Celebration

Well done Milana, Shreya and Yifan. These three students represented Room 17 at the Year 4 poetry reading celebration.
We have been working on reading fluently with good pace, phrasing, volume and expression.

Poetry

Well done to Indigo who received a special award for writing her own poem to read to the class.

Maths in action

On Monday our class estimated how many students we could fit in our empty school pool if all the students were standing up.
Two groups of students measured the sides of the pool to find out the dimensions. 

Then we calculated the area of the pool.
After that, we found out how many students could fit inside a square meter and multiplied that by the number of square meters in the pool. Depending on how many students we squashed in one square meter, we estimated that we could fit around 1300 students standing up in the empty pool.

Swimming

On Thursdays, we have swimming lessons at the Lloyd Elsmore pools. The Field of Dreams lessons are taught by qualified swim instructors.
It is great when all the students remember their togs and can enjoy the pool.

Celebration

Well done, Laaibah who performed in the weekend at a festival celebrating Pakistani culture. She dressed in a beautiful costume and looked like a star.

Humour

Here is a cartoon Geena made. She has made a play on the different meanings of the words "six-pack".

Disco

On Friday night the PTA held the school discos. The Kauri Whanau disco was lots of fun with hundreds of students dancing. There were many impromptu conga lines too.

Celebration

Well done to Lucas who received a certificate at our school assembly on Friday. Lucas demonstrates his Growth GEM by applying himself to learn new Mathematics strategies.

Works of Art

Room 17 students worked with Mrs Harding to make art in our Te Reo lessons. The korus each represent a member of our whanau (family). We will reveal the finished artworks soon.