Farewell Brianna

Today is Brianna's last day in Room 1 as she and her family are moving to a new city.   

All the best on your new adventures Brianna!

We are going to miss your gorgeous personality and enthusiasm for learning  - your new school is very lucky!

Papier Mache

We have been learning to Papier Mache.  We found out that Papier Mache is a French phrase, meaning 'chewed paper'.  

Before we began we ripped up a lot of newspaper and Mrs Blakesley made a lot of paste.

We talked about what we need to do to be successful at Papier Mache.

This is the criteria we came up with:

The paper is not allowed to be dry.
Paste under and over the paper.

Paste one piece of paper at a time.

Make sure there are no gaps.
Make it flat and smooth.

Complete one layer at a time and let it dry.

We can't wait to add more layers next week!  Keep an eye out for our finished projects.

Brianna's Pride Award

Congratulations Brianna for receiving the Pride award this week.  Brianna received her award for the fantastic effort and enthusiasm she gives to all her learning.  She is a kind and caring friend - a great bucket filler!  Well done Brianna.

Delicious, Scrumptious Vegetables!

 Look at what our tiny seedlings have become!

 "A white cauliflower as big as a soccer ball!"

 "Long, green celery.  Yum!"

Ants on logs!  Crunch Crunch!

Cauliflower and dip.  What a treat.

What clever gardeners you are Room 1!  

We still have leeks, carrots, cabbage, silverbeet and more celery to harvest.  I wonder what we could make?  What do you think?

Commonwealth Games

Our Commonwealth Games were held on Friday morning.  What a beautiful day!  The sun was shining and we were ready to compete. Some of the events we raced were hurdles, sprinting, gymnastics, relay, javelin, hockey and weightlifting.
We all had fun and showed lots of Parkvale Pride as we competed with our teams.  Well Done Room 1!

Sam with his team, ready to start.

Marcus and Coby competing in the hurdles race.

Sadie and Niamh racing in the hockey event.

 Tyler throwing the javelin.

Raiha in the relay race.

Maia and Erin sprinting past.

Terrell and Finley

Tyler weightlifting!

Raiha, one of our gold medal winners!

Tyler with his silver medal!

Brianna and her winning team!

Wonderful Weaving

This week we decided to give weaving a try!  

Lots of us found it really tricky at first but we showed Determination.  We kept on trying and we didn't give up. 

Sadie said, "I found it really hard but in the end I got it because I persevered." 

Personal Best!

Determination!

Enjoyment!

We were inspired by Mrs Mueller's wonderful bag!

Manuka Hub Assembly

Isaac, Brianna, Jerome, Finley, Maddie and Tyler received certificates today at our Manuka Hub assembly.  Well Done to you all.  We look forward to our next assembly in a few weeks.  

Wow Words

We have been working hard on adding wow words to our writing.

Wow words add detail to our stories and help paint a picture in the reader's head.

We have been writing about our adventures at the Redwoods and today we learned a little bit about the history of the trees.

The magnificent Redwood trees were planted in the 1930s.  They are 80 years old.  Mason Chambers planted the ginormous trees. The Redwood trees are so wide.  I can't wrap my arms around them.  When I looked up I could only see the humongous tree trunks of the trees.  The trunks felt lumpy like a hard rock.

Written by Tyler


The Redwood trees are humongous and they were planted in the 1930s by Mason Chambers.  They have been growing heaps and heaps and now they are huge trees.  We loved going to see them.

Written by Brianna 


The Redwoods trees are humongous.  I saw hundreds of spiky sticks.  Mason Chambers planted the trees in the 1930s.  Te Mata Peak used to be under water.  I was excited when we were at the big Redwoods.  

Written by Benji

Pic Collage

We have some new ipads in Room 1!  Today we were learning how to use the pic collage app.  We had to create a pic collage about ourselves.  Our collage had to include - our name, our photo, a background and some pictures or photos of things we like.  Once we had completed our collage we had to email it to Mrs Blakesley.  We did well learning so many new skills!

Reading with our Buddy Class

Room 12 is our buddy class.  Today they visited us after lunch and we had an enjoyable time on the grass listening to each other read.

Thank you Room 12 - we look forward to seeing you again next week.