Suter Art Gallery

We had a lovely visit to the Jane Evans Exhibition at the Suter Art Gallery. Thanks to Esther and to all the parents that came along.

Reminders:

The end of the term is fast approaching, a few dates to remember:

Thursday 13th December: Pohutukawa Big Day Out. We will be visiting Riverside Pool so don't forget togs and towel!

Friday 14th December: Christmas Concert at local pre-school

Monday 17th December: Room 14 are on the move to Room 11. Any parents able to help out please come along to Room 14 at about 9.30am. THANK YOU!

Tuesday 18th December: Last day of school. Final Assembly at 11am, school will finish at about 12pm

Brrr!

The first swim of the season for Room 14!

WE ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO FOOD

As part of our Inquiry learning, Room 14 are collecting food to give to the foodbank.
Please bring along some non-perishable food to donate!
Thanks, Room 14

SOLAR ECLIPSE

Today we got to see a solar eclipse. Lois had brought in some special glasses so we could look at the sun.
It was amazing and we also noticed the sky looked a bit pink and it got colder when the moon was in front of the sun. The shadows on the ground had little 'eclipses' on them.
AMAZING!

OLYMPIC GAMES

PYJAMA DAY

To celebrate the end of term some Room 14 children organised a pyjama day for everyone. We were very lucky because Cherie Furniss came along to do face painting.

We had a fantastic day with dress ups, shared kai and of course the amazing face painting.

DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

We are learning to write a description:

When I walk into my bedroom I see clouds when I look out the window. When I’m tired I sleep in my warm bed with my nightlight on. There are no monsters in my bedroom, it makes me very happy. I get mad and shut the door to be by myself. I like to play pretend games with Kelly.

By André

In Room 14 I can see the work that the children and teachers in my class have done. I can feel the fuzzy carpet spreading across my hand. I can also feel the fresh air from outside coming towards the classroom. Sometimes the class smells like a land of smelly socks. I can hear the birds chatting and chirping to each other. I also hear the wind whispering. That really makes me cheerful. I love my colourful classroom.

By Lois

 

For more great descriptive writing check out our writing blog...

 

KEI TE PEHEA KOE?

THANK YOU IAN AND PETER!

Our Social Skill focus has been ‘ Looking after the Environment’. We thought about the people who really help look after the Nelson Central School Environment and decided we needed to thank them.

Peter and Ian are our school caretakers and they do an amazing job. We wrote them letters to say ‘Thank-you’.

Astrid and Ayla gave them their letters at assembly.

Dear Peter and Ian,

Thank you for taking care of the school and for getting the balls off the roof. Thank you for taking care of the garden and building stuff for us. You do a great job.

From Hunter

Dear Peter and Ian,

Thank you for tidying our pool and garden and environment. Thank you for turning our heaters on. Thank you for being very friendly. Thank you for opening and shutting our bike cage. You are outstanding.

From Tavie

Dear Peter and Ian,

Thank you for making our environment clean and healthy and for picking up the rubbish. I like the green environment that you guys make. You’re great workers.

From Skye

KID'S CORNER

Blair from More FM came in to Room 14 today. He asked us lots of questions and recorded our answers. It was quite funny and sometimes a bit silly!

We will on the radio all of next week at 3.20pm and 6.20pm. Listen in(92.8 fm) and see if you can pick who is giving the answers!

HAROLD COMES TO VISIT

We have learning about Life Education from Victoria and Harold. We have had fun in the mobile classroom and were very lucky when Harold came to our Assembly!

HOLIDAY WORDLES

WELCOME SARAH

Room 14 would like to welcome Sarah Orr to our class. Sarah is a student teacher completing her last placement in Room 14. She will be with us for the first five weeks of this term.

We hope you enjoy your time with us Sarah!

BRILLIANT BIRDS

Room 14 designed and created bird feeders for around our school. We have got ALOT of birds here now!
Here is a movie explaining what we did and why...

