This week we have been learing about belonging. We created shields that show what is important to and represents our whanau.  Here is Athea's shield. It shows her whanau value sport (teamwork), The Church (spirtiultiy) Phillipines (Country) and Peace.Click on this link to see her  Shield

 This week we have been talking about our emotions. We learned about the Characters in the story inside out Joy, Worry, Anger, Disgust, Sadness. We invented our own new character and Ely chose  Bravery, click the link to see the great drawing he created to show what bravery means to him.  What emotion would you add to the list characters.  

  

Today in Cybersmart we learned how to remove backgrounds from images and add new backgrounds gorm our favorite places in Christchurch and then the world. Can you guess where my favorite place is? Where is your favorite place in your town? by franicis 

 

Today we were learning about the environment and how the things we can do to look after our school and the local community.  E te Ariki... Whakarongo mai rā ki a mātou. We went for a walk around our school grounds and gathered up the rubbish. We then looked at all the new flowers that had bloomed as our seasons changed from winter to spring. We used these to create a rainbow to show all the colours in our environment.

 

 During her maths session today Jaylin created this tower. She knows that 15 groups of 10 is 150. She created this tower to show her understanding. Tino Pai Jaylin

 

  David's Dads Day Tasks  David showed excellence in the completion o his tasks. He created some wonderful things on this slide to share with his Dad. One o the tasks asked you to show what you were grateful about, check out Davids's great writing here and click on his link to see more. What are you grateful for today? 

  Today Jaylin made this fabulous bird feeder. She has made a really big opening in it so they can sit in a shelter when they are eating the food. You have put lots o thought into your design Jaylin, Tino pai.  Have you ever made a bird feeder? 

 

In this week's home learning tasks we had several fathers day tasks to complete about our Dads or special  father figures in our lives. Here is a card Diana made, she got the idea from a Youtube Tutorial. Do you celebrate fathers day? If yes how? 

How to stop the boy who cried wolf from getting bored - Athea's Learning

 This week in Room 3 our storytelling session has been on The Boy Who Cried Wolf.  Athea came up with some ideas to help the boy of things to do instead of crying wolf. How do you stop yourself becoming bored? 

What the boy should have done when he was bored

He should ask someone to play chess with him

He could just read a book

He could eat some food while hes watching them

He could be drawing a picture

He could be playing with some toys

He could be practising if there was a REAL WOLF

He could be calling some friends on call

He should’ve thinked before doing it because he knew he was getting in trouble

He could play with his friends while watching the sheep by @Athea

This week the students are creating their own fill my Whare Tapa Whā this activity is something that can be done at home, at school or online. 

The activity explores all aspects of our health and wellbeing using Te Whare Tapa Whā and supports tamariki with a list of things they can actively do to help boost their hauora and wellbeing in each of the 5 aspects of Te Whare Tapa Whā, If you would like to create your own find the links below. 

https://sparklers.org.nz/activities/fill-my-whare-tapa-whā-more/

The sparklers at home link to share with whānau: https://sparklers.org.nz/par.../fill-my-whare-tapa-wha-more/

 This week for writing Room 3 have been looking at storytelling, we listened to two versions of The Boy Who Cried Wolf, created a story map, and then recorded ourselves reading our own retelling. Click the following link to see Diana's Diana's blog great retelling The Boy Who Cried Wolf by Diana

Digital Daffodil

 

Scarlet Scarlets Blog from Room 3 created this fabulous digital daffodil, for the Cancer Society's Annual Fundraiser Daffodil day. I love the heart image she has put in the center. What do you think of it? 

  

Daffodil Day

 Today is Daffodil Day, today we remember those who are affected by Cancer. The Cancer society raises money to help people who are living with Cancer. Sadly today they can not hold their annual appeal. They are encouraging people to draw and make Daffodils and put them in their windows, then when people are out on their walks they will see all the daffodils just like they did with all the bears in the windows. Room 3 students at STB were set the challenge of making a daffodil for their windows. Look at some of the great creations that they have been working on from home! Have you put a daffodil in your window 

  On Friday the team at Epic Sport - come and help Room 3 with their Phys Ed lessons. They shared this spell your name workout with us to try in our next fitness session. What would your name spell out?  Give it a try! 

 

 On Tuesday night NZ found out that it was going to be in a Level 4 Lockdown. This means everyone needs to stay at home in their bubble. All schools, shops and work places are closed unless they are classed as essential.  Room 3 have started online learning and have been working very hard creating some fabulous pieces of work to share with their family and on their blogs. I have included some of their writing tasks here for you to read. The students love sharing their work and reading your comments so let us know what you think Lockdown Recount

 This week in CyberSmart we have been learning how to write a quality blog comment. We made a biteable to share with others what you need for a quality blog comment. Check out my bitable and let me know what you think

For the last 3 weeks we have been loving learning about the Olympics. We have enjoyed watching some of the events and learning more about the countries, events and athletes involved. Today we created a collage of some of our favourite moments of the Olympics to share with the other classes at our school. 

