Mufti Day On Thursday

A note has gone home today with information concerning a mufti day to be held on Thursday. Students are invited to pay a gold coin donation and wear mufti to school.  There will also be a bake sale and games and activities which will take place during an extended morning tea (50c per cake and per activity)

Money raised will go mainly towards helping those in Vanuatu who have been affected by Cyclone Pam, with a small portion going to our school Student Leaders Day.

If you are able to donate items for the bake sale they would be gratefully received.

Easter Bunny Poem Building

In our literacy session today we read a poem as a whole class activity, except the students only got to read the first verse.

We looked at the different features of the verse - where the capital letters were, which words were repeated, which lines rhymed etc.  Then in groups I gave them a copy of the second verse which had been cut up into one word or two word sections.  Their task was to work collaboratively and put the words of the second verse into order.  It was quite a challenging task, but all groups were focused on completing the puzzle and being able to read the whole poem.  This is definitely an activity we will try again.

The second verse was:

I ran to the window
To say, "How do you do?"
But he shook his fluffy tail,
And said, "HAPPY EASTER TO YOU!"

Creative Spellers

Learning our spelling words can get a bit tiresome, so in class we try and learn our words with a bit of fun thrown in for good measure.  Today, after completing the required activity in their Smart Words books, the students got creative and used playdoh and chalk to practice.

For a short while the playground outside Room 19 looked very colourful, and then the rain came!

Here are some of our word modelers and chalkers in action before the words all got washed away.

If you're feeling creative over the holidays click on the link below to find more fun ways to practice spelling:

Fun (and messy) ways to learn spelling

Maths Superstars

I am both very impressed and very proud with how all the students (and parents!) in Room 19 have embraced using IXL for maths practice.

Every morning I get emails containing certificates for yet another milestone achieved by the class.  At this rate I will run out of wall space to display them all well before the end of the year.

The students have only been logging on for a week and already I have received certificates for the class completing 10 hours of maths practice and answering over 2,000 maths problems!  Tino Pai Room 19 an awesome effort.

Please see the post below regarding username and password info, you can access Torbay's IXL sign in page by clicking on this link  Sign in to Torbay's IXL page here!

Home Learning

This week's Home Learning details can be found under the Home Learning tab at the top of the page.

If you are having issues with the IXL log in please leave a comment below and I will make sure your child brings home a copy of their user name and password.

If they want to get on over the weekend and you've not been able to log on the general rule of thumb is:

Username  is first initial and surname @torbay so I would be ckelly@torbay

Password - first 2 letters of first name and then the date of birth in one of two formats.

If you are born in the first 9 days of a month it is the day as a single digit, then the month and then the year e.g. Peter born on the 1st December 2008 would have  pe1122008 as their password.

If you are born from 10th of the month onwards then you use your full birth date i.e. Janet born on the 15th April 2007 would be ja15042007

Emily,Tiara and Rebekah add a 1 after their name in their user name i.e. ecuff1@torbay

I hope that makes sense!

Self Portraits

Over the course of the term we have been working on creating self portraits in our art sessions.  We started by measuring our faces with pieces of  wool so we could accurately position our eyes, nose and mouth on a drawing of our face.  Then we used mirrors to look at our eyes, nose and mouth and practiced drawing the correct shapes. We looked at how wide our shoulders were in comparison to our heads to make sure our portraits were in proportion.  Next we used chalk to draw over our pencil outlines, and used pastels to colour in our drawings.  Finally, we chose a dye that was either a hot or cold colour to contrast with the pastel colours we had used.  Here are some of our finished self portraits.  They will certainly brighten up Room 19!

Assembly Stars!

Wow, what an amazing job all the classes did today in assembly.  I am so proud of all the students in Room 19.  Your artwork looked amazing and your poems were lovely.  It was great to have so many of the students wanting to read out their poems on stage.  It wasn't possible to let everyone have a turn but there will be more opportunities for everyone to shine in the school production in Term 3.  The poems and art will be on display in the classroom next week.  Ka pai Room 19!

Haiku poems originate in Japan and consist of 3 lines.  The first line has 5 syllables, the second 7 syllables and the third 5 syllables.

Certificate Winners

Congratulations to our certificate winners from the last two weeks:

Week 4 - Roshina Pan and Cooper Spratley for fantastic writing
Week 5 - Damien Lee and Danella Clair for their overall excellent attitude towards learning

This weeks certificates will be presented as part of whole school assembly on Thursday afternoon.   We would love to see you there, especially as the Kawau team are hosting.  We will be sharing some silhouette artwork we have created to complement our Haiku poetry.

Assembly starts at 2.15pm in hall.