SHAPE POEMS

We are learning to create a concrete (shape) poem using alliteration and similes:

MATARIKI

Pohutukawa Syndicate have been having lots of fun celebrating Matariki this week.
REMINDER: We will be having a shared kai on Friday

BRILLIANT BIRDS

WIND, WIND, WIND

 

When I stepped out of the warm class it felt like I had been in a whirl of flames. Icy cold waves crushed against my face. Now I was in a world of cold rain and ice, as if I was covered in snow. I wished I could push myself back into the class but the gale was too strong. I could only see huge clouds like glaciers. I knew that soon I would be covered in rain from head to toe.

Floss

CROSS COUNTRY

NCS Cross Country - Friday June 1st. 1.30 on front field!

ATTRACTING BIRDS...

We have decided on some NATIVE birds we would like to attract to our school. We have looked at their HABITATS, what they like to EAT and any PREDATORS they may have.
Here are our ideas...

BRILLIANT BIRDS:

We are learning about native birds of New Zealand. We brainstormed ideas about how we could attract more birds to Nelson Central School. Here are our first ideas...

We will add more ideas when we have learned more about the habitats of different birds! What do you think we could do?

HOCKEY SKILLS

Room 14 had great fun learning all about hockey skills!

TRACKING FUN!

Check this out....

 

We had great fun making our tracking tunnels. It was amazing when we came to school in the morning – there were lots and lots of footprints in our tunnels. We think we know what they are…..what do you think???

HOW TO MAKE A TRACKING TUNNEL:

HOW TO MAKE A TRACKING TUNNEL:

You will need:
cardboard box

scissors

cellotape

white paper

sponge

plastic lid or small container

leaf

peanut butter

dye or food colouring (red is good)

Steps:

1. Make a tunnel from your cardboard box.
2. Tape a strip of white paper to each side of your plastic lid.
3. Put some peanut butter in the middle of the leaf.
4. Place sponge in lid and pour over the red dye.
5. Put the leaf and peanut butter on the sponge.
6. Place the lid and paper into the tunnel.
7. Place it outside and wait…

CELEBRATE BOOK MONTH…

BOOK CHARACTER DRESS UP DAY:

This Friday.

* Gold coin donation to raise funds for school library.

BROOK SANCTUARY

The Brook Sanctuary:

Last week we went to the Brook Sanctuary. I went with Tavie and Skye. Skye’s little sister Poppy fiddled with my hat! Someone called Mel took us into the freezing water. I caught heaps of stuff with a net. Rick taught us a lot about traps. Finally what I did after that was fishing. I smelled leaves that smelled like dropping honey. It was so fun. I loved it!

BY Sylvie M

POHUTUKAWA SWIMMING CARNIVAL

SHIVERY FUN

On Thursday Room 14 had a swimming carnival at the school pool. I had butterflies in my tummy. I took a deep breath and jumped in. Brrrr, it was cold! Everyone was looking at me. I felt so nervous.

After I had done a starfish I got out.  Next up was the boys’ piggyback race, then the girls’ piggyback race. My buddy was Ayla. After I had finished my mum and dad were so impressed. I felt good. I felt good for getting in and having a go.

By Sylvie L

PURPLE CAKE DAY

We had fun on Purple Cake Day. Everyone got dressed up. Some of us had purple juicies. Kath Bee came and played her guitar. We sang some cool songs. We raised lots of money for children!
KIDS HELPING KIDS ALL OVER THE WORLD!

MUSEUM VISIT

On Wednesday Room 14 went to the Museum. The best part was going into the tunnel. I liked it because I liked moving my arms. It is good exercise. It was a good day.
Tavie

On Wednesday room 14 went to the Museum. My favourite part was looking at the food with a magnifying glass. I liked it because we got to sit on spongy grass and it was really, really interesting. I loved our trip.

Sylvie L

Something I learnt at the museum was that mussels can live on ropes!
Ruben

Something I learnt at the museum is that sea slugs can kill dogs.
Hunter

ROOM 14 2012

 WHAT A KEEN GROUP OF CHILDREN! Ready to start the new year...

And have some fun too!