Our Koru Disco

Last Friday night, our junior children enjoyed a hip hop themed disco! We came dressed in our best outfit, had our hair looking fly, and chains on too!


We got to have pizza and strawberry milk, and dance and have fun with our friends. There were lots of teachers and parents there, and also a photo booth where we could take cool pictures with each other.

We all had lots of fun at the disco and can't wait for the next one - we wonder what the theme will be?!

From Room 10 xx

Tread Lightly Visit

This week, Room 10 visited the Tread Lightly caravan. Our visit taught us about making sure to not drop rubbish, putting your rubbish in the right bin, making sure we don't put anything down the drains and also spent time exploring objects with magnifying glasses and planting seeds.

We had read and watched 'The Lorax' by Dr. Suess last week, so this visit linked really well to what we had learned from that. We were given the chance to be hands-on learners, and discuss with our adults why looking after the environment is so important.

The seeds that we planted are coming home in their containers, and it is our job to care for them and help them grow at home! We hope we remember what to do...

From Room 10 xx

And a special thank you to Connor's Mum Kelly and Olive's Mum Pippa for helping us out with this learning experience, we appreciate you so much!

What happens when drains are blocked?

Talking about not putting rubbish down the drain

Talking about why it is important to look after the environment

Planting our radish seeds

Exploring with magnifying glasses

Magical Maths in Room 10

In Room 10, we like to work hard on our maths. We like when our learning is tricky because that helps us to become better. We use lots of materials to help our counting, ordering, skip counting and doubling and halving. Our I Can sheets we use in class and in our home learning books help us to know what we can already do and what we are now working on.

We use whiteboards, iPads, photos and our big maths books to record our thinking and spend a lot of time talking to other children in our group about what we are learning and how we got to an answer. We also like to look at simple word problems that need us to solve them. This helps our reading and comprehension too!

This group has been practising their skip counting using different coloured multi link cubes

This group has been working on their addition and subtraction, using teddy bears, counters and number lines

This group has been working on placing an equal number of beans (we pretended they were sharks!) into containers (oceans!)

In Room 10, we also have been looking at how long it takes to complete an activity to learn about duration. We are learning when school starts and finishes, and the order in which we complete our daily learning. To help at home, you could talk to us about the times and order we have dinner, do our reading and go to bed - or anything else we may do after school! This is a great holiday activity for us too, a daily diary showing what we do and when we do it.

From Room 10 xx

This group has been working on showing numbers before, after and in between using hundreds squares and boards

Musical Performances

On the last day of Arts Week, Room 10 worked in groups to create a short musical item, using instruments and body percussion. We had been enjoying exploring music throughout the week, so thought bringing our work all together to perform in front of our peers was a great way to wrap up the week!

We were given a time period in which to share our ideas with each other and practise our item, before presenting to the class. We used instruments such as tamborines, triangles, drums and maracas. We also used our bodies to add interesting detail to our performances, by clapping, stomping and clicking.

Performing our musical items to the class was a great way to reinforce our Arts Week learning, and to work collaboratively to produce a unique item.

From Room 10

Room 10 Arts Week

During Arts Week this term, we have so far spent time with Mrs Grant practising our drama skills. We took part in freeze frames - you are told what positions to be in and then the lights come on and you have to freeze! It was really fun because we got to act like the things we like.

We also had music with Mr Haywood. We practised using our body to make different sound patterns in groups. This is called body percussion.

As a class, we are working on recreating 'A Starry Night' by Vincent Van Gogh. We have been using tutorials to help us draft our version of this famous painting, before we use crayons and water

colour to add the finishing touch to our creation. Our artwork may not look exactly like his, but we have given it a good go to show our appreciation of his painting.We have also been making leaf art, by using different shaped leaves as sponges to create patterns on coloured paper.

We look forward to sharing our creations with you!

Love Room 10

Harold Meets Room 10

Last week, Room 10 visited Harold. He is a giraffe from the Life Education Trust and he came to talk to us about being kind to our friends.

We played some games to help us learn how to be a better friend. We played a puzzle that showed us the qualities needed to be a good friend to others. We watched a video about Harold playing with his friends and gave him some advice about how to cheer up his friend Rabbit. Harold's friend Zebra was being a bit mean to him so we told Harold some things he could say to solve the problem.

We read Harold 2 stories we had written about him and then he blew us kisses that went up into the sky.

We liked the time with Harold because we learned lots and got cool activity packs at the end of our sessions.

Chinese Calligraphy

For the past 2 weeks, Room 10 has had a teacher come in before lunch to teach us some basic Mandarin.

She has taught us to count to 10 in Mandarin, and we learned a little song to make it easier to practise our counting. We learned how to ask and answer how old we are, and spent some time practising this with a partner.








This week, we had a go at writing numbers in Mandarin using calligraphy brushes and thin paper. Some of us found this tricky, because we needed to use only a little bit of paint and sometimes forgot to do this! Others remembered to use only a little bit, so their work turned out neater and easier to read.


