Maori Village School Visit

On Thursday the whole school went to Rotorua to visit a Maori village called Whakarewarewa. We had a great time and learned a lot! Thanks to all the parents who took their cars and came with us. Here's some photos from the trip ...

The archway in - we learned how to say the big Maori name!

One of the HOT pools

The water flowing into the baths - it was so warm!

The Maori oven they use to cook their food

The Marae - look at all the amazing carvings

The awesome cultural performance

The Haka!

Yay! What a fun trip!

Amazing Writers!

I have been so impressed with everyone's writing since they have come back from the holidays! This week we published our recounts from either the weekend or the holiday. It was a hard choice to find the best piece of writing to publish because they were all so great!
Two people in the class had such amazing writing I couldn't choose so they published both! Check out Jack and Indie's recounts. They have used lots of detail, descriptive adjectives, similes, direct speech, interesting punctuation and some humour. Wow!

Peer Tutoring

This term we have been busy doing Peer Tutoring, where we learned how to be Tutors and Readers. Peer Tutoring has really helped us with our reading strategies and we are so  proud of the progress we have made! Check out this video we made all about Peer Tutoring!

 

Buddy Swap

Today we had our first buddy visit with Room 7. This is when we go to each others' classes and spend some time with a buddy from that class. Today Room 7 visited our class so we read with each other and showed them some work we were proud of. We enjoyed spending time with our buddies!

Olivia & Cruz, Sam & Jaimee and Preston & Wyatt reading with their buddies

Molly & Danae and William & Leo reading a book together

Logan & Lachie and Eric & Cole sharing a book

Conrad & Logan and Olivia & Stacie spending time with their buddies

Our buddy visits are going to happen every Friday with Room 7. What do you like to share with your buddy?

Digi Awards

Wow! I was so impressed with all the Digi Award entries. Room 4 did very well, with everyone entering at least one category and some entering several categories! A special congratulations to all the people that made it through to the district finals. Here are the Room 4 finalists ...

FIRERISE by Jack Redshaw

THE FUNKY TUNNEL by Lachie

TRANQUILITY by Megan

WAVY FROST by Sarah

BACKWARDS WALKOVER by Megan

MY FABULOUS CAR TRIP by Indie

LOVE by Megan

NEMO HIDE & SEEK Megan's Book Trailer

HOBBITON Megan's TV Advertisement

Come and check out all the entries in the hall. Awesome job everyone! You all worked so hard.

Firewise

For the past two weeks we have been learning how to be firewise. We have learned lots of important safety rules at school and at home. Today some firefighters came to talk to us, they showed us their special protective gear and checked we knew what to do if there was a fire. They were very impressed with how firewise we were!

Reuben in his firefighter's gear

The Firewise house - Get Down, Get Low, Get Out!

If we smell smoke, we can get out through the window or the door

Stacie is getting down, getting low and getting out FAST!

Check everyone is at the safe meeting place!

NEW HOBBIT PLAYGROUND

This afternoon we had the official opening for our new Hobbit playground. Luckily the rain held off for us! The NZ flag was raised, we sung the national anthem, Matthew said a karakia, then Katie and Kyle cut the ribbon.

Then five lucky people from Room 4 got chosen to have a turn on the playground for the first time!

Next week everyone will be able to have a turn. What part of the playground are you most looking forward to having a go on?