Postcard Week 5

Well done to Khushi who got the postcard this week.

Khushi is an amazing class member. She is always so sensible and responsible, and her behaviour is absolutely fantastic. Khushi has been an excellent dance leader this week. She learned all of the dance moves super quickly and has been teaching others!
Today she was so busy tidying the classroom that she almost missed out in being announced as the Postcard Person!
What a superstar!

Fact of the day

• This fact was found by Skyla
  
  
  Domestic cats love to play, this is especially true with kittens who love to chase toys and play fight. Play fighting among kittens may be a way for them to practice and learn skills for hunting and fighting.
  
  
  
  
  I know that this is true! Our kitten Stevie attacks the dog and tries to hunt her all the time.

Fact of the Day

This fact was found by Skyla.

Because of the Sun’s huge influence on Earth, many early cultures saw the Sun as a deity or god. For example, Ancient Egyptians had a sun god called Ra while in Aztec mythology there is a sun god named Tonatiuh

I wonder if any of you could explain this fact?

This Fact of the Day was found by Skyla.


Rainbow Looms were invented in 2010 by Cheong Choon Ng, an immigrant who came to the United States in 1991 to attend Wichita State University. There are currently 55 different varieties of Rainbow Loom bands in three different categories. (Limited Edition, Opaque, and Jelly) There are also 51 different Rainbow Loom designs with instructional videos on the Rainbow Loom website.

Postcard Week 5

Well done to Logan who received the postcard this week. He has been a superstar worker for many weeks in a row. He has been excellent at self-managing his learning time. Logan is always very kind, and has excellent mat manners in class. He is very determined and shows plenty of Parkvale PRIDE. Keep up the fantastic work Logan!

Friday Fact of the Day

The Friday Fact of the Day was found by Skyla.

Did you know that McDonald's employs over 1500000 people worldwide?

That is a lot of jobs!

Fact of the day

Skyla Halton found this fact.

Did you know that light from the sun takes 8 minutes to reach the earth?

That is pretty amazing!

Fact of the Day

This fact of the day was found by Skyla.

Did you know that the country Brazil was named after a tree? The tree is called a brazilwood.

Me, myself and I

Today the students wrote a piece of writing with Miss Reid the candidate teacher that has been in our classroom. They needed to write about what they liked about themselves, especially in regards to their personality. They needed to include compound sentences and different sentence starters, as well as some other features.

This piece belongs to Ruby.
I like myself because I make friends by being kind to others. Also I like myself because I am as bright as the sun and I cheer up people by doing funny faces and I help them pass something they don't like. Helping others is my things, and not hard at all, because I like making sure that everyone gets all of their things done. There is lots of P.R.I.D.E in me by showing my personal best in my work and at production practice. I show respect and responsibility by listening to others and finishing my work on time. Buddy checking is what I love doing because I can check others really well too.

That is five different sentence starters all about the same topic. Fantastic!

Caitlin also did a good job with hers. This is just a snippet (a small part) of her writing today.
When someone is sad, I always cheer them up and I pour my bucket of warm fuzzies on them. The heart is where all of my good things come out of and I show respect to them.

What beautiful words!

Fact of the Day

This fact of the day was found by Skyla.

Did you know that a baby giraffe can stand up just half an hour after being born? After ten hours, it can run!

That is amazing! Ask your parents how old you were when you could stand, walk and run!

Casey at soccer

On Saturday, Jono and I were able to go and watch Casey be a soccer superstar. His team ended up winning 3-2. He played in defense mainly and got plenty of steals from the opposition. Awesome!

Postcard Week 3

Well done to Ruby who received the postcard this week.
Ruby is such a superstar learner. She is great at self managing her learning and time, and she has excellent working habits.
Ruby is also excellent at using feedback to improve her learning, and giving her best effort.
We are very lucky to have Ruby join us in Room 12 this year.
Keep up the great work Ruby.

Fact of the Day

Did you know that there are 293 ways to make change for a dollar?

That means you can make $1 by using different coins in 293 ways. Wow!

Fact of the day

Today's fact of the day was found by Georgia Roil.

Did you know that the people of France eat more cheese than any other country in the world.

I wonder if I have some French heritage?

Fact of the Day

This fact was found by Georgia.

Did you know that your heart beats over 100,000 times each day?

Fact of the Day

This fact of the day was found by Georgia.

Did you know that a crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
Interesting!

Weekend Fact of the Day

These two weekend facts were found by Oskar.

1. Did you know that only 5% of the living things in New Zealand are people? The rest are all animals.
This means that for every 100 living things, only 5 would be people.

2. Did you know that two rescue dogs (ones in shelters or at the SPCA) were taught to drive a car around a track to prove how smart shelter dogs can be? Wow!

Friday Challenge

Today we had a co-operative group challenge. We haven't had one of these for a while!

The task was to hang a marble using only a limited number of straws and paper.
It was very challenging for the students!

The winning design would be freestanding, use only the designated equipment, and have the longest "hang".

This was the winner.

 Georgia, Khushi, Mya and Ruby

Postcard Week 2: Tia Densey

Well done to Tia who was this week's postcard recipient.
She did a great job with completing her self-managed learning this week, and got a great score with her spelling. Tia has been very sensible in class, and she always has a great attitude towards her learning.
Excellent work Tia!

Friday Fact of the Day

This fact was found by Oskar Greig.

Did you know that Elsa from Frozen is the only Disney princess who is not a teenager?

She is 21.