Stanley Avenue Singing Assembly

On Friday the 20th the whole of Stanley avenue school attended the weekly assembly.

The difference this week was that everyone was performing! All three syndicates, Junior ,Middle and Senior performed as well as the Kapa Haka group and the choir!

It was great to see everyone up there!

Here is a little clip of the Junior Syndicate singing "Wonderful Day".

Reading time with Josh and Gene.

This week we have started having students from Room 2 come to read to us in Room 5. Our first readers we Josh and Gene. They read a book called  Rosie to the rescue. Amberlee liked when Rosie slipped in the puddle, Jonathan liked the kite. Room 5 were great listeners and can't wait for their next reading time.

Room 5 has grown! This week we had Cooper and Lily join us. Lily liked decorating her flag in class , Cooper likes playing on the playground. If you see them around, give them a big Stanley Ave welcome.

Room 5 is getting bigger.

This week Room 5 had the lovely Amberlee join us. Amberlee has only been at school since Monday, but has already settled in very well to the Room 5 routines and way of life at Stanley Ave. She loves swimming and singing her A,B,C's.

In Room 5 we have been talking about who we are , what we look like and the people in our lives. To show visitors the people that are special to us and whom we live with, we have made buntings. On one side is a picture of a Room 5 student which has also been decorated by the student, and on the other side are pictures that the students have taken with our class camera phone. The pictures show who lives with the student. We have some great pictures of mums,dads,nanas,brothers, sisters and even a few cute pets! If you would like to learn more about the students of Room 5 come in and have a look at our buntings and the great photos on display.

A big welcome to Amberlee.

Tadpoles!

This week Ella brought in three tadpoles for us to look after in Room 5. We have had great fun watching them swim around their bowl. One of the tadpoles has started to grow backlogs already. 

We found out that when a tadpole gets its backlegs it is called a froglet. We can't wait for them to grow some more. Now we have to think of some names - do you have any suggestions?

A big thank you to Ella and her family for giving us such a great learning tool.

Busy start to the term!

Room 5 has had a very busy start to the term, week 2 is nearly over already! We have started swimming with Room 6 in the afternoons. At the moment we are learning to get into the pool safely We start by sitting on the edge of the pool and then slowly turn around and slide in. We are also learning how to put our heads under the water and blow bubbles and kick holding onto a flutter board.

Something new we have started is buddy reading with Room 6. Each afternoon after swimming we all get our book boxes and buddy up with someone from Room 6. It has been fun getting to know the Room 6 students and listening to their reading too.

Room 5's busy start to Term 1

Smiley Faces of Te Ruma Rima

Yesterday we took photos of all of the smiley faces in Room 5. We even had class photo taken for the local paper , so keep an eye out! In Room 5 we have 12 lovely students , have a look at their lovely photos below.

Our first day at school

Today was our first day back at school, and for most of Room 5 it was their first ever day at school! We had a lot of students turn 5 during the holidays :) During the holidays Room 5 had a special delivery - bright , new furniture!! We have lovely green tables and bright blue chairs. We even have some comfy new seats in our library corner. Today was all about getting to know each other and learning about our class and school. We went for a walk around to see where the junior play ground, toilets and swimming pool were. In class we had fun exploring our literacy and maths resources , there are lots of puzzles and games to play with. In class we planted some seeds - zucchini and watermelon - we can't wait to see the changes ! As a class we also chose a pet to put on our blog, this week we have a puppy - check him out, you can feed him snacks or throw him a ball. Tomorrow we start swimming in the afternoons with Room 6, which we will continue until the end of the term, so don't forget to pack togs ,towels and a plastic bag.