Tuko's classic medal:

Tuko feels happy that he won his first bronze medal for Spelling, and he has got his second certificate. He is happy to come to this school to get a bronze medal. Tuko has been trying ever since he came to our school to get a medal and now he has achieved his goal. Terrific Tuko!

Awhitu's 2km run:

At 10.15am Samsara, Jack and Jayden walked down to the hall, ready for the 2km race for cross-country in Awhitu. They hopped in seperate cars and soon arrived at our destination. They had roundabout half an hour to check our route, warm up and have a little something to eat.
Then a lady gave a humungous speech about the route and how there was going to be marshalls so we wouldn't get lost.
The third race was Samsara and Jayden in the Year 6 girls. Jayden came 9th and Samsara came 17th, that means Jayden is a reserve for Zone Day. The fourth race was Jack's, the Year 6 boys. Jack came 15th, and he felt really good because it was the first time he had been to Group Day.
They felt very proud of themselves, because they got very good placings, because they raced against 5o other children of their age.

Phoebe's Ballerina:

Katiana's Gymnast on the Beam:

Kian's Gymnast on the Rings:

Finn's Sumo Wrestler:

Awesome A/V Monitor:

Bailey is Room 11's A/V monitor this term. He takes photographs and record videos of our class doing plays, and downloading these onto the server. He feels really, really good about being A/V monitor. Ben says it helps us alot, having Bailey as A/V monitor, as now we can just ask Bailey to record our work and save it for us.

Bailey's cool spelling sentences:

Bailey used three words out of his spelling notebook and then put them into complex sentences for homework. He wrote them by himself and then his mum marked them. Bailey feels really good because he doesn't usually write sentences as good as these ones.
Here they are:
My mum took a photograph of me with a camera.
My mum told me to focus because I wasn't focusing on my work.
I practised my spelling at home last night.

Maddy's Fabulous Netball Year:

Last Sunday at the Waiuku Primary Netball prizegiving, when our team was up on stage, there were two people who were being presented with trophies and Maddy was one of them. She was happy, because she was given the trophy for the most improved player and she also got the certificate to go with it. When Maddy first started playing netball, she was stepping all the time and when it was the last game, she didn't step once!
Mrs South, Maddy's coach, was very proud of her!

100%ers in Five Minute Frenzy Multiplication:

This week's timestable frenzy was easier because there was 1X tables and sometimes 2X tables. Room 11 is getting better because they are getting used to the format and layout. Ben, Jamie, Abbi and Sharon are practising them at home.
Eight people scored 100% correct this morning within 5 minutes:

Natasha

Jamie

Nadia

Jack

Sharon

Abbi

Jayden

Congratulations!

Хорошая работа Джейми!

Good work Jamie!
Jamie has been learning his Russian alphabet at home. He knows how to pronounce and write the Russian alphabet off by heart. He is learning by printing the alphabet off at home and he has been writing it down and saying it lots of times. Jamie also made this clip on Garageband to demonstrate his new skills!
Jamie says learning Russian is awsome as!

Россия алфавита Джейми

Ben's cross-country goals!

Ben was aiming for a perfect Top 10 in the Waiuku Primary School's cross-country this week, and a perfect time - 10:50. He pretended that he was a racing car driver and it worked!

On the first day's training, he got a time of 15:00 exactly, and came in one of the last people to finish. On Wednesday, Ben came 4th in his age group and 10th altogether, and he has made it as a reserve to Group Day cross-country. It's impressive that he beat his time by 5 minutes!

Go Ben!

Super Speller:

Sian has been working very hard on her spelling, with a fantastic result yesterday with 100% correct on her usual spelling that she does every week with her buddy.
Sian feels very pleased that she has finally got 100% and so does Ms Clydesdale!

Netball mania:

Last Saturday, Maddy and Nadia played in the netball finals at the Waiuku Netball Courts. There were heaps of people there, but not many teams, because it was the finals.
They played only one game and did their hardest to beat Pukeoware. They were so happy because they came second!!!

The Winners:

Yesterday Sage and Jayden went to Forest Hill and played in a Girls soccer tournament. It had 8 rounds. The first three rounds were the deciding rounds to see if you got into the cup or the plateround - our team got into the plate round.
We played 8 games altogether and won 6 games and drew 2. In the semi-finals, we had a penalty shootout, because we had played over time, and still nobody had scored a goal. We won the shootout, and went into the finals, where Jayden scored the winning goal!
Fantastic effort, Jayden and Sage!

