Room 17 Fun

We're having a great time in Room 17.  Miss Hockly made a movie showing some of what we do.  We hope you like it as much as we do.

Term 2 Kelly Sports

We are back at school, and today we had Sports.  We are learning to play Soccer.  Enjoy our short video highlighting Soane's amazing dribbling skills.  Enjoy. 

Team Sport

While so many children are isolating at home, all the classes in Team One are joining together for learning and fun.  Today we had sport with coach Chelsea.  It was so much fun.  We played ball tag.  There was lots of squeals of fun and laughter as kids were being chased around.  After that we had a game of Dodgeball.  The teachers had to throw balls at the kids while they were running past.  Mrs Dwyer and Mrs Fester had so much fun.  Mrs Dwyer did some awesome throwing.  The children were awesome.  When they got hit, they were quick to take themselves to the side.  We loved their honesty.

Hope you enjoy our short movie.  

Balancing

Today we had sport with Coach Trey.  We were learning about balancing, and we played some games and had a lot of fun.  We can't wait until we see him next week.

A New Year!

2022 has begun with lots of smiling, excited children coming to school each day for fun and for learning.

Today we chased bubbles around the field.  It was so much fun.

Last Day of 2021

What an amazing, wonderful day we had on the last day of 2021.  Only five children arrived in Room 17 today, but they had a fun-filled day. 

The biggest blessing they all had, was to receive a large gift from Mrs Harris (a friend of Mrs Shirley's).  Enjoy our short video of the occasion.

Wacky Wednesdays

Team One are having a Wacky Wednesday on each....Wednesday, of course!  :-).   Today we all dressed in our pyjamas and brought out soft toys to our Meet.  Everyone looked so relaxed, and the variety of toys was awesome!  Great job Team One.  I look forward to seeing what next Wednesday will be like.

Here's the teachers from our last week's Wacky Wednesday when we dressed up with wacky hair, hats, and clothes.  I love Miss Squire's glasses, and Mrs Shirley's Mickey Mouse ears. 

We are blessed!

Oh my goodness!  Today was a VERY exciting day for Team One.

Students from Kings College in Otahuhu came to our school to deliver sports equipment that they bought using money they made by having a bake sale.  (Phew!  That was a long sentence!)

Mrs Shirley's daughter was one of the students who came.  She and her friends baked muffins, cakes and biscuits, and then sold them to other students at their school.  All the money they made, the used to buy us:

lots of small balls              some big balls

2 balance bikes                      a basketball hoop

a couple of bouncy hoppers                        an outdoor play kitchen and.....

an outdoor soccer goal

WOW!  We are going to have so much fun playing with all the equipment.  

THANK YOU SO MUCH students at Marion Bruce House.  

We are sooooo happy!

Is this the Easter Bunny?

Today we had a visit from a much-loved member of Mrs Forbes' family.  Their Giant Flemish rabbit, called JoJo.  He was huge!  We all got to give him a pat, and some of us brushed his very soft fur.  Mrs Forbes brought the leash they use with JoJo, and he had a little hop within our circle of people.

Thanks, Mrs Forbes, for bringing JoJo to visit.  We loved seeing him.  

Did Someone Say Pizza?

Today was also Pizza Making Day!  Yep - you heard right.  We made pizzas.  Little ones.  But they were tasty.  We put sauce on the bottom, and had the choice of ham, pineapple and cheese to put on top.  Most people put all three toppings on, while others chose put only one or two toppings on their pizza.  Whatever we chose, we loved making, and eating, our own little pizza.  

I wonder what we'll make next time!

Mufti Day

Today we were allowed to wear mufti to school.  If we could, we were asked to wear something purple to support Epilepsy Awareness Day.  Here are some of the children in Rooms 13 and 17 who wore mufti.  What a happy looking group!

Apple Crumble

This morning we helped Mrs Shirley, Mrs Forbes and Miss Hockly make Apple and Pear Crumble.  We helped chop the pears.  While they were cooking, we put the flour, brown sugar, rolled oats, and butter into a bowl to make the crunchy crumble.

Once the apples and pears were cooked, Mrs Shirley put them into a dish and sprinkled the crumble over the top.  Then she put it back into the oven.  Once it was cooked, we got to eat it with some ice cream too.  It was delicious!  We are clever bakers! 

Here are a few photos of us cutting the pears, mixing the ingredients, and also a short video of us eating our delicious apple crumble.  Yum, yum....YUM!

Keeping Fit

 Yesterday we had lots of fun doing fitness with Miss Vaafusuaga.  We loved having the choice of which exercise we wanted to do.  Thanks, Miss Vaafusuaga.  We hope we can do this again sometime.

Enjoy our short video.

Picnic Day!

Today was our schools' day to spend at the beach.  Everyone walked down to Pt England Beach for a fun time playing on the sand, in the water, and on the grass and park.  We are blessed to be so close to the beach.  Some parents came along too, and had fun with their children. Our trips to the beach are always the best!  We were all very tired when we got back to school, and were looking forward to going home.  Even Miss Hockly and Mrs Shirley were feeling like having a sleep!  😀 💤

As we arrived, our beach was looking so peaceful.

Before going off to play, we all sat down and had something to eat.

Gano and Nivaeyah were having fun exploring the bank.

The water was so much fun!

Ruth's Mum came along for all the fun.

Swimming

 Rooms 13 and 17 started swimming today.  It was so much fun.   We can't wait to go again tomorrow.

Team Sports

What a wonderfully sunny day to have Team Rotations.  Team One had three different activities to play.  Everyone had a lot of fun.  Here's some of our children jumping over the hurdles.  Great job, everyone! 

PENN Term 2

Today is our class' day to share a movie on PENN (our School's News Channel).  We hope you enjoy this movie that shows some of the fun things we've done this term.

Keep Your Distance!

We had a really fun couple of days creating Social Distancing Hats.  We made them out of long balloons (which we decorated with glitter, stickers, and curly bits of paper).  We wore these on our heads to show how much distance there needs to be between us and people who are not in our family (or our bubble).  We showed Mrs Nua our creations, and then Mr Burt visited the classroom to give us all a Principal’s sticker for the great work we had done.  Enjoy our video.

SCHOOL’S BACK!

What a great start back at school. 

On Monday we blew bubbles.  It was so much fun.

On Tuesday we did bubble art. 

On Wednesday we did an experiment to show how sanitiser and soap work to kill germs.

On Thursday we made paint handprints, and...

On Friday we blew bubbles through socks!

We didn’t have many children in Room 17 this week, only five!  We hope that a lot more children arrive at school this week, and we can have more fun together.

Enjoy our movie showing our week of fun.

Disco Fun

What an amazing night we had on Thursday.  From 5 – 6 pm we had a Junior Disco in the hall.  It was so much fun.  Not everyone went to the disco, but those who did really enjoyed the dancing, fizzy drink and chips.   Here’s a few photos from the night.

Looking fresh-faced and ready to dance!

Peter and Frank 

taking a rest.

Diana-Grace, Eziaz, Margret and Sophia all look like they danced hard!

Neihana danced so fast, his shoes looked like they were on fire!