SCHOOL DISCO

Two of the Learning Detectives visited our classroom to tell us about the School Disco this Friday.  It costs $3 to get in and food and glow toys will be available to buy.  The Junior Disco (Y1-3) is from 6.00-7.00pm and Senior Disco is from 7.15-8.15pm.  Children from the Middle Team (Y3-4) can choose to go to either disco.

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS

At writing time we have started to learn about writing 'Character Descriptions'.  We are learning to use adjectives and similes to make our writing descriptive and interesting to read.  Here are some super sentences from our Gruffalo Character Descriptions:

"The Gruffalo has orange eyes like the morning sky" (Emily)

"He has a grass green poisonous wart on the end of his nose and a tongue as black as the darkest night" (Jai)

"His tummy rumbles like thunder" (Josh)

"His dangerous tusks could cut a human in half" (Otto)

"He has a big fat belly looking for something to eat" (Oakley)

"His claws are as sharp as swords and his eyes are as orange as the leaves in autumn" (William)

"His mouldy teeth make his breath smelly" (Liam)

"He has orange eyes that glow like fire" (Farhaal)

"His claws are sharper than a knife blade but his teeth are blunt" (Oliver S)

"His back is as deadly as a sharp field of thorns" (Oliver D)

"His ears are black like dark chocolate" (Danielle)

ODD AND EVEN NUMBERS

This week in maths we have been talking about odd and even numbers.  We have learned a very important trick to look at the last numeral in a number to find out whether it is even or odd.  Many of the Room 11 students can work out even and odd numbers into the millions!  What a great effort!

JAI'S TADPOLES

On Wednesday, Jai bought along his tadpole collection to show us.  All of the tadpoles except one had started growing legs.  We thought the tadpoles were really interesting.  Thanks for bringing them along Jai!

WARRIORS VISIT

Today Sam from the Warriors visited our school with his crew.  They taught us about living a healthy life - keeping hydrated and getting plenty of sleep!  Many people won cool prizes!

RESPONSIBILITY

Responsibility is the character value of the term.  In Room 11, we have been talking about how we can be responsible both at school and at home.  We made some 'wise owls' to share our responsibility messages.  You are welcome to come and see our colourful responsibility display on our classroom wall.

OLIVER'S PUPPY VISITS ROOM 11

Today Oliver's puppy Jonah came to visit us.  He is only 6 weeks old and is very tiny but super cute.  Oliver and his family rescued the puppy after it had been abandoned.

SCIENCE IN A VAN

Today there were special visitors at George Street Normal School - "Science in a Van".  Two scientists taught us about forces, bubbles, mixtures and reactions.  If you would like to find out more please click on the link their website or watch the videos below.  http://www.scienceinavan.co.nz

Lucky Farhaal and Kezia got to go on stage and help the scientist!

LEARNING COMMITMENT INTERVIEWS

On Wednesday and Thursday this week (15th & 16th March), Learning Commitment Interviews will be held.  The purpose of these interviews to to create both a strength and challenge goal for your child to work on this year. Please click on the following link to make an appointment: https://www.schoolinterviews.co.nz The code you will need to use is uu4sp

ARTWORK FROM THE ART GALLERY

Our fabulous artwork that we created at the Dunedin Art Gallery is now up on the wall.  Please come in and see it!

LAST DAY OF SWIMMING

Today we had our last day of swimming.  The children have made fantastic progress over the last 8 days.  Thank you to all the parents who supported us by walking to and from the pool.  Also a special thank you to the marvellous instructors at the Jill Clarke Swim School.  If you are interested in continuing with swimming lessons (privately) please click on the following link: http://www.jcswimschool.co.nz

WEDNESDAY BOOK NEWS

Every Wednesday morning, the children have the opportunity to share 'Book News'.  The children bring along a favourite book from home or share a library book they have been reading.  They talk about the title, author, characters, plot and share favourite illustrations or parts of the book.

GYPSY VISITS ROOM 11

Today Kezia's dog Gypsy visited Room 11.  Gypsy is a super cute Miniature Schnauzer.  She was very well behaved and enjoyed getting lots of pats from the children.

PAT Testing

This week Year 3 & 4 children have been involved in 'Progressive Achievement Tests' (PATs).  These are standardised tests designed specifically for New Zealand schools.  The Year 3 children complete a listening test and the Year 4 children complete four tests:  reading comprehension, vocabulary, listening and maths.  The results of these tests will be available in the next few weeks.

If parents are interested in finding out more information about Progressive Achievement Tests, please click on the following link:  http://www.nzcer.org.nz/tests/pats