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.