UNSW Awards

Congratulations to the following children from Rm 26 who received credit or distinction in these tests. These are tests completed by students in New Zealand and Australia. Well done on all your results!

- Ruby

- Cathal

- George

- Charlie

- Angus

Tutpup

If you want to practice your maths and spelling over the Xmas holidays then click on the picture in the menu bar on the right hand side and join up. It's sort of like mathletics except for spelling as well as maths. It's where you can verse other students from around the world and you can earn points and trophies. You need our class code which I have if you are interested. It's free - so you should all have a go!

Remember to make sure you enter your screen name correctly with capital letters in the right place eg GreenCat2343

Athletics

We had such a fantastic day for our school athletics. Room 26 represented well and we had 2 children go to zones.

RESULTS:

1st= 9 yr girls shot put - India-Rose

1st 9 yr boys sprints - Conor

3rd 9 yr boys high jump - Conor

1st= 9 yr girls long jump - Kassie

1st 9 yr boys high jump - Seth

2nd 9 yr boys sprints - Seth

3rd 9 yr shot put - Seth

1st 9 yr girls discus - India-Rose

Yr 5 boys relay - 2nd

Yr 5 girls relay - 4th

We had some amazing results and these children got through to the zones:

- Conor - relay team and 80 metre sprints

- Seth - relay team, 80 metre sprints and high jump

Kassie qualified for long jump but unfortunately missed out on going. We all thought she handled the disappointment very maturely.

Here are some photos from the day.

Hey Soul Sister - by Train

I'm Yours - By Jason Mraz

The Jewelled Gecko Enviro Award

On Monday Nicky Wagner MP visited our school. The children from Room 3 showed her their food scrap bin for the pigs and our year 1 garden. Children from the eco warriors showed her around our school and she was impressed with our school vege garden. We were all very happy when we were told that we had won the Jewelled Gecko Enviro Award - $1000.00 towards our eco warriors group - yippee!

Camp

This year the Yr 5's went to Hanmer Springs for our camp. We stayed at the Forest Park Holiday Park. The activities we did were: mountain biking, orienteering, team building games, rock climbing, walking up Conical Hill and going to the hot pools. It was so much fun!

Enjoy some of the photos from camp.

Homework - week 4

Hi team!

This week for homework you must:

1. Learn your spelling words
- try writing each word out 3 times each, cover the word and say it out loud
- put your words into sentences to show what the word means - try and make the sentences as interesting or funny as
possible!
- use spellingcity.com on our blog

2. Practice some maths - play some of the games on our blog. Try and challenge yourself! If you have access to mathletics you
better be practicing!

3. Read each night for at least 20 mins

4. If you get a chance, have a look at our topic websites - especially the author sites

Holidays!

Hope you are all enjoying the holidays! Finally we have had some sunshine!

Start thinking about next term, in particular camp! What you need to bring? Think about what baking you are going to help Mum or Dad make to bring along.

Also, now the weather is heating up so is the sun - so remember your hats and sunscreen when you're going outside for long periods of time.

Anyway, carry on enjoying your break!

Funky Rockhopper Penguins

This movie is about Rockhopper penguins. It took roughly about 5 weeks to make. First we decided what we were doing and parts we where playing. Then we reserched rockhopper penguins. After we wrote our scripts and started videoing and here is the finished product!

Dance Evolution

All Blacks promotional ad for rugby channel

The Epic Adelie Penguin Movie

We have been learning how to write information reports ALL term. We had an idea to create a digital information report. As part of our topic we chose Antarctic animals. Our group decided to find information about the Adelie penguins. Here's our movie we made. Enjoy!

Earthquake

Well what a weekend! I hope that everyone is safe and sound!  School is closed until Monday 13th September.  Keep checking the school website for more information.  www.stalbans.school.nz.   

Run-athon

To raise money for camp, we had a run-athon on Thursday afternoon. We had to get family and friends to sponsor us per lap or a donation for participating. Conor ran the most laps in our class with 21 laps! Well done everyone who participated! Here are some photos from the run.

Finn's reading

Worst weather scenario in Antarctica

Check out this video of a 'condition 1' storm at McMurdo Station (USA base) in Antarctica.  When it is 'condition 1' you are not allowed out of the huts.

