Week 5 Term 3

Congratulations to those people who took part in the Sacrament of Reconciliation yesterday.

Sports uniforms for Wednesday gymnastics.

We have started learning the songs for the musical Aladdin. Our scene is the marketplace - a super song. We'll have the words for this in our homework books once we have the tune secure. Mrs Roberts will be working on the costumes and choreography for this.

Many of us have our mihimihi completed and typed. Those that are completed have been emailed home. The others will be typed this week so that work can be done at home.

We enjoyed soccer coaching with Tessa on Thursday.

Poetry - National Poetry Day is this Friday. Last week we wrote acrostic RIVER poems and many of these got to Central Stories by Friday 17th. When planning I had forgotten about our stike day - so it was fairly hectic getting these published in time. Check out the Central Stories display. Poems will also be in poetry books for enjoyment. A couple of samples below. It's exciting to see the choice of vocabulary being used independently.

Racing riding rivers

Inspiring river blue

Vines of water racing through

Exciting treasures down by the river

Riding down rivers

Skimming stones on water

By Arn Cuthbertson

Manukerikia, fast water flows there

And racing waves like mountains I can’t bear

New birds born, ready to start a life in the wild

Use your time to lie on the stones and look at the new spring style

Horrendously waving trees when the wind’s high!

Excited birds singing and swinging in the wind

Racing dogs zooming past

Icicles pointy like a knife

Keen to read a book or two, draw a picture of the river

I sunbathe on the ground and feel the hot sparkling sun on my face

A beautiful place to be on a hot day.

By  Eden Breen

Spelling: We are listening for long 'u' sounds in words and identifying the spelling patterns. Because of Growth Mindset and working on spelling each night, some people are really securing these patterns and this skill is becoming evident in their writing. Well done to you. Please check homework books for the practice lists.

Keep reading a variety of books and practising your maths.