Tough Guy- Tough Girl Challenge.

Last Friday, Charlie and I went to Clifton to did a 3 km run though mud, water, overr a gigantic hill and across the sand by the beach.-we are tough guys!!!-(By Paddy Dillon)

Te wiki o te reo maori

Waiata with Darryl

We have celebrated te wiki o te maori this week in so many ways.
Thursday we attended the
Expo hosted by Rangitane o Tamaki nui a rua at The Hub and today with a sausage sizzle and waiata at the Ngati Kahungunu Office in Tamaki nui a rua.

Kai time!!

A big thank you to both these groups for the maanaki they showed us.

Our farewell

Receiving The Sacrament of Eucharist.

Today Dylan Bowles came and shared his experience of Receiving First Eucharist with our class.

We had lots of questions for him about his feelings and the positives for him.

we presented him with a special card to show our appreciation for his visit to us.

Taylor said, "I liked seeing the things he bought to show us that he received on this special day for him."

Maths Rotations

This week we are working in groups. We are doing maths rotations around different stations. We are practicing our Key Competency of Participating and Contributing. we are leaning to collaborate with each other to successfully learn and practice concepts in maths.





We worked hard doing the Unfix Tower Challenge.We were practicing using our knowledge in Algebra.
[Tessa and Carlos] 

Pattern Block Fraction Puzzles-Understanding Fraction Concepts.
 Today we used as many pattern blocks as you need to
build each shape.
(Kylah and  Riwai)  

Algebraic Expression Matching- Algebraic Thinking
We think we showed justice-tika when we solved these maths problems ( Pirihera and Breia )

Geometry Concentration -Lines and Angle Terminology

Multiplication War- Basic Multiplication Facts
This was a fun way to learn our basic multiplication facts.(Kaleb and Cameron)

End of Term 2

Relating to Others is an important skill and Room 5 have all been showing how this improves the successes when working in groups. Well done Room 5.

Head phones

Today Room 5 were able to use the I pads with the sound on.
Thanks Mr Gunn for arranging these head phones for us. Now we can fully utilize the ipads  while not distracting other people.  They also help us to keep focused. A win=win   for us all :)

Matariki

A number of our classmates participated in the Matariki Festival on Friday night.
The showed the Gospel Value of Community and demonstrated the key competency of Relating to Others by the way the encouraged and supported each other on and of the stage. You all represented St Joseph's  School so admirably. Awesome stuff !!!