Want to make your own comic???

http://superherosquad.marvel.com/create_your_own_comic

Rugby World Cup

RWC fever is here....

We have all been learning about the RWC participating countries. We have each adopted a country that we are writing a report on. And we are of course supporting that country until it meets NZ...

Check out our display board and go the ALL BLACKS!!!

Ski Trip

Week 6 brought SKI TRIP!!!

Not sure who was more excited - us or our teacher..

It was a beautiful day and their was heaps of snow to play in, fall over in and learn to ski or snowboard in.

Most of us started on the magic carpet to learn how to balance, stop and turn. Then we could join the better skiers and snowboarders at the intermediate slope. A few brave people (or those who skiied regularly) jumped on T1 and headed up the mountain for a bit more practice.

A great day was had so THANKS to all our parent helps who came with us and helped us!

Term 3 Update

Hi everyone

We have had a very hectic term in Syndicate 4 and especially in Room 13...

Term 3 kicked off with the continuation of our Now and Then topic.We have worked very hard to research our inquiry questions, collate the information and turn it into a fantastic report and display poster. Most of us even made a powerpoint as part of our presentation.

As part of our research into 'Life on The West Coast - Now and Then' we visited Shantytown to learn more about where we live. Most of us LOVED dressing up and finding out how Goldminers lived during the gold rush.

The boys figuring out where they could buy goods and services in the gold rush.

Trying to find our gold (marbles)!

During Week 4 we were lucky enough to have a visit from two Turbo Touch coaches from Christchurch. They were at our school for the whole week and taught everyone from the Year 1's to the Year 8's. And our teachers...

History House Greymouth

http://www.greydc.govt.nz/council-services/history-house/

Check out our new work space!!!

http://roomthirteen2011.pbworks.com/w/page/41240835/Welcome-to-Room-13's-Workspace!

ICT kids conference!! Click below...

http://ictkidsconference.ictwestcoast.ac.nz/

Surprise Key Coms!

As an added incentive for Room 13 children and their families to check our blog - for every class member to comment on this post (Make sure you write your name underneath) - you will receive 10 Key Coms and 50 house points.

Don't tell everyone though or I will run out of Key Coms and House Points......

Ok, go on then... Tell everyone. You have two weeks starting from today - Wednesday the 25th May. Until the Wednesday after camp.

CAMP!!!! Must pack... and remember baking...

Miss Panther

West Coast ICT Kids Conference

http://ictkidsconference.ictwestcoast.ac.nz/

A fab chance to gain some skills in different ICT programmes. Ask Miss Panther for details. Get in quick there aren't many spots!!!

Civil Defence Visitor Mr Allan Wilson

See below for websites to help us prepare!!

Earthquake Commission - How to prepare!
http://www.eq-iq.org.nz/eq-intro/eq-beprep/eq-beprep-before.aspx

Get Thru - Preparation
http://www.getthru.govt.nz/web/GetThru.nsf/web/BOWN-7GY2ML?OpenDocument

West Coast Regional Council Civil Defence
http://www.wcrc.govt.nz/plans/emergency/lifelines.htm

Art, athletics, Mihi and assembly...

The end of Term 1 has been B.U.S.Y... Add in the beginning of Winter sport and everyone is tired!! Next week is holidays so I hope everyone has a fantastic break and slows down and prepares for the Winter term!

Here is an update from the children for the last few weeks.

In Week 8 we held our school athletics at ANZAC Park. The whole senior school - Team B - attended. We held races, high jump, shot put, long jump, discus and fun relays! Some of the children were selected for the Grey District Competitions. If they were good there, they went on to the West Coast Champs. Well done those people from our class that were successful and will be going to the Canterbury Champs!!!

Week 10 was our week for running assembly and presenting our work. We showed our mihi's, our Siapo art and our explanation writing. Miss Panther thought we were fantastic at running assembly!!!

Our challenge for the week was to learn how to prnounce the words in out mihi correctly. Our new challenge is to memorise and share it confidently.

Our art topic is called Siapo meets Killeen. These are 2 styles of art that we are exploring. To begin with we had to practice using Siapo designs in black and white and then in colour. We used these designs to make a circular pattern that represents us. The next step starts today....

Ciao Room Thirteen!!

Term 1 update!!

Well we have just begun Week 10 so we are well and truly into (and nearly out of) Term 1.
It has been a busy term so read on for an update from one of our class members Megan.

