Snowflakes

Niwa was so excited last Monday because we had the privilege of making snowflakes with Frances, Arabella and Kelsey. Each person had six squares of paper that we cut and folded and glued to create these 3-D snowflakes. It was fun and they looked amazing! People took their snowflakes home and gave them as sensational presents to their families.

1st in the WORLD!

At 3.30pm today, Room 11 was 1st in the world and 1st in New Zealand in Mathletics, so we achieved our goal of beating the world in only 3 days!

Congratulations Room 11!

Here are our curent rankings:

Maddy 1st in the world and 1st in New Zealand

Ben 4th in the world and 2nd in New Zealand

Jamie 6th in the world and 3rd in New Zealand

Niwa 7th in the world and 4th in New Zealand

Anthony 8th in the world and 5th in New Zealand

Sharon 20th in the world and 7th in New Zealand

Natasha 33rd in the world and 12th in New Zealand

Porsha 38th in the world and 13th in New Zealand

Jayden 65th in the world and 18th in New Zealand

Samsara 68th in the world and 20th in New Zealand

Ashlee 69th in the world and 21st in New Zealand

Aidan 75th in the world

Finn 33rd in New Zealand

Jack 38th in New Zealand

Nadia 64th in New Zealand

Mathletics 3pm update:

Room 11 is now the top in Mathletics in New Zealand!

and has moved from 32nd in the world to 23rd in the world!

Room 11's world rankings:
Jayden 31st
Jack 32nd
Samsara 34th
Ben 45th
Natasha 78th

Room 11's NZ rankings:
Jayden 6th
Jack 7th
Samsara 9th
Ben 11th
Natalie 65th
Niwa 70th
Jamie 77th

Congratulations Room 11!

Clay Athletes:

Niwa says that Room 11 has been making clay athletes as part of our Rugby World Cup studies. We had to get the right shapes for the athletes and the size, for example, for a sumo they have to be big in the arms and the legs. We had to do what they wear and do the right hair, too. It was challenging, because it was quite difficult to get the body the right shape. It was really fun!

100%'ers:

Today was the first day that Niwa and Tuko scored 100% in the Five Minute Frenzy (C)!  Niwa feels happy, because it's her first time to score 100%, and she only scored 46% in her first test.  Tuko feels proud that he scored his first 100% as he only scored 27% in his first test. Their goal was to achieve 100% and get a good time under 5 minutes.  The whole class is proud of Tuko and Niwa's success.

We had an astonishing 17 people achieve 100% in this morning's Five Minute Frenzy:

Tuko, Niwa, Jamie, Abbi, Ben, Shontelle, Sian, Jayden, Phoebe, Briana, Ashlee, Finn, Aidan, Sharon, Charis, Katiana and Maddy.  Only 5 people scored 100% - Jamie, Natasha, Abbi, Sharon and Jack - when we first started doing Five Minute Frenzies.  Natasha would probably have scored 100% too, if she hadn't been at music.

Fantastic learning Room 11!

My mother doesn't want a dog!

Dog Needs rap:

100%'ers!

Jamie, Niwa, Briana, Natasha, Nadia Shontelle and Sharon all achieved 100% in their Essential List 7 Spelling List, with Jamie also scoring an impressive 100% in the Commonly Misspelt Words!
They attribute their success to having a teacher that has lots of spelling.
Congratulations to all our top spellers!

Niwa's 2nd learning victory:

On Friday I was awarded the WPS Learning Trophy for Spelling, writing complex sentences on Renata Kawepo, and going up 5 sub-levels in my writing.
I feel happy and proud. Mum was happy, too, because it was the second time I've got it.
Ms Clydesdale was proud as well, saying it was a successful partnership between Ms Clydesdale, mum and me.
Dad was happy and said well done!

Niwa's Complex Sentences:

Niwa is ABOVE average!

Niwa feels really happy that she is now a stanine 6'er in the recent PAT test, because she didn't get average all the time.

She is now at a higher level and she feels brainier, which is cool!

Niwa's intersting ancestor:

Renata Kawepo is Niwa's important ancestor. This painting of him is by the famous New Zealand painter, Lindauer: