Room 33 MVS 2019

This term, each Tuesday afternoon we have been doing some Gymnastics in the hall as part of our physical education program. It is lots fun!

Mrs Johnston very kindly organised for the Y3's to have some visitors to educate us on how music can be therapeutic, which relates to our Inquiry topic of Hauora. Room 33 started off with some singing and had a great time. We are looking forward to doing some bucket drumming in two weeks.  

Room 33 had their Junior Assembly on Friday the 18th of October. All of the students did an amazing job in the preparation and performance.

The Year 3 classes were lucky enough to be invited to the Year 6 cultural concert. Room 33 were amazed by all the great dances, plays and musical items that were preformed. We were very impressed with the cultural art that was created and displayed. Room 33 could see all the hard work that had gone into the performances and art work.

On Thursday 22nd of August, Room 33 visited Auckland Zoo as part of our Inquiry unit on Culture. We having been researching into endangered animals and looking at what different cultures are doing to try and save these animals. We had a very insightful lesson with the educators at Auckland Zoo. It was a fun day and we even experienced thunder and lightening.

The Year 3's participated in the School Cross Country on Wednesday the 14th of August. It was very muddy but so much fun. Everyone tried their best and the teachers were so proud of all the students.

This week for Writing we are learning how to write instructions. This morning we made paper planes and recorded the instructions as we went. We are also integrating this into our Maths unit of measurement, where tomorrow we will measure the distance that our paper plane flies.

On Friday 21st June, Room 33 and Room 31 visited the new library, Te Manawa at North West. The students really enjoyed listening and learning to the children's librarians Fiona and Christine. A big thank you to all our parent helpers who came along.

Yesterday we had Steve from Ocean Explorers come in and talk to us about the importance of looking after the ocean and all the creatures that live in it. He talked about all the plastic and pollution in the ocean. He gave us helpful tips on what we can do to make a difference. The students loved watching all the videos and pictures that Steve shared with us.

This week we have been learning about Similes as our Reading big book of the week had lots of Similes in it. We created our own Similes that were very creative. Come and have a look in Room 33 to check them out.

Today for Art we made Easter chicks using cups, googly eyes, coloured paper and the hot glue gun. The students really enjoyed the hands on art. The students got took  home a chocolate Easter egg to complete their Easter cups which they were happy about.

Today we had a Mufti Day in support of Christchurch. The last count for our mufti day was at $1500.00. We also all gathered on the bottom field to have a minute silence and have our Kapa Haka sing and do the haka inside our MVS whole school heart. 

This week we have been lucky enough to have Jordan from the Breakers come in and teach us some new Basketball skills and values. Room 33 really enjoyed their first session.

Here are some photos from our trip to the Museum today. The students learnt so much from both the educators and self guided tours with our parent helpers. Thank you to all our awesome parents who came along to help.