'Ma Te Mahi Ka Ora' sign language

We are learning to sing a beautiful song in assembly called Ma Te Mahi Ka Ora.

It is mixed English and Te Reo Maori. We are learning to perform the song in sign language too.

Here is a group of kids performing the song in sign language so you can practise at home!

When we have practised enough, we will upload a video of us performing too!

Fireman Matt

Fireman Matt came to talk to the year 3 and 4's about Fire Safety. Here are some things we learnt:

                       

• Smoke alarms should work. We can test them by pushing the test button, and a small chirp sound should chirp. 
• Smoke alarms are used to detect smoke. They are always sniffing for us because when we sleep, we can't smell anything.
• Smoke alarms should be in these rooms: every bedroom, the hall way, the lounge, the garage and the dining room. You probably don't want one in the kitchen because burnt toast can set them off!
• Fire is very dangerous. If we find lighters or matches, we should give them to an adult who should put them somewhere high up so little kids can't get them.
• Smoke is part of the fire. It is the part that can damage our lungs and stop us from breathing. 
• If there is a house fire, don't try put it out yourself. Close the door of the room and walk outside safely. 
• Get down, get low, get out fast. Meet at our safe meeting place (which should be the letterbox)
• Call 111 to order a fire truck.

Fireman Matt gave our teacher some magazines. We all took home a magazine which has important information about Fire Safety. We know to watch the DVD with our family because it is important that everyone in the house knows how to be Firewise. 

What else did we learn from Fireman Matt? Post a comment below!

From Mrs Kelly and Room 20.

Fireman Matt

Next week we have a special visit from a NZ Fire Service fire fighter named Matt. He will be talking about fire safety and the job of a fire fighter.

What questions would you like to ask Matt?

Post them below and you might be chosen to ask your question! 

Don't forget to write your name after the question so we know who asked it e.g.

How many house fires start in Auckland each week? By Mrs Kelly

James Cook High School Kapa Haka Performance

Yesterday we were lucky enough to have the Kapa Haka group from James Cook High School come to our school and perform. They sang waiata, showed us poi and did a spectacular haka.

What did you think of the show Room 20?

Scroll down to watch a video of their amazing HAKA!

Welcome back!

Welcome back to school!

We are going to have another busy term!

Things to look forward to:

• Gymnastics on Tuesdays
• The Arts rotation on Wednesday afternoons (dance, drama, music and visual art!)
• A school trip to somewhere VERY exciting!
• Lots of new learning!

Keep working hard at school and fill up your sunshine stamp chart!!

Thrillville Theme Park Game Review and Design

We read a game review about a game called Thrillville.
It is a game for xbox or playstation and you get to make your own theme park.
We wish we had a game like that!

After we read the game review, Mrs Kelly gave us 30 minutes to design and draw a new ride for a theme park. We had to think about the fun factor and also some safety features so no one would get hurt.

Here are some of our creations. Remember we only had 30 minutes so some of them aren't finished yet. Ask us questions in the comments if you want to know more about a design...

Riley and Yash designed Night of Doom.

Taraipine and Fiona re-designed the Fear Fall.

Avantika and Harmony designed Watercoaster.

Sharece and Ezekiel designed The Rainbowcoaster.

Meadow and Tyler designed the Death Ride.

Richie and Keanu designed the Good Coaster.

Rianna and Adiva designed the The Trace.

Kaia and Elizabeth designed the Monster of Doom.

Puna and Manaia designed the Soap Coaster.

Nita and Kashvi designed the Coloured Pool.

Iona and Aliya designed the Crystal Tunnel.

Gymnastics try outs

Today Mrs Kelly, Mrs Kilford and Mrs Taylor held try outs for the year 3 and 4 competition gymnastics team. 


There were about 150 kids that tried out and we can only take about 20!

Watch this space to see if you made it into the school gym team!


Don't be upset if you didn't make it - you can keep on practising during your class gymnastics sessions every Tuesday in Term 3 - you might get picked next year!

Keep practising!!

Forwards Roll to stand:

Backwards Roll to stand:

Seasons Writing

Here are some snippets from Room 20's seasons writing.

We chose some of our favourite sentences to share with you.

WINTER

• Winter gets very cold and the snow can land on the grass. - Zion.
• In winter it is freezing cold and there are big, furry clouds. - Meadow.
• People have to stay inside because they will get sick otherwise. - John.
• In some places people wear warmer clothes and build snow men. - Nita.
• Sometimes when it is cold enough, ice appears. - Aga.
• In winter it is very cold and when it is snowing, I know I have to wear a coat. - Keanu.
• In winter you can make a snowman if you go somewhere in the snow. - Sharece.

SPRING

• Baby animals are born in Spring. - Manaia. 
• Spring is a bit warm so sometimes people only wear t-shirts. - Kaia. 
• In spring, plants grow and animals wake up from hibernation. - Iona. 
• Leaves come back onto the trees in spring. they grow and grow and grow! - Fiona. 
• In spring the flowers grow all around us. - Puna.
• Flowers grow and animals wake up from hibernating and finding new habitats. - Adiva. 

SUMMER

• Summer is so hot people go to the beach and lie down in the shade. - Eaztyn.
• In summer it is very hot, people can sweat and the sun is filled with lava heat. - Kashvi. 
• The sun is hottest in summer and we can get sunburnt if we don't weat sun cream. - Avantika. 
• Summer is when we have lots of holiday and go swimming. - Yash
• Stay safe by the pools in summer and follow the rules. - Harmony. 
• Summer is when the hot sun comes out and you get sweaty and have to go to the beach. - Quelyn'j.
• In summer it is so hot that people start to sweat and we can see the blue sky with no clouds. - Ava. 

AUTUMN

• Autumn is when the crisp, colourful dry leaves spread everywhere. - Tyler.
• It is nice to go to the hot pools in autumn. - Crez.
• In autumn all the leaves fall from the trees. - Elizabeth. 
• Autumn is all about leaves changing colour and falling off the trees. - Richie. 
• The wind is as cold as the freezer. - Taraipine. 
• Autumn leaves fall down as it gets colder and colder. - Ezekiel.

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