Spring has Sprung!

Week 10 and             Spring has sprung!

Last week we all enjoyed the Market Day with  the class all contributing enthusiastically with the balloons and Party Playdough. ( A huge thanks to the parents who helped there) although back at school I still wasn't 100% with very little voice but we got everything  finished on time with some great experiences, photos and stories from it all.
The funds raised go towards the senior camps modelling the idea of giving to worthy causes. 

The weather despite Monday, has really begun to warm up  again and I encourage you all to check out the lost property should your child have any items missing. We went down today as a class and found 3 coats! and of course in the room anything left behind goes into my washing basket by the front door.

Sickness is still with us and I hope the children have a good rest over the break and recharge their bodies. Many have now turned 6 and will get their national standard report on the last day of term....Please look out for these. Reading is really starting to gel for many now especially seen in their personal writing. Your child will have some books to read over the break to maintain their progress, however should you be away, elsewhere or busy just use your judgement. Absolutely no pressure from me!

Spring is really with us now with the daffodils up so a wonderful season of renewal. I hope all of you have a great break with your child and possibly they might have a chance to catch up with each other; even if its a play date at school! I will be in and out of school during the holidays but look forward to term 4 and catching up with you all then.

Nadine McLaughlin.. 

                                 

                Just the most awesome group of children. Here we celebrated Connors birthday with a visit to the Daffodil Hill at school!

Room 9 September, 2014.

What a day...! Grandparents Concert Day.

What a wonderful day today was ...great singing , dancing and baking! Room 9 along with the rest of the year 1 classes hosted their grandparents to a wonderful concert. 

It was so nice to meet all the grandparents I have heard so much about...Yes you are special to your grandchild and they have been so excited to share their work and room with you. So a big thankyou for making the effort to come today. 

Just attaching a few photos for your entertainment and the video (sorry if its sideways ..unfortunately filmed that way and my technical expertise doesn't extend to righting it??? ) 

You can almost sense their excitement minute before going down to the hall!

Photos of Grandparents who came to share the day!  

Sol and his grandparents

Keira and Grandma

Molly with her Nan

Amin and Yenuka with Honarary Grandma Glenys

Shea with Honorary  Grandma Glenys

Elsie May with Nan and mum

Keira squeezed between 2 of her grandparents

Tayla with her Koro

Lilly with her grandma and Grandad

All of our E.S.O.L. children with Honorary Grandma  Glenys
 ( a special treat for them who only had grandparents overseas )

Bayden with his Nana

Peyton with all 3 

Leyah with Koro and Nannie

Erinn spoilt with all 3 there 

Ben with his nana

Kaeden with his Koro

Jonathan with his Grandma

Today was a truly rewarding experience for me too and reminded me of why I am still teaching. The way the children shared with their grandparents and confidently performed today shows just how much they have learnt and grown as young people this year. You are the best room 9. :-)

Enjoy your weekend.         

Mrs McLaughlin

Term 3

                                                     Term 3                                                                      

Term 3....... here already with great events planned . Our postponed Marae visit, Grandparents concert, Fair day (in conjunction with our Science unit at the end of the term) and our Bookweek. So it will be a busy and eventful term...... 

In week 5 the A.F.L. folders will come home with work covered so far.  Homework readers (bookbags) will continue as usual with an added spelling or reading activity. We will also be covering a Mathathon in weeks 2-4 as part of our homework. 

In room 9 don't forget we always have current writing samples on our story boards ...and these are really showing the great progress your child is making.Check out the latest.
 All the reading groups as you know are fluid and continually adjusting as your child progresses. Their personal level can be seen in the homework book with a detailed coloured reading rocket. (This shows the skills being covered at this level.) Continued support though with reading at home is irreplaceable so thankyou for all the support in this.


Week 3: Bookweek!
This was a Huge success and many many thanks to Mrs Atkinson for making this such a fun week full of learning. Jonathan also was the Junior winner of the Dr Suess quiz. Well done Jonathan!!!!

The children really got behind the characters of the books and attended all the special events throughout the week. Films, games, quizzes and of course our Book Character Parade on Thursday. The photos say it all. We were one of the few classes who had a 100% turnout and Lilly got a prize as Little red Riding Hood...Well done Lilly. 
Our special Judge Tamati even had his photo taken with us.

Room 9  "Bookweek characters" August, 2014.

"Sheik Abdul" with room 9 and their buddy class room 10.

Room 9 with our special guest judge!(can you see him?)

 N.B.-Check out our photos on the board in room 9 and Birthday chart display too they all look amazing!

