Athletic Sports 1st November

Waitaki Valley Athletic Sports in Twizel

When?

Thursday 1st November.

School Fields.

Come along and support the children.

We went on a Bear Hunt

The Sword

Ralph's Toy

Labour Day

Wow! 

One week back at school and we've got  a holiday.

Labour Day Monday, and quess what?

It  snowed!

Felix Baumgartner

Room 5 students have been studying

Felix Baumgartner and his 

record breaking jump.

They made space capsules out of Lego Technic

 and these children showed their capsules to Room 7 students.

Thank you Room 5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Oq2Xl7oiws

To watch the LEGO simulation version, check out this site.
http://www.ibtimes.com/lego-man-recreates-felix-baumgartners-space-jump-stratos-jump-successful-goes-viral-video-847431

Toothless!

Bonnie and her Mum made this dragon. 

They used duct tape to cover it. 

It is called 'Toothless.'

(Duct tape can also be called duck tape.)

To find out the history of Duck/Duct tape check this site.
http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/duckvsduct.html

Jo is back.

Welcome back from Japan, Jo.

We think you had lots of fun on your holiday.

School Photographs

Reminder: 
The orders for school photographs are due in today.  (Friday)
Please put them in to the office. Thank you.

Golf - Wednesday 17th October

"Golf was fun and awesome,"

said Nexis.

"Golf was fun. I hit the ball,"
said Danielle.

"I like hitting the golf ball,"
said Jo.

Puppets from "This is the Bear ."

"The puppets were cool,"

said Danielle.

"The puppets were fun and I liked the bear,"

said Jessie.

 

"We made the puppets. It was fun,"

said Grace.

"I liked to make the puppets,"

said Matthew.

"Making puppets was fun 

and it was awesome to play with them,"

said Luke.

Term 4 2012

Yay!

We have all had a great holiday 

and now we are back at school!

Today Jack started in our class.

He came from Christchurch.

Welcome to Room 7, Jack.

Jack brought these lollipops to school to share
and they tasted GOOD!

Thank you Jack. We thought the lollipops
were yummy!

HOLIDAYS!

Yay! Holidays!

Read lots of books over the holidays. 

All Room 7 children have some reading books 

in their book bags for holiday reading.

It is so important to keep up with your reading in the holidays. Make reading an enjoyable habit. 

It is also important to continue with learning Maths 

in the holidays as well.

Make up fun counting games when you are travelling in a car,

or walking to the shops.

Count the cracks in the pavement. 

Count the number of birds you see. 

Guestimate how many steps it will take to reach the next letterbox.

Make games of learning. 

Learning should be fun.

And, remember,

 there is always your 'Homework Folder' to work through.

See you next term.

Hi Parents

Have you checked out the link from the Reading Tips on this page?

Here is an example of an article that you may read. Maybe you could use the idea on a couple of days these holidays.

Do you want some ideas on how to help your child with Reading?

There are lots of ideas on this site.




Just click on "More tips and resources>

http://www.readingrockets.org/atoz/reading_together/

A book on every bed this holiday

December 16, 2011

We started a new tradition in our family last year. We'll do it again this year, and I hope you'll consider adding this tradition to your family holiday too! It's a simple one: put a book on every bed.

Last year, the Family Reading Partnership and Ask Amy from the Chicago Tribune launched a homegrown, grassroots literacy campaign with a goal to raise a generation of readers. The idea was inspired by the author David McCullough, who says he woke to a wrapped book at the foot of his bed every Christmas morning during his childhood.

Here's how it works:

Take a book.

Wrap it.

Place it on a child's bed so it's the first thing the child sees on Christmas morning (or the morning of the holiday you celebrate).

Thats it.

"A Book on Every Bed" is an appeal to spread the love of reading from parents to children. It also encourages families to share books by reading aloud.

I particularly like that, within this idea, the books don't have to be new. They can be books parents are handing down to their kids. Last year, I gave our younger daughter my much loved copy of The Giving Tree, and my husband handed down to our older daughter his well-worn copy of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. Our girls had already read those books, but now they are the proud owners of their own worn and loved copies. I hope one morning they'll be wrapping up those books for their own growing readers.

Have fun exploring this site! I am.

Teachers Leaving

The good news is.....

Ms McNeill is back full time at school.

The bad news is that both

Mrs Allerston and Mrs Powell

will no longer be working in Room 7 this year.

We have loved the extra activities you have brought to our class,

and we will miss you both very much.

Thank you so much for the brilliant work you have done with us.

Please drop in and visit us if you can.

Reading Recovery Sessions have finished for the year,

and next term Ms Douglas will be back full time

in the classroom.

Cross Country Fun

Yay!! Finn won the 5 year old boys' race,
Ralph came second and Max came fourth.

Matthew ran very fast too.

O'Hara ran fast and so did Grace.
O'Hara said she came first. Yippee!

Jessie and Ashlin are racing to the finish line.

Bonnie and Kittie are racing to the finish line too.

Grass Karts in the Event Centre 3

Twizel's Amazing Wooden Flintstone Kart.

Detail of the wooden steering wheel
and the Flintstone pedals.

The Flintstone Kart's
Motor.