Cultural Festival 2016

Wow, what an incredible Cultural Festival we had! Congratulations to all Owairaka performers, you were fabulous!!

Wow, what a fun TERM 4 so far!

So far this term we have enjoyed Athletics Day, a planting trip to our community gardens, outdoor education and Green Week.

There are 4.5 weeks left of the 2017 school year, keep up the fabulous learning until the very end Room 25!

Enjoy these photos of us in action!

Wow! What an amazing experience for Room 25. Nigel Latta came to film in our classroom last week. He is filming for a new TV series that will be on TV next year. It was a very exciting day and we loved seeing how the film crew worked and how TV shows are put together.

Keep an eye out for Room 25 on TV in 2017!

Our focus for the next 2 weeks

Our first focus for Term 4!

Fun with riddles!

Room 25 had a fun time creating riddles.

Have a look at these examples and see if you can figure them out!

I have a hard shell.
I have green wrinkly skin.
I am slow.
I am a sea creature.
I lay eggs.
What am I?

By Hana

I am an animal.
I am black and white.
I am a good climber.
I eat leaves.
What am I?

By Samuel

I am an electronic.
I can search up anything.
I have buttons.
I have a screen.
I can be opened and closed.
I need to charge.
I can be any size.
I can charge your phone.
I can be different brands.
What am I?

By Abdul

I am yellow.
I do not grow on a tree, but from a root.
I stay with the other fruits.
I am soft.
I get rotten quickly.
I have a brown thing at the end of me.
What am I?

By Hibo

I can be many colours.
I can be long or short.
I am on the top of something.
There can be a little bug on me.
You can cut me.
What am I?

By Rekshan

Owai Olympics!

Wow! What a fabulous Owai Olympics! So much fun was had with our WHOLE school. Every class represented a different country. Room 25 and Room 3 (our  buddy class) represented NEW ZEALAND! We all dressed in black and white clothes and made NZ banners. We paraded in the Opening Ceremony, sang the National Anthem and saw the Olympic Torch being delivered by Darrien to declare the 2016 Owai Olympics open!!

During the day we competed in the gumboot throw, potato and spoon race, tug of war, long jump, baton relays, three legged race, weightlifting and so many more fun activities!

Thank you for organising this amazing day Mr Pressnell. 

Room 25 - Thank you for your passion, determination and enthusiasm... You are all gold medal winners to me!

Olympics Week

This week Owairaka will be celebrating and learning about the OLYMPICS! Pop in to Room 25 to see our medal tally and Olympics learning so far. On Friday we will have OLYMPICS DAY. This will include a school parade and our very own Olympic Games. Room 25 is representing NEW ZEALAND so please get all of your black and white outfits ready to go. 

TEAM NZ - ROOM 25 IS BEHIND YOU!!!!

Cross Country

Room 25 trained with Puriri Team in the lead up to Cross Country. We got fitter and faster during this time, it was very rewarding to feel like our training was paying off. When race day arrived (on Friday 12th August) we felt excited and nervous at the same time! Congratulations to Rawinia, Hibo and Maryam who placed in their age groups. Room 25 - You all showed determination, persistence and positive attitudes! Very proud of you all.

Our current school focus... You are great learners Room 25!

It feels good to hold the golden certificate!

Over the holidays Room 25 worked hard towards our goal... To be the champions of the holiday reading log competition! Well done to every single person in Room 25, what a fabulous team you are! Congratulations as well to Room 6, who took first place equal. 

Keep up the super reading everyone!

Our trip to the Owairaka Community Gardens!

On Monday 8 August 2016 Room 25 headed down to the Owairaka Community Gardens. A lot of us spend time at these gardens and we understand the importance of them to our community. We tidied up around the garden beds, harvested a cabbage to use in Garden to Table, pulled out lots of weeds, put mulch down and enjoyed getting some fresh air in the beautiful sunshine.

Thank you to Licha's Mum and Dad and Ms Cramer for joining us, we really appreciate your support.

Enjoy these photos!

A very special afternoon in Room 25!

Friday afternoon excitement in Room 25! 

Thank you Kosha and Chanaye (Kosha's Mum) for bringing in your beautiful puppies. We loved spending time with them! 

Thank you Lucas!

Today Lucas brought his guitar to school. Thank you Lucas for being so confident and passionate as you shared your talent with us. We loved it when you taught us some of your songs! Room 25 - You are all special because you are all unique. I am so proud of you because you celebrate each others strengths and support each other through challenges. Keep up the super team work!

Our first Garden to Table!

Room 25 is very excited that Garden to Table is underway for Puriri Team! Today was our Year 3's first session EVER! Our class was separated into a gardening group and a kitchen group, and what fun we had!

Welcome back to school Room 25!

Hi Room 25,

I hope you have had a great holiday! Here is our first focus for the term.

See you on Monday - Ready for an AWESOME Term 3 together!

Miss O'Shea

End of term fun!

What an AWESOME way to end the term - PURIRI TEAM DISCO! 

Room 25... I am soooo proud of you all. You have worked very hard this term. I am most proud of the way you have worked as a team and supported each other. 

Have a really FUN holiday. Enjoy time with your families and friends and get in some relaxation before TERM 3! 

See you in 2 weeks super stars!

Hippos!

This week we have been learning about Hippos! They are very interesting creatures!

Our writing task:

Write 5 facts about hippos
Use one key word in every sentence
Start every sentence with a capital letter and end it with a full stop

Here are some of our super facts!

AJ - The bigger hippos live in East Africa and the smaller hippos live in the West. They are called Pygmy hippos.

Te Tane - Hippos protect their calves.

Jared - Hippos are vegetarian.

Chloe - Hippos are one of the most dangerous creatures in Africa.

Digby - Female hippos are called cows and male hippos are called bulls.

Mia - Another name for hippos is 'river horse'. Hippos are mammals which means they are warm blooded.

Lucas - Did you know that hippos charge at humans and crocodiles and alligators if they feel threatened?

Library Fun!

Room 25 loves spending time at our beautiful school library on Tuesday after lunch. Here are some photos of our buddy reading in action.

We are learning how to be great listeners and how to read aloud confidently.