Welcome to Term 4!

Hi everybody!!
What an exciting first week back we have had.  In writing we have been writing recounts about our school holidays.  In Maths we are focussing on addition and subtraction.  For inquiry we are finding out how to be sunsmart scientisit with our statement "Don't underestimate, always investigate" and our question "How can I be a sunsmart scientist?".  On Monday we started Gymnastics - it was soo much fun! And on Thursday we had a fire drill, we lined up and walked to Savage Park as quick as we could to practice incase we ever have a real fire!  We topped off our awesome week back with a assembly to celebrate Niuean language week on Friday.
Check out some of the photos of our week below.
Thats all for this week, talk to you next week.
Bye!

Maliq skipping at gymnastics

Warming up for gymnastics with a game of stuck in the mud.

Learning how to do some streches for gymnastics

Waiting patiently during the fire drill

Room 6 listening for our names during the fire drill

Niuean group getting ready to dance

Niuean group dancing for us

Whanau Dance Recital

Hi EVERYBODY!
This week each part of the school put on a Whanau dance recital.  We invited our family to come and watch our dance.  On Thursday we showed ours.  Lots of our parents came to see us.  We were super proud of our dance!  Our parents told us we were AWESOME.  Check out the photos of our dance below.
That's all for this week, talk to you next week.
Bye!

Dance Recitals

Hi EVERYBODY!

This week Kowhai, Pohutukawa and Te Manawa showed off our inquiry learning with our class dances.  Room 6 was very impressed, the dances we have seen have been AMAZING!  We even performed our own dance to the school on Wednesday.  We were a bit nervous but the crowd cheering made us feel more confident.  Next week we cant wait to see Te Rōpū o ngā Manukura! 

If you would like to see our dance "How popular dance has changed over time" come along to the school hall on Thursday at 1:30pm when we will be performing it for the parents.

That's all for this week, talk you you next week.

Bye!

Daffodil Day

Hi EVERYBODY!

This week we had a mufti day to raise money for Daffodil Day.  Daffodil Day is a day when we wore mufti then we donated a gold coin each to the NZ Cancer Society.  The money will help people who are sick with cancer.  Sylvia Park School managed to raise over $600 today - Well DONE!  

We also did the Sasa as a whole school.  Check out the photos below.

That's all for this week, talk to you next week.

Bye!

Year 3 Speeches

Hi EVERYBODY!

This week we were lucky enough to be invited to watch the Year 3 speech finals.  We were so amazed by some of the speeches.   The Year 3 finalists used really presuasive reasons to convince us! We can't wait until next year when we get to have a turn at saying a speech.

That's all for this week, talk to you next week.

Bye!

Room 6 waiting for the speeches to start

Year 3 speech finalists

Judges marking the speeches - what a tough job!

Dancing

Hi EVERYBODY,
In Room 6 we have been learning about dancing.  We have seen break dancing, ballet, tap dancing, rock n roll, tinkiling, hip hop and the Samoan sasa.  We have even had a go at making up our own dances in partners.  We think our dancing is AMAZING!  Look at the photos of us making up a dance.
That's all for this week, talk to you next week.
Bye!

Maths in Room 6

Hi EVERYBODY!
In Room 6 we LOVE learning about numbers as much as we love reading.  This term we are learning about multiplication and division by making groups and sharing objects.  We have also been looking at numbers over 100.  Go ahead and test us out, give us a number from 100-1000 to read.  You could even come and visit Room 6 and we will show you how to read numbers over 100.
Check out the pictures of us doing our independent maths activities below.
That's all for this week, talk to you next week.
Bye!

Clyde has been writing his before and after numbers

Maliq is writing his before and after numbers too

Litrunette is using the uni-cubes to help with addition

Jaeda is using the hundreds board to help with her before and after numbers

Fine has written her before and after numbers

John and Estelle are making groups of 2

Joshua is thinking about before and after numbers

Georgia and Gaby have made some groups of 2, now they have to skip count to see how many beans altogether.

Ernesto has make 4 equations using the uni-cubes

Bella has finished her before and after numbers card

Boston and Ray have been doing dice addition

Elyse and TeAnahera have been doing dice addition.

Madison and Elizabeth have been doing dice addition too.