27 November 2013


Hi all,
Athletics has just been postponed for tomorrow because of the weather forecast. (rain most of tomorrow) We will be having it on Thursday 5 December starting at 9.30 am.
See you tomorrow
Miss Macfarlane

We will be having our year 3/4 Athletics on Thursday 28 November at Quarry View - that's the grounds over the road from school.  Keep an eye out for the notice!

ALSO.......
Well done to our amazing jump jam girls they came third in the nationals in Auckland last weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SWIMMING
Remember we start swimming on Monday 11 November. Our swimming time is 10.30 each day for the two weeks. Please come down and have a look at us in the pool.

Athletics Day 21 October

Hi all those lovely 9 year old children who are going to Hillmorton tomorrow remember to take your hat, sunscreen, drink bottle, lunch, morning tea and a jumper. I will see you all before you leave!!! Good luck and have fun  -  remember Miss Mckenzie will be there to help you if needed.
Miss Mac

Hi I'm William, Keisha and Lucy

We have finished reading Whale Rider and we"re going to watch the movie today.

We have been designing and painting our cubism pictures andMrs Watts has hung them up.

WE HAVE BEEN MISSING YOU SO MUCH!

  BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT MRS WATTS TO GO!

WE HAVE HAD SO MUCH FUN!

Stuff we did this week.....

Hi this is Cameron & Harry From Room 17! :)

This week Constable Ross from the NZ police service came and taught us about Keeping Ourselves Safe.(K.O.S for short).

We also did sketching for the last 2 weeks it is very fun! We were drawing old things like bellows,Spectacles and Parrafin Lamps.

Just before William in our class did his report on The Hennessey Venom GT aka the world's fastest production car ever made.

Yesterday we had Sport and an Assembly for certificates and a Jump-Jam demonstration.

Bye-Bye see you guys next week =)

This Week We have Been Doing.....

Hi this is Mya and Ross here.

It was our last day at gym on Tuesday last week.

We did our own Floor Routine at gym last Tuesday. It was fun!

The teacher  read us a book about the dunces hat and having a bath in front of  the class in schools in the old days.

We also learnt about advertisements and we are starting to plan our own.

We talked about where our ancestors are from and when the first settlers came to Christchurch and walked over the Bridal Path.

We rock bye-bye!! :)

Things

Hi this is Cameron and Mihiroa from Room17

Hi Miss Mac we recieved your postcard the other day of the Highland Cattle!

This week we have been putting together 3D shape Nets.

Today we have been making Father's Day cards! Whooo!!!

We have also been writing and presenting reports all week! Cameron did Paris as a Topic and Mihiroa did Surf Life Saving.

The Court Theatre put on a great show for us! We also did our own acting.

Today Sheila the office lady is leaving to help her grandchildren's mum.

Its so sad that Sohee our Korean student has left! :(

I hope you are having a great time Miss Mac we all miss you HEAPS! From everyone in Room 17!

New Things

Hi this is Harry and Brooke from Room17.

This week our class has been writing reports, also every week we go to Gymnastics at Olympia Gym.

We have been learning about 3 dimensional shapes!

Today we have been cutting out 3 dimensional shapes out of magazines.

We went on a Treasure Hunt for 3 dimensional shapes all around the school it was fun!

Our Topic was on Bicycles, some people made bikes out of Lego. Matthew and Cameron made a motorized Lego bike.We also made bikes out of Cardboard.

Have a fantastic trip Miss Macfarlane From Room17!!!!!

Room 17 have a great few weeks see you in term 4. Remember I will send you up dates to this blog so keep checking. I look forward to hearing from you!

we have been doing fitness at quarry view. Their's skipping ropes. and hoola hoops.Their's herdle jump's.And a ladder run.By Amy and Gracie.

We hope you have had a great holiday .  We have learned to write reports I [Mihirangi] wrote a report on cows, moo . And I [Mihiroa] wrote a report on fantails. Please come in and have a look. They are hanging up in our classroom.

We are sorry to see Lukas leave us today. He will be attending Renwick School in Marlborough. Here is a photo of us showing a bit of attitude!!!

Welcome back to Term 3. It is week one and we have been very busy in Room 17.Sohee Kim is in our class for the next four weeks and a big thank you to all the family hosts.By Hannah and Eve.

We have been extending our sentences. We began with....... Joe broke his toe. Have a read of Matthew's extended version. Joe was in a mood, a bad mood. He slouched down the hall into his room where he threw his teddy across the room. It hit the ground with a dull thud. He sighed, he got up and kicked the wall. Then he fell over clutching his foot in agony. He learnt never to do it again.

What a fabulous afternoon. We had a former pupil of our school(Hannah Dent) in to demonstrate how to juggle?? The children all had a go and we had a competition between classes to see who could throw for the longest time.. WELL DONE CAMERON

Imagine a day when we have to walk on our hands and use our feet have to write everything. by Josie

Imagine a day when you can walk on the clouds and fly through the air and zoom back home by Caitlin

Imagine a day

Imagine a day when a motorbike flys through the sky like a cloud. by Lukas

Imagine a day when everything is made from shapes. by Brooke

Imagine a day when...we can walk on clouds and live with the giants. By Bryn Imagine a day when you press a button and it turned off all the power and we go back to how it was. By Ross Imagine a day when summer is cold and winter is hot then the whole world would be the same. By Amy Imagine a day when you can walk on water to the other side. By Oliver

Imagine a day...

Imagine a day when winter is a white blanket above you. As icy as icee cream underneath.A road smeared with melted marshmallows never ending with snowflakes. By Harry

Term 2

Welcome back everyone. We have been writing poems and over the week are going to share them with you.

Bland, exceptional, mesmerising, flamboyant and eccentric are the words you need to use in a sentence to WOW your friends and family. Have fun with that.

HAPPY EASTER everyone. We have Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday off school. Have a great holiday and remember not to eat too many eggs.

Pirate Day

Hi all This is a reminder to come to school on Thursday dressed up for PIRATE DAY. We will be walking down to then Quarry first thing so bring your water drink bottle, shared lunch, your hat and make sure you have sunscreen on. It is going to be a great day AAARRRR!!

photos

Hi everyone Thanks to those who have sent in photos of their bedrooms they are fabulous!! On Wednesday we will match them with the person!! Remember to tell Mum and Dad about your wonderful poem/song you completed today with Mrs Murray. Keep those photos coming.

A life like mine

This is the title of our new topic. We have been looking at children and their bedrooms from around the world. Take a photo of your room and email it to me. We will then try to work out which bedroom is yours. Remember to make sure you have included something to show your personality. Have fun everyone!!!

Week 2

Hello it's Mya and Emma from room 17.Were are doing daily 5.Today we did 19 minutes for read to self.For art we are doing an art called girl in mirror.For writing we are doing a poem called go and open the door.At maths we are starting maths groups.We have done a birthday graph.Our story is dirty bertie it is very funny.

2013

Welcome back everyone. We have had such a great start to the year with this lovely class. We are working on Daily 5 with outstanding results. Children are reading silently for up to 16 minutes each day. They are really building on their reading stamina. Please remember any problems, worries or concerns just see me to make a time of contact me at: gael.mcfarlane@halswell.school.nz Children will begin tomorrow writing posts on this blog and including any photos we have taken over the past two weeks.