Winter Tournament

Hockey

vs Banks Ave we won 1-0

vs Burwood we won 2-1

vs St Pauls we lost 3-1

We came 2nd overall and missed out on making the Canterbury tournament by 1 point! Player of the tournament was Charlie and runner up was Raihannah. We played the best hockey we have played.

Here is a video of our tournament!

Netball A

vs Banks Ave we won

vs Burwood we won

We came 1st overall! We are going to the Canterbury tournament. Kassie thought that Sarah played well in one of the games because she was marking a really tall girl.

Week 3 News

Seth - On Saturday Seth went to rugby and played Sydnham.  They won 13-12 and Seth scored a try.  On Sunday Seth got some burns and scrapes on his knees from playing on his long board.  The board is really good for cruising on.

Tristyn - On Saturday Tristyn played rugby against Sydnham.  They won 78-0. They smashed them!  He got a bleeding nose during the game.  They had no subs so he had to keep playing.

Finn - On Wednesday it's Finn's birthday.  He will be 10 years old.  Charlie and Tyler are coming to Clip n Climb.

Baedin - On Sunday he played darts with his Dad and his Dad's friend.  Then they played playstation.  His Dad killed him in the game.  They had fish and chips for tea.

Charlie and Conor - They went to Washington skate park.  Two guys came along and were shooting paintballs at some other people.  They looked like gangsters.  Everyone left the park because it was sort of scary.  The police turned up.  On Saturday they play rugby.  They played Shirley and lost 11-6.  Conor got player of the day.

Welcome to Term 3

This year has gone super fast!

What's happening this term?

Topic - Antarctica & NZ's role in protecting it's unique environment

Maths - interchange continues - most classes are learning about multiplication and division

Reading - for the first 3 weeks we are looking at mammals and reading about a wide range of them.  The children will then be looking at Mammals of Antarctica as a small inquiry of their own.

Writing - we have just finished writing about our holidays.  Next we are looking at how to write reports.  We will also be writing Antarctic adventures!

Spelling -  the children have had their first week with their new words. Hopefully they are learning these at home.

PE/Sport - senior sport will happen on Friday's.  Those not involved in Hagley sports will work on skills and mini games - hockey, netball/basketball, soccer and rugby.  We will also be doing this in our class PE time.

Library - our library time is Wednesday 1.30-2pm.

Assemblies - every 2nd Friday at 10.15am over at English Park.  This may change due to the facilities we are using.

It's going to be a great term!

MUSIC WITH MARY

On Thursday's we have been lucky to have Mary (Cathal's Mum) come and take us for some music.  

We have learnt how different instruments can be played and that we sound pretty awesome jamming together!  We used a metronome to help stay in time.

Here are some photos and a video clip of one of our sessions.

Check out our video of our jam session with Mary! We rock!

Friday sports!

Netball A

Played Hoon Hay and won 21-9!!!

Netball B

Played Parklands and won 21-4!!!

Soccer B

Played Aidanfield and won 5-1!!!

Hockey

Played Rudolf Steiner and won 11-0!!!

Rugby

Played Elmwood and lost 85- 0

PLAYER OF THE DAY!!!

Netball a -Zeinet

Netball b - Olivia

Soccer b - Aorangi and the goalie Ben

Hockey - Ruby and Finn

Written by Charlie

Poetry competition

We had our class competition yesterday morning. The children had to learn a poem off by heart. They needed to present it using expression, appropriate volume and some actions.

The winners of our class competition were:

RUBY ANGUS OLIVIA

Congratulations! They will be competing against the other Yr 5's today at English Park. Good luck!

Heart Jam

Last Friday the whole school dressed in red and participated in Heart Jam. We jumped, danced and grooved to 6 songs that got our hearts racing! The money raised from the mufti day went to the Heart Foundation for children with heart problems.

Here are some photos from the day.

Zones Cross Country

On Tuesday 1 June the Nth East Zone cross country event was held. From our class Jessica, Conor, Angus and Rebecca competed. Jesse was a reserve for the day.

