Weeks 5 & 6 in Room 2 - Term 3 :)

Week 6
And suddenly it was Winter Olympics and Stanley Olympics week.  WOW what a week it was!  Very, very proud of all the senior students - those who represented the school at the Winter Olympics and those who competed in the school Olympics.

Here are some photos from the two events over the week:

And our team cheer for 2016, which was absolutely fantastic (but I may be slightly biased lol) - well done Mr Spicer and the team, was amazing to work with you all on this, and I still get goosebumps watching it.... :) :




And some photos from the Stanley Olympics team week:

Stanley Olympics 2016 on PhotoPeach
On the Wednesday the Stanley Olympic team went through the Windows walk in the Karangahake Gorge - here's some photos of our spectacular walk:

Stanley Olympics team - windows walk :) on PhotoPeach



Week 5

This week we had our speech finals with Claudia and Kalim through for our year 7s, and Johnny, Kaleial and Iona through for our year 8s.  Huge congratulations to all of these speakers - with a special WELL DONE to Kalim for winning the year 7s section and went on to speak at the District Finals.  Awesome work everyone :)

Weeks 5 & 6 in Room 2 - Term 3 :)

Week 6
And suddenly it was Winter Olympics and Stanley Olympics week.  WOW what a week it was!  Very, very proud of all the senior students - those who represented the school at the Winter Olympics and those who competed in the school Olympics.

Here are some photos from the two events over the week:

And our team cheer for 2016, which was absolutely fantastic (but I may be slightly biased lol) - well done Mr Spicer and the team, was amazing to work with you all on this, and I still get goosebumps watching it.... :) :




And some photos from the Stanley Olympics team week:

Stanley Olympics 2016 on PhotoPeach
On the Wednesday the Stanley Olympic team went through the Windows walk in the Karangahake Gorge - here's some photos of our spectacular walk:

Stanley Olympics team - windows walk :) on PhotoPeach



Week 5

This week we had our speech finals with Claudia and Kalim through for our year 7s, and Johnny, Kaleial and Iona through for our year 8s.  Huge congratulations to all of these speakers - with a special WELL DONE to Kalim for winning the year 7s section and went on to speak at the District Finals.  Awesome work everyone :)

Weeks 5 & 6 in Room 2 - Term 3 :)

Week 6
And suddenly it was Winter Olympics and Stanley Olympics week.  WOW what a week it was!  Very, very proud of all the senior students - those who represented the school at the Winter Olympics and those who competed in the school Olympics.

Here are some photos from the two events over the week:

Stanley Olympics 2016 on PhotoPeach
On the Wednesday the Stanley Olympic team went through the Windows walk in the Karangahake Gorge - here's some photos of our spectacular walk:

Stanley Olympics team - windows walk :) on PhotoPeach



Week 5

This week we had our speech finals with Claudia and Kalim through for our year 7s, and Johnny, Kaleial and Iona through for our year 8s.  Huge congratulations to all of these speakers - with a special WELL DONE to Kalim for winning the year 7s section and went on to speak at the District Finals.  Awesome work everyone :)

Weeks 5 & 6 in Room 2 - Term 3 :)

Week 6
And suddenly it was Winter Olympics and Stanley Olympics week.  WOW what a week it was!  Very, very proud of all the senior students - those who represented the school at the Winter Olympics and those who competed in the school Olympics.

Here are some photos from the two events over the week:

Stanley Olympics 2016 on PhotoPeach


Week 5

This week we had our speech finals with Claudia and Kalim through for our year 7s, and Johnny, Kaleial and Iona through for our year 8s.  Huge congratulations to all of these speakers - with a special WELL DONE to Kalim for winning the year 7s section and went on to speak at the District Finals.  Awesome work everyone :)

Term 3, week 3 and 4 in Room 2...

Week 4:

Whew!!! Another super busy and fun week in Room 2!

This week we present our speeches, with finalists competing next week against other selected year 7 and 8s from Rooms 1 and 3.  Good luck everyone!! :)

On Tuesday night our very talented Iona represented the school in the school Rockband at the Bandquest competition in Hamilton.  Out of hundreds of bands, we made the top 18 to compete on the night - and what a night it was!  The band sang 2 songs - and Ms Trow was very proud to be in the audience yelling for the band.  Here's a picture of Iona with the band.

Well done Iona, and band - we're super proud of you all!  You guys rocked!!!! :)

                                                   

   

Then on Wednesday afternoon we held our school Cross Country.  Well done to all who raced - you should be very proud of yourselves!!  Here are some photos from the Mokena House stand - the loudest, best house there - but I may be a little biased :)

On Friday we are doing our dance assembly item.  Hope to see you there :)


Week 3:

This week we will continue our cross country trainings on Tuesday and Thursday - please remember your running shoes and a change of clothes (the mud does not make for a pleasant smell in the classroom!!), and also our cheer practises (Tuesday and Thursday afternoons).  Home learning will be emailed tomorrow, with writing:  to finish our speeches (if we haven't already!!) and bring them as cue cards to practise in class.  This week we will practise our speeches in class ready for the class finals next week!!! :)  Will be exciting as the topics are really interesting and diverse :)

We have started our Olympic projects - following a member of the NZ Olympic team in their bids for Gold in Rio...  watch this space as we finish our projects and have them on display.  They will include information and photos of our athlete as well as some interactive sections, and an ongoing tally of their successes :)

On Monday we had a visit by awesome illustrator Bruce Potter.  Here's a link to his website if you want to see more of his awesome work:  http://www.brucepotter.co.nz/

He showed the Senior classes how he creates starting with just a blank screen (he uses a cool computer package to create on).  In his time with us he created an awesome doodle creature - special to our Seniors as we decided what types of creatures would be included in the overall doodle.  When he's finished touring NZ schools he'll put together a book of all his class doodles - but ours is the coolest!!

He talked through his cool book "Doodle Bug" and sung us through his funny picture book "Penny the prolific pooing cow" - these are on his website too.

What a cool visit!!  Bruce showed us how using our imaginations gives us infinite and fun ideas and creativity.  :)

We had a special assembly this week with a visit from the NED team.  Ned stands for Never give up, Encourage others, Do your best!!  The show is based on building positive self-image and academic ability.  The presenters use yo-yo skills, balloon tricks and magic through their show - it was awesome and fun to watch... and our own Claudine from Room 2 won a special yo-yo and balloon hat!!  Well done Claudine!! :)

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Yo-yos and accessories are for sale this week at the office before school - and money raised "pays it forward" to pay for the show to be at another school - which is how we were lucky enough to have the NED show visit Stanley Ave! :)

Term 3, Week 3 - FRIDAY Winter Olympic lunches :)

This week's fabulicious Friday Winter Olympic lunches are:  delicious pies for $2.50, and thirst-quenching drinks for $1.00.  Remember to have your orders in by Thursday :)

Term 3, Week 2 - FRIDAY Winter Olympic lunches :)

This week's Friday fantastic Winter Olympic lunches are:  yummy nachos for $3.00, and delicious drinks for $1.00.  :)