 

This week is Cook Islands Language week.  We have been learning about The Cook Islands, langauge culture, history and art. We made Ei Katu to give to share with our  friends and whanau. 

Taku rama taau toi ora te Reo 

My Tourch, your Adeze: The Language Lives 

 

Olympic Medals

 David has been learning about the Olympics. He was really interested to learn the process that went into making the medals for the Tokyo Olympics. They are made using old cell phones and devices, so everyone from Japan has played a part in making the medals. David created his own medal based around his culture and community. We imagined that the Olympics were going to be held in Christchurch where we live in 2040 Check it out on the link below. Medal Design

The Tokyo Olympics 2020

 This term Room 3 has enjoyed learning about the Olympics. In maths we have created medal tables. In reading learnt about the history of the Olympics. In PE we are learning about Athletics and will host our own Junior School Mini Olympics. In writing we have been researching athletes and creating biographies about them. For Religous Education we compared our School C.E.R.R  values to the Olympic values of Friendship, Excellence and Resepct. For art we have also used our design skills to create new mascots and medals. We had to imagine that the Olympics was going to be held in Hei Hei Christchurch where we live. The medal needed to reflect our culture, and heritage. The one shown in the picture has Samoan art deisgns on the strap and the

back of the medal. What would you put on your medal? 

Matariki Feast

 As part of our Matariki (Maori New Year)  celebrations we made soup from the vegetables we harvested from the school garden. We shared the soup with our friends and whanau across the school. We thought it was very yummy and it was nice to eat the vegetables we had grown ourselves. We also made star shaped cookies and cakes to represent the stars of

Matariki that can be seen during this time of year. How do  you do to celebrate New Year?

Matariki

 We are learning about Matariki, we have read lots of books about Matariki and created some art work to show our learning. We learnt how to weave our own Matariki star using wool and card.  One of our favourite legends about Matariki was the Seven Kites of Matariki. We made our own kite the kite had patterns that represented our culutre and local area Hornby - Christchurch. We had fun flying our kites and taking them home to share with our family and whanau. Have you created any art for Matariki 

This term our school held our annual production. This year we performed the Dragon Days show. This shows theme is around diversity and acceptance. The students all had lines, songs and dances to learn. We had to shows one in the afternoon and one in the evening. The shows sold out! It was awesome to be able to learn how to put on a show and share our learning with our friends, family and community. Have you ever been in a school production? 

 

We have been learning about the Olympics and are part of a virtual mission to support our learning. As part of this we looked at different sports that are invovled in the Olympics and for PE Mrs Sutherland taught us how to play hockey. We learnt how to dribble, pass, tackle and score goals. We shared our new skills with the junior school and taught them and how to play too. What is your favourite sport to watch at the Olympics?
 

We have been learning about the Olympic Games as the world gets ready for the 2021 Olypics in Tokyo. Our learning has been around the history, the values, the people and the events from the Olympics. We were lucky to have Annalie Longo and Rob Page from the Olympic team visit us on Tuesday. Annalie is a NZ Football Fern and also plays for the Melbounre Victory in the Austrlaian Football League. We all enjoyed hearing what she shared with us especially around goals, values and life in the Olympic team. We wish Annalie all the best for the Olympics and will be cheering her on. 

 Pink Shirt Day 2021

On Friday St Bernadette's School took part in Pink Shirt Day. This day is in support of a Bully Free NZ. We learnt about bullying and what to do if we see someone being bullied or we are being bullied. It is called being an Upstander. We also wore something Pink to show our support for mental health Aotearoa. Did you wear pink on Friday? 

  C.E.R.R Trophy. At St Bernadette's our values are based around Compassion, Excellence, Respect, and Responsibility. These are the values we try and demonstrate daily. TAt this week's assembly, Room 3's very own Scarlet was awarded the C;E:R:R trophy for showing excellence in her work, compassion to her peers, and being respectful and responsible at all times. Tino Pai, Well done Scarlet everyone in Room 3 is very proud of you! 

 

This week we have been learning how to create Acrostic Poems for Mothers day. We also made cards and art works to celebrate the special women in our lives. Room 3 would like to say a big Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful women in our community. All our fabulous mothers, grandmothers, Kuia, Nans, Aunties, Whaea, and Teachers. Thank you for everything you do for us. We hope you have a relaxing day on Sunday!  

 

 For our Physical Education Programme St Bernadette's have started swimming lessons @Waitaha Canterbury Swim School