International Random Acts of Kindness Day

Today we planned random acts of kindness that we can do at home and school. How many will you do? 
Acts of kindness at home 

• Make someone's bed
• Empty the dishwasher
• Tidy my bedroom without being asked
• Open the curtains in the morning
• Turn the TV off
• Make a card
• Ask what you can do to help
• Brush your teeth without being asked
• Help cook tea

Acts of kindness at school

• Make a card for a friend
• Quickly do your monitor job
• Pack a friend's bag
• Ask how you could help
• Help a duty teacher
• Look after new children at school
• Ask the office ladies if they have any jobs for you to do

Super heroes

Making super heroes on PhotoPeach

Room 15 Poetry Competition

Well done to everyone who took part in our class competition today! I was so proud of the way you all stood in front of the audience and shared your poem. It was lovely to see so many parents in the audience. Special congratulations to Kai Ying who won first place, Millie Mahendran who came second and Millie Spear who was the third place getter! Special thanks to Mrs Norton who was our guest judge.

Year 4 Bake Sale

On Thursday 21st August the Year 4 team will be holding a bake sale selling yummy slices, 
cup cakes and so on. This is to raise funds for the Y4 camp. The baked goodies will be 
sold for $1 and $2 so save the coins for a treat next Thursday!! 

Jump Jam for Star Jam

On Friday 15th August at morning tea time the school council have asked us to take part in a Jump Jam session. The aim is to raise funds for Star Jam which is a wonderful organisation that gives people with disabilities the chance to express themselves through music and dance. If you can, please bring a donation to help support this amazing group. If you make a donation, you get a cool bracelet. See you at morning tea in the u!

Drama: Super hero poses

Super hero poses on PhotoPeach

We love reading

Congratulations to all the children who are reading every night at home. How many stickers do you have in your reading log?

Mmmmm Milo

Today at discovery time we made Milo. It was such a cold day we all enjoyed sitting down and having a Milo to warm up, especially the children who braved the cool winter air to play ball and hoop games outside! 

100 Years since WW1 began

On Tuesday it was 100 years since WW1 began. We talked about war and war heroes. Harry shared some information about his Great, Great Grandad who was in the bomb disposal unit in the war. He served in both WW1 and WW2. He was trying to disarm a bomb by pulling the fuses and the bomb exploded. Great, Great Grandad was injured and he lost his arm. There was no pain medication for him and on the way to the hospital the sang war songs to keep his mind off the pain. Unfortunately they could not save has arm and he had to have an artificial arm. Harry showed us how he wore the artificial arm. He had to learn how to do every day things like tying his shoe laces again. Thanks for sharing this story with us Harry. Your Great, Great Grandad was certainly a hero.

Sport with Mrs Jones

On Wednesdays we are lucky to have Mrs Jones from Sport Canterbury coaching us. We are learning to play invasion games. This means we need to think about positioning ourselves in places where we can call for the ball and pass the ball to people who are unmarked. We are learning to think about supporting our team mates and moving quickly into spaces.

Commonwealth Games Inquiry

Magnus has completed an inquiry on the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. He presented his talk to us and showed us who he thinks might be medal prospects for NZ. Each day during the Games we looked up the medal tally and he chose children to stick the Bronze, silver and gold medals onto his posters. Well done Magnus, you showed that you can research and share your findings with the class!