Where the wild things are! Clay Art

Today we read "Where the wild things are". A classic story which everyone knows! Today Room 8 imagined their own monster in their minds! Then put them into action on clay! Here is how they came out!

Oliver busy working away on his creation

Brynson and Aaliyah molding and shape their clay

Busy week in Room 8

It's Friday and what a busy week it has been. So many highlights to share!

Thursday and Friday highlights were working on our tape art. We started with a sheet of glossy paper (silver or gold). We then put masking tape on to create different shapes. Then we painted over the everything. Once it dries we remove the tape and see our amazing creations. Stayed tuned for the final product!

Friday we had assembly and Camila won the Ultimate Kid in the Glen award. She has been an amazing student in the classroom and in the playground helping our new kids make friends. She has an amazing heart and cares for everyone!
Also Spiderman made an appearance at Assembly, some people suspect it was Mr Sheaff but we will never know for sure.

Mr Sheaff the construction worker!

After morning tea break, something strange happened. Mr Sheaff came outside to bring the class in and he was wearing all this strange stuff!

On the mat we discussed what this stuff was. I had a high visibility vest, hard hat, ear muffs and pants. We figured out this is what you would wear if you were working on a construction site. We all went to draw and label our picture of Mr Sheaff the construction worker.

In Room 8 we love...

On Friday Room 8 took selfies and drew a picture of what we loved! These are now on display in the corridor outside Room 8. They look FANTASTIC!

Music with Mr Osborne

Every Tuesday morning at 9:00am, Mr Osborne comes into Room 8 and teaches music to the class!

Here is the class singing You are my sunshine!

Week 2 in Room 8

The days are flying by!

We had an amazing event on Thursday with Pizza in the playground! It was great to see all the families and members of the community turn out to meet the teachers.
Mr Pirihi spoke to the crowd and explained the "Step up the talk" program to everyone.

We had free pizza, the pool open, chalk drawing, face painting and volleyball all happening.

Friday we had a full school assembly. Congratulations to Camila and George for getting certificates for showing kindness and showing initiative in the classroom. 

Here are some photos from this week.

Room 8 busy working away!

Last week we got straight into our reading program!

Here are some photo's of our students busy working away at their stations!

Week 2 Te Whānau Awa Singing

Today was our second week of singing as our Te Whānau Awa syndicate!

It was good to get together and practice some new songs and some familiar ones!

Week 1 of 2016 in Room 8!

We have had a super busy week in Room 8!

Friday morning was busy with Te Whānau Awa sports, we had 5 stations going with cricket, tee ball, agility games, touch skills and big ball skills.

Middle block we our first singing assembly and Mr O'Connor had the whole school in full voice singing "three little birds" by Bob Marley.

We also set up our maths stations with everyone in groups playing math games, making patterns with beads and making numbers with play dough!

The BIG highlight of the week was our CLASS DOJO RAFFLE! Each day we give out Dojo points for good behaviour and for trying your best.
Every 10 points, the students receive a raffle ticket and go into the draw to win prizes!

We had five winners and we had our first SUPER STARS of the week.

Congrats to Marryanne to Paulina for being super star students this week!

Swimming and singing

Another hot day at the Glen! Room 7 & 8 went for a dip in the pool and practiced blowing bubbles under water and feeling confident in the water.

Te Whānau Awa (the junior syndicate) got together in the afternoon for singing in the hall!