Friday 30 May 2014

A Winner

This week William Murphy has been on a real Winning Streak.
On Tuesday 27 May, William won the Year 5 section of the Scripture Competition in Palmerton North.
Today William was the winner of the Book Character Costume Award.
Congratulations William.  We are very proud of you.

Te Wairua Tapu - ignite me

We are learning to show our God Spark by calling the fruits if the Holy Spirit.
Through Te Wairua Tapu we are strengthened to believe,  hope and love.

Friday 23 May 2014

Decimals

Today we have been using Decimals and Place Value Houses to understand the size of decimal fractions. Super Smart learners these guys!

Thursday 22 May 2014

Matariki

We are getting excited about this event! A great night fir the whole family.

Cross Country Preparation

Today we took advantage of the beautiful day and went for a scope around our School Cross Country Track for the 8 years and over. Well done guys...that    last hill is a real killer!

Friday 9 May 2014

Fair testing

Today Room 5 were carrying out a Statistical Investigation using the Scientific Method of Fair Testing.
Their research question is' Does a ball bounce higher because it's bigger?'

Wednesday 7 May 2014

Reading to learn

Today we were reading texts to practice the strategies for figuring out unfamiliar words. This group were reading a narrative about a volcanic eruption- with a bit of help from our friend Pun.  Ka Pai !