School Tryathlon

On Friday we had our school tryathlon. We had to run and swim but the older children biked as well. It was lots of fun.

A New Year

We have started school for the new year. We have all moved through from Room 7 to Room 6 and have settled in so well.
This week we have been talking about rules we have at home and rules we want for our classroom to make it a happy place to be.
We came up with 5 rules that we wanted for Room 6.


We also read a story by Margaret Mahy called "Me and My Dog". We drew a pet that we would like to have at home.

Christmas Tree

We were lucky to be asked to make some decorations to decorate the Nelson Hospital Christmas tree. Rooms 3, 6 and 7 made decorations and today 7 children went to put them on the tree.
The tree looked beautiful and lots of people stopped to look at it while we were decorating.
We had a lot of fun and even got a ride in the buggy.
We hope the tree helps to cheer people up in the hospital.

A Message from Room 6

Hi to all Maggie's relations,
Thank you for all the lovely comments you have posted on our blog. We don't get many comments and we really enjoyed reading them. Your comments were really cool.
Aunty Sarah, we were wondering what it is like in Rumania. Is it warm or cold? What season is it? Do you make snowmen at Christmas time? We found Rumania on the map. Does it mostly rain all the time? What is your house made out of? Is it like our houses in Nelson? Why are you living in Rumainia? Do you like it?

We loved Maggie's story too. Maggie got a Principal's award at the last school assembly for the wonderful words and phrases she uses in her stories.

From all of the kids in Room 6

Ahoy, Me Hearties

At Discovery time on Friday we had a pirate theme. We made pirate hats, flags, eye patches and parrots. We also made pirate ships out of lots of different things and dressed up.

Story Competition

The Minstrel came to school and sang and told us stories about how to look after our sea life so there will be fish for tomorrow.
He left a fishing rod as a prize for the best fishing story.
Below are the 2 stories chosen from Room 6 to go into the competition.


One day, under the sea, lived an octopus, a puffer fish and a sea butterfly. One day puffer fish found a hook. She was terrified. She hurried to the Guardian of the Sea. It was an octopus.
He said, “What is the matter?”
“People are taking all the fish.”
Octopus was furious. He loved his kingdom. He found Sea Butterfly.
Sea Butterfly said, “Let’s get them!”
So they swam to the other side and found them. With a swish of a tentacle the boats were gone.
“Well done, Octopus. You saved us.”
And they lived happily ever after.

By Maggie

One day I went fishing with my Dad. When my Dad caught a fish and it was too big I said, “Put it back in the water. That fish might be a mama fish and it might have eggs. You have to put it back.”
Then Dad caught a little fish. “It is too little.” I told him to put it back so it could grow.
I caught a right size fish and I ate it when we got home.

By Matthew

Hello

Hi Billy
It was great to read your comment on our blog. We are missing you too but it's good to know you're having fun.
We would love to hear the sad story of Gelert's grave when you get back.
Lots of us went to the soccer prize giving in the weekend and some of us got medals.
We hope you keep having fun and see lots of exciting things that you can tell us about when you get back.
We hope you're taking some photos.
Love from all your friends in Room 6.

Folk Dance

In the afternoon we did a show and it was called Folk Dance. Rooms 6 and 7 danced first. Our very first dance was Jiffy Mixer. The second dance was Kotahitanga.
By Marcus, Kaio and Matthew.

The folk dance was lots of fun. Rooms 3, 4, 6 and 7 did the folk dances. It was hard. Families came to watch us. They had to dance too.
By Ollie, Benjamin and Billy.

On Tuesday we went to do folk dance. We did Jiffy Mixer and Kotahitanga. Jiffy Mixer is from America. In Kotahitanga we can say "Hei" in a growly voice. Folk dance was fun. At the end we all did some dances together with our families. Mums and Dads and Grandads and Nanas came.
By Olivia, Shea and Emily.

Peter and the Wolf

Yesterday we went to the Theatre Royal. We watched Peter and the Wolf and other dances. The Theatre Royal has been rebuilt. My Dadda helped rebuild the Theatre Royal. They did a really, really great job on the Theatre Royal. The ceiling looked just like a castle.
The cat was the funniest character in Peter and the Wolf. The cat, called Ivan, was my favourite character in Peter and the Wolf. One of the hunters was one of Oliver's big sisters. At home we've got the book and CD of Peter and the Wolf.
Bye for now.
Charlotte

Discovery Time

Every Friday afternoon we join Room 7 for Discovery Time. We can choose from lots of different activities. This is one of our favourite times of the weeks. The last two weeks our focus has been sharing. We talked about what sharing would look like. At the end of Discovery time we gave examples of friends who had shared.