Welcome back to Term Four

We thought that you would like to read some of the children's recent writing.
During the first week back at school we all reflected on the Celebration Day held on the last Thursday of last term and the reasons behind it. Apart from getting into the spirit of the Olympic Games in Term 3 Inquiry focused on exploring the concept of a global community. Celebration Day was a very authentic way of bringing the children's discovery to a closure.

These are recounts that were written during our first week back. There are a number of photographs from this event that were posted on the Blog last term.

Our Celebration Day 

Written By Nikau (Year 3)

Well you will never guess what St Alban's school did on Thursday. The whole school had an STA Games Day. It was such an energetic day. I thought it was going to be an action packed day and it was.

At the start of the games, the King and Queen (Mr Warren and Mrs Bateman) arrived . Children came out onto the court and performed cultural dances for them. Then Mrs Warren spoke about the STA game for quite a while before they kicked off.

My favourite event was 'Fill the Bucket' hosted by Miss Archbold and Miss Bunting. A sponge was involved in this event. It felt as though filling the bucket was a fitness game. The sponge was used to squeeze water into a bucket. I got soaked when I was hit by the water and sprayed by the teachers' water guns.

I really think that the fantastic STA games should be put on again because all games were fairly played. It was a lot healthier than staying indoors for the day.

The STA Games

Written by Catherine (Year 3)

At the end of Term Three we had the STA Games. The STA games were played because we were celebrating community.

At 09:30am we went onto the court and lined up in house colour numbers. Then the King and Queen declared the games open.

Of the games, my favourite was the 'Hurdles With Hoops.' When we jumped over the hurdles I felt like a kangaroo. When going through the hoop I felt as though I was on a trampoline.

My least favourite activity was the 'Sponge and Bucket Race.' This was where the sponge in the green, yellow, blue or red bucket was dipped into the water and filled and then you had to run and squeeeze the water out into the bucket at the other end. But the teachers had water guns to squirt us with. I didn't get a single bit of water on me. Not even a teensy weensy bit.

Then we had lunch. If you had ordered cultural food you had to collect it. I sat with Ava and Zoe because we could sit wherever we wanted to. Now isn't that cool.

After lunch more games. My favourite in the afternoon was the sack race, but we used garbage bags instead of sacks. We had a three legged race as well. I was really good at it.

Finally after the games were over the King and Queen declared the games closed.

Student Voice

Room 22 News

Room 22 Newsletter 2 Term Three      23rd July 2012

Dear Parents/Caregivers

Welcome to term three from me… I know you are a week ahead of me, but I hope you all had a refreshing break as I did. I enjoyed my second visit back to Guangzhou and now look forward to the next ten weeks of this term. There are eleven weeks this term, so the children will get very tired by the end and the weather will not be great many inside lunches, so patience and tolerance will be practiced.

School photos will be this Wednesday so make sure the children are in full clean winter uniform, this does not including a polar fleece, so a jersey or cardigan please. Hair brushed off the face will be great or include a brush in the bag.

Topic: The whole school is focusing on Community. Room 22 will look at Communities in different countries comparing them to our own. We will use the diverse cultures within our classroom to lead our inquiry unit. The class reading and writing programme will also centre around different cultures. This is a great opportunity to learn about different countries foods, lifestyles, art, beliefs and land etc. We can make comparisons and also discuss our values, what is important to us as an individual and us as a New Zealand community.

Math: We will stay together in class this week and focus on temperature activities and knowledge. This is a good time to talk about temperature in our everyday lives around the home.

Dates to Check…

Mufti-day Olympics Opening Friday 27^th July

  Fun raising’ to celebrate the Olympics. Come as an athlete, country of choice, black for NZ

School Photos 25^th July. Tidy winter uniform

School Assembly Monday 30^th July 2:30

Poetry final for Room 22 3^rd August –weekend to practise

Court Theatre 8^th August production called Antarctica

Poetry Competitions Thursday 9^th August 11am

School Assembly Monday 20^th August 2:30

School Assembly Monday 9^th September 2:30

Big Day Out: Action Sports 11^th September

Year 4-6 Awards Assembly Monday 24^th September 9:30

Awards Assembly 28^th September

STA Games 27^th September, whole school celebration                              Tracey Steel

The Milky Way

In term 2 our inquiry was Space! The Space in  our Universe.
We got grouped into pairs and chose what we would like to learn about.
We did research on our topic, found answers to our questions and presented our results.

 We got to make a mozaic of what we researched in space. It was AWESOME!!!!!

We would love you to come in and see our work!

Impact Alpha Gymnastics

The children were very, excited to go to the BDO today.

 Forward and backward on the beam!

 Swing and climb on the rope!

  Jump, roll, flip and...

 yes Jake, give that bottom a helping push!

 Not sure if we are suppose to pose and rest on the block!

Sport Invasion Tournament

Sport Invasion Tournament
   Tomorrow afternoon we are having a grand final for our invasion game skills if
the weather is permitting.
The children will need suitable footwear and clothing for a sports afternoon,
a drink bottle and sufficient food.
This will be a great conclusion to the skills we have learnt.
Thank you

Snow Show!

The snow from Room 22 and Ms Steel's home. Have an awesome play day making snowmen and snowballs.