A SERVICE ACTIVITY BY ROOM 5 VINNIES

Tyler presents a cheque of $158.50 to Rosita our St Anne's Parish secretary.She accepted the money on behalf of the parish St Vincent de Paul and told us that the money will truly help the poor in our community.

YOUNG VINNIES RAISE FUNDS FOR ST VINCENT DE PAUL

Last Friday,2 December,Room 5 , organised a sausage sizzle for the whole school.

First of all Hamiora, Zion and Mrs  Reddy went shopping to buy  the sausages and some drinks. Then Joseph, Thomas, Korban and Jackson cooked all the sausages.   

After the bell rang the entire school lined up to get their sausages. Eva, Melissa and Zion worked fast to give everyone their orders. When it was all over, Thomas, Joseph, Eva and Mrs Reddy cleaned up all the dishes and put away everything.

We enjoyed having our sausages. All the money we raised will be given to St Vincent DePaul.  

It was  great to do this service activity and we thank everyone who bought a sausage.

Reported by Robert,Kalem and Tyler and Thomas.

ADVENT TIME

Dolphins Group

Electric Eels Swimming Group

It is swimming week for the whole school.I  am in level 6 swimming in the big pool with a few of my friends.We have to practise free-style,backstroke and breast styroke.We are trying to improve doing lengths without stopping.
I think it is great because I am having fun with my friends.

Reported by Thomas.

Penguin Swimmimg Group

On Monday 28th november we started swimming at Aquagym.after the a half hour lesson we to get changed into our school clothes which is really hard because our swimming clothes get really sticky from the water.swimming is so fun and we get to learn a lot.

Reported by Melissa.

Kolose and Sasha turn Eleven!

CONGRATULATIONS AND  CELEBRATIONS!

Meresia’s last Day in Room 5

Today we organised a little farewell for Meresia because today is her last day with us at St Anne’s school. Some of her friends made her a little card and got her a present. At 1:30 we presented all the things to her, she was very emotional. We will miss her so much and we hope she loves her new school in Auckland.

All the very best Meresia!!!


 

 

SE ZONES AHLETIC SPORTS - ROOM 5 REPS --15 NOVEMBER 2011

At 9:00 am this morning some boys and girls from Room 5 represented the school in the South East Zones Athletic Sports at Hansen Park.

Jackson       - 80m, 1000m, long jump and relays

Zion            - 100m, long jump and relays

Tyler           - high jump, 50m, relay and discus

Thomas      - high jump, 1200m, 100m and relay

Reuben      - high jump, long jump, 50m and relay

Kolose         - 80m, relay, shot put and discus

WHAT TALENT!

Joseph- Congratulations for qualifying for the CENTRALS in shot put and discus.He also took part in the  relay.

Hami- Qualified to go to the central in 60m sprints and also took part in the discus and relay.

Melissa    - competed in high jump, 100 metre sprints, long distance and relays.

 Ella           -competed in high jump, shot put, 50 metre sprints and relays.

 Nadine   -competed in long jump, long distance, 80 metre sprints and relays.

Zoe        - competed in shot put, discuss , 100 metre sprints and relays.

We thought the experience was unbelievable because many competitors were so amazing in their events.

 We were nervous but happy when it was over. At the end of the day we were really tired.

Nadine qualified to go to the Centrals in Ashburton.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE!.

Mrs Reddy’s Classroom Newsletter

WELCOME BACK –TERM 4!

I sincerely hope you had a  restful break and enjoyed the Rugby World Cup as much as I did.

I would like to thank you sincerely for your tremendous support and contribution which made our Mission Fair a great success two weeks ago.

I look forward to working with you in the last term of the year which looks rather exciting and very busy.

At the start we shall be completing work and evaluations from term 3 followed by testing in all the core subjects.

The students are consistently setting goals including behavioural ones, achieving them and then setting new ones.

This is an important ongoing activity which started at the beginning of this year. It helps learning progress and needs close monitoring.

The students should be doing something similar to help homework and the learning at home.

. Term 4- CHANGE

The big concept that weaves through all our learning is CHANGE.

We are also looking forward to a one day  Outdoor Education Experience  – details will follow once we have decided .

Another event that we need to look at will be related to our role as the Young Vinnies of St Anne’s. I shall discuss this with the students, keeping in mind the Communion of Saints Strand. which we shall be studying.

Finally Room 5 is responsible for organising the end of year Mass.

LONGTERM PLAN

RE- The last major strand for the term will be Communion of Saints Strand.

All Saints, Holy Souls and Advent will be taught from the Liturgical Year module.

Maori is well integrated in RE.

Standard letters will be sent out to you as soon as we begin the studies informing you of the content of studies in your child’s RE exercise book. Your child will come home with home activities regularly to be completed requiring your input. This exercise allows you to support the learning that happens in class .It is important that you sign each activity on completion and write a comment at the end of the study in each strand. Note that the Family Whanau book is an invaluable resource for parents to have at  home as it gives you all the necessary information about the RE programme from Year 1 to Year 8 and  may be borrowed from the school office.

Please contact me if you need any help.

MATHS- Basic Facts Maintenance, Fractions and problem solving.

Reading- Reading for Knowledge, Connection and Inference.-non Fiction Focus.

Written Language- Argument/Exposition

PE- ATHLETICS CHALLENGE , Small ball games to develop skills to play cricket and baseball. Develop positional play, fair play and become competitive. Experience team work, leadership, achievement and goal setting and SWIMMING – Improve  skills to next level .

PA – Jump Jam, Skipping, running, fitness circuits swimming  etc. to develop stamina .

