Week 6

We began the week with Connor sharing his adventures with Mr. Cheeky- he still got to enjoy some delicious nachos after getting up to some mischief!

The students used puppets to create re-enactments of ‘The Lost Sheep’ bible story. After some rehearsals, they used the iPads to film and create their own digital movies. The children took on different roles such as camera operator and narrator. It was great to see the teamwork and discussion that took place.

Congratulations to Lincoln who received a Duffy book for his beautiful story writing- tino pai!
Chelsy did a wonderful job teaching the school how to sing Happy Birthday in Māori 🙂

Ngā mihi,
Helena Pownall

Science Fun!

Today Room 5 learned all about the process of being a scientist!

We started with a question- What would happen if we combined baking soda and vinegar in a bottle with a balloon on top?

The children then learned what a hypothesis is. They all made predictions of what they thought might happen.

We then compared the results of the experiment to our original hypothesis!

This was linked with our R.E curriculum. We have been learning all about how God helps us grow. The children made the connection that, like the balloon, we grow too!

Class Disco! (and week 5)

Too much fun in Room 5 today. To celebrate earning enough footsteps for our class reward we had a disco. Check out the action below:

We got dressed up in our disco clothes:

Zeta had us looking extra groovy with some glow sticks!

We showed off our best moves on the dance floor:

We danced extra hard for bubbles and spot prizes:

Room 4 came and joined us for a boogie:

We enjoyed games like pass the parcel and more!

Overall lots of fun for our Friday- we’ll be working hard for the next reward!

Weekly updates:

On Monday Madison shared about her adventures with Mr Cheeky. They shared a delicious milkshake!

Congratulations to River who received a Duffy book at today’s assembly- tino pai!

The Mystery Box

At the start of each week for oral language, students are bringing an item for ‘The Mystery Box’. The class then has to guess what’s inside using only ‘yes or no’ questions.

Well done Mila!
It took the class 39 questions and a few clues before Mila let us know what was inside.

Inside the box was her crystal! Mila was very knowledgeable and shared lots of fun facts!

Keep an eye out whānau for an email when it’s your child’s turn for the mystery box.

Ngā mihi,

Helena Pownall

Week four

Kia ora Whānau,

Week four already! Room 5 was eager to hear about Elijah’s weekend with Mr Cheeky. He had so much fun fishing and playing golf!

The snow was a lovely surprise! Room 5 loved having a play- for some, it was their first time seeing snow!

Congratulations to Zeta and Anisia who both received Duffy Books in Friday’s assembly- tino pai for your wonderful effort!

Helena Pownall

Week three!

Another packed week here in Room 5!
We kicked off the week with a visit from Canterbury Rugby (how exciting!). Billy Harmon, Rameka Poihipi, Brook Toomalatai, and Video Analyst Sars Flood were among them. Billy and Sar’s being past NBC students themselves! The students got to ask lots of questions and learned a lot.

They thanked the players with a waiata and beautiful cards. Thank you to Madison, Lennox and Zoe for doing a wonderful job presenting them!

Lincoln shared all about his adventures with Mr. Cheeky on the weekend. He loved getting to do some painting and going to the park!

At junior Mass on Thursday Ioka Chase, Rhys, Willa and Lennox read beautifully- tino pai!

We began some exciting art today… stay tuned for the finished product…

Well done to Chelsy who received a Duffy book for settling in beautifully to her new classroom. Rhys also received a Duffy book for seeking excellence!

We will soon be welcoming Zeta to our class whānau as well 😀
Have a lovely weekend,

Helena