Calf & Lamb Day 2015

Our artwork was up and ready for judging.

Congratulations to Jessica who received Reserve Supreme Champion.

Miss Ogle ran the Balloon Darts for the Mini Gala in the afternoon. Because of the wet weather all of our gala events were set up inside our classrooms.

Aila and Levi received Highly Commended Awards for their indoor exhibits. 

Here is a collection of photos that Mr Lodge put together of photos taken on the day. Thanks to Arnita and Brydee for their great photography skills.

The nominations are in...

Congratulations to everyone who has been nominated for the MOA Awards. Room Totara have been very lucky to have eight nominations over seven different categories. 

Our class nominations are:  

Nominated for Best Music Video - Intermediate

Room 15 - Fun, Fun, Fun 

(Whole Class)

Nominated for Best Te Ao Maori - Junior

Christian, Levi, Alex - He aha te tae?

Nominated for Best Graphic Design - Junior

Madison - Said Poster

Tyrone, Alex - Ice and Fire

Nominated for Best Animation - Junior

Dante, Reece, Caitlin - Mana Means PRIDE

Nominated for Best Te Ao Maori - Intermediate

Jessica, Sienna-Nicole - He Aha Te Tae?

Nominated for Best Book Trailer - Intermediate

Levi, Luke - Best Mates

Nominated for Best Teacher ICT

Miss Ogle - Teaching with ICT: Reading Portal

Students will have letters sent home which invite them to the MOA Awards event.

Week 1 Certificates

All students have worked really well this week and it has been a challenge to choose just one person to receive the Principal's Award. We have been working to complete some art work for the Indoor Exhibits for Calf/Lamb Day. Aila has demonstrated great perseverance and diligence in completing her artwork. 

Our PRIDE Certificate recipients for Week 1 are Annabelle, Aila, Jessica, Luke and Shakshi. Aila, Jessica, Luke and Shakshi has put in extra time over the holidays to write post to their blogs. We also welcome Annabelle to Room Totara. She is learning the runnings of our class and it fitting in well to how we work and complete activities.

Holiday Challenges

Three students gave our Holiday Challenges a go. Shakshi, Aila and Jessica made posts to their Blogs showing what they discovered. Click on their Blogs to see what they discovered.

Shakshi

Aila

Jessica

Homework Award Recipients.

Congratulations to our Homework Award Recipients.  They have completed their homework each week this term and were awarded for their efforts. Well done to Levi, Alex, Mazzlin, Sienna, Tristan, Dallas, Jessica, Shakshi and Sienna-Nicole.

Certificates for Week 8

Congratulations to Jessica who received the Principal's Award for the week. She has been demonstrating PRIDE in her school work.

Congratulations to Sofia, Sienna-Nicole, Sienna, Christian and Connor. They received the PRIDE Certificates for this week. Keep demonstrating PRIDE everyone.

Certificates for Week 7

Congratulations to Sienna-Nicole for receiving the Principal's Award for Week 7. She has been persevering with her writing to add more detail, use paragraphs and use the correct punctuation.

Also congratulations to Jessica, Sequoia, Dante, Kade and Alex. They have been persevering with their reading and have made great improvements while working with the teacher or working independently.

Round the Mountain Challenges

Congratulations to Levi and Luke who have completed the Round the Mountain Challenge. They have completed 153 laps(km) in our preparations for cross country. They have run the equivalent of running around Mount Taranaki.

These boys have also reached their goal that they set at the beginning of the term. 

Also congratulations to Caitlin, Caleb, Christian, Dallas, Tristan, Shakshi, Jessica and Sienna who have reached their goals that they set.

Certificates for Week Two

Congratulations to Aila for receiving the Principals Award for Week Two. She has been persevering to get her work completed and then posted onto her blog. 

You can check her blog out and the blogs of other members of our class by clicking on their names on the right hand side of this blog.

Congratulations to Jessica, Troy, Alex, Luke and Shakshi. They have also been putting in a great effort to get their work completed and posted onto their blogs.

It has begun...

It has begun...We have started putting together our props ready for our movies/plays. Keep an eye out for more photos to get an idea of what we are doing.

Homework Certificates

Congratulations to those students who brought in their homework each week for Term Two. For their efforts they each received a certificate and a prize. 

PRIDE Certificates for Week 8

Congratulations to Troy, Levi, Luke, Alex, Shakshi and Jessica who received the PRIDE Certificates for Week 8. They have been persevering to get all of their work completed and ready for our Open Day which is happening at the end of the term. Keep persevering.

Certificates for Week 7

Congratulations to Jessica who received the Principal's Award for Week 7. She is a new member of Room 15: Totara and has fitted in really well. 

Also well done to Tyrone, Tyrel, Sienna, Mazzlin and Sofia for receiving the PRIDE Certificates for Week 7.