That's a Wrap!

Wow what a year 2019 has been! We have learned many things and formed some great friendships. From our first moment meeting, until now we have enjoyed everything. 

Room 24 Dressed up for Book Character day! What a great day we had!!

Have a safe and joyful holiday spending time with family and friends. We look forward to seeing our Year 5's next year, for another fun filled and challenging learning year!

School begins Monday 10th February. Remember to come prepared with everything you may need to start the year with.

Amazing Cultural Talents of 2019

On Saturday 23rd of November Owairaka celebrated our learning and performed for the annual Cultural Festival at Rocket Park, Mt Albert.

All your hard work had paid off! It was amazing to see everyone perform beautifully on the stage! 

    

Amazing effort Owairaka!!!

Which group do you think you will perform in next year?

Athletes all Around!

On Tuesday 5th of November, Puriri and Kauri went to Lovelock Track to compete and experience Athletics. It was a fun, eventful yet tiring and scorching hot day!

   

Many students from Room 24 competed so well and made sure to secure a placing in the top 3! Way to go Room 24. 

Well done to everyone that gave their all in each activity.

Orchestra Visit

We have the pleasure to listening to the musical talents of a travelling Orchestra. 

They were absolutely phenomenal and even shared a few solos too.

Special Guest at Owairaka

Our visitor this morning is an Olympian. 

What is something interesting you know about him?

Richie Patterson talked to us about the Olympic Values; Friendship, Excellence and Respect. 

He also talked about FAILURE. Failing is apart of our life and it is okay to fail. We learn from the things we don't get right straight away.

What is something you have failed at but were successful at, the next time you tried it?

Art Exhibition 2019

This term we have been working really hard to produce some amazing art for our 

School Art Exhibition.

Room 24 chose to learn about Pablo Picasso. He paints in a unique way and his art is very eccentric. He says that every child is an artist. We learned that there is no wrong way of creating art. Here are our creations:

  

Here is our collaborative piece we created as a class. It is made out of recycled materials.

It represents the sun and we are spreading our wings, dreaming big! The Sky's the Limit!

What did you think about the Art Exhibition?

The Bully Strikes Back

New Zealand to name a Planet!

New Zealand, along with every other country, is being given an opportunity to come up with a name for an exoplanet - a planet outside our solar system - and its host star.

It's scientific name is HD21749 and the star is HD21749C.

If you could name the exoplanet, what would you name it?

Can you crack the code?

Escape from Mr Lemoncello's Library is all about cracking codes and puzzles. 

I have created a coded message for your to crack. 

What is my message to you?

Can you create your own coded message your a buddy to decode?

Mr. Lemoncello Ponder #3

Some children need to decide whether or not to stay overnight at the library. Would you want to stay and play the game 'Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library'?

Jump Jamming with Room 6

We joined Room 6 to do some Jump Jam. 

We enjoyed their song choices, and then we introduced them to Just Dance. 

We all had a great time!

Maths Week #1

1. How do you see the pattern growing? Draw the next 2 patterns to show what they would look like.
   
2. What would the tenth pattern look like? How many squares will be in the tenth case?

Celebrating Cook Island Language Week

We joined our buddy class to celebrate Cook Island Language Week. We enjoyed teaching them about a tivaevae, a traditional Cook Island quilt. Then we created a paper tivaevae. We enjoyed teaching and making these with Room 6.

   

Puzzle Ponder #2

Can you solve my puzzle?

Lemoncello's Ponder

We have met some great, and interesting characters in the book 'Escape from Mr Lemoncello's Library. Who is your favourite character and why?

My favourite character is Mr Lemoncello himself. He wears these crazy costumes, like his bright yellow banana boat shoes and they make noises as he walks. Room 24 thought it was hilarious when his shoes made the tune 'Pop Goes the Weasel'. He is a very unique and eccentric character!

International Film Festival

Today Kauri team were invited to the New Zealand International Film Festival. We watched 14 short films at the Auckland Civic Center Theatre. There were many that we really enjoyed but here are top three films:

 

We enjoyed this film because it was quite funny how his ice-cream kept on melting before he could eat it. It was extremely hilarious when he fell asleep the last time. 

This was a great film. It had a great message about waiting and being patient. The things you really want will come. It will take time. Like with the tadpole. He didn't get his legs at the same time as everyone else, but he was patient and got his legs in the end. 

This film was just hilarious. All children really enjoyed laughing at this one.

Green Week - Native Birds

This week we are celebrating Green Week. Our focus is New Zealand Native birds.

 

What native birds do you know about? 

Do you know any facts about them already? Tell us about it!

Do you know what kind of New Zealand bird this is?

Ponder #1

Can you work this puzzle out?

Who is your Hero?

This term we are learning about heroes and everyday heroes. 

Who is your hero and why are they your hero?

Chapter Chat Ponder #1

Space ponder #10

Buddy Class

We met our new buddy class this week, Room 6. We had such a great time in the library! We enjoyed showing them around the library and reading to them.