Room 9 Pirates

The Room 9 Pirate rascals !
July 2014

Sadly some of our class succumbed to the bugs going around so we didn't have a full crew..... but we still had a hearty time of it!

End of term 2 and the pirates get up to mischief.....?

Week 9 
We had a really busy last few weeks and while the weather wasn't kind to us we still achieved and covered alot. The class Waka (on the wall) is an amazing cooperative effort as are their personal stories and wakas in their folders. 
The Marae visit is postponed till early term 3 with notices going home to this effect. Thankyou to those parents who have kindly offered their assistance on those days.
The cooler and wetter weather does also mean a lot of time spent inside and I encourage the children to bring colouring in books and quiet inside games for when it is wet at break times. Some children are also bringing slippers and a change of clothes for when they play outside and get muddy.
Our final week saw many children absent ,however on our last week we did have a successful Discovery morning and on the last day we had a great time with Captain McLaughlin and her hearty crew. The photo says it all.

Discovery Time with Room 6

Creative juices flowing with Sol, Kaeden,Jayden and Jonathan hard at work on their construction.

Finer details being added!

Leyah,, Haise and Peyton disguised

Joint projects.

Mosaics and collage creations!

Pirates Ahoy!

Last day of term 2..........and no one walked the plank!

Well everyone we had a great day as pirates just loved your hats and treasure maps. Enjoy the holidays and come back energised for another action packed term. Miss you already room 9...! 

See you on Monday July the 21st

Mrs (Captain)Mclaughlin.

Week 7

Hi Everyone....


Week 7 is with us with good weather hopefully. !!!
This week we will begin preparation for our upcoming Marae visit. Looking at Marae protocol and Tikanga (cultural practise) associated with these visits.
You will have noticed a simple Family Tree in your child s Homework book. This is part of identifying who we belong to. Also an opportunity to generate some discussion about ancestors etc at home. Obviously the children will need some help from yourselves for this. If you can help them fill some of these in it would be great...however don't panic even I am struggling to fill in some of the names of my grandparents.
Many thanks for the offers of parent assistance so far too, it really does help on the day.
Plus there is more!!!!! don't forget to check out the latest photos of our recent Friday!

Week 6

Hi to everyone
 I hope everyone manged to have a good break over the Queens Birthday weekend.
I have been away over that time at a Professional Development course (booked in February) so have not been around to say hi. During that time I have managed to get back into my blog that was frozen???? and more importantly Amin has arrived.
A big welcome to Amin and his family. I am sure he is going to be a real asset and friend for everyone. So attaching a new class photo with Amin!

Class with Amin      
What a great looking class!

June 2014

Cross Country

The Junior cross country was also a great day with the weather magical in the afternoon for the Juniors. The class gave it their very best effort and we had 6 people in the finals with Yenuka and Leyah coming first in their race! I thought my heart would burst I was so proud of them. 

Shea and Connor really giving it their best.

Our cross country Junior year 1 champs!

The greatest support team ever!

REDWOODS VISIT!!!!!

Redwoods:

Our Redwoods trip was a great success. Despite the cooler morning the mist inside the forest really was spectacular and as the sun came out it gave a whole new dimension to the forest. The bus trip, tree hugging and art really went down well and hopefully this generated some great conversations at home with you about how important our forests and trees are in New Zealand.
We will visit TeTihi reserve to compare different forest types in week 5.

Redwood Photos May 2014.

Morning mist in the Redwoods slowly lifted!

Some of the many photos taken during our day visit. Very enjoyable and a huge thanks to all the parents who helped make the day such a success!

Term 2 (and out of plaster!)

Our room 10 buddies reading session.

Our Friday reading buddies have really helped us in our reading time 

TERM 2

A big hi to everyone. The term has started well with everyone returning refreshed and ready for school. At this point Amin hasn't returned yet but I am sure he will be here sometime this term.

• We have a full on term with visits to the Redwoods, Te Tihi reserve and our local Marae. Also  Cross Country is on this term with training and this  build up will be  part of our P.E. programme.
• Remember your childs' folder will be coming home too. This is prior to our 3 way interviews in week 3.
• School photos are also in week 2 these will be memorable (especially with all the tooth fairy visits over the holidays)
• PMP is also on again this term with Friday 11.20-11.40 am our time..remember if you can help us please let us know.
• E.R.O. will also be visiting our school in week 6. More about that from Mrs Woon closer to the time.
• A shorter term at 9 weeks it will be busy and I'm hoping for a quick recovery Re; the arm.

Looking forward to seeing you all during the term 

Nadine