Monarch Butterfly

Room 15 very kindly shared with us one of the chrysalises from their big collection of Monarch Butterflies. We put the chrysalis in with the flowers that were sitting next to the window.

We went away to swimming and when we came back we found this beautiful little insect. Talk about good timing.

It needed to dry it's wings and sit quietly for quite a long time before it was ready to fly away.

Thank you Room 15!

Meet our wonderful class!

Hello 2011 !

Kia Ora and WELCOME to the Room 8 Blog!

I hope you are feeling excited to start the 2011 school year. We have lots to look forward to.











I'm a new teacher to Muritai and this is a photo of myself (on the left) and my sister and her youngest son. It was taken at the festival of my niece and nephew's Japanese kindergarten. I lived in Tokyo for 4 years and taught at an international school with children from all around the world. It felt just like home because my sister and her family lived closed by.

I'm looking forward to starting a new learning journey with Room 8 in beautiful Eastbourne. I imagine a classroom environment where we are developing the skills to explore, learn and connect with the world around us, whilst maintaining routines that help us to become lifelong learners.

Keep watching to see what we get up to on this blog!

/Pippa Grant

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!