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!

Katiana's Title Page:

Room 11 has been learning about Rugby and Russia. This is Katiana's title page that she did for the topic. She used colour, a border with the Russian alphabet and a bright title. She wanted the page to stand out and she added a person holding a Russian flag.

Ms Clydesdale showed the class as an exemplar, so they have an idea of what they could do.

This is one of Katiana's favourite title pages, because it's bright and colourful, and successful!

Master Mathlete:

Jack has tried so hard on Mahtletics and has always accomplished his goal to be the top of the class. Every week he gets the chocolate fish at assembly for getting the most points in Mathletics in our class.
He is our reigning Mathletics Champion! We are very proud of him!

Magic Mathletes!

This morning, Sian and Samsara started on the shapes and money on Mathletics. They went from zero points to the 3,000's earning Sian 22nd in the WORLD! and 15th in New Zealand. Samsara was 16th in New Zealand and 23rd in the WORLD!
They feel like magnificent Mathletes!

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Room 11 is studying Russia, as it is the second country that Waiuku is supporting as part of the Rugby World Cup. We are learning to sing the Russian alphabet and to say some simple greetings.

Ashlee manages herself!

Ashlee was presented with a certificate at assembly last Friday for managing herself at home and at school.
Her behaviour used to be a bully and scary, and now she is happy and kind and helpful.
Her mother is really, really proud of Ashlee and her change in behaviour and her attitude - so is Ms Clydesdale!
Well done, Ashlee!

Cats and Dogs:

When God made...

The Dog's party!

My mother doesn't want a dog!

The Dog Ate My Homework!

Homework Rulz!

Room 11 are super students!

Most of the students in Room 11 have been working on our maths, spelling and reading at home every night, because you know what they say...practise makes perfect!

And that's what we are aiming for!

Ms Clydesdale doesn't make us do homework, we don't have to do it, but we want to get better. Samsara has moved up from 56% to 96% in her basic facts!

Maddy has moved up from Level 25 to Level 35 in her spelling.

Sage does her timestables every night.

Katiana does her basic facts and five minute frenzies every night, and she has improved on her basic facts from 39% to 59%.

Sian does her basic facts and spelling every night. Her basic facts facts have gone from 50% to 70%, and she is becoming very successful in learning her spelling words.

Ben does his timestables every night, and his spelling on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He has improved 23% in spelling and in multiplication he has improved 43%, and in basic facts, he has improved 12%. He is focussing on his speed in his multiplication timestables.

Ms Clydesdale is blown away with all this homework happening at home every night, and especially on the massive improvements that the class is making!

Go Room 11!

Aidan's pinch pot:

Sian's goals:

Sian's first goal for this year that she has set for herself is to get 90% in 5 minutes for her maths Basic Facts test by the end of the year. Her second goal is to be able to get up in front of the class and not mess up when she speaks, and to speak confidently and clearly. Her last goal is to get higher marks in her spelling. Sian is going to practise at home every night, and Ms Clydesdale will ask Sian more questions when she is sitting on the mat, and give her more speaking jobs.
Ms Clydesdale is impressed with Sian's goals and her attitude, because she knows that Sian is working hard at home every night, to accomplish her goals, and is sure that she will be successful!
Go Sian!

Dictionary Spellers 'I have a dog' poem:

Dog Needs rap:

Working Dog rap:

Dog wise poem:

Dog management:

Mrs Brown said that she learnt that all dogs have to be micro-chipped in New Zealand! and a $200 fine if you let your dog stray!

Stray dogs rap:

Bruce comes to Room 11:

Finn says:
On Monday morning Ms Clydesdale said it would be great if I could bring my dog Bruce into school as a picture model. My mum had the day off, so she brought him in for us to draw him. Bruce was silly and funny in class. People found drawing him fun, but complicated, because he kept walking so we couldn't get him just right. It was real challenging to get all his hair just right. We were all pleased that he came in.

Briana's Mathematics success!

Briana works harder to do her maths so she can get a higher level. She does impressively big maths questions every night with her dad. She scored 100% in her basic facts test yesterday, which gave her a 3A! She also got 23/25 in Monday's pre-test on the new maths unit, Number, making her the top scorer!
Briana feels great that she is at the level she is supposed to be at by the end of the year. This makes Briana one of the top Year 6 srtudents in the school for maths!
Congratulations, Briana!