RESULTS

9 year girls - 9th Jessica, 31st Rebecca

9 year boys - 8th Conor, 10th Angus

Jessica, Conor and Angus are all going to the Canterbury Cross Country Champs next week - Wednesday 9th June!

Well done you crazy runners!

News - Week 7

Charlie - did the 20 hour famine. Lucas and Charlie did it together. They played lots of playstation to take their minds of not eating. They went down to school and saw Indi and Brooke. Charlie thought he saw Conor skating, but he wasn't sure if it was or wasn't.

Paige - her Aunty came and looked after her. They made friendship bracelets but for your hair.

Olivia - on Sunday she went sailing with Ruby. She was going to invite Nellie too but she was doing the famine. They won a prize sailing. Next weekend Olivia is going to Picton.

Jessica - In the weekend Jessica's sister went to a birthday party and she got to stay at home and eat lots of lollies and watch movies. She got a new jacket and shoes. After shopping her Mum's friend came over with her children and they played on wii.

Ruby - on Saturday she went shopping. For tea they went to a restaurant to celebrate her Uncle's birthday. We sat at a large table that had a hot plate in the middle. The chef cooked their food in front of them. He threw up egg and they had to catch it in their mouths.

George - on Friday George went to the Smiggle shop and bought 6 rubbers - a pig, skull and cross bones, a yukky hippo that smells of dishwashing liquid and a cat.

Our City Uncovered Trip

In week 3 our class visited the Canterbury Provincial Buildings.  We had a look around the building and got to go into the room where the council used to sit and make decisions.  

In small groups, we were given maps and a tape recorder and we had to find 6 different locations in the CBD.  Some of the things we looked at were:

 - Regent Street where the tram goes.  This area is still in its original condition with a Spanish theme.

- Victoria Square - we looked at the statues of Queen Victoria and Captain James Cook.  We also found a floral clock and the oldest bridge in Christchurch.

- Cathedral Square - we found Christchurch's coat of arms.

- Rhododendron Island - in the Avon River is a small island.  This is where the original 2 boys schools used to play at lunchtimes.  The boys used to play fight over who 'ruled' the island.

The second part of the trip, we had to plan a city for the future.  We learnt about designing a map using keys to create our new city.  We had to include 5 modes of transport, basic necessities such as power, water, shelter and food and some fun things for our citizens.

Here are some photos from the day.

Sport week 5

Hockey

- We played Fendalton B and lost 5-1.  Charlie was player of the day.

Soccer B 

- We played Belfast A and lost 3-2.  Connor Nisbet was player of the day.

Netball B

- We played Queenspark and won 14-6. Player of the day was Kahuiti.

Netball A

- Had a bye

Rugby

- We played Queenspark and lost 30-25.  Conor scored a try.   Player of the day was Toby.

Basketball

- We played Waimari Wildcats and lost 24-6.

Monday's News - week 6

Chandra - went to QEII with Kassie, Lucy, Ruby, Indi and Jessica.  She went on the hydroslide.  It was the first time she had been on it.  It was really fun.

Baedin - Dad came back from Invercargill.  He has a wide screen tv and he's going to watch Alice in Wonderland on it tonight.

Mitchell - on Saturday he went 10 pin bowling. Half way through the first game he didn't want to play anymore so someone else took over and won the game for me.

Rebecca - went to the lolly shop.  She got three lollies for $5.oo.

Lucy - on Saturday we played soccer against the Jaguars and lost 3-2.  On Sunday she went to Kassie's birthday party at QEII.  She was hoping the big hydroslide in the diving pool with the obstacle course was open but it wasn't.

Cathal - on Saturday he went over to Jarred's house.  Jarred and I went to my house and made mini pizzas.  On Sunday he watched Doctor Who and it was creepy.

Monday News

George - went to see Avatar with James from Rm 25.  He liked it because it had helicopters with missile launchers on it.

Angus - had a rugby game against Linwood green.  His team lost 6-4.  Angus got punched in the jaw and got a big bruise on his collarbone.  Aidan and Angus got player of the day.

Ruby - went swimming on Friday and Nellie went over to her house for a sleep over.  On Saturday Ruby went to netball and won 10-4 against Parklands garden.  Nellie came back over to Ruby's.  They got out a movie called 'Shorts'.  On Sunday it was raining the whole day so Ruby went to her cousin's house.

