Golf lessons with coach Larissa

Guess who this pretty girl is

Kia Ora

whanau , on Thursdays Pohutukawa has golf lesson with coach Larissa  room 8 has enjoyed learning golf with coach Larissa after lunch we have learnt how to stay in the position when we hit the ball we also learnt to lift the club high as how far we want to hit. Some lessons we try to hit at target.every week we have a new word and learn different stuff about golf,we also have 3 really important rules that is... 

.Rule number 1 is you got to stay safe.

.Rule number 2 is you got to have fun.

.Rule number 3 is show respect.

Here's some photos of our session with Coach Larrisa.👇

Farewell Elijah

Guess who's this Bunny Rabbit Belongs to. Hey welcome back today we got some good news and Bad news, well the bad news is... That today is the last day of a gentlemen Elijah Dyck and the good news is...we're having a shared lunch with room 8 and the bunny rabbit belongs to Elijah. He bought his bunny Rabbit with his Mum's Friend.

Here's photos of great moments room 8 had with Elijah on his last day.

You might not see him but Elijah is helping mrs Maitland hand out the Principle awards.

Burning a tea bag cool experiment

Kia Ora Whanau,

Last Week Tuesday Mr Timo showed us a cool experiment at writing time which was the burning teabag. First we lined up at the door and walked queitly through the corridor to the to the jornal room and sat on the carpet here's a photo of Mr Timo  telling us to be quiet. (😡)

What do we need? 

We need....

Scissors

Dilmah teabag

Plate or something that doesn't burn

Matches

A adult to supervise

Step One: Cut of the top of the teabag. (Tip: Cut the at the staple and lift the strin

Step Two: Empty the tea seeds on to a paper or cardboard make sure to not make a big mess.

Step Three: Use your fingers to shape the teabag into a cylinder shape.

Step Four: Place the teabag so that it is standing up on the plate.

Step Five: Carefully light a match and light the top of the teabag cylinder on fire.watch patiently as the teabag burns.

And prepare to be amazed!!!

CAUTION: DONT blow on it or it will go on fire!!

 

Here's another photo of our materials⬇️

By: Angele and Angela

Elections!!!

Kia Ora Whanau! Room 8 has been listening to our campaigners for head boy and head girl's where they came through our classes introducing themselves. These are some photos of two girls campaigning for leadership roles next year and room 8 listening and thinking of great questions to ask. 

Kowhai and Pohutukawa's Cross country 2014

On Thursday 20th Of November 2014, Kowhai team and Pohutukawa team had Cross Country. The parents came to watch our race but it was a HOT HOT HOT DAY!!! Lots of the  kids tried really hard, some came 1st 2nd and 3rd! They never gave up! :o

We all had to line up in our age lines and the 8 year old boys and girls had to wear Ribbons because they were running with the seven year olds and the teacher knew our ages. After everyone had a turn Whaea Barb announced that there's a race around the field with the teachers vs parents, congrats to the parents who won.

We also want to give a special thanks to the parents who came to support the kids. And these are some photos of our winners.

       8 year olds waiting for their turn :(

Angele and Marie came....

First and third 8year old girl winners

Wow first place Brandon!!! :o

Peek a boo guess who came first in the 7 year old boys:)

Second place Yasmine? Wow!

First and third again?! :o

Sharing is caring

Kia Ora Whanau!!!


This term we have been focusing on fractions where our students have been learning more about numerators and denominators. With our Stars group we were using multiplication to solve our fraction problems.

What were you learning to do?

Angele: "I am learning how to... use multiplication to find fraction answers.''

Nancy: "I am learning how to... use multiplication to find a set of fraction.''

Making Maths Fun!!!!

Making Maths Fun!!!

This term Room 8 has been recycling old egg cartons for a new maths activity!!! Students shake the container and whichever two numbers the pom poms land on are the groups they make using materials!

"REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE" - Jack Johnson :D 

Jorja and Noema put their multiplication skills to the test making 'groups' using the egg cartons. 

 




Also students in Room 8 have been using the smart board to test their maths skill in a variety of ICT maths activities. 

With these new activities students in Room 8 are able to learn their multiplication in different ways to keep kids motivated and keep the learning fresh and exciting!

Mr Timo.

Term 2 Inquiry

What makes a good citizen???

This term Room 8 is looking how we can be good citizens and what are the characteristics of a good citizen. 

Our inquiry led us to learning more and more about what our rights and responsibilities are as citizens of SPS and a common theme we discovered was that a good citizen helps others.

As we look into how WE can be better citizens Room 8 is viewing work done by others where we are learning about the work they do to help others.

Celebrities we focused on were wrestling star John Cena, Dancing superstar Parris Goebel and Sonny Bill William's work with raising meningococcal awarness.