Week 11 Postcard Recipient: Tarshay Dickey

What an amazing student Tarshay is!
She is so responsible, sensible and respectful. She always makes good choices, and has been great at demonstrating her social skills this term.
I am so impressed with the lovely way that she treats others, and the way she conducts herself.
Keep up the good work Tarshay! You have really worked hard to earn this postcard!

Super Quiz champions

Well done to Georgia and George who are Room 12's term 1 super quiz champions.

They scored 84/100 and scored highly in every category. They did especially well to get a 10/10 on the vegetables section. I hope you eat those at home!

Buddy class hunting!

The weather today was awful, but that didn't stop Room 1 and 12 from their fun activity. Each child had hidden a special treat somewhere in the school. They had drawn a map and written a set of instructions. Then they had to pair up, swap maps, and get searching.

Room 12 were excellent role models and behaved so maturely. Well done!

Homework Week 11

Hi everyone,
Homework this week is a little different. On Thursday we will have a quiz.
There will be categories on Maths, Reading skills, famous faces, Maori, sports, science, identifying flowers, identifying fruits and vegetables and current events. The current events will be from the last two weeks.
For your homework, practice last weeks flowers, and try to learn some more.
Look at some different fruits and vegetables, and what they look like when they are picked. You might be surprised with how some of them look!
Also, watch the news, and talk to the adults at home about what is happening in the country, and who the people are that are on the news.
Remember, the more effort you put in, the better you will score!

Week 10 postcard recipient: Bodie

Well done to Bodie who is Room 12's latest postcard recipient. Bodie is such an amazing class member. He always gives his best effort, and he is so positive all the time.
He is always helpful to adults and class members. Bodie is very friendly and is great at making others feel included in the classroom. His behaviour is always excellent.
What an awesome effort Bodie!

Flower challenge

Well done to these students who managed to get the coveted twenty out of twenty on the flower memorization challenge today.
Emma
Caitlin
George
Paige
Victoria
Khushi
Daniel
Izrael

There was also a large stack of 19s. Awesome effort guys.

The Answer.....................

Yesterday's challenge was to guess what was under the microscope.

The answer was......  SAND

When a grains of sand are zoomed in, they look like this! Aren't they beautiful?

Well done to George, Bodie, Caleb, Daniel, Mya, and Victoria.

Kid Snippets

This is a neat video that we watched in class today.
The audio is from children taking, and then some clever actors act it out!
There are lots more on YouTube too.

Friday's P.R.I.D.E Challenge- The memory test (Your Homework this week!)

Good afternoon Room 12 students,
On Friday will be a very important P.R.I.D.E challenge. A memory test!
You will be shown an image, and all you need to do is choose which identify the label that should be with the image.
Even better, you get to see the answers first!
Underneath this writing, you will see twenty pictures, with a label saying what each is.
Your task is to memorise the label for each picture. There will be a few for you to pick from on Friday during the challenge.
There will be one fern dollar per correct question, BUT there will be a $50 bonus for anyone who can get every single one correct!


Here are the images and labels.


   Pansy
   Rose

   Daisy

   Petunia

 Daffodil

 Sweetpea

 Poppy

 Gerbera
 Alyssum

 Sunflower

          Tulip

  Buttercup

  Dandelion

  Lilac

 Lavender

  Lily

 Orchid

 Gazania

 Daphne

 Fushcia


This link has some interesting information for adults about why memorizing is still an important skill.