Look At What Has Been Happening In Room 3!

Here are some videos to show you what we have been up to in our class room.


Learning New Maths Games on PhotoPeach


Petal Came to Visit on PhotoPeach

Friday Fun

Today we had lots of fun in Room 3. Check out the video below to see what we have been up to. Dont forget it is a long weekend. See you on Tuesday! Friday Fun in Room 3 on PhotoPeach

Cricket

This afternoon Tama came along to teach us some cricket skills. We had so much fun! We were learning to step forward with one foot when we wanted to catch the ball and when we were bating. Cricket on PhotoPeach

GSNS Open Afternoon - Thursday 28th August

We hope you will be coming to the GSNS open afternoon this Thursday.
We would love to show you around our classroom and talk to you about all the learning we have been doing. This week we have been working very hard to make our own Scotland inspired castles.
Have a look at us working hard in the video below and don't worry, we promise to have the mess cleaned up before you visit!

See you on Thursday, Room 3.

 Room 3's Castles on PhotoPeach

Pyjama Day!

We had so much fun dressing up in our pyjamas on Friday!

Miss Potter read us lots of stories and we even got to design our own PJs at discovery time.

Don't you think we look comfy?!

Our Holiday Adventures!

The children in Room 3 had a fantastic holiday!
Here are some of the things we got up too...

• I went to the jaffa race - Brody
• I tried to get my wobbly tooth out - Sophie
• I went to the pool and the art gallery - Samara
• I had a playdate and a sleep over with my friend Flynn and we went to How to Train Your Dragon 2, all in the same day! - Poppy
• I went to the movies and watched Tinkerbell the Pirate Fairy - Jojra
• I went to Christchurch and we stayed there for one night, the next day we went to Orana Park and the museum - Hannah
• I went to the butterfly museum - Wills
• I went to Inflatable World - Jacob 
• I went to Aramoana to see the giant mole - Alexis 
• I went to the beach with my friend Salvador and we went to the dinosaur park - Sam
• My Mum bought me a micro car - Tan An
• I went to Chipmunks - Vishvan
• I got a pet goldfish - Maddie
• I went on the train to Oamaru - Brooke
• I went to the swimming pool - Zach
• I went to the jaffa race and I came second place! - Nicholas
• I went to Long Beach and stayed in the holiday house - Elise
• I went to my Nana's - Brady
• I went to my Granny's on a plane with my Aunty and Elise - Oakley
• I got to go to the movies and see Frozen - Tara

Room 3 On Stage!

Thank you to all the parents, friends and family members who came to watch us on stage last Friday. 

We had lots of fun, even if we were a wee bit nervous!

We thought we would upload the video we shared incase you couldn't make it.

From Room 3

We are on Stage this Friday!

Hi Everyone,

Please come along to assembly this Friday because we are the class of the week!
We will be on stage sharing our learning. If you want to see our compassion koalas, watch a movie about flight and learn about wellbeing you should make sure you are at the hall by 2 o'clock.
We hope to see you there.

From Room 3

Room 3's Trip to the Airport

Last Tuesday Room 3 went on a trip to the Dunedin Airport. We had such a great time!

Here are some of the highlights:

“Seeing the fire engine squirt out water and thinking it was going to wet us.” Oakley

“Watching the planes land.” Alexis

“Watching the bags go around the conveyor belt.” Samara

“Looking at the plane take off.” Poppy

“Watching the jet plane.” Sam

“When we saw the water spraying out the top of the fire engine.” Jorja

“Watching our bags on the computer as they went on the conveyor belt.” Maddie

“Seeing the jet take off and seeing the new and old fire engines.” Nicholas

“Looking at the fire engines spray water.” Vishvan

“I liked seeing the photos.” Elise

“Watching the adults bags on the computer as they went the X-ray machine.” everyone!

Here is a video of what we got up to (sorry it has taken me so long to upload it - working out how to add photos and movies to make one complete movie tested my iMovie making skills, so I hope it works!)

The All Blacks are playing against England at the Forsyth Bar Stadium in Dunedin tomorrow. We hope they win!

Mrs France taught us a song today and we thought we would share it with you. It is to the tune of

 B-I-N-G-O, but we have changed the words and are singing...

"The All Blacks team they are so cool and rugby is their game-o. B-L-A-C-K, B-L-A-C-K, 

B-L-A-C-K and rugby is their game-o.

2014 Compassion Fair

Today we had our compassion fair. All the children bought in old toys from home that they don't use any more. We got to have a look at all the toys, and buy the ones we liked. They money we raised is going to help other children who don't have as many toys as us.
Here is what we thought of the compassion fair:

We were being really kind and compassionate today - Poppy
It was really fun because we got to look at our toys in room 5 - Wills
We can't wait to play with our toys at home - Elise
We had a lot of fun at the fair, I really like that I won two lolly pops - Jacob

Look below and see our compassion fair movie - Alexis

2014 Compassion Fair on PhotoPeach

P.S WE RAISED $320

Buddy Reading with Room 12

On Wednesday we had our first every turn at buddy reading with Room 12.
We really enjoyed it and thought it was heaps of fun.

Check out our video below to see us reading with our new friends.

Snow Day Info

Thanks to all our parents for their patience and understanding over the last few days regarding school closure and a later start time. The decision to close schools is made in consultation with the Police and Met Service judging the risk of not being able to provide staff for a full day. Decisions are made collectively for all Dunedin primary schools as soon as possible in the day. Please note that there will be no Georgies before school care on days when there is a 10.00am start. Parents are reminded of the following ways to check on possible school closure:

1. Our school website (www.georgestreet.school.nz) will have the most up-to-date information about possible school closure due to weather conditions. Look for this information on the right-hand side of our home page.
   
