Wombat Stew

AT LAST! Sorry for the delay in getting this posted for you Phoebe, technical delays galore!!

Phoebe proudly presented her amazing adaptation of Wombat Stew to our class, Yr 4 assembly, lots of parents and also some visiting classes last week and we were all so impressed. Phoebe rewrote Wombat Stew, directed the kids, painted the backdrop with her friends and helped make the costumes and masks. She has worked so hard to put this all together and the children involved worked hard too. It was all worth the effort in the end wasn't it Phoebe? You should be very,very proud of yourself.

Proud writer/director Phoebe

Brigit and Georgie helped Phoebe and her Mum paint the stunning backdrop

Platypus scoops some mud into Dingo's stew

Lizard adds some flies to the stew

Echidna suggests some bugs for the stew

After tasting the stew Dingo runs away in disgust! The animals all dance to celebrate Wombat's survival.

Lizard - played by Sophie

Koala - played by Max

Emu - played by Gracie

Echidna - played by Maneo

The reader - Nate

Wombat - played by Logan one day and Shayan the other

Platypus - played by Neo

Thanks for the tasty treat after the show Phoebe - it was YUMMY!

Planning our new City

On Wednesday Lavender's Dad, Dr Shane Turner, came to talk to us about his role in planning our new city. Shane is a transport engineer and has an important role in planning the future traffic routes etc for the centre of Christchurch. He told us about the new speed zones to be introduced, the addition of more walk ways and cycle routes and the exciting new tram or light rail that may be introduced linking the city and the university.

It was really interesting to hear about and see the maps for what Christchurch may look like in 5, 10 and even 20 years time. I wonder which members of Room 22 will be living and working in the city centre one day?

Meeting our new buddies

Last week we got to meet our new buddy class - Room 9. We had great fun asking them questions and finding out all about them. After that we got to make a special rosette in our house colour ready for the House Competition on Monday. Unfortunately this has now been cancelled because of the snow days. We are looking forward to doing Buddy reading and other fun activities with them over the next two terms

Yippee!! Loving the snow!

Here are a few more photos from some of the kids enjoying the days off school this week.

Hi everyone.

I hope you are having fun in the snow today. Unbelievable that we have more time off school! Pretty happy that it's for snow not earthquakes though! Here is a pic of the snowman we made. If you get Mum or Dad to email me photos of you playing in the snow today we can make up a slideshow when we get back to school. I wonder if that will be tomorrow???

Take care and stay warm

Miss Lythgoe :-)

Scaring Emily

Yesterday the Seals reading group performed a play to the class. They thought it was fun getting to wear their PJ's in class! We have asked our school council rep, Jess to find out of we can have a PJ day at school for our next mufti day.

In the play 6 friends on a sleep over decided to wake Emily and give her a fright but Emily has other plans. Just when they are about to tip toe over and shout 'Boo', Emily throws back the covers and scares all her friends instead.

Well Done Seals, we really enjoyed watching you perform.

The Seals - about to perform 'Scaring Emily'

Waking up 'Logan' the 6th friend

About to scare Emily

Emily had other ideas!

All the friends get a fright instead.

Weekly Certificates

CONGRATULATIONS

Week 9 Certificates

Heart of Achievement - Lavender - For her great attitude and willingness to assist other people. Also for working so hard on her Giraffe Inquiry.

Achiement x3 this week! - Nate, Logan and Gracie - For fantastic work on their Animal Inquiry.

Week 8 Certificates

Heart of Achievement - Ollie - For his constant willingness to learn, to share and to question. Ollie is making great progress in all areas and is a fantastic class member who sets a fine example to others.

Values - Cody - For trying extra hard to remain on task and apply himself to completing set tasks.

Achievement - Max - for working really well on finding the answers to his inquiry research on Cheetahs

Week 7 Certificates

Heart of Achievement - Brigit - For her excellent achievement in maths and reading. Always giving everything 100% effort no matter how difficult she finds it. Also for her enthusiasm and happy nature that contributes so much to our class.

Values - Isabella - For her fantastic attitude to learning, always listening and great manners.

Achievement - Neo - For his super effort with Home Learning and consistently achieving great results in weekly spelling tests

Week 6 Certificates

Heart of Achievement - Jasmyn - For a really great effort this term in all she does, great progress in reading and writing. For having better control of her voice and actions at mat time.

Values - Sophie - For being an excellent role model to others at learning times, always listening carefully, working quietly and giving 100% effort.

Achievement - Jake - For outstanding achievement in maths, first to become a 'Times tables Whiz' in Room 22.

Week 5 Certificates

Heart Of Achievement - Shayan - For starting to take more responsibility for his own learning and asking for help when needed. Also for achieving great results in reading and writing.

Values - Gracie - For her fabulous attitude to learning and assisting others. Always willing to help me out with jobs and always smiling. A wonderful Rm 22 Class member.

Achievement - Phoebe - For writing and directing her own play, a modified version of 'Wonbat Stew'

Week 4 Certificate Recipients

Heart of Achievement - Georgie - For her awesome effort with her Home Learning and for always asking for help when needed.

Achievement Award - Jade - For making excellent progress in reading and writing

Values Award - Corban - For always having a smile on your face and trying your best everyday

Week 2 Certificate Recipients

Heart of Achievement - Nate - Fantastic start to Term 3 with attitude to work and learning. Making sensible choices for himself.

Achievement Award - Isabel - awesome effort and great progress made in our maths unit on Telling Time

Values Award - Maddy - For consistently showing respect to others and is always willingly to help others with their work.

Wheelie Day

We had a fantastic time on our 'wheels' yesterday. Check out the PictureTrail below........