Certificate Winners 26 March 2012

The certificate winners for this weeks team assembly were Arlo, Sophie and Caitlin:

Arlo McLean won his for finishing work early and it always being at the highest standard. He felt very proud that he won and surprised out of all the people in his class . Next was Sophie Jones for thinking critically about her SMART goal. She also felt surprised because she said she never won that many certificates . Last is Caitlin Ward for being resilient at swimming sports and not giving up she felt astonished because she said she wasn't the only one that tried and wondered why she was the one that got the award and like all the award winners they all use the grey lynn school values respect, responsibility and resilience!!!!

Pacifica Heart Beat

On Tuesday the 20 of march 2012 the whole of Totara team went to pacifica heart beat. When we were on the bus we were playing sweet and sour it was really fun but then we got a little bored . Straight after that we were there at the pacifica heart beat we went into this place that looked like we were in a royal palace. After that we got to greet the pacifica Mamas in the language that they were from. Some of the greetings are.... Fakaalofa Lahi Atu, Bula vanaka, Kia orana, Taloha ni and Talofa lava. After we greeted them and said a prayer we set of for our first activity. Our first activity was we made stickers out of computer icons like <>and \/. Heres an example \/\/\/ ///\\\ / <<>><<>><<>><<>><><. After we had finished our stickers we danced in front of a camera that reflects your image onto the screen. The second activity we did was we walked to the art gallery and we started to look at John Pules art work we thought about the techniques that he used. After we had thought about what he has done we made our own decorations on a piece of card board after we had finished we plated a necklace to hang our piece of card on. The pacifica mamas helped us put the card on the necklace on, it was very helpful and they looked amazing.

The third thing we did was the drums and the HULA!!!! out in public. The lady who taught us was really nice, all the girls were doing the hula and the boys were doing this haka thing in the end it was really cool! we ended up doing the hula in front of people who were walking in the city it was embarrassing but really fun after that we went back to school and for the rest of the day room 13 just had a chit chat about what we got up to and what we learnt.

By Olivia and Anisah

Creative World

Blue Teddy

There once was a blue teddy

his very funny name was Freddy

the teddy had a bear

with light furry ears

there was once a blue teddy

Our World

In Grey Lynn school they are building a 2 storey classroom block next to the swimming pool. They just put some fences up to stop kids going in to it. They are going to be building it in term 2 and its going to be very noisy. Im looking forward to having more space and watching them build it.

by Harvey

My World

In room 13 we are writing about reports about our selves or someone in our class. Here is some information about me.

I would love to be fashion designer when I grow up because I have a big interest for fashion.

Somethings I love to do is watch movies, some times make little outfits for my toys, going shopping to buy clothes and jewels.

I live St Mary's bay with my Mum, Dad and Sister.

The sports I like are Netball, Tennis, Water polo and Swimming.

Room 13s Words of Wisdom

Hi and Welcome to Room 13s first blog post for 2012. We have been writing about words of wisdom, words of wisdom are about life, giving things a try, never letting yourself down and advice on how to achieve your goals. Here are our "words of wisdom"......

Charlotte - Never give up on what you really love. Scarlett - Love life, follow your heart and never give up on yourself. Nathan - Never give up on yourself. Bay - Keep on trying until you succeed. Kayleen - If you lose don't feel like a loser, just keep on trying. Mason - Keep on trying until the job's finished. Juanita - When your ready you will be undefeated. Sophie - I follow my heart so I never give up. Madeleine - Patience is a good thing to have because if you wait good things will come to you. Nami - Keep on trying in your life and you will succeed. Harvey - Never stop trying. Malachi - If you work hard you will succeed. Chelsea - If you fail try again. Ben G. - Never stop trying. Anisah - Trying is the perfect way of succeeding. Olivia - Nobody is perfect you learn from your mistakes. Caitlin - You don't want to go back to the past because of bad memories that you had, its just life thats how we get stronger. Phoenix - Don't wait for the perfect moment take this moment and make it perfect. Ethan - Practice makes perfect because you know you love it. Marlo - Kindness, love and friendship will help you in life. Maya - Try your best, do as much training, never give up and it will all be worth it in the end. Queenie - Life is like a maze if you come out it is up to you. Nina - Go with your heart it will lead you to the right path. Sydnie - If you work hard and you put all your heart into something and you know you can do it, then you will and you will be the best at it. Ben P- Never fall back, never give up and always try your hardest.

Room 16

I am Room 16.

The work on the wall is my skin.

I need children in the classroom to survive.

Kindergartens are my cousins.

My getaway is a school holiday program.

My job is a teacher.

I desire a classroom full of children.

By Emma