Santee klaas

Today Eveliene and Julia's mum (Petra) came into our class, to let us know about Santee Klaas.

We learnt that ...

• Santee Klaas comes from Spain each year, in mid November, by steam boat, and he has a horse he brings with him.
• He has 100's of 'Black Piet's' but one main helper also called Black Piet.  - These are kind of like elves.
• Every night from mid November till the 4'th of December, you get to put one of your shoes (and a treat for the horse), by the fire place, or by your front door, and you get a little present in return.  
• Every night (or day) you sing him a song (see our youtube example below), to encourage him to come and leave his treat for you.
• On the 5th of Dec you often hear a knock at the door, and when you open the door, there is a sack full of presents.
• Santee Klass was a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church - To many people, this is where our Santa Claus originated from.
• Santee Klass, lived in the 6 century, and was known to help others by putting money in shoes, around this time of year.  This is where the money/small present each night comes from.

In Holland you also celebrate Christmas on the 24, 25 & 26th of December, but you would normally only get one present.

'Fill a Stocking' Advent Calendar

Earlier in the year Room 4 enjoyed learning about the 'Fill a bucket' books and how to fill other's buckets.  We changed it a little to suit our class, and we called it 'Filling a Kete'.

With Christmas fast approaching we decided to revisit these ideas, and we have created our very own version of an Advent Calendar.  We have called it our 'Fill a Stocking' Advent calendar.  We encourage you to try it out, and let us know what you think, or what you have been doing each day!

ENJOY!

Blake supports bald angels world record attempt

On Friday afternoon, Blake became the 401 bald angel in the world record attempt at the Turners Centre in Kerikeri.  AWESOME!!!  Love the hair cut, but don't forget to put sunscreen on!

Stella Sponsors Harold

Here is Stella sponsoring me to do the 'Kerikeri Half Marathon' for Harold and the Life Education Trust.  We are really lucky because he comes to our school next week!  

If you still wish to donate that would be great and you can either do it on line at the sponsorship link below or send your money into class  - Tell your friends too!!!  Go Harold and the Life Education Trust.
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/mrsg4lifeedfarnorth/# 

Wheelchair fun

Issy's has had a trial wheelchair for the last week.  It had flashing lights and looked like a real racer. Someone turned up to take the trial one back and give her, her old one back, so we all had a quick turn in it.  Even Mrs G had a go!  We are all looking forward to seeing Issy's new one early next year!  It sounds like it is going to be sooooooooooooooooo much fun!

Rugby League Skills

On Wednesday we were lucky to have Benson (from Rugby League Northland) come into our school to work with our junior classes, and teach us some Rugby League skills.  We all had lots of fun, and laughs, as we learn't about warm up, and how to hold the ball.

Below is a movie to remind us of what we were learning/doing.  We hope you enjoy.

Our Assembly

Last Friday it was our turn to run the school assembly again.  We shared some stories we had created about the blend 'Sp', and our 'Spookyrumpus' scenes.  We also presented one of our 'puppet pals' story creations.  We had lots of fun, and we all enjoyed having a turn to talk in front of such a large audience.  Here is a video of the highlights from our assembly.  We hope you enjoy!

Room 4 learns a little Japanese

Because we have a student who comes from Japan, we have been learning a few things in Japanese to make her feel more welcomed.  We have learn't how to say hello at different times of the day, and how to count to 10.  We have also been learning 'Twinkle twinkle' in Japanese.

Book fair

Today our class visited the library to see the books that are for sale.  We all had lots of fun reading these new and exciting books.  We found lots of books that we really liked, and some seniors helped us to make our wish lists.  These wish lists are in our school bags. Here is a photo of us all with our wish lists just before we came back to class.

Helping 'Super Science Girl'

Today we had 2 students helping 'Super Science Girl'.  She was working with a group of science investigators (from the middle team), and as she was sharing the experiment with the whole school at our Assembly she decided to make a Movie.

Who better to make the movie for her but 2 or Room 4's amazing students.  Thanks Will and Samantha for doing Room 4 proud.  You have done a fantastic job!  Below is the video they helped to produce.

Captain Bumble

One of our reading groups this week have been practising the play 'Captain Bumble'.  Here is a link to the puppet pal movie they have created.  Fantastic learning guys, well done!

Abacus Fundraising

This year the PTA have been organising an Abacus Fundraiser.  Each child in Room 4 has produced at least 1 piece of art, that can be used for this purpose.  Please check out their individual blog's, or pop in, and see it in our classroom window.

I might be biased, but I think they are pretty cool!

Shake Out 2015

Here are the lyrics and video clip that room 4 have been practising this week to support us with our 'Shake out' practice on Thursday!  Check out our individual Blogs for our photos!  

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Getting ready for Show day

Today we were making Vaseline saucers to present for Show day on Friday.  Here are a few clips of the children making them.  Individual photos will be on their Blogs.  Enjoy!

Keeping ourselves safe

Today we were learning about how to make an emergency call.  We used Mrs G's pipe phones, and pretended to ring Constable Rob.  We had to look at a picture, and then tell him what was happening.  We took a recording of Rivah practising, and made it into a movie that we could look at later to help us remember what to do.  Here it is.  We hope you enjoy!

Check out our individual Blogs, to see a photo of Constable Rob giving us each a 'High Five', after our last session with him today.

Z is for Zentangles on our Z men

Last week we were revisiting and learning about the letter Z.  As a fun activity to help us remember the letter Z we did some 'Zentangles' art.  We did these on some T-shirts and then stuck our head, hands and feet on them.  Check out our Zentangles Z men on our individual blogs.

Chocolate Dipping. Yum Yum Yum.

Today we had heaps of fun dipping treats in chocolate for the school Bazaar.  Mrs G made ups wash our hands, and we got to wear some cooking aprons as we dipped away.  We had heaps of fun, and lots of people took videos to show what we were doing.  Here are just a few!  We can't wait till the Bazaar on Sunday.

Butterfly Habitat Hero's

Today Eveliene, Rivah, River, Issy, and Julia received mail.  It was very exciting, and we loved being able to open it in our Junior Garden, beside the swan plants that need to be moved.  

Thank you Julie Holt, for your visit a few weeks ago.  Thank you also for your messages, and the ideas you sent today.  We are very excited about what we are going to do.  We have already taken some swan plant cuttings, and are looking forward to putting it all together in the Junior area. 

Keeping ourselves safe

This morning we had Constable Rob come in to help us learn about 'Keeping Ourselves Safe'.

He talked to us about why it is very important to know our phone number and address.  This is going to be our important homework this week!

We need to learn:

1. Our address (including our street/road/rapid number).
2. Our home phone number.
3. Our parents cell phone numbers.

There will be a sheet in our Learning Journey books to help us, then we will practice in class.

Jumping Jack Show

Today we had another visiting show.  It was about 'Jack, the Mexican Bean, and a Giant'.  In this story the Giant is a litter bug, and he keeps throwing his rubbish down to the earth.  Jack gets accused of littering, and he sets off with the help of the Mexican Bean to prove it wasn't him.

Below is a video that Stella, and Eveliene took during the show.  We will attach more photos, and videos as the children get time to edit them.  Thanks for viewing.