Message to Room 5 girls from Santa

Santa sent you a message.

Santa's message to Room 5 boys

Santa sent you a message.

Christmas Fun

It's soooo close to December and I thought it was time for you to find some sites that had great ideas for Christmas things for you to do. Click on the link to take you to Santa's home and lots more.

There is lots of mail waiting for the room 5 children to arrive on Monday. Viv is wondering if Santa has answered your letters. I hope so!

YUM - PANCAKES!

On Friday Room 5 had yummy pancakes the people thought it was so yummy Alex said they were very hot.Jane cooked very nice and We had very nice maple syrup and whip cream on our pancake's Everyone loved them.Yum!!

Letters to an Alien

We are just about to start our last Inquiry topic for the year. It is all about our solar system. There are lots of games about our solar system and other things in Space.

I have found a great game and activities site to get you started . It's NASA. Click on the link and see if you can find something that interests you.

We went to the Suter Art Gallery to see some beautiful drawings by Don Binney.

Maddie's Birthday Fund Raiser

Maddie had her 9th birthday on Sunday. She decided that she would host a fund raiser for the people of Haiti so instead of gifts, Maddie's friends each donated money. Maddie raised $184.20 which she has already given to Emily for the Kenbe La Foundation, Source of Hope School Appeal.
If you would like to learn more about this just click on the link below.

Kenbe La Foundation

Weekends

What do room 5 children get up to on the last night of October? Well now, some of them come to visit Viv to see if she has any treats. Nile Street was bustling with children dressed in all sorts of interesting clothes. One group performed a wonderful "trick" by singing a waiata. Hope they all enjoyed the treats. The adults definitely enjoyed the visits.

Place Value Blocks

We were playing a great game of changing Place Value blocks today. It involves changing a hundred block into 10 tens. I promised to put the link on the blog for everyone to have fun with at home so here it is.

Place Value Blocks.

Have fun!

Commonwealth Games

We have been thinking and learning about the Commonwealth Games this week for Current Events. Today we did a Thinkers Keys activity about it and here are some of our ideas.

What if the Commonwealth Games were held at the same place every time?

• There wouldn't be enough room for lots of stadiums in the same place every time. (Carmina)
• It would be boring for the competitors because they might like to see something different,(Harry)
• People might not have enough of the type of money you need for that country. (William)
  
• New Zealanders might refuse to come because they wanted to go somewhere different. (Saffron)
• People that live further away might stop competing because it would cost too much to get there. (Hazel)
• It might cost a lot of money for the host country. (Holly)
• The velodrome might get worn out and the cyclists might have accidents. (Jonny)
• It wouldn't be fair to other countries. (Hannah)
• Competitors could keep their sports equipment at the country wher the Games were being held. (Aria)
• Everything would be ready in time for the Games. (Jagreet)
• You might not need to build any more things for a long time. (Ellie)
• The sports buildings would start to look tatty after a while. (Zoe)
  

Integrity

Friday Playing With Our Buddies

Taonga Puoro

We went to the museum today to learn about taonga puoro- that's Maori instruments. Cindi called us in by calling, "Haere Mai," and playing a big putatara (shell). Nikki and Cindi said their mihi and sang then William and Hannah did their mihi for our side. We all sang E Toru Nga Mea, said a karakia and then we were ready to start.
Nikki and Cindi played their instruments and told us some stories.
After that we went upstairs and made koauau which are little flutes. We made ours from bamboo.
Some people can play theirs already.
If you would like to see some instruments click on this link to Te Papa.

Soccer with Jordan

After morning tea we played soccer with Jordan. This is the second coaching session and Jordan is coming back again in two weeks for our last session. The Winter soccer season is over now but some of the people in our class are going to play Summer soccer.
"I liked the Truck and Trailer Game," said Madison.
"I liked Ball Tag," said William.
We all had a great time.

Tennis Coaching

We had such a busy day today. It started off with tennis. Lynnie came to teach us tennis skills early this morning. We had such fun balancing the ball on the face of the racquet and playing relays. Lynnie said that Room 5 were a great class so we think she had fun with us too. She will be back next term for more coaching activities.

The Nelson Youth Orchestra

On Monday at the hall we watched the Nelson Youth Orchestra.There were lots of violins, two flutes, two celloes, a horn, special drums and other percussion instruments. One of the violins was pink. All of the players in the orchestra were from schools around Nelson. They practise every Friday at the School of Music. Some of the players were past pupils from Nelson Central School and Jonny's sister, Gracie from Room 2 was playing too. It was a wonderful performance.

Friday Funday!

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Calendar Art

We have been learning about Vincent Van Gogh this term. We used his paintings of sunflowers to inspire us when we made our our pictures for calendars for next year. A notice will be coming home later in the term for families to order calendars and cards.

Investigating Solutions and Suspensions

Mathletics

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On Wednesday at the libary room5 played mathletics on the computers.