Striving to Succeed Awards & Te Rapa Pools trip

Week 9 has been another busy week for all of us in Room 5! To start off our week we have had two new students join us - Manav Patel and Ella Knight, they are having a lot of fun in Room 5! On Wednesday we had our Prize giving Assembly. There were a lot of awards, trophies and certificates handed out, it was great to see! This year Zayne Fisher and Legend McLaren received the special "Striving to Succeed" award. These two boys have had amazing success in Room 5. We are all very proud of their achievements. On Thursday we had our annual Te Rapa Pools trip. This was a whole school event, so there were a lot of Stanley Ave students out and about! The Juniors had a great time under the sprinklers and water fountains and lots of swimming was done. It was a very fun day , and very tiring! Some Room 5 students even had to have a wee nap on the way home. Check out some of the cool photos from the pool trip , and of course our two award winners!

Junior Camp Day

Yesterday we were all lucky enough to participate in the Junior Camp Day. We went on a treasure hunt through the wetlands to find clues that Stanley Bear had left behind. Room 5 were very good at spotting the clues , we found all 18 of them! When we made it back to school we had to work out where Stanley Bear had left our treasure. We put our clues together to solve the puzzle and worked out that our treasure was buried in the sandpit! After some morning tea the Junior School were mixed up to form teams. Throughout the day children had fun with water activities, the parachute, canoes and even grass skis! By lunchtime we all sat down and enjoyed a yummy sausage and a juicy. We all had a lot of fun and were very tired at the end of the day. A big thank you to our great parent helpers who came for our walk around the wetlands and helped on activities throughout the day.

Alphabet Superstars!

Congratulations to Lily, Briar and Paityn who know all of their letters in the alphabet!! Good work girls, I hope you enjoy your prizes, keep up the good work.

Next week we have our end of year trip to the Hamilton pools. Don't forget we need your money and permission slips as soon as possible.

Week 7!

Another week over already!! The term is going by very fast! We had a new class member join Room 5 this week - A big welcome to Jeremiah Tilsley! See if you how fast you can put together the cool puzzle we have created using a photo of Jerry!

Last weekend our class art was entered into the Te Aroha A&P show. We had all worked on created a picture of the tree outside Room 5 when it was in blossom. We used sponges, paint brushes and our thumbs! On Monday we were excited to find out that three of our class members had won prizes in the 5 year old ,paint section!! Congratulations to Johnny (2nd), Gaebriel (1st) and Briar (3rd)! Great work guys!



Here are some pictures of Room 5 doing their tumble activities. We had a few new activities to work out this week , it was great to see everyone showing their team player skills and being very helpful when others got stuck.

Junior Athletics Fun Day 2014 and new class members

Room 5 has been very busy this week. We had a group of  9 children come to visit us on Wednesday for their pre-school visits which was very exciting.

Room 5 has some new faces! We have welcomed Taylyn Walker, Alexis Broekhals and Ciana Allen to our classroom.

On Thursday the junior syndicate participated in the Junior Fun Athletics Day. Room 5 students took part in the long jump, relay races, balls skills, parachute activities and high jump - what a busy and fun day! Thanks to the parents that came and watched us all, it was great to see you there.

Week 6 

Room 5's earthquake drill

This week we talked about what to do if there is an earthquake. We watched a video that had a cool song on it and showed us what we should do. After that we had a practice. Here are some photos from our earthquake drill and a link to the clip we watched.

Turtle Safe

Sunny Days

It has been lovely and sunny the last few days, so we have been having our milk outside in the sun. We are all very good at remembering to wear our hats. Here is a photo of room 5 during our milk and fruit break.