Last Post

This will be the last post from Room 3 as next year room 3 at St Anne's will not exist.
Due to a loss of children from the earthquake our school has lost one classroom and it's teacher. So next year Mrs Grant will not be at St Anne's and the classroom will be empty.



It has been a privilege to work with the community and children at St Anne's. I have enjoyed teaching the  children and trying to help them along their learning journey. Good luck to you all
Mrs Grant

So proud

We are so proud of our cup winners who got their rewards at the end of year mass.
Well done.

Letone won the junior sports cup- it is a shame the certificate was upside down in the photo!Sorry (Mrs Grant)

Elisah won the junior sports women's cup.She was in Auckland.

Asa on the most improved learners cup for the junior school. He was presented the cup by Father Dan.
It was awesome to celebrate all the successes at St Anne's. WELL DONE to you all.

The Finished Product

We wrapped the truffles up in cellophane and wrote the ingredients on them so people know what they are made of.
Then Room 3 and Room 5 walked down to Brookhaven Home.

It was great to be able to give something to the people in our community.

Truffle making

Our class has been looking at production and processing of sweets. We decided to make truffles for the elderly at Brookhaven Rest Home.

Chrystal, Charlie and Wyatt melted the butter in a cup in the microwave. It was really hot so they had to be careful.

Roan and Paige crushed the wine biscuits. It was a bit hard to do so Rob had to help a bit.

Evie, Harley, Letone and Mary Jane got to mix all of the ingredients together.They felt all squishy.

Railynnetta, Alecxis and Asa had to roll the mixture in to little balls and put them on the tray. Asa had chocolate drips under his hands. It got slow when Asa and Alexcis were doing the job by themselves but Railynnetta was quality controller and when she helped the rolling started to get faster.Finn and Kian were still chopping up the fruit in the food processor behind them.



Tayjuan rolled the balls in coconut and Madeline made sure they were well covered.

 

Elisah made sure that all of the christmas truffles were spaced out on the tray before they went to the fridge to harden.

Meadowfresh Stickers

Harley in our class collected all of the stickers from the milk and he sent them away. On Monday he received a box back from Meadowfresh and it had lots of sports gear in it.
Thanks a lot Harley.

Bees by Mary Jane

Holy Communion

Congratulations to Evie, Madeline, Chrystal, Kian, Roan and Asa who all made their first holy communion today Sunday.
Yo were all wonderful and may God bless you in your future lives.
Mrs Grant

Chocolate Factory Visit

Last Thursday afternoon we walked down to Uncle Erkel's chocolate factory.













Steve met us out the front and told us what ingredients he uses to make chocolate. He was making chocolate chips  so we were very  excited to see the process.
He told us all about making chocolate then we were allowed to test it at the end of the tour.

















YUM!!

Charlie said " It was delicious"
Paige loved the gorgeous smell. She really loved the visit -especially the tasting.
There were no oompa loompas there- Steve had only one person to help him.Lots of children want to work with Steve at the factory when they get older.

Chocolate Factory.15 November 2012

We are going to Uncle Erkel's chocolate factory in Rutherford Street tomorrow to see how a small company makes chocolate.
Hopefully we will have some photos and stories next week to show what we saw and learned.

Newsletter

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It has been a challenge but I have got the newsletter on line at last. I gave you all a copy at the start of the term. Pam

 

 

 

                                Room 3 Newsletter      Term 4  2012

Dear Parents/ caregivers

Welcome back to the last term in 2012. This last term is always very busy and is only 9 weeks long this year!

The RE programme this term begins by looking at prayer and art, and then we will start our Communion of Saints strand. All Saint’s and All Souls days will both be discussed during class time. At the beginning of December the important time of Advent starts. Then it will be Christmas! We will be supporting the many children in our class who are making their First Holy Communion on 25 November 2012 at St John’s Church. The end of year liturgy led by Room 3, will take place on the last day of the term. Also we will celebrate our end of year mass which is a very special time at St Anne’s. We expect to see all our students at this Mass. We will inform you of the date and time closer to December.

This term our key idea is SYSTEMS. We will be focussing on the technology we use for making and packaging sweet treats for the elderly .As a finale to the unit of work Room’s 3 and 5 will visit a retirement village to pass some Christmas cheer on to the elderly.

For written language, our focus is Discussion writing and we will be presenting different sides of an argument. We will also be writing letters and cards when appropriate.

Our maths starts off with looking at fractions and percentages. This is an activity that students can further improve when sharing out and cutting up things like cakes or fruit at home. Then we will be studying Geometry-looking at shapes and their features until the end of the year.

