My House Poems by Room 13

This term we read the poem 'My House' which makes use of different prepositions. 

Here are some of the poems we wrote about our own homes, along with some 3D creations we made of houses using boxes.

Above my house
is a tall brown chimney.

Beside my house
is a sparkly black trampoline.

           

Around my house
is a brown sparkly dog.

 Below my house
are spooky spiders.

Inside my house
is a big beautiful family and ME!

by Taylor

Above my house
is the beautiful blue sky.

Beside my house
is a very bouncy trampoline.

           

Around my house
is a long hedge.

Inside my house
is Fluffy, my bunny and ME!

by Holly

Above my house
is a grey airship.

Beside my house
is a drain.

            

Around my house
is beautiful nature.

  Underneath my house
is a gas inlet.

  Inside my house
is my whanau and ME!
by Ethan K

Above my house
is the glowing evening stars.

Beside my house
is a big springy bouncy trampoline.

           

Around my house
is a lovely garden and a pond.

 Below my house
is some new concrete and a mole

Inside my house
is my amazing family and ME!

by Seth

Making kites in Room 18

 The students in Room 18 have been exploring lines of symmetry in pictures, shapes and patterns. They then created their own symmetrical pictures of an insect. The students made kites with their pictures.

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Girls Futsal Tournament

Today, we took 5 teams to the ASB to compete in the Wellington region girls futsal tournament.  The girls had an amazing time and despite playing all day long, they still had enough energy to sing all the way home on the bus.  Thanks to our wonderful parents too for their support, and special thanks to David Guo for the photos.

Pyjama Day Fundraiser for the Cancer Society.

Today we had the 'pyjama day' fundraiser for the cancer society that was organised by Aidan Rook from room 6. Aidan wanted the kids at our school to have a fun day and he dedicated what he did to his Uncle Vincent who died of cancer. It was great to see so many kids wearing their pyjamas and onesies and the coin trail was a huge success. It raised $537.20c!!! What a generous community we have! A big congratulations to Aidan for his awesome leadership. Your Uncle would be very proud of you Aidan! And a big thanks to Emma, Natos and James who helped him run the coin trail and they even gave up their morning tea to do this. Great job everyone.

The final countdown . . . to the GREAT GEOGRAPHY CHALLENGE

Challenge Day - TUESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER

No.	Your challenge	On challenge Day (Tuesday 18 September) you will
1	New Zealand Places To correctly place the 10 given places on a blank map of New Zealand.	place the correct place name onto the blank map (just like a puzzle) OR find the correct place name from the list provided and copy the name onto the blank map OR ask your teacher to name each one of the ten places and as you point to the correct position on the blank map.
2	Wellington Region – Towns and Cities To correctly place 10 places on a blank map of the Wellington Region – don’t forget Kapiti Island and Tararua (north-east of Masterton).	find the correct place name from the list provided and copy the name onto the blank map OR ask your teacher to name each one of the ten places and you point to where this is on the blank map.
3	New Zealand Regions To correctly place the 16 regions of New Zealand on a blank map.	find the correct place name from the list provided and copy the name (or its corresponding number) onto the right place on the blank map.
4	New Zealand Towns and Cities To correctly place the 25 towns and cities on a blank map of New Zealand.	find the correct place name from the list provided and copy the name (or its corresponding number) onto the right place on the blank map.
5	Countries of the World To correctly place the 25 countries on a blank map of the world (including Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and Samoa).	find the correct place name from the list provided and copy the name (or its corresponding number) onto the right place on the blank map.
6	Capital Cities To correctly name (and spell) the capital cities of the 25 country names posted to this blog on 12 September.	write the name of the capital city next to the name of the country.
7	Flags of the World To correctly identify 25 flags of countries.	write the correct name under each flag – using the alphabetical list of countries OR ask your teacher will show you each flag – one at a time and you have to tell him/her the name of the country.

GOOD LUCK everyone!

Maths in Room 5

Great Geography Challenge CLUES - Challenge 6

If you are doing Great Geography Challenge 6 - Capital Cities, here is a list of the 25 countries (with the letters jumbled!) whose capital city you will need to be able to name (and write correctly) on Challenge Day - September 18.

Keep practising and you will do well!

PETGY / THESANDELRN / HICAN / PANAJ / APORESING / LAPEN / AAADCN / XOMCIE / FINNDAL / PAINS / EEECGR / OUTSH REAOK / BAZRIL / TINAENARG / MANYREG / TEDUNI SSTTEA / WEN LANDEAZ / YLATI / RANCEF / DIANI / IPIPIPSHLEN / NITEDU DINGKOM / USSIAR / GUMBELI / TRALIAUSA

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