2. Local radio stations such as Radio Dunedin 99.8FM or MORE FM 97.4FM will broadcast if schools are to open at 10.00am or remain closed for the day.
   

3. If all else fails, please call or text the school mobile number provided on our main school answerphone message (021 262 9919).

Please note that if the snowfall is light and roads are safe, school will be open as usual. If snow falls during a school day, children will not be sent home early. We will close at the usual time of 3pm. However, if parents or caregivers wish to collect their children before 3pm, that is quite acceptable. Please let the classroom teacher know before taking your child. 

What's been happening in Room 3?

No one came to school on Monday because it was a snow day!
Lots of us played in the snow at home. We made snowmen and had snowball fights. Some of us watched movies and others drank hot chocolate. It was a very fun day.

On Tuesday we had some performers come to school. They performed a show called RAPunzel.
We enjoyed it because it was really funny!

Today (Friday) we had lots of fun at discovery. Our favourite things to do were Lego, making cucumber sandwiches, colouring in corgis and making tiaras (we were celebrating the Queens birthday).

The teachers decided to dress up to celebrate the Queens birthday, we think they looked fabulous. Here is Miss Potter dressed as a princess. 

Miss Potter was so happy and surprised when she came into Room 3 after morning tea today. ALL the children were sitting nice and quietly in a circle, ready to learn. She thinks we are STARS!

Check out our excited faces! 

We are excited because we have had 1000 views on our blog!!

On Friday Fonterra shouted all the children and teachers a free lunch to celebrate the first birthday of their Milk in Schools programme. We all got to eat a delicious Pita Pit for lunch. 

The Highlanders also came to celebrate with us and we got to watch them have a milk folding competition. It was a really exciting day! There were milk tankers, video cameras, and lots of cheering and clapping. 

Incase you're not sure, we are all chanting Highlanders, Highlanders!

SNOW DAY - SCHOOL CLOSED

GSNS is closed today (Monday 26th May) due to snow and dangerous road conditions.
Have fun in the snow. You might like to take some photos of you playing in the snow to share with the class.

See you tomorrow,

Miss Potter

A Note From Miss Potter

Hello Room 3 Parents & Family Members,

In Room 3 we love sharing our learning on our blog.
We love taking photos of our learning and seeing it on our blog.
We love reading back over the posts on our blog.

What would make our blog even more fantastic would be if parents, other family members, and even the Room 3 children commented on our posts when they read them at home. This will give the children a real, live audience for sharing their learning.

We will be sure to reply to your comments! Friday is usually our 'blog update' day. But if we have spare time throughout the week we will post some of the extra exciting things we have been doing, or have a read through all the wonderful comments we will be receiving soon...

Commenting is easy:

• At the bottom of each post it will say "no comments" or "1 comment", "2 comments" etc.
• Click on this link and it will take you to a text box.
• Write your comment and then click on the drop down box beneath. If you have a google account you can comment through that. If you don't have a Google account, simply click on "name/URL", type in your name and click continue. 
• Lastly click on the big, blue 'publish' button.

I am more than happy to show you how to send a comment if you are still unsure, just come in and ask and I will show you on our classroom computer.

Thanks so much to the following mums who have commented on our blog recently. 

Poppy's Mum

Alexis' Mum

 

Oakley's Mum




Thanks for all your support,

Sarah

Poppy's Creation

Poppy worked really hard to create Dr Coackroach out of play dough. She spent over an hour trying to make him look exactly right. We think she did a great job!
Have a look below to see how well she did.

Face Painting

Some of the children were lucky enough to be chosen to have their faces painted for the TV channel ZooMoo.

Can you guess what animals they are?

Meeting Baby Thomas

Alexis bought his new baby brother into Room 3 this week.

His name is Thomas, we think he is really cute, very small and adorable.

Here is a photo of him.

The First Day of Discovery

Today we had our first day of discovery. It was so much fun! We were focusing on showing respect to each other and the equipment in the classrooms. We had to make sure we were sensible and looked after the things we used. We also had to work hard to tidy up when we were finished.
There were so many exciting things to choose from. Dress ups, iPads, making and creating, woodwork, shops, dinosaurs, castle and knights, Lego, making books, making cards, making bookmarks and so much more!
Here are the things we enjoyed the most:

Building a plane - Brooke
Making bookmarks - Maddie
Playing with the shop - Samara
Building Lego and showing it to Miss Potter - Alexis
Playing on the iPad and making things - Zach
Playing with the dinosaurs in Kindle 1 - Sam
Building a big plane out of wood - Poppy
Playing with the army people - Ollie
Drawing - Jorja
Making a 't' out of wood and playing with the knights and the castle - Jacob
Playing with the playdough - Tara
Going on the iPads and making a bookmark - Nicholas
Going on the iPads and playing with the Lego - Wills
Playing with the knights - Tan An
Drawing - Brody
Playing dress ups - Layla-Belle
Everything - Elise
Building a train track in Kindle 2 - Samuel
Dressing up in Kindle 2 and playing in the house - Safira

 Making bookmarks 

 On the iPads

 Making books

 iPads

 Lego creations 

 Lego creations

 Book making

 Following Youtube instructions on how to draw a fox

 More Lego

 Shops 

 Dinosaurs in Kindle 1

 Sam found a meteor 

 Dress ups 

 Woodwork 

 Hannah outside at the construction table 

Welcome to Brody and Layla-Belle

Today we welcomed two new children to our class. They came from Kindle 2. Welcome Brody and Layla-Belle! We are going to be good friends to them by respecting them and showing them where things are in Room 3.

International Day

Here are some photos of us dressed up for international day...

Some children bought in things from their country. Have a look at what we shared.

Sam bought in some maple syrup from Canada. We tasted a wee bit, it was very sweet and yummy.