Please take some time if you can to visit our class blog-stannes103 then click on Class Blog on the left side. Your added comments are  enjoyed by the children in Room 3 during IT time. We hope to do a class blog/photostory this term. The other classes at St Anne’s all have their own blogspots too. Your children know how to access them.

Our music and PE programmes will continue this term and children love these sessions. The Linfield Kiwisport will focus on Run, Jump, Throw . Group singing with Mrs Ohlshot is fantastic and these outside teachers are always so enthusiastic. They often say that they love working with St Anne’s children. As well, Room 3 and Room 4 will be presenting another end of year school liturgy on the last day so this is always a highlight for the class. 

Homework will still be times tables, spelling and reading weekly. It is so great to see your continued help so your children can get this homework completed and handed in by Thursday morning.

At the end of the term students will all be taking home their school reports which are a comment on the student’s successes and their next steps. This is also when children will revisit their goals and see just what they have achieved.

Take care and God bless

Pam Grant

Alecxis and Shiloh's holiday

Alecxis and Shiloh came back from 5 weeks in the Phillipines. They shared their pictures with Room 1 and Room 3.
Thanks a lot.

PJ party in the pool

On the last day of swimming we had a pj party in the pool so we could learn how to swim with clothes and a life jacket on. It was great fun but also taught us how to keep ourselves safe.

 

Ukuleles

Room 4 are going to teach us how to play the ukulele. We had our first lesson today and most of us now know how to play the chords c and G7. We can't wait for next weeks lesson.

Swimming

It has been really great to be able to go to Pioneer Stadium for swimming again. It is such a great skill for us all to learn. We LOVE swimming.

 Taurean and Evie and Letone are listening very hard to the tutor.

 Chrystal is really good at being a backwards star fish.

Paige,Mads and  Finn have been practicing breaststroke, backstroke and freestyle.. They are awesome swimmers.

St Anne's School song

Mrs Grant's Amazing Alliteration Book!

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My Mythical Tale

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Talent Quest

 On the last day of school we had a talent quest as part of our Mission Fair.
There were 2 acts chosen from each class.

Alecxis sang and played the guitar.
She did an amazing job. It was a shame that the microphone had technical problems.
Room 3 were very proud of you Alecxis! Well done.

 

Railynnetta and Evie sang together. They sounded fantastic. These girls won the talent quest because they raised the most in voting donations.

CONGRATULATIONS  GIRLS.

Speeches

Today Mrs Moyle and Miss Grice were the speech judges. They said that all of the speeches were great as for many children this was the first time they had prepared a speech and used cue cards.
The speech winners were Mary Jane first and Finn second.
There were so many interesting subjects and everyone needs to be very proud of themselves.
 WELL DONE

 

Mary Jane talked about her culture in Western Samoa. She wore clothes from Samoa to make it more interesting.

 

Finn told us about the theme parks in Australia. He is looking forward to going to the parks when he goes on holiday at Christmas time.

Narratives

We have been learning to write interesting narratives using descriptive words.We had to have a problem and a solution in our stories.
These are some of our favourites.

 

Olympic Acrostic Poems

We wrote acrostic poems about the Olympics. Then an independent judge chose their best four to publish on our blog- we hope you enjoy them.

On the ropes, getting hit hard
Legs are wobbling- out of strength.
Yelling crowds cheering me on.
Muscles tense, ready for action
Punching my way across the ring.
It's the end of the fight, nervously waiting
Champion I am! I scream out loud.
Steroids and drugs are a no no!

By Roan and Finn

On the blocks, ready to take off
Leaving others behind. Off we race
Yelling and cheering from in the crowd
Muscles like pistons- pumping hard
Pushing for position.
Incredibly fast zooming through the racetrack
Completing the race. FIRST
Shouting from the crowd. YES I'VE WON!

By Mary Jane and Chrystal


Obviously I'm a winner.
Lots of spectators observing the race.
Yelling and cheering, urging me on.
Metres away from the victory line.
Pounding the track on my quest for gold.
Imagine that medal that I will possess.
Cameras flashing as I breast the tape
Satisfaction is mine.!

By Railynnetta and Elisah

On the mat ready to go
Legs are shaking
Yelling crowds go quiet
Muscles ready to go.
Pounding across the way
It's now or never to win the game.
Cheering from the crowds, it's over now
Success is mine.

By Asa, Tayjuan and Rob

fun in the sun

It was a really sunny day outside last Thursday so we did some physical activity in the afternoon. We did some running relays, skipping ,jumping, hopping and silly walking too.  by Alecxis

Suzie's waka lesson

First we cut out the waka shape. Harley said this was a bit tricky.

