Wacky Wednesday

Debates

We have been learning about persuasive writing in Room 19 and had a debate about the argument of whether Otonga should have school uniforms. It was a great way to practice our Oral Language and research our points.

Room 19 Holidays

Book Week

Last week was book week and was full of heaps of fun activities.

Tuesday we had a Shine a light show, where some of us even had the opportunity to be involved in this fun show.  



Wednesday we had a Book parade where we got to dress up as our favourite book character. Everyone looked fantastic and Bella and Leonard even got prizes for best dressed!


Thursday we had a book swap day where we were able to bring some old books that were in a good condition and swap these for some new books to take home. This was a great opportunity to get books that were a bit harder now that we are older.


Friday was a crazy tie day. We were lucky enough to have Mrs Fleet as our teacher in the morning for Art and she let us create our own funky ties. They looked amazing and we got a certificate from Mrs Aitckson for how great we looked. 

Museum

On Friday 17th June, we went for a trip to the Rotorua Museum to visit their Sunlight exhibition.
Sunlight - Ihi Kōmaru explores the massive impact the sun has on our life on earth, including how crucial it is to our very existence and the prominent role it plays in cultures across the world. (Rotorua Museum). http://www.rotoruamuseum.co.nz/exhibitions/details/sunlight-ihi-kmaru/ 

We learnt all about how the sun travels to earth and then also about how solar power works. We are now carrying on this learning with Miss Laurence at school because of the solar panels on our roofs.  
The exhibit is open until the 14th August and would be are great activity to go look at again in the weekend or school holidays.

Assembly Performance

In Week 4, Room 19 had our assembly performance. We decided to use this to learn a rakau stick game as part of our Matariki celebrations.Keeping to the beat was extremely hard but we worked with determination and had a lot of fun learning this new song. The school also had a chance to join in and they also found it hard to keep to the beat.

Marae Visit

On Wednesday 25th May, Room 19 had a visit at  Tangatarua Marae, Waiariki.

We learnt all about the different features of the wharenui at the marae and that it was a marae to represent all cultures where we all belonged.

While we were there the girls learnt a beautiful poi song and the boys learnt a strong haka.

We also made flax flowers that were extremely tricky but the end 
product was fabulous.

Last but not least we all sketched our favourite carvings and panels that we found in the wharenui.

Cross Country

Yesterday we had our school country. We have been training for cross country all term and were all excited to finally race. We all tried our very best and ran with all of our heart. Room 19 were extremely supportive of everyone in the class and cheered on our classmates. Well done to everyone that participated and trying their very best!!
Miss Laurence was an extremely proud of all of Room 19 for never giving up :)

Ancient Greece Performance

Music Singing

Music

Room 19 have been having a great time at Music with Mrs Lyon's. We have been learning about beat, rhythm and notes. Mrs Lyon's thinks we are all doing fabulously and Miss Laurence is super impressed too.

Room 19 2016

Our Room 19 class has been having a great year. There are now 26 students in Room 19 and we are working at getting to know each other and making new friends.

Welcome to Room 19 2016

Welcome back for another exciting year in Room 19.


Our topic for this Term is Ancient Civilizations Room 19 will be diving deep into studying some very significant Civilizations. We are also looking at getting to know our peers in Room 19 and making new friends as well as getting to know ourselves and where we came from.

Maths:
Our focus for this term is Algebra and Number. We will first be looking at Algebra with creating and continuing patterns as well as finding the rules to patterns using addition and subtraction.
We will then start our focus with number and using basic addition strategies as well as essential basic facts.

Reading:

In Room 19 we read one new book a week rather than each session so that your child is able to work on their understanding of the text more and the skills required while reading. If you wish for your child to bring home more books to read then they are able to pick one from the browsing box and also bring home library books. We strongly encourage reading at home as well as school

Homework:
Homework is given weekly in Room 19 starting Week 3. It is very basic and is encouraged to practice skills learned in class. It will involve reading every night, spelling words and basic maths.


This Term we are having a meet the teacher evening to give everyone an opportunity to come down and meet their new teacher as well as other members of the Middle Team. It will be a sausage sizzle and you are welcome to bring your own refreshments. This is this Friday evening, 12February free from 5.30 to 6.30pm. We will meet on the grass area outside of the Middle Team classes.
Please will you indicate to your child’s classroom teacher by Tuesday 9th Feb, the number of people who would be coming for catering purposes.

If you have any queries please feel free to contact me at any time!