My Year In Room 1

My favourite thing this year was going to the Redwoods because I had fun with my friends.

Sadie's Reindeer

Amazing Calendar Art

Everyone in Room 1 worked so hard on their calendar art.  Here are a few of our amazing pieces of work...

(Orders can still be placed at the school office - see Mrs Beswick)

Fun Run Photos

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!

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!

Room 1's Garden Update!

Oh my gosh!  Look at our garden.  Can you see the difference to our garden?  It has grown heaps.  I saw the cabbages had changed from tiny seedlings to humongous vegetables.  Some of our plants have been nibbled by black and yellow caterpillars.  Mrs Blakesely was digging for wiggly worms so Room One could look at slippery, slimy worms.

Keiarliya 

Underneath the soil there are slippery worms.  They have a saddle on them that makes the slimy mucus.  Worms are good for the soil because they make burrows that gives the soil air and water.  If the worms stays on the top of the soil a bird might eat it.  They have little spikes on them to help them move.  Their poo is called casts.

Sadie

Wow, our garden is bigger.  We know that the snails are hibernating and the worms don't like the sun.  The worms don't have legs but they have claws to help them move.

Mana

Chomp! Chomp! Nibble! Nibble! The caterpillars are chomping the cabbage because the white butterflies are laying eggs.  The caterpillars come out of the eggs and they start eating the silverbeet and cabbage.

Coby

 Under the ground in our garden there is lots and lots of worms.  The worms are good for our soil.  They have thicker bits on their body.  It is called a saddle.  The saddle helps the worm to move.  Worms have no bones.  They have no feet.  They don't have noses.  They breathe through their skin.

Tyler

 Wiggle,  Wiggle.  The worms are long and skinny.  The slugs and snails are hibernating.

Sienna

Nibble.  Nibble.  Wriggly worms are good for the soil because their poos and wees help the plants grow.  "Stop it caterpillars!  We want our plants to grow.  They are not for you to nibble!"

Jorgia

Chomp!  Chomp!  We have worms in our garden and worms are good for the soil because the worm poo is good for soil and worm wee is good too.  It is wet.  We went on the field and there was heaps of worm poo.  They eat the soil because they like eating it.  Worms live for ten years.  If they sit on the soil for too long they get dried up.

Erin 

Worm Casts (poo)

Discovey Time in Room 1

Mrs Blakesley was very proud of all the children who came to Room 1 today to make loopy loop rings and bracelets.  

It was amazing to see so many children from different rooms in Manuka hub helping each other and working together.  

Thank you to all of the loopy loop experts who came in to teach others.  You did a fantastic job!!

Thank you to Mr Pope and Mr Blakesley for making our fantastic looms.

So many amazing teachers!