Next we had to cut out the stern post and the prow of the waka.Finn enjoyed this part.

 Then we folded up the waka and now it looked like a boat. Roan thought this was quite easy!

 Then the front and back carvings were added. Nice job Charlie

 Then we got to draw our own symbols on our own waka so they could represent US.

THANKS SUSIE.

Olympic Fun

As part of our ICT learning we went on the Mandeville and Wenlock games and some people were moving in front of the webcam so they could catch their medal prizes.  It was great fun and we had to work together to get high points.
Try it at home. Just type in Mandeville and Wenlock.......go to games..........go to webcam and have some fun.

Term 3 newsletter

                                Room 3 Newsletter      Term 3   2012

Dear Parents/ caregivers

Welcome back to the spring term in Room 3. Hopefully this term will bring brighter days and more sun. It is so important that our children get to play outside whenever possible.

The RE programme this term begins by looking at the traditional prayer of the rosary then we will start our strand work by finishing the God Strand then we will start on the Sacrament Strand.  We are trying to help the children become more involved in Mass by teaching them the responses they need and you can also help us with this by looking at these at home too.

This term our key idea is COMMUNICATION. We will be focussing on the Olympic Games in London and the values attached to these games. Then we will look at how we can use these values at school. We will be rewriting our school values after this consultation with the students. We will also be looking at the games symbols and how they communicate messages.

For written language, the focus for the school is Narrative writing and we will be writing lots of these wonderful, imaginative stories through the term. Reading imaginative books from the library helps children to gain ideas for their stories at school. Our oral language focus is speeches and we will be writing and sharing these later in the term

Our maths starts off with looking at statistics and graphing. This is an activity that the students always find lots of fun.  Then we will return to looking at multiplication and division in Number. Homework will be times tables and also spelling and reading weekly. Thank you for the continued help you give to get this homework completed and handed in by Thursday morning.

To keep up to date with the classroom activities please visit our blog-stannes103 then click on Class Blog on the left side. We are now peer blogging with St Albans Catholic School and St Mary’s so our students can learn how to review and respond to other people’s blogs outside our own.

Our music and PE programme will continue to be led by outside experts this term so remember to ask your children what they are doing in these areas. The Linfield Kiwisport is something our class look forward to every week and these lessons sure keep everyone active.

This is an 11week term and it should be full of new challenges and fun for your children. The interviews at school are our way of sharing ideas between the parents and the teachers and are a great way for both of us to communicate with each other. I look forward to seeing you then.

If I can help with any school problems, please remember to contact me at school.

Take care and God bless

Pam Grant

Follow up visit from the Art Gallery

Last Thursday, Susie came from the art gallery and she talked to us about the symbols on Michael Parakowhai's piano that he had carved as a present for his father.
Then we got to draw the symbols special to us on our own waka.

We used pencils. It took a lot longer than we thought it would but our waka are sailing on the wall now.

Gallery Visit

Last Wednesday we went in to town on the bus to have a look at the art gallery exhibition for Michael Parakowhai..
Inside  the Ng gallery a lady was playing classical music on the most amazing carved piano. A guide told us all the stories that Michael had carved on the piano over 12 years. It was fabulous.

Then we went outside to look at the huge bulls made out of bronze. We all got to stand by our favourite one. They were so cool.

Thank you to Havana and Gordon for coming as parent helpers. We hope you enjoyed the exhibition as much as we did. Thanks Gordon for the photos.

Colour day

Kia Ora.
On Tuesday to celebrate Maori language week we all were allowed to dress up in our class colour for the olympics. Our class colour is Kowhai- can you spot the room 3 children in this school group?

Weaving Paper

We read a story about weaving and we wanted to have a go at it. So we got a piece of cardboard and some strips of paper and we followed the instructions in the book. We think that we did a very good job at following what we read. What do you think?

By Kauri

Snails

Kowhai were reading a journal story about snails and they had a lot of questions that the story did not answer. They went to the internet and to Encarta to see if they could answer these questions. This is what they found out about snails........some people had funny voices so they could sound like a TV scientist.

NEIGHBOURHOOD SUPPORT

Jamal and Evie got JNS goodie bags for being great leaders and helping Rob with the garden club. They get the gear out, look after the little children and help Rob to keep our school looking fabulous.
Andrea and the firelady came to present the awards.

Harley got one too for being a great helper to his Gran when it was snowing.  WELL DONE