Athletics Day

What a great day! It was wonderful to see everyone participating in all the events throughout the day.
A highlight for Room 19 was the Year 3 Relay events because Room 19 won the boys AND the girls Year 3 relay races.

Congratulations! We are all very proud of you.

Here are some photos from the Sprints Event. If you have other photos, we would love to include them on the blog.

Butterfly Garden Update

Now that Spring has arrived, it has been possible to start work on the butterfly garden again. On Friday we added some compost to improve the soil and planted the swan plants we have been nurturing in our classroom. With the sunny weather we also took the chance to repaint (and seal) the decorative stones on the top of the wall.

This week we will be planting some flowers to attract and provide nectar for the butterflies. We will need to make sure the plants get enough water and remove any weeds that pop up. We can't wait for the butterflies to arrive.

Assembly T3W5

Last Wednesday Room 19 hosted the Year 3 Assembly. We showed our plasticine athlete models, our building prints and the NZ Sign Language version of Stand Tall, the NZ Olympic song.

Congratulations to the students who received certificates.
Niamh B - Heart of Achievement
Aliya       - Achievement Award
Katana    - Values Award

Year 3 Assembly - 15 May 2012

The IT gremlins were up to mischief in our assembly today. Quillan and Niamh B did a stirling job of carrying on despite the problems. Certificates were awarded to:

Fynn Marshall - Heart of Achievement Award
Angus Hill - Achievement Certificate
Quillan Dextar - Values Certificate

Keep up the great work guys.

We also managed to use the time to practise our Inquiry presentation to the PTA.

Term 2 Week 1 Update

Click here to find about ANZAC day,

It has been a very busy week to start off the term. We have been looking at Dr Seuss books this week, started learning some Invasion Games, took part in a very moving assembly to mark ANZAC day and still managed to get some art done with Mrs Brown. Here are some photos taken by Niamh B during our art session.

 Reflections

Next time I want to ...

- do more leaf prints (Jada-Lee)

- do more baking for maths (Chloe)

- finish my maths questions (Charlotte)

- try more printmaking (Nicole)

- get faster at my work (Swastik)

Friendship Group

The TLC runs a very popular lunchtime group called the Friendship Group. Here are photos of Niamh B, Jessica, Niamh M, Jessica, Charlotte and Libby having fun with the dress-ups. Love those glasses Libby!

Jellie Park Trip

It was a great day at the pool today. The sun was shining and the hot weather was a nice change from recent weeks. Thank you to all the parent helpers who came along and helped everyone to have a fun day in the water.

I found out that
... I can close my eyes and mouth and put my head right under the water. (Quillan)
... you can jump in the pool at the deep end. (Luca)
... it was deep at the end. (Angus)
... there were heaps of people there. (Niamh M)