Cross Country Race

We finally held our Cross Country Race on Thursday, in freezing conditions.  After all our practice, it was awesome showing our amazing running talents.  We had some place getters in Room 13 and everyone did their very best.  Mrs Russell was so proud of us!

It was a freezing day and we were worried that the cold might stop us running fast, but not Room13.  Everyone gave it their best go and we all ran the whole way without stopping.  Yipee for us!

Baking Bread

We had an exciting week last week with bread making, cross country running and then Mass on Sunday. Thank you to all the parents who brought their children to Mass.  It was so lovely to see and Father Mark agreed it would be so nice if the Church was full like that every Sunday.

We were lucky enough to have Claudine Bradley and her whanau in last week to make bread with us.  Bread making is a family tradition handed down from Molly's Nana and we used it as an introduction to Matariki and Maori language week.  The children had a ball and enjoyed a delicious lunch of hot bread, butter and jam and hot soup.  We are so grateful to Claudine, Whaea Tina, Whaea Andrea and Molly's cousin who also helped for giving up their precious time to spend some special time with us at school.  What a super whanau you have Molly.  Ka rawe!





It was pretty busy in the kitchen.



It was fun kneading the bread.  We got flour everywhere!





We enjoyed getting our hands in the flour.





We made a bit of a mess but it was such fun.



We waited patiently for our yummy, warm bread.

Cross Country Race

Well the weather was awfully cold and we had a few purple kids at the end of it but it has to be said, Room 13 made me proud at the Cross Country race today.  All those weeks of training paid off for some super racers today.   We had several place getters but our hugest congratulations has to go to Liam who powered around the track and got 1st Place!  Yipee Liam and wasn't it super having your Dad there to see your success.  Congratulations also goes to Maiah, Dylan and KJ.
Here is our little winner.  More photos will follow tomorrow.

Reminders

A few quick reminders for the rest of the week....

*We have photos tomorrow morning.  Please ensure the children are in their correct uniform and that they have their school jersey with them.  Hair tied back for girls please.

*Thursday is our Annual Junior Cross Country race.  As you know we have been training hard for weeks so please come along and watch us clean up!   The racing will start at 11am.

*We will be spending some time this week finishing tasks for the Portfolio's which will be coming home soon.  If your child brings a book home that is not their usual level or you believe it is just too hard, please read it to them and talk about it with them.  Sometimes when there is a lot happening at school, we do not get through all the reading groups and some children may have either chosen their own text or been given a book we have not yet gone over together.

*A huge thank you to Claudine and her whanau, Whaea Tina and Whaea Andrea as well as Jess,  Heidi. and Angela.   We have had a super duper day making bread and we just could not have done it without you.  I am so lucky to have such amazing parents and support people in Room 13.    The children loved it.

Our McDonalds fun trip will probably be in Week 10 on Thursday.  More information will follow and you are all welcome to come along for a happy meal and a play.
Annie

Matariki Lantern

Today Maiah brought a beautiful Matariki lantern to school.  It was very special because she made it herself.  On Thursday night, Maiah, Ariahna, Heidi and Tumanako went to the night market and made the lanterns.  Unfortunately, Tumanako ate Ariahna's.  Luckily Maiah's was still intact and now we have it in our class.  Thank you Maiah, we love it. We lit it in the dark hallway and all the children went oooohhhhh!

Here they are.....

The lantern

The kids watching in the dark, dark hallway.

Malteser Races

The winner (left) and runner up(right)  Well done girls!!!!!

Hi everyone.  Today for Golden Time we had Malteser races.  The children had to move the malteser along the race track with a straw to cross the finish line first.  Never one to let  a learning experience pass by, we then tallied the winners and found out who was the best malteser racer in Room 13.  When we counted up the tallies, we made a malteser picture graph and found that Kaia was the Champion!  Great job Kaia!

Here are some pics.....

This requires a lot of concentration

Saya gets stuck in.

The picture graph

The tally chart.

Kaia and Jayda racing.

KJ and Maiah get read to start.

Max and Saya on the Start line.

Molly and Maiah get ready to race.

Listening and Speaking

We have been learing what good listening looks like and trying really hard to recall some facts that we have heard while listening.  Now we are focusing on questioning using what, where, when, who, why and how as question starters.  Today Liam shared some lovely news about a special weekend outing and there were some fabulous questions asked.











Liam shared his news about a trip to Waimangu Thermal Valley.
Well done Liam, a great speech.



Don asked a question using a great question word.



Maiah remembered to use question words so she could
find out more information about Liam's trip.



DJ remembered our hand up to talk rule.