It was fun to have a go at an activity we haven't done before and we hope our parents liked seeing our finished work that we brought home!

From Room 10.

Our Buddhist Temple Visit

This week, Room 10 had the privilege of visiting the Buddhist Temple in Flat Bush. We traveled by bus and were in a group with an adult and our friends.

When we got there, we took part in several different activities that all helped us to learn and understand the 3 G's. These are:

1. Do Good Deeds
2. Say Good Words
3. Think Good Thoughts

We know these well now parents, so feel free to ask us what they mean! They are a good thing for us to remember at school and in our own lives. We also made a paper lotus flower, practised washing the Buddha, learned about the Temple's bell, and took turns wishing on the Temple's wishing bell. We wonder if our wishes will come true?

We also enjoyed eating cookies for afternoon tea and getting really cool tattoos put on our hands. The police also visited us to talk to us about making good choices in our communities.

We were all very tired on the bus trip back to school, but were very happy to have had such a unique experience!

Learning about the history of Buddha

A visit from the local police officer

Things to remember!

Learning about the Temple wishing bell

Learning how to wash 

The Temple bell is 3,000 kg!

Room 10 Meets Laura and Kai

Yesterday, Room 10 went to see Laura and her dog Kai in the school hall.

Laura had come to speak to us about being safe around dogs and why it is important to treat dogs kindly. 

Laura explaining how we keep safe around dogs

We learned how to act around dogs we don't know well

We learned that dogs need food, water, exercise, toys to play with and sleep. Laura taught us that if we see a dog we want to pat, we need to ask the owner first. If the owner says yes, we should pat the dog on the back or on their sides. If the owner says no, we say thank you and walk away quietly.

If a dog runs at you, you should stand like a tree so the dog doesn't jump on you. Everyone in Room 10 had a go at being a tree, while Kai walked around us. We then lined up to meet Kai and give him a pat on the back or on his sides.

Kai also showed us the tricks he can do! He can jump, bow, shake paws, bark when asked, sit, lie down, chase his tail and wait to eat his food - which was very hard for him! Room 10 thinks that Kai should learn to do press ups, do a backflip and learn how to DJ next.

We all got the chance to meet Kai and give him a pat

Ashton's favourite part was when Kai walked around him. Olivia J liked patting Kai. Cooper enjoyed saying hi to Kai. Conner loved when Kai gave him a big sloppy kiss at the end of our lesson.

Room 10 had lots of fun meeting Laura and Kai, and we learned lots about how important it is to stay safe around dogs.

Bruno's Beautiful Adventures

 On Friday, we took our class teddy bear for a walk around different parts of the school. It was a sunny day so we enjoyed showing him around!

Cooper is ready to show Bruno how we walk in Room 10

Our class bear's name is Bruno Oscar Bear, and he has the special job of going home with a child from Room 10 every Friday to spend the weekend with them and their family. He likes to watch YouTube videos, eat honey and go to the park. Bruno also only likes going home on Friday with a child who has done great learning during the week and shown beautiful Sunnyhills manners and manaakitanga to their friends and teachers.

When Bruno spends the weekend with a different friend, he brings a diary with him. In the diary, he would love for his friend to write about or draw and take pictures of all the adventures they've had that weekend - even if it's just a supermarket visit!

Showing Bruno how we walk sensibly

We took Bruno to the boat playground and the junior playground to show him how to play nicely, and we showed him how quietly and sensibly we walk around Sunnyhills School. We reminded Bruno to care for his friends and use his manners.

It was a lot of information for Bruno to remember, but he seemed to enjoy his walk in the sunshine! He's looking forward to taking turns with different children and experiencing the weekend with their family from Friday before coming back to school on the following Monday.

Room 10 and Bruno Oscar Bear xx

Bruno enjoyed the flying fox

Enjoying the field with Bruno

Meet Bruno Oscar Bear

Our First Week Back

Term 2 Begins!

Our 'g' sound crowns

Room 10 as started Term 2 with a bang! We have a new teacher, new activities and are thinking about our learning goals. 

We want to be successful learners who aren't afraid to give things a go and love a challenge!

So far this week, we have been practising our skip counting in maths, writing about our dream holiday destinations and pets, and reading different books and thinking about the authors message.

We made these crowns, which show different words starting with the 'g' sound. We were very proud to wear them around the classroom!

We also drew a character from our books and wrote what we liked about the story, before sharing it with our talk partners. That was a really good way to think back about what we had just read.

Room 10 is excited to be sharing our P.E. time with Room 8 this term, every Wednesday at 1.30 pm. We are going to be practising our ball skills as well as gymnastics! Our library time has also changed to Monday afternoons, so we are getting used to new routines but meeting the challenge.

Our book character drawings

Miss Farmer is settling into being our teacher and she can't wait to experience a whole new range of learning activities with the wonderful members of Room 10 this year.

Our 'g' sound crowns

Big book

Last week we read a big book called 'Mrs McFee' we decided to take our big book response out to the concrete and do some art with what had happened in the story! Here's what some of us came up with...