Camp Totara Springs

Wonderful Waiuku by Shontelle

Out on the black sand beach
Castaways is not far from reach.
To Dingle Dell or Fitzy's
Maybe for some fish'n'chips
Beware the dog, he always nips.

Many farms are near
But one thing you have to hear,
the birds and bees
are always pleased,
spring is not far away.

Pigs and cows
sometimes give you frowns
Rolling on the ground
tracking mud around
without a sound.

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!

100%ers!

After 4 days of Five Frenzy addition grids, 10 people in Room 11 scored a whopping 100%!

Jack

Natasha

Sharon

Phoebe

Jayden

Ashlee

Shontelle

Katiana

Charis

Briana

Congratulations!

Dog wise poem:

Speeches!!!

We are all doing persuasive speeches for the WPS Speech competition at the end of this term.

Some people are finishing their drafts, others are practising their speeches in front of the class, so that they can become more confident when they speak in front of the syndicate.

Brooke's speech is about domestic animals, because they keep you company when you are alone. Sharon's speech is very sad, because it's about her mum who passed away from breast cancer. Charis is speaking on illiteracy and why it should be stopped, and Samsara is doing Katy Perry. We have a large range of topics in Room 11 this term. Natasha won the speech competition last year for Year 5 and 6 students - Shontelle is hoping to be at the top with her.

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!

Shontelle is now confident in around and on water:

On our first session at the Papakura Pools I learnt how to do the dog paddle, when I couldn't swim at all. By the time we finished at the pools, I could nearly do breathstroke and freestyle.

I thought that the water safety unit was very good, as I have learnt all the 5 rules. My mum is going to get me into swimming lessons this year, so I can learn how to swim and it will be much safer for me. I wish I could go next year, but I will be a Year 7 so I can't go.

Cultural Challenge

The challenge was to draw an image of your culture on to a t-shirt, so that people would instantly recognise which culture you come from - this required quite a bit of research and thinking!