Year 3 - 6 Christmas concert

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!! and have a great summer break!

Thank you for all your hard work this year Room 8, you have been a fantastic class to teach and all the best for Year 4!
Miss Collier :)
Thank you parents for all your help and support!

A snapshot of our EOTC week!

Friday: Zoo trip
Monday: Beach sculptures
Tuesday: 'Something different' rotation: Christmas card making, Stone people, Art and Science experiments
Thursday: Butterfly creek walk
Friday: Bishops park games and swim

Driftwood, stone and seaweed sculptures

Today the Year 3s and 4s kicked off 'Education outside the classroom' week with cooperative sculptures at the beach.

CHECK OUT THE WINNERS - who get a small edible prize

Year 3 - Winner

Dylan and Tim

Year 3 - 2nd Place

Andrew, Ben and Paige

Year 4 - Winner

Monty, Mathieson and Euan

Year 4 - Second place

Amy, Willow and Georgia

Most creative Winner

Lucy, McKenzie and Ella - Sushi Shop

Mini Carnival

Over the past few weeks the Year 3 & 4's have been very busy preparing for a mini-carnival. The carnival was part of our Integrated Studies Unit - Orphans of Nepal. All term we have been learning all about Nepal, including finding out about how the Himalayas were formed(Tectonic plates), Language, Religion, Food and much more. We also found out about the Orphans of Nepal Trust and the Oprhanages the Trust supports.

The Year 3 & 4's organised their own stalls - selling food and drink, playing games and running competitions. They were amazingly organised and ran fanastic stalls. Thank you so much to all the families who helped plan and organise the stalls with their children. It was a huge success!

The Year 5 - 8's came and spent lots of money! In total we raised just over $900!! This will go to the Orphans of Nepal Trust as the Orphanages wish to buy chicken coups!
Here are some photos of a great afternoon...

Blogging poetry

Remember to check out Room 8's Sharing Blog (see the link under favourite blogs) to see some of our poetry. We have chosen to blog either our Himalayan Haiku or a few of our favourite lines from our summer poems!

Stitching!

This term Room 8 have been working VERY hard to improve our stitching skills. It has taken a lot of effort, patience and team work!

We have been learning to:

• Thread a needle and tie a knot with independence.
• Sew along a drawn line.
• Design and make a wall hanging

Here area few photos of our finished designs! We think they look great!

Stars for Starship

And the winners are ...

The completed stars were judged last night and it was so hard to make a decision. Here are the winning ones from the Year 3 and 4 Team. They were a little different from the rest and hopefully they will catch the judges eye in Auckland.
Well done Eva O!
All the stars we send will go on the Christmas tree at Starship to cheer up the children who have to spend their Christmas in hospital.
Check out the judging last year and see where the stars go.
http://www.mercury.co.nz/Kids/starship.aspx

The rest of our stars will go on our class Christmas tree later in the term!

Athletics Day at Petone Rec

The sun was shining and everyone had a fantastic time last Thursday at the Petone Rec for our Year 3 - 8 Athletics Day!
Everyone tried their hardest, competed well and of course had a great time!
Here are a few snaps of the day.
Congratulations to our speedy Room 8 relay team who won the Year 3/4 relay race!

Thanks to Mr Hull and Mr Skilton for organising such great event and a big thank you to the parents who supported us!

Athletics

Here are details of the Athletic Tournament. It will be held, weather permitting, on Thursday 11th November at Petone Rec.



We look forward to seeing you there.

Calendar ART

Wow look at our fabulous art work!!!
Please bring your money and form to Room 8 to order a calendar, pack of cards or diary as soon as possible (last day Friday 5th November). Please remember if you have brothers or sisters at Muritai we need the money and order forms seperately.