SPENCER PARK

Spencer Park

By Zac

On Tuesday 21st November all the seniors went on a trip to spencer park, it was amazing! There was a little pool (which we didn’t get to use) lots of playgrounds, monkey bars, volleyball court etc. We got a sausage and you got to choose from vegetarian, pork, and others. You could only have two sausages each, but there were heaps of leftovers, so you could have more. While we were at Spencer Park we played games such as: virus, volleyball, capture the flag and lots more games! We also had morning tea but we had to bring our own. My favorite part of Spencer Park is the flying saucers. It’s amazing! There were different types of flying saucers such as a short one, a long one and a medium one. If you came I hope that you had as much fun as I did and if you didn’t come I hope you do get to visit Spencer Park one day!

Messages from the children in Room 3:

Thank you very much parents, for coming and helping, without you we wouldn’t have as much fun (Ron).

Thank you for playing games with us like capture the flag (Erin).

I had a good time (Grace).

Thanks for the help and support and the tips that you offered along the way (Finn)

Thank you for giving up your time to help us have fun (Nethira).

Thank you for coming and playing with us (Rayan).

DAY 25 of FUN

Today in the 26 days of Christmas fun it was…

Biscuit day!

Mrs Dykstra kindly provided materials and the fun day started!

Each of us got 1 biscuit and globbed on pink, green or white icing; some of us even chose 2!
Then we went to the topping table and loaded up on sprinkles m&ms and mini marshmallows,
our creations looked almost as good as they tasted!  

After the toppings were exhausted Finn, Clara and Hannah dug into the leftover icing but crafty Mrs Dykstra put a price on it …  CLEANING THE TABLES! (well played teacher, well played).

By Finn

FUN FUN FUN by Clara and Hannah

Room 3 is a zoo! Stuffed toys are stampeding all over their work!

Mrs Dykstra has introduced a new activity to the class - 26 days of fun activities before Christmas. As the end of school in 2017 is nearing (and so is Christmas). Mrs Dykstra now puts on an activity every day. Today we have stuffed toys.

Emma has brought along a purple giraffe accurately named Mr Purple. He loves to draw!

Sharukh has brought along 'Killer', a leopard who poops stuffing.

Zac has brought along the big blue eyed Waddles! He's one year old from Farmers. Zac has been his best friend since he got him.

Mary is the little lamb Sienna has brought. It likes to jump.

Princess Bear is a light pink bear with stylish green ribbon and necklace. She loves to sleep - who doesn't?

Vixie the baby vixen loves to hunt and play around. Nethira made her! Santa dog is the loyal dog that loves to ride in a reindeer-free sleigh. He has a Santa hat. Arjuna brought him along.

The long-legged Rando is extremely clumsy and enjoys trying to stand up for over 5 seconds. He belongs to Hannah.

"Hello, my name is Gilda! I have a Southern accent. Oh my gosh, I just love to eat shrimp cookies! I mean like, oh ma gash!" It's Clara's flamingo.

"Hello. Hi. I have a big nose. It's cold! I have no fingers so I can't do chess or maths, which is sad. I have a pink bow on my tail I can put on my head to look stylish. I love oats. I love oats, oats!" Eeyore has told us. Ron brought him along.

George is a gorilla who hibernates in the wardrobe. Felix brought him along.

As you can see every soft toy is enjoying themselves. They've made friends and attempted to draw each other.

The kids need to crack a code in binary to find out what tomorrow's activity is!

Here is tomorrow's code:

00010 01001 10011 00011 10101 01001 10100 00100 00001 11001

CAN YOU BREAK THE CODE?

We have been looking at binary numbers and the children are beginning to 'crack' the code. Here is an example...

1011100001010000111101111010011010010011001101001001001001000000111001

Ask your child if they can explain it to you.

SEWING

The children in Room 3 have been busy sewing. Here is one of the finished products with many more photos to follow.

RICCARTON BUSH TRIP by Abbie and Emma

On Tuesday we went to Riccarton Bush. We saw so many types of leaves and trees. We learnt about skeleton leaves. Skeleton leaves are normal leaves but instead of dying the outer layer peels off, leaving the skeleton behind. We had to pair up and try to find as many different leaves as we could, off the ground. As well as skeleton leaves, we found spotty leaves, hotakara, a broken egg shell, some tree fungi, some bark from a tree and even a leaf that was half skeleton (which reminds us of a mask from Phantom of the Opera). We found a small tree, which was wrapped around itself.

At Riccarton Bush we went into Dean's Cottage. It was small, with only three rooms, plus a small hallway. When we got to the grove we tried to identify our leaves. We chose to take two each back to school, but we took more to show the class.

Here are some photos of our trip...

Athletics day
Athletics day is on Wednesday. Remember to bring a water bottle, suitable running shoes, a hat, sun screen and your house colours.