Friday Sport

We began our winter sports this week.  A number of children are involved in teams travelling to Hagley Park to compete against other schools.  Others participate in skills and games at school.

Hockey team

Charlie

Jessica

Finn

India-Rose

Lost 9-0 to Cashmere

Basketball team (play Thursday nights)

Charlie

Week 4 lost 10 - 7

Soccer B team

Lucy

Jesse

Had a bye this week

Rugby team

Conor

Angus

Won 12-3 against Thorrington

Netball A team

Kassie

Won 26-3 against Halswell

Netball B team

Olivia

Lost 10-4 against Elmwood

Week 3/4 Certificates

Heart of Achievement

George & Chandra

Class Certificates

Mitchell & Seth

Cycling Race

Last term we competed in a cycling pursuits race.  The Year 5's had to do 4 laps racing another person.  The 4 fastest times made the finals, which were held in week 2 this term.  

From our class Charlie, Conor, Jessica, Olivia and Ruby made the finals.

We were lucky enough to have some of the members of the NZ cycling team come along to help start and judge the races.

RESULTS

Year 5 boys

1st - Charlie

2nd - Nat

3rd - Tyler

4th - Conor

Year 5 girls

1st - Jessica

2nd - Ruby

Olivia didn't compete in the finals.

Term 2 House Day

We had a House afternoon in week 2.  We went around with our house groups doing 4 different activities.  We had so much fun!

Activity 1 - Create a living art installation using every member of our House

Activity 2 - Relays on the big field

Activity 3 - Jump Jam

Activity 4 - Singing

Here are some comments from our class:

Zac - "It was exciting.  My favourite activity was relays because there was a lot of different obstacles to get over."

Jacob - "It was fun because we got to do lots of different activities."

Olivia - "I enjoyed it because we didn't have to do any school work!"

Ruby - "I liked when we did the art installation because it was the most fun activity and because we had to all squish up together"

Addition Action

Have a go at working out these addition problems up to 20, 100 then you can choose. It is a little challenging!

Following Instructions

Have a go at following the instructions in this game!

Dictionary Game

This game will help you learn lots of new words and their meanings.

Our New Awesome Classroom

Term 2 Begins!

We came into school. We came into our new classroom.  The first thing we think is 'WOW!'

Everything is shiny and smells new.  It really is a 5 star classroom.  We have a projector on the ceiling which we use everyday.  We have a cool lime green wall by the whiteboard.  Our whiteboard slides across and we have hidden shelves behind it.  We are lucky to get new desks and chairs.  We have a shared art space with Room 27, separated with sliding doors.  There are lots of cupboards and even a room to hide Miss Woods' mess!

Have a look at the photos that Conor and Kassie took of our new block!

Term 1 Art

This term we have been learning about portraits.  We practiced self portraits, cartoon portraits and portraits based on the work of Picasso.  Here are some of our pictures.

We have been studying native species of New Zealand and we drew some cartoon pictures of these animals.

TRY-ATHLON

On Tuesday 16 March we competed in our school TRY-athlon.  The weather was beautiful and we had a fantastic time.

WHAT WE DID

The Year 5 boys started first. We all had to sprint up the starting chute to get a good spot to go through the gate by the Big A playground.  We then ran around the roads and back in the school grounds by the junior classrooms to where our bikes were in the racks.

Mrs Bateman and Mrs Warren helped us find our bikes and put on our helmets.  We ran with our bikes out the main gates and into the teachers car park where we then were allowed to get on our bikes.  We rode around English Park, up a wee hill and back onto the courts. 

Miss Wilson was waiting for us at the bike transition to take our shoes, socks, t-shirts and shorts so we could race to the pool.

Mr Williams shouted out words of encouragement while we swam 2 lengths of the pool.

Finally we sprinted up the finish chute to cheers and clapping from our parents and friends.

RESULTS

Room 7 Year 5 Boys

1st - Charlie

2nd - Angus

3rd - Conor

Room 7 Year 5 Girls

1st - Jessica

2nd - Kassie

3rd - India-Rose