End of 2014

I have had a fantastic year teaching Room G.
I'm so proud of the progress you have made and wish you all the best for the future.
Claressa Geary

Disco

On Friday MSS had their disco. The students had lots of fun and I saw some great dancing.

Funny Friday

Joke the students came up with this week.

What do you call an alligator in a vest?
An investigator.

What did the monster say when it ate half of Fiji?
I want Samoa

What do hedgehogs have for lunch?
Prickled onions

What did the cat say to the dog on Christmas?
Meowie Christmas

What do librarians use for bait?
Bookworms

Get Set Go : Kicking

Today we learnt how to kick a ball correctly.
We all went to the church hall because it was raining.
It got a little bit crazy with balls flying everywhere.

Dragons Egg

Today Mrs Geary brought a dragons egg to school.  She placed it in a glass of boiling water and we watched the changes. It started out as a bullet shape and changed into something beautiful.

Check out the pictures below.

Wondering Wednesday

Questions for this week

I wonder what it is like in Australia? Te Ata

Why are the inside of your bones soft? Alice

How does milo and milk make chocolate milk? Jack

Will I find a sharks tooth when I go to the beach next? Oliver

How do lights work? Jayden M

I wonder what I am going to get for Christmas? Abbie

Who is Mrs Geary teaching this year? Lilah

Who makes scooters? Tipene

I wonder how Santa gets around the world in one night? Heidi

How do seeds wake up? Mac

Why are there dead fish on Foxton beach? Eva

How was the universe made? Jayden N

Why did people in the olden days wear different clothes? Ella

Do flies sleep? Te Mahia

Why do male gorillas look different to female gorillas? Kaden

Do fish sleep? Jamie

How do we taste things? Warwick

Is Samoa bigger than Fiji? Alex😜

Super Hero Day

We have had a fantastic day today dressing as super heroes and participating in Get Set Go games.

Here are a collection of pictures showing the day's events.

Wish List Shopping

Today some of the students made a list of people in their family then went shopping using the junk mail. They had to find a gift for each person and then work out how many $10 notes it would take to buy that gift.
The students had a lot of fun picking presents without a budget!

Tennis

The students tennis skills have been improving and they have been having a lot of fun. Some of the activities were difficult but the students kept persisting.

Junior Assembly

Today we said good bye to our Year Twos. They all got certificates and we wished them well for their move to the Middle Team.

At the School Assembly Te Mahia got a prize for a flower arrangement she had done.

Funny Friday

Enjoy today's jokes.

How do you make a tissue dance?

Put a little boogie in it.

What do you call a kangaroo crossed with a sheep?

A wooly jumper

Knock, knock

Who's there?

Cow

Cow who?

Cows don't go who, they go moo.

What do you call a deer with no eyes?

No idea

Why did the dog chase the skeleton?

Because he likes bones.

What do you call an elephant in a phone box?

Stuck

What do you call a fly with no wings?

A walk

What did the big phone say to the little phone?

Your too young to be engaged.

Poetry Recital

Yesterday we performed our poems to our parents and grandparents. The students had all learnt their poems off by heart and performed them well.

I'm so proud of you all!

A Taster of Our Production

Wondering Wednesday

Questions for this week

What do our bodies do when we go to sleep? Alice

Why are clouds different shapes? Abbie

How do people stuff animals? Maddie

Why don't insects have bones? Jayden M

Why does grass go fluffy in the lawn mower? Lilah

How come you can press a letter on the keyboard and it comes up on the screen? Heidi

How does a pump get air in a ball and why doesn't it come out? Lily

How are seeds made? Jayden N

Why can you float in space? Warwick

Get Set Go

How lucky are we?

Today we continued the Get Set Go programme focusing on hitting a ball.

The students played a cool game. One group were vegetarians and the other group were meat eaters. The vegetarians had to hit the balls (meat balls) off their plate( cone) while the meat eaters had to put  the balls back on the cone.

Funny Friday

These are the best jokes the students came up with today.

What do sheep do on sunny days?
Baa, baa Que

What do you call a slug?
A snail with a house and a problem

What do you call a baby that wobbles?
Jelly-baby

How do make a snake cry?
Take away its rattle

What did the porcupine say to the cactus?
Are you my mother?

What do vampire doctors say?
Neck-st please!

Poetry Recital

To Parents, Grandparents and friends of Room G

You are invited to Room G's poetry recital.

Date: Thursday 27th of November

Time: 2.30pm

Place: School Library

We would love to see you all there!

Today we made invitations to our poetry recital.

Storyteller: Mary Kippenburger

On Wednesday afternoon we went to the hall to listen to stories while people acted them out. The storyteller chose students from the audience to come up and act the story. Ella was chosen from our class, she was a sheep.

We were excited to listen to the three stories she told.

They were Little Red Riding Hood, The Gingerbread Man and the Possum and the Rabbit.

There were lots of funny bits in the stories, we laughed.

There's Ella, with the sheep hat on her head.

Tennis

Today we practised some more tennis skills.

Wondering Wednesdays

Why can't you mix secondary colours to make other colours? Alice
Why do we have wind? Abbie
How do they do tricks in the scary movies? Maddie
Why are feathers so soft? Jack
Why are young plants so soft? Oliver
Why are some things heavier than others? Dylan
How come some balls bounce and others don't? Erynn
How do we feel things with our skin?  Lilah
Who thought up Christmas and Halloween? Heidi
Why does Spring have a mixture of weather?
Why do you sink in quicksand?
Do stingrays have a sting on their tail to kill prey or fight off predators? Jayden N
Why cant babies talk? Te Mahia
Why are cheetahs the fastest animals? Jamie
Why are lions the king of the jungle? Alex

Zen Tangle

This afternoon we tried doing a Zen Tangle.
It is described as creative drawing for relaxation, inspiration and fun.
Below is an example of what Oliver created.

The Amazing New Junior School Playground

This is a climbing frame. There are ropes and a rock climbing wall.

Here is the slide to go down.

Here we are lining up to have a go on the huge, green, covered slide.

It is twisty, fast and you cant see the bottom.

Abbie thinks it's like a waterfall.

Heidi was scared at first because it was dark and she hadn't been on it before.  She was brave and had a go.

Mrs Palmer went down the slide!

I was excited to go down the slide. I was super fast on my tummy.

It felt groovy and I was excited to go down it.

When you were sliding down you went side to side.

This is the Witch Hat.
We were spinning around fast.
People were screaming and laughing.
It felt like it was going to fall over.
Te Ata felt sick going round and round.

Funny Friday

For the last couple of weeks the students have been sharing jokes they remember with the class.
We have decided to share these with you.

Do any of these make you LOL?

What is brown and sticky all over?
A stick

Knock,knock
Who's there?
Na na
Na na who?
Na na your business.

Why is a basketball player like a baby?
Because they both dribble

What is kind and you don't have to pay for?
A friend

What did the pot say to the pan?
Your hot.

Why can't a car play soccer?
It only has one boot.

What do you call a bull that is mean?
A bully.

Where do the All Blacks sit when they are hot?
Next to their fans.

What do you call a bull sleeping?

A bulldozer.

Skeleton

This afternoon we labeled and discussed the parts of a human skeleton.