Term 1

This term our Topic has been 'All ABout Me!'. It has involved completing:

*a family tree
*a personal profile
*a timeline of our lives
*finding out the meaning of our names
*writing an acrostic poem using our names
*LOADS of artwork relating to us

Swimming sports were held in Week 3. The whole school participated and it was GREAT fun!

Week 5 involved a visit from Carmen and Harold in the Life Education Truck. We learnt about our bodies, good and bad choices and decisions and consequences of those choices.

Megan

Information for parents

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

We nearly have the first week completed and it has been fantastic (pity the All Blacks couldn’t have made it just that little bit more special).  I am looking forward to teaching your child and I hope this year will be memorable.

This term we will be swimming in weeks 6 and 9 (7^th March to 11^th March, 28^th March to 1^st April) and as it is part of the Physical Education curriculum we ask that you support us, helping to ensure that your child is able to participate in every session.

Please can you make sure that you child has the correct uniform and this is adhered to throughout the year. It would be helpful if you could name each item, especially sunhats (which must be worn in Terms 1 & 4-No hat, No play!).

We are quite an active school and have many fantastic sports teams with great reputations for fair play (as well as winning!). Behaviour at school will be one important factor in the decision around inclusion of your child into our sports teams this year. Your child will be reminded of this and we ask that you support us in this as well.

This year we will have a camp in Hamner Springs and a ski trip to Porter's Heights. More information will be sent out closer to the time.

Thank you to those of you that have bought/covered/labelled stationery already! If you haven’t, there are packs available from me or from the office. All children will need their stationery from Week 2.

Should there be an issue or concerns around any part of your child’s education, I would like to remind you that the procedure here at Grey Main is to make an appointment (or catch informally if it suits) with class teacher first. If there are still unresolved issues then your next step is to discuss these with the Syndicate Leader (Stephen Wood). Should there still be a problem, then make an appointment with either Jeff Beckwith or Mandy O’Sullivan.

Homework will be given out every week. It will consist of spelling/word study work, vocabulary activities and basic facts and problem solving activities (or a combination of these). These will be generic photocopied sheets. Also, in addition to these, there will be other tasks that will be required to be completed. These will be written down in your child’s diary and will reflect current learning during that week. We are trialling a new way of letting you and your child, know how they are going, in reference to the National Standards. The children will have a copy of the end of year report (but written in simpler language) and home tasks set of them will reflect what is required in this report. You child will have many opportunities to achieve each indicator. The child will be required to complete the task and then reflect on how well they are going in relation to the Nation Standard indicator. As the year progresses, you child will be able to identify any weakness that will need extra support so that come the end of the year it is not a shock. We are very excited about this new initiative.

Again please feel free to contact me on any issues that arise or if you simply want to chat about your child and our school.

Yours Sincerely

Jacinda Panther

Welcome to Room 13 - 2011!!!!

Dear Room 13

My name is Jacinda Panther - Miss Panther to you...

I am 32 years old and I live in Dunollie with my beautiful black lab called Bonnie and kitten called CLyde. They both like to chew empty bottles, toilet rolls and my shoes….

My mum, dad, brother, niece, grandparents, aunty, uncle and cousins all live in Greymouth or Runanga. My niece is just over 2 years old and she is stunningly beautiful. Her name is Summer and she loves the song wheels on the bus, her kitten and puppy and of course cuddles with her aunty!!

I was born in Greymouth and grew up in Runanga, attending Runanga School until I was 10.  I then started travelling into town to attend Greymouth Intermediate. After 2 years I went to Grey High. When I turned 18 I moved to chch and lived there for 6 years. This is when I trained to be a teacher.

In 2001 I moved to London, England to live, teach and travel. I met lots of people and ended up staying for 6 years. My family were not happy! I was lucky enough to travel to places like Morocco, China, Egypt, Spain, Italy, France, Sweden, Russia and many more...

I love reading, swimming, watching my favourite TV programmes (Grey's anatomy, Shortland st, Brothers and sisters, private practice...), spending time with my friends and family and playing with Bonnie and Clyde.

Reading is very important to me and my friends and we like to swap our favourite books.  I have lots of children’s chapter books so if there’s a book you want to read, ask me and I might have it to lend to you. I go to the town library but I much prefer to own the books so end up spending too much money on children’s books and fiction books.

Welcome to Room 13! Please write me a letter telling me all about you!

Cheers

Miss Panther