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.

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.

Self Portraits

Today, the children who were at school took home their self portraits.  One they painted at the beginning of the year, and the other one was painted this month (December).  I think they all did an awesome job!

This term's Inquiry is:   Ta tatou Koreroro, Ta tatou Kowhiringa.  Our Voice, Our Choice.  We will be learning ways to use our voice in a positive, kind way within the many groups that we belong.  We belong to Church groups, sports groups, cultural groups, and family groups.  We need to learn how to make our voice heard, and how our voice, and the choices we make, make other people feel good about themselves.

Welcome Back!

 

Here we are at the beginning of Term Four.  Oh My Goodness!  Where is the year going?  And...we're back learning online!  That wasn't in our plan, but we're good at 'Just rolling with it'.  

I hope everyone enjoyed the two weeks of holiday, even though we couldn't go to the places we'd usually go to, or do the things we'd normally do during a holiday.  I hope that you enjoyed simply being with your family, and having fun, relaxing times with them.

Did you watch the School's Immersion Assembly this morning?  If you did, you would have seen all the Teams sharing what they would be learning this term.  Here is the movie that Team One made to show a bit about what we are learning this term.  Enjoy!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

It's the last day of Term 3.  Even though our term was a bit unexpected, we all just 'rolled with it'.  Thank you to the wonderful tamariki that turned up to our Team and Class Meets, and to those who completed online learning and shared it with me.  You are all superstars.  

And...a huge thank you to the Mums, Dads, Nanas, Grandads, and older brothers and sisters who helped our lovely children to complete online tasks.  Your input has been soooo appreciated.

Enjoy having a bit of a relax for the next two weeks, and, providing everything goes as planned, I will see you back in class on Monday 18th of October.  Woo Hoo!!

Making a Poi

On Tuesday, Ruth and her Mum made a poi.  Here's a short movie showing them working together.  Nice job, Ruth and Mum!

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. 

More awesome work from Ruth

Ruth has continued to work each day.  Here is some of her work from today.  Love your artwork, Ruth.  Nice heilala flower to celebrate Tongan Language Week.

Ruth's Work is Fabulous!

Ruth continues to work hard each day.  Thanks, Ruth.  I love the picture of you playing with your sister.

Christopher has been working hard at home.

Christopher's Mum sent me a lot of work that he has been doing over the last week.  I have chosen just a view to share with us all.  Here are pages of his written work, plus photos of shapes around his house.

Awesome work, Christopher.  Keep it up!

Ruth is Amazing!

Ruth has been very busy working at home.  Here's some of the work she did on Wednesday.

Ruth, thank you for putting so much effort into learning at home.  You are so awesome.  Thanks to your Mum too, for helping you.  

Elysabeth and Gano

Elysabeth and Gano have been working hard at home.  I love the work they have both been doing.  Great job girls!

GANO'S WORK:

PETA'S WORK:

LEARNING FROM HOME.

We are now all staying safe and staying at home, and our team has begun to have daily meetups. We have been so excited to see so many wonderful students coming on to say 'Hi' and to share their learning with the rest of us. Here's a screenshot of one of our morning meets. 

Jerry's Been Working At Home

Great work, Jerry.  It's so good to see you have been doing learning at home.  Thanks for sending the photo.  Keep up the awesome work, Jerry.

We have been learning about the Sun.  Enjoy the short movie Miss Hockly made for PENN.

Welcome Back to Term 2

May is already here, and Term Two has begun.

As is normal for our school, we begin the term with an assembly that introduces the school to the theme of the term.  This term our them is

WATCH THIS SPACE!

Team One will be learning about the sun and the moon, and the role they have for the earth.  We'll also be learning about our solar system.  It's going to be a great term.

Here's the video that the teachers from our team created to introduce the topic.  Enjoy!

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!