Sports Assembly

Well done Room 5 on your awesome achievements recognised today at our Sports Assembly.
In Hockey, Joseph was awarded the Most Improved Player and Jahde the Player of the Year.
A fantastic effort with the "Most Valuable Player" category for the three Netball Teams. Well done to Natasha, Jahde, and Manaia for that!

 

Room 5 Champion- Week 9

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Athletics- High Jump Training

Next Wednesday is our School Athletics Day. We've been out practicing our High Jump on a glorious Wellington Day!
Look at these guys fly! We just keep raising the bar!
High Jump Training on PhotoPeach

Sports Tournament with Cannons Creek School

We had an awesome time today over at Cannons Creek School in Porirua. 65 kids from our school went over for a Sports Tournament. The sports included Soccer, Netball, Rugby, and Unihoc. We bet them 5 games to 4. It was a great time - including being on the receiving end of a powhiri for once. That was really special and Cannons Creek School put on an awesome Powhiri!
A special thanks to Mr Murray for organising this and all the parents who helped with transporting us all!
Reporter: Mark

Calendar Art 2011

Hey Parents- Check out the awesome Art Work that you have the opportunity to purchase as a calendar, cards, or a diary.
A great fundraiser for our school. Just fill in the order form (taken home) and return it to school by Friday 30 September
Calendar Art on PhotoPeach

Quadblogging Week 3

This week we are all focusing in on Northwood Primary School, Kent, UK
http://northwoodweb.com/Yr5/
Have a look at what they have been up to and leave a comment. Remember to check your spelling, capital letteRs and  say  where you are from when you write your name.

Room 5 Champion- Week 8

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Rippa Rugby Tournament

Today was Day 2 of the two-day Porirua Rugby Nations Tournament. It kicked off yesterday at Onepoto Park with Rippa Rugby teams from 19 Porirua primary schools and us! Each representing a Rugby World Cup 2011 team for their own shot at world cup glory.
A fantastic experience! The build up training showed great commitment from our specially selected 15 students. A bonus was meeting the Springboks and then getting to see them live in action at a RWC match in Wellington.
South Africa may be doing a little better than what we did, but still a great time had by all!
A special thanks to Mr Barnao and Mrs Mac:)

Spring Art!

Yesterday the whole school celebrated Spring with some fun Spring Art. Well done to Luke and Piyumi for receiving awards- Awesome!!
A tough job for the judges- I think you all deserved one!
You may recognise the music with this slide show. It is The Nutcracker Ballet suite op.71 8. Waltz of the Flowers
Spring Art! on PhotoPeach

Room 5 Champion- Week 7

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Celebrating New Zealand - Powerpoints

New Zealand’s National Parks

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Celebrating New Zealand - Powerpoints

Kiwi fruit

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Celebrating New Zealand - Powerpoints

Te Reo Maori by Natasha and Piyumi

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Celebrating New Zealand - Powerpoints

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Manaia and Jahde's Powhiri

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Celebrating New Zealand - Powerpoints

NZ Facts by Madi, Tracy and Khanh

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The Haka

Ka Mate

Our Room

This is our classroom. Loads of fun learning going on here!
Our Room! on PhotoPeach

Quadblogging

This week is the first week we are involved in Quad blogging. We are focusing on Ms Kreul's Class Blog at

Richards Elementary School USA

Here is the link: http://mskreul.edublogs.org/

 

HHS Rippa Rugby meets the Springboks!

Hampton Hill School are representing South Africa at the Porirua City Nations Rippa Rugby Tournament. They have been training hard and were rewarded today by being able to go into Te Papa and meet the Springbok Rugby Team. Spot the new uniforms we will be playing in- All very exciting! A special thanks to Mr Barnao and Mrs Mac. Also to Sean's mum and Jasmine's dad for helping out today.
On to Sunday night when we were able to see the Springboks live in action against Wales thanks to the generous South African team for giving us the tickets. What an experience! What a game!!

Room 5 Champion- Week 6

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Writing - Taking it to the next level!

Check out how we me made a boring sentence far more interesting

Up, up, up. I am climbing a humongous hill.Even though it didnt look that high from below it now felt like having to conquor a mountain. It was ehausting. The sun was burning harshly on my sweaty back. I stumbled on, one foot after another. Up, up, up. Finally I drop to my knees at the top. What a beautiful view. By Jahde

One day a man climbed up a gigantic hill. It was sunny. He was sweating and felt like he was being touched by the sun. He stripped his shirt off. He was so hot. By Sean and Shaddi

We hiked up a tough rocky mountain. We could not wait to see the stunning views we imagined would be at the top. By Khanh and Natasha

I was climbing up a treacherous cliff face in the Himilayas. It was a very difficult task but I succeeded. The views were a life-changing experience. By Sam and Caleb.

I staggered up the steep, grassy slope. I was exhausted.

The hill climb was difficult. The rain was bucketing down. I was
saturated and was regretting taking the rediculous bet.
By Atreyu

Quadblogging

Next week we begin a new adventure! We have signed up to quad blog... This means that we're linking up with another three classrooms from all over, to find out more about them, about our world and about how we could improve our own blog. Our quad blog buddies are:
Richards Elementary School, USA
Mereside Primary School, Blackpool,UK
Northwood Primary School, Kent, UK

Our quad

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WOW Guest Speaker

Wellington has been Wowed lately with the World of Wearable Arts. We were fortunate today to have Fifi Colston come and speak to us at school. Fifi is a freelancer with many fingers in the creative pie! Also an illustrator, writer, TV presenter, MC and public speaker, Wearable Arts designer and workshop facilitator. She has had 16 designs in the World of Wearable Arts!
Wow with Fifi on PhotoPeach

Weaving

We have been having fun with different forms of weaving. Here are a couple of examples.
Weaving on PhotoPeach

Inferencing Riddle Game by David Tulga

Here is a fun site that will help you with the Reading Comprehension skill of INFERENCING. Click on the picture and it will direct you to the site. Make sure you have CAPS LOCKED. Try to guess the word with as few clues as possible. Be warned though some are American so wont be that obvious.

A Zoo Braai!

Wellington is the proud host of the South African Rugby team, and we are celebrating at the Zoo with a traditional South African BBQ – known as a Braai.

Get into the spirit and come along for some great South African food and music and learn more about our awesome African animals, including cheetahs, giraffes, lions and baboons!

There will be fun activities for kids and a cash bar for the grown ups.

What: Zoo Braai
Where: The African Village at Wellington Zoo
When: Thursday 15 September
Time: 4-6pm
Cost: Normal Zoo entry applies.Gold coin donation for Braai – all proceeds will go towards the Wellington Zoo conservation fund

Room 5 Champion- Week 5

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Multiples of 4

How fast can you say the 4 times table?- to 100? Using the pattern shown with the "ones" digits only, some of us have managed to get it under 20 seconds- even faster!

0,4,8,2,6,0,4,8,2,6,0,4,8,2,6,0,4,8,2,6,0,4,8,2,6,0

(0,4,8,12,16,20....)




Use the stop watch here and see what time you can say it in. Put your results in as a comment.