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Painting with the Mouth

August 11th, 2010 by room4

We are having a go at painting using our mouths only, to try and get an idea of what it must be like to not have the use of hands or feet. This is part of our “World of the Disabled” mini-topic.

Comments from the children include: “It’s hard!”, “I don’t know how to do it.”, “I’ve mucked mine up. Can I start again?”, “It’s really fun.”

Here are some of us in action! (click on the link below)

painting with the mouth

Jandal Tech

July 27th, 2010 by room4

It was a fantastic learning experience designing our own jandals to meet criteria we wrote. We ended up with so many different designs! Then we looked back at what we had done and thought about what we did well, what didn’t go so great, and what ideas we had to improve next time. We really enjoyed learning in a hands-on way and having room to show our creativity.

The winners of our competition were: 1st Sewing Jandal, by Georgia Banyard; 2nd Spring Jandal, by Joost Van Gorp; 3rd Winter Jandal, by Olivia Van Breda.

3rd Prize: winter jandal

3rd Prize: winter jandal

2nd Prize: spring jandal

2nd Prize: spring jandal

1st Prize: sewing jandal

1st Prize: sewing jandal

fishy jandal

fishy jandal

soccer jandal

soccer jandal

family jandal

family jandal

accessories jandal

accessories jandal

water pistol jandal

water pistol jandal

half-car half-jandal

half-car half-jandal

zebra jandals

zebra jandals

lolly jandal

lolly jandal

painting jandal

painting jandal

grass sliding jandal

grass sliding jandal

the jandal technicians!

the jandal technicians!

rolly grass jandal

rolly grass jandal

medicine jandal

medicine jandal

heated jandal

heated jandal

massage jandal

massage jandal

car washing jandals

car washing jandals

barbeque jandal

barbeque jandal

covered jandal

covered jandal

April 27th, 2010 by room4

Room 4 Newsletter Term 2, 2010

What’s Happening in Room 4???

Welcome back to Term 2.  I hope you all had an excellent holiday and are feeling refreshed again.

I want to thank those of you who helped out in so many ways last term.  Parent help is very much appreciated by myself and the children in Room 4.  If any of you wish to offer some of your time in the classroom this term, please let me know, or drop me a note.

Our topic for this term is NZ: Then and Now. We will begin by looking at ANZAC Day. We will move on to study NZ’s origins and geography, our early history, the flora and fauna, famous kiwis, and our NZ culture.

Our virtues for this term are KINDNESS and FORGIVENESS.

Students will have weekly homework that will include: spelling, mathletics (students should aim to get at least 1000 points per week.), and additional homework tasks.

Please encourage your child to be responsible for their learning, including homework and library books.  Our library day is Thursday.

Paula Dunton will continue to work with target children.  She will also take an extension science class on Tuesday afternoons.

Slippers may be worn inside from now on if required.  Please send along a box of tissues if you  are able.  These are very useful over the cooler months.

Term 2 Dates

  • 27 April = THRASS Meeting for parents
  • 7May—Road Safety with Seargent Jacko
  • 28 May = Heart Jam
  • 9 June = Cross Country at Whakamaru
  • 17June = North Cluster Cross Country
  • Coming later this term:  READATHON and ELECTIVES

Assessments and Reports

Last term you received the results of your child’s beginning of year tests.  If you have any difficulty in understanding the printouts, feel free to drop in and see me or phone me at the school.

At the end of this term you will receive a written interim report on your child’s progress.  Parent-teacher interviews will be held in week one of Term 3.  ’t hesitate to contact me earlier if you need to.

I wish you and your child every success this term.

Steve Arnold

Guide Dog Visit

April 20th, 2010 by room4

We had a great visit by a person from the Blind Foundation of NZ. She brought Gill, a trainee guide dog, with her. We learnt about how the dogs are trained, what they do to help their new blind owners, and how much it costs to train a guide dog. The children really enjoyed meeting Gill up close after the talk was over.P2230981P2230985P2230986

Swim Sports at Katikati

April 20th, 2010 by room4

Our North Cluster Swimming Sports were a great success, with a number of students going through to the WBOP competition. It was very impressive to see so many of Room 4 having a go at events that challenged them and to observe their support of each other and their sportsmanship. Well done Room 4 and many thanks to the parents who helped us with transport and marshalling duties on the day.

too scared to looklovin itdive!a long waychecking out the competitionP2160964

lake whakamaru camp

March 23rd, 2010 by room4

We had a great time at our Year 5-6 camp at Lake Whakamaru.
It was a great time of challenge, getting to know new friends, and having a whole heap of fun, fun, fun!  Many thanks to all the parents and teachers who helped out.  Check out our photos below…