THE ARTS – Drama focus

HEALTH – Puberty

MATHS- Basic Facts Maintenance, Fractions and problem solving.

Reading- Reading for Knowledge, Connection and Inference.-non Fiction Focus.

Written Language—Information Report

PE- ATHLETICS CHALLENGE , Small ball games to develop skills to play cricket and baseball. Develop positional play, fair play and become competitive. Experience team work, leadership, achievement and goal setting and SWIMMING – Improve  skills to next level .

PA – Jump Jam, Skipping, running, fitness circuits swimming  etc. to develop stamina .

THE ARTS – Drama focus

Student Reminders

Do your homework ,Sleep at 8.00pm, Bring your homework to school daily

Reminders to Parents – please check daily.

Please replenish the stationery as needed.

*Your child will need the following supplies kept at school-a pencil, a ruler, red and blue pens, and glue stick and scissors.

* A separate set of supplies should be kept at home.

*Please check and tick off homework checklists each night and sign the reading log.

* Homework is done each night and signed by you.

Term 4  Highlights

RE – Parish and School Mass and  End of Year Mass

CAMP- Ice Skating

ICT – Room 5 Blog

Room 5 Blog-please visit

Athletic Sports

Swimming at Aquagym

End of Year Reports

Daily Homework-Monday to Thursdays.

·         RE-regular home activities.

·         Reading for 15 minutes each night

·          Spelling and skills exercises based on their list of word

·          Basic Facts revision as suggested in the PLPs.

·         Extras- if required to complement   learning at school.

·         Physical activity- 30 mins /day at least.

·         Any unfinished work in class.

Student News

Student Council Representatives for R5 - Zoe and Zion

Prayer Table-Ella and Melissa

SportsMonitors – Connor,Ihaia,Meresia,Hoki

Laptop Monitors –Quinten and Korban

 Art Monitors – Tyler,Luke

Music Specialists –Nadine,Vanessa,Tatiana,Zoe

Camera monitor – Kolose

Recycling – Eva and Sasha

Birthdays Fatima,Meresia,Cindy,Sasha,Korban,Kalem,Ella.

Room 5 Blog- http://stannes105.blogspot.com/

I hope you all got a hard copy of this letter last week.

Kind regards

Grace

Road Patrol Training Thursday 3 November

ROAD PATROL

This morning a few Year 6 students in Room5 had their first road patrol training with Constable Sam and Constable Cole.

First we watched an amazing movie teaching us how to keep safe while helping kid cross the road.

Next we went out to the field to practise the things we watched on the video. We put out signs, checked and then crossed pedestrians safely.

Finally we did the real thing out on the road. During this time a lady ran the stop sign and Constable Sam gave her a $150 ticket .Thomas was really scared .

The course finished, everyone passed and we all got badges. We can’t wait to do road patrol next year

Road Patrollers – Room 5



HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MERESIA AND FATIMA

Fatima and Meresia are now 11 years old.

Celebrating All Saints Day November 1,2011

This morning the whole school celebrated All Saints day . Once the bell had rang, everyone  assembled in  the brand new Mission Centre.

After the welcome by Katelyn  we sang  a hymn called “Celebrate  God”.

Hamiora did a reading and Tatiana said a prayer for our class. Miss French read the Gospel and  Mr C said a homily. Mr C said we  all have to try hard to be saints. At the end of the celebration we sang “Ka  Waiata” .

Overall  we think it was a great celebration . From today Room 5 will try their best to live like a saints .

                                                                                            By Ella and Vanessa

Opening of St Anne's Mission October 28 2011

First Day Back Term 4-ADay to Remember!

It was fun coming back to school today. We talked about what we are learning this term and are looking forward to our drama in December. Another exciting activity is the trip we are planning as a class.

The high light of today was doing community service as a whole school. We planted grass seeds and covered them with mushroom compost .This we did in the town ship of Woolston. It was really good getting our hands dirty for something good.

We look forward to the rest of the term.

A Class Report.

School Hoildays

Dear Parents

Thanks to all of you for coming to the mission fair last Friday.Your support was great and the children have learned a lot through the preparations and organisation. The students will post more things themselves on our blog when they come back to school.

The students  have earned a well-deserved break but as you know it is important that they read and work on their basic facts.They also  have some interesting reading around the RWCup and I would appreciate that this is completed as they follow the progress of this major tournament.This study was started at school.

I am sure you are excited that the All Blacks have made it to the semis.

I shall be sending you a newsletter about the events of Term 4 when we return in 2 weeks.

Cheers and God blesss.

Grace.

Mission Fair Performance

Room 5 boys performing the haka for the mission fair opening.

Kolose leading the Samoan dance with the whole class.

WIND ENERGY PROJECTS - TERM 3

Tyler,Sasha  and Quinten made a windmills.Well done !
Thomas  and Jackson made made  wind vanes.Awesome!

WIND ENERGY PROJECTS - TERM 3

Spot the wind mills,wind vanes and wind turbines.
Great effort students!Your projects are amazing!

ENERGY CONCEPT-TERM 3 Grace Reporting

We have been learning how new technologies can change society in a positive way and improve its relationship to the environment and develop an understanding of how wind turbines work in the context of generating electrical energy.

The students then had to take part in a technological challenge to design, draw and construct .They also had to use a given website for formation to help them with this assignment.

I am of very proud of their effort and achievement.

A  big thank you to all the parents for helping the students which shows you are supportive and interested in the learning that goes on in Room 5.    


The pictures below show students sharing and discussing their creations using wind energy in  terms of the performance of their design.