TIMELINE OF CHANGE!!!

This Week Room #16 have created a timeline of all the changes that have happened in their lives over the past couple of years.

Happy & Sad Changes but without these changes they wouldn't be the great students that they are today.  

Room #16 realise that things do happen for a reason. 

Check them out......

FAREWELL TO THE MASAGA FAMILY

This week we had Farewell for the one and only MASAGA FAMILY...

Whaea Nikki and her little family are moving to Japan so SPS held a special assembly to thank her for all her hard work and love she has shared over her many years of working here at Sylvia Park School.

Was a wonderful day full of happy tears and great laughter.  

*THE BEST SCHOOL IN THE WORLD*

WHAEA NIKKI'S BABY....

WHAEA NIKKI, MISS AMANDA, LELIA MASAGA , MISS WILLIAMS

Litrunette (Whaea Maxx's daugther) & MR FLASH

AIFALA & THE FLASH

ZOO TRIP....YAYE!!!!

This week Room 16 alongside other classes were able to go on a school trip to the Auckland Zoo. 

The main focus of our trip was to answer any questions we had from last term and look at the focus question and statement and question for this term.

 

We were lucky enough to have a session with John who was such a great help to us.  The main focus for our session was to see how “Water Conservation at the Zoo and the other sustainable changes”. 

Check out how our day went…..

BLAST FROM THE PAST!!!

Today for Inquiry Whaea Maxx shared some pictures of herself over the past years.  

As a class we were able to see the changes that our own classroom teacher has made over the years.

 CAN YOU SEE THE CHANGE???

* Room 16 were also encouraged to bring in pictures of themselves and were able to talk about their changes over the years...

Lets see if you can identify these little Gemz!!!

TERM #3 YEAHHHHH!!!

Wow! Another great start to yet another amazing TERM…

TERM #3 and we are all back refreshed from a great well deserved break ready for a lot of CHANGE and more fun learning.

Our new FOCUS STATEMENT for this term:

Lights, Camera, Take Action for Change!

And FOCUS QUESTION:

How can I tell a story about change through film?

This week we looked at a story called Boundless Grace to set the scene for Change. 

Top of Form

This is an adorable book about a young African-American girl named Grace. Grace’s mother and father split up when Grace was a very young child. Her father lives in Africa and Grace lives with her mother in the United States.

Grace feels that her family “isn’t right” because it doesn’t resemble the families that she reads about in her school books. When an unexpected plane ticket arrives for Grace and her grandmother, Grace feels so nervous that she won’t remember her father or fit in with his new family.

Upon arrival to her father’s home in The Gambia, Grace faces her new brothers and sisters and her beautiful new stepmother. Grace has trouble accepting the new stepmother at first but soon finds her to be a lovely addition to her life.

Grace leaves Africa with a new feeling that family is what you make of it and her family is special just the way it is.

EVERY DROP COUNTS!!!

This week ROOM 16 created a water pledge on how to save water as a Class and as a Whanau.  

We even had a 2 minute challenge for taking a shower and found out that 2 minutes is a long time and that you can save water by having 2 minute showers.   

Check out our Class and Whanau/Family Pledges.  

The boys with the room #16 water pledge...

Thumbs up to saving water....

Room #16 Models with the water pledge

smiles all round for this group...

How Room #16 plan to save water at home with  the help of their families...

WILD & WACKY!!!

This week for Inquiry was filled with a variety of experiments....

-Everyone was amazed at what happens when Baking Soda reacts with Vinegar and Food colouring.  

- When food colouring reacts to water that is cold, warm & hot.


Check out our experiments: