Headlice and the quiz

Hi everybody.

Headlice

Head lice is going around the classroom. Please get mum or another adult at home to check your hair for these little critters. If you have them, you need to treat them with a special shampoo and comb them all out. There is a notice coming home tomorrow about them. The office can help you with some ideas if you need some.
There is nothing to be embarrassed about!

The quiz

For the students this week, there is a big quiz on Friday, just like last term.
Everyday two of the categories will be revealed and the students need to try and increase their knowledge in these areas for their homework.

The two categories to be revealed today are:
Famous faces    and      The Solar System

Caitlin's hockey success

On Saturday, Jono and I went to check out Caitlin playing hockey.
The Parkvale team was in the semi-final, which they won 3-2 in a very close game.
We were very impressed with Caitlin's excellent skills and her "never give up" attitude. She did some awesome attacking moves!
Well done Caitlin!

Round of 16 soccer

This morning was the first knockout game of the Fifa World Cup,
Brazil and Chile played, and the game was tied 1-1 at the end of full time. Nobody scored in extra time, so it went to a penalty shootout.
How exciting!

Great Georgia

Georgia is this week's postcard recipient. Her behaviour is always fantastic and she gives her best with all of her school work.
Georgia is a great example of Parkvale Pride. She is very determined, and absolutely responsible. She often helps with jobs in the morning, and is an awesome helper to the people who sit near her in their group.
Georgia is a great role model. Well done!

Even more super cinquains

Zebras

Stripy skin

Lazy, floppy, gallops

Running from their enemies

Furry

By Ruby

Mum

Working hard

Gives me dinner

Exhausted, upset, mad, helpful

Awesome

By Tia

 Ghosts
Very scary
Flying, creeping, walking
Making people get frightened
Dead
By Connor

Mums

Love you

Kiss, hug, kind

Cook you delicious dinner

Care

By Caitlin

Gold
Under ground
Shiny, sparkly, solid
Smooth on my hand
Reflective
By Logan

Handbags

Pretty colours

Walking down streets

Material, buckles, cards, money

Pink

By Mya

Rabbits
Fluffy noses
Hopping, jumping, eating
Nibbling on their food
Bunnies
By Nikita

Super Cinquains

We have been writing some cinquains, which are a type of poem. Here are some of the cinquains.



Painting
Colourful, pretty
Side to side
Brushing on the paper
Beautiful
By George



Snakes
Living animals
Bite, slither, hiss
Leathery on my neck
Long
By Shaydn



Shells
Pretty, colourful
Sparkly, beautiful, hard
Hiding in the sand
Beach
By Jasmine



Chocolate
Different sorts
Crunchy, gooey, tasty
Falling off the label
Food
By Bodie



van-Persie
Best player
Run, fast, soccer
Playing hard for Holland
Goal
By Daniel

Trees
Bark monsters
Natural, branches, scary
Scratches across my window
Statues
By Liske


Peacocks
Feathery, soft
Jumping, flying show-offs
Drift through the air
Stunning
By Georgia

Space
Planets spin
Turns, bright, shines
Walking on the moon
Floating
By Ruby



Sunset

Orange clouds
Moving around world
Beautiful, strong, famous, free
Horizon
By Oskar

Fact of the Day- World Cup Edition

Did you know that Argentina has the oldest average team at the Football World Cup?
Their average age is 29 years old!

Fact of the Day- World Cup Edition

Did you know.......


That there is a lot of money to be earned but the teams who make it to the World Cup.
The winning team will earn 35 million dollars!!!!!

That is a huge gigantic amount of money.

Other teams will win too.
The runner up will 25 million dollars.
3rd place gets 20 million dollars.
4th place gets 18 million dollars.
Teams that lose in the quarter finals get 14 million.
There is 9 million dollars for any one that loses in the second round.
For teams that don't get past the group stages, they still earn 8 million dollars.

In addition to this, every team gets paid a 1.5 million dollar bonus.

Soccer Update Sunday

Argentina 1 Iran 0
Germany 2 Ghana 2
Nigeria 1 Bosnia 0

Good news for Shaydn. Argentina now makes it to the next round.


Bad news for George. Bosnia can't make the next round now.

Fifa World Cup 2014 group stages update

There are still many games to be played in the group stages of the tournament.
However, due to some of the results, there are some teams that are definitely going into the next round, but are still playing to see if they come first or second in their group.
Unfortunately, there are some teams who are definitely out of the tournament, even though they have a game or two to go.

Definitely through to the next round (Round of 16)

Netherlands
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica (this one was a big surprise!)

Definitely out

Cameroon
Spain
Australia
England

If you can't see your team, then you will have to wait until some more games are played!

Saturday Soccer Results

These were kindly reported by Liske.

Italy vs Costa Rica. 

Italy 0 Costa Rica 1

Switzerland vs France. 

Switzerland 2 France 5

 Honduras vs Ecuador. 

Honduras 1 Ecuador 2

These are the Sunday match-ups

Argentina vs Iran

Germany vs Ghana

Nigeria vs Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Magnificent Mya

Yesterday Jono and I went to watch Junior netball, just for a short while.
We saw Mya there and were very impressed with her playing.
She tries really hard, and was especially good at defending.
Awesome work Mya.

Fact of the Day

This fact of the day was found by Liske and Georgia.

Did you know that all polar bears are left-handed?

Wow! I thought they were just like us!

Memorisation champions

Well done to the following students who got 20/20 on the flags challenge this week. They each earned $100.

Tia
Tarshay
Connor
Logan
Mya
Victoria

I am so proud of the effort that I know some of them put in. Mya and her mum even made some flash cards!

Postcard Week 7

Well done to Caitlin who received the postcard for the very first time. Caitlin did a fantastic job with her school work this week, her attitude has been very positive, and she has managed her behaviour well. She has been excellent at staying on task with her class work.
Caitlin also did an absolutely fantastic job of looking after a younger student at the Rippa Rugby tournament yesterday. I love that she took a helpful and leading role. Awesome work Caitlin.


Also, I forgot to take the photo today!

Fact of the Day

This fact was found by Liske and Georgia.

Did you know that a shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes?

The girls (and Mrs Love) didn't know that fish could blink!

Fact of the Day

Today's fact of the day was found by Liske.

Did you know there are more chickens in the world than people?

Super Soccer Supporters

Every morning before school, we have the live world cup match playing on the projector screen.

I have been really surprised at the support and backing that the kids have shown for their teams.

Each morning there is a line of chairs in front of the board, signs, chants and cheering going on.

We even had a few guests from other classes today.

Well done for being such good supporters Room 12!

 Nigeria is Caitlin's team for the tournament

Skyla adopted Nigeria for the morning

As did Georgia

The line starts small........

 

But it soon grows......

Other kids sometimes join in too

We don't mind the extra support.

Matariki

We had an awesome time at Matariki today.
We started with a performance by a Maori dance company, which was amazing.
Then we all went to different places to learn about different things. There was flax weaving, poi making, kite making, rakau, outdoor sports, waiata and string games.
Here are some pictures.