Thank you Room 3 2009 for a fantastic year!

Thank you for all your hard work and the wonderful memories we have shared.

All the best for next year and remember to come and say hello to me.

Take Care and have a happy holiday.

Love Nicky

What we had been looking forward to all year...

Room 3’s Camp


What a fantastic idea for a school camp, overnight camping at Quinney’s Bush. Together with all that free space to run about in, and all those wonderful activities to amuse what a formula for success, and that is what it was.




With great planning from Miss Taylor (Room 3’s Teacher), enthusiastic parents, the watchful eyes of Mrs Gibson, and just a few simple rules it was destined to be a good safe camp. The role call took me back to my military days, each child had a number and when Miss T blows the whistle to start a new activity the kids would muster and say their number in order to check for any absentees, what a great idea. The children had lots of free time in between activities and on the odd occasion they would all run over and look for Miss T, maybe a bird had mimicked her whistle or they were just ready to have some more fun.





The activities ranged from racing against each other down the big flying fox, tackling the confidence course, bird spotting, artistic drawing with charcoal, team sports or just playing on the many smaller play areas. A lot of free time was spent playing “Bat Down”, a form of cricket/longball where the person who receives the ball without catching from the batsman has a chance to hit the bat on the floor to get him/her out. Other free time was spent on the big roundabout, playing soccer, touch, or just swinging on the tractor tyre swing.








Good food was plentiful and set up by the many parent helpers. At the end of the day we had other exciting activities like a group treasure hunt, class quiz and when it was dark we all went possum spotting to find the missing code. After that we just crawled into our tents absolutely worn out after a really fun day.

To finish off a wonderful camp the water slide was opened, after breakfast and an activity of your choice, and many parents braved the cold to the absolute delight of the children. Miss Taylor was the star of the day splashing down to the chants of, “GO MISS TAYLOR, GO MISS TAYLOR”. A huge thank you needs to go to Mark the owner of Quinney’s Bush who worked really hard to make sure the water slide was ready for us.






You would think that would be enough fun but it was topped off with a visit to Nelson honey shop where a full live demonstration of how the honey was gathered. Many questions had to be answered as the students were amazed by the live bee hive opened up in front of their eyes.








What a camp!


Kindly written by Dave WIllers (Julius's Dad)

Dress up Day for Book Week

On Friday we got to dress up for Book week. Miss Taylor was very dissapointed and sad that she had to go on a course instead and wasn't able to dress up.

I was Rey Mystero a wrestler and I hated wearing the mask all day because it was hot! By Julius

On dress up day I was Bart Simpson and under the hood I was Toby.

We got into groups for the Quiz. We were split up with other children from other classes. The quiz was a bit hard. By Isabella

On Friday we dressed up for book week. I was Pippi Longstockings. I had wire in my hair. I enjoyed it. By Genesis.

My character was a cowboy from the story outlaw trail. It was fun to wear my new boots. By Carlo

The parade was awesome! Everyone's costumes looked outstanding. By Sam.

Book Week

Book Week

Term 4

Welcome back to Term 4 Room 3. I hope you had a wonderful holidays filled with lots of special memories.

We have a very exciting and busy term ahead of us. Some of the events that are happening – School Photos (23rd October), Book Fair (Tue 27th- 30th Oct), Uke’n Play Music show (11th Nov) and Doug the Digger Show (16th November) just to name a few and hopefully even go on an overnight camp (fingers crossed).

I can't wait to see the learning that will happen this term.

Miss Taylor

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Well done Julius!

This is me with my trophy, medal and photo of my team. For my trophy I won most improved.

Tennis

Vanessa came to teach us Tennis.



A tennis racquet has a throat. The throat is between the handle and the strings.



We learnt how to hold our racquet properly with our knuckles on the top. By Carlo



She showed us how to bounce the ball on top of our racquet. By Mark





We learnt how to do a round the world. The ball had to roll around the sides without it falling off. By Isabella.


I felt good because I learnt how to hold the racquet properly. By Zoe

I felt happy because I know how to bounce the ball on the racquet. By Tyler

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Benjamin Bear out and about

This is Benjamin Bear playing playstation with Julius and his bear.



This is Benjamin Bear with my Rugby team Riwaka White. We play tackle rugby.

Look at the Computer Whizz Kids!

In Room 3 we have been making powerpoints on the computers. Our powerpoints we are working on show the learning we are doing in Topic, on Cultures.



"It is cool because we get to do Animations" By Sam

"It was great fun because we got to put pictures on our slideshow" BY Alana

"Everybodies power points look cool" By Isabella






Look out for our finished powerpoints at the end of the term!

Room 3

Another Riding Star

Look at Alice on her horse Manu.




Can you spot a parent of one of the children in our class? It is Isabel's Mum Judith.





YOu look like a real STAR Alice!

Look what Jasper showed us

Jasper from Room 1 came into our classroom to show us the Tongan Flag he made.




"It looked awesome" Said Genesis

"The flag moved like a real flag" said Lewis

"He did a good job" said Zoe

Cross Country

The big day has arrived... The Cross Country.

Well done all of Room 3 for competing in the Cross Country, you ALL did so well. You made me very proud!

These children got the following places:

7 yr old Girls

1st - Genesis
2nd - Isabella
3rd - Alana
4th - Zoe
5th - Mikayla

7 yr old Boys
1st - Carlo
2nd - Toby
3rd - Beau
4th - Neo
5th - Julius

8 Yr old Boys
4th - Sam Curran

Welcome Alana and Beau to our Class

Alana has come to our school from Parklands.


Beau has come to our school from Riwaka.




We hope you enjoy being in Room 3.

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WELCOME BACK ROOM 3

Welcome back to Term 3!

I am looking forward to yet another busy term of exciting things including 100th Day Party, School Cross Country, School Council events and some very interesting topics including looking at other cultures around the world.

Have a great term everyone!

Miss Taylor

End of Term 2

Well done Room 3 on a very busy term.

I hope you all have a safe and exciting holidays and I look forward to seeing you back in Term 3.

Take Care Miss Taylor

Jorden's Horse Riding at Rough Island

Jorden's Horse Riding Story

On Sunday I went riding in the Winter Woolies at Rough Island. My ponies name is Bart Simpson. Miss T came to watch me. I felt good because Miss T came to watch me. I won four ribbons. I dressed up as a hunter and Griffon dressed up as a deer. It was freezing. It was a cool day.

By Jorden

We run the morning program

Every morning the Star of the Week takes the class for the morning routines. We let the class know what the timetable for the day is, get them to sing the 'goodmorning boogie', sort the responsibilities chart, do the 'today is song'and count down the number of days till our 100 day party. Then we have to line up the class (which is the hard part) and take them out to tidy up our area and do our fitness.



This is a picture of Sam when it was his turn.

What Room 3 children get up to in the weekend...

Billy Carts

On Monday afternoon Room 3 went to Lower Moutere School Road to see Room 7 & Room 8 race their Billy Carts. By Genesis

Room 7 & Room 8 had to plan their billy cart on paper. Then they had to find the parts and then build it. By Sam

Room 3 enjoyed watching the Billy Carts. By Bayley W

This is Mrs Bowen telling the Room 8 & 7 children what they are going and how to keep safe and not deliberately crash into other people. By Carlo

Mrs Parfitt was wearing a safety jacket and she told them when to start. These children are lined up to start racing. Their buddy is there to start them off. By Mark

These children are wearing helmets to keep their heads safe because they might fall over. By Nicole

This is Shianne on her Billy Cart. It is like a tricycle but there are no pedals. By Neo

I felt excited because I thought the Billy carts would crash into each other. By Lewis

I felt nervous because I thought someone might get really hurt. By Genesis

I liked the Billy Carts because Josh went down the hill really quickly. By Linkin

Stars of Week 7

Well done to these Room 3 children. They were spotted being STARS!

Benjamin Bear - Isabella
Star of the week - Mikayla
Friendship Award - Alice
Happy Helper - Neo



Well done Isabella you deserve Benjamin Bear. You have shown that you are a very hard working student. You have not only been spotted by myself but also by the relievers we have had in our classroom. Keep it up! You are a STAR!

DISCO

On Friday night we had a Junior Disco. The theme was free choice. By Bailey P


At the disco everybody was dancing, eating, singing and drinking soft drinks. By Julius

This is a picture of Mark who is dressed as Captain Hook and Me. I am dressed as a Zombie. By Toby

I dressed up as a Lion and I said "rrrrrrrrrrr." By Genesis

I really enjoyed the disco because I got to play with my friends. By Bailey P

Who won the Piggy Hunt?

Zoe told us about how she won the BNZ piggy hunt.

She had to find the piggy banks in the different shops around Motueka.



Zoe won lots of prizes like balloons, magnets, stickers, piggy bank and even $50 in a BNZ bank account.

WELL DONE ZOE!

Who is our Electronics Expert?

This is James teaching us about Electronics.

This is James showing us his box organiser of his electronics gear. Inside he showed us an LED, crocodile clips, speaker and relay to name just a few.

James is showing us his heliocopter circuit. He pressed down switch which connected the circuit. The helicopter flew up in the air. It looked really cool. By Lewis

We got to ask James our electronics expert questions. Toby asked how does the current run through the circuit. James said it ran through the metal bits on the bottom. It was charged by 4 batteries.

I like electronics beacause it can do heaps of amazing things. By James

Thank you for teaching us and showing us about electronics. From Room 3