Getting Into The Christmas Spirit

Today for writing we had to follow a set of instructions to build a gingerbread house.  This was a fund learning experience that had a us all fully engaged.  After we had followed the instructions and built the house Mrs Bailey took the instructions away and we had to write our own instructions as a group for others to follow.

SPCA Visit

Our topic this term has been 'Giving Back' which is looking at what we can do to help or give back to our community in some way.  This has be done by both Room 5 and 6.  One group decided to raise money for the SPCA and held a mufti day and sold muffins to fundraise.  In the afternoon we then we into Greymouth to donate the money to the SPCA.  We were so proud of the support we received for this as we managed to raise $230!  Below are some photo's of our visit:

Playground Research

As a part of our topic this term (Giving Back) we have been looking at how we can make improvements to our school playground that will benefit the whole community.  Some ideas we have come up with has been a bike track, skate park or new playground equipment.  As a part of the the inquiry process we have investigated different play equipment with Greymouth and did PMI's around these.

What we have decided is we would like a bike track in the end paddock, some skating ramps and rails and to modernise our playground by adding some swings, seesaws or climbing frames.

Here are the photos of us doing research:

Halloween Disco

Thank you so much to those who came along and supported the Room 5 Halloween Disco.  It was a fabulously, spooky night and we managed to raise over $400 for our camp to Hanmer Springs next year.

Cameron's Birthday!

We were so lucky today as Cameron's Mum, Heather brought in an amazing cake for us to share to celebrate with Cameron.  Thank you Heather is was fantastic!

Book Character Day 2019

This week it has been book week and we have had a number of different activities going on around the school.  We have had shared stories at lunchtime, the book fair, match the book to the teacher and of course book character day!