night. She explained how the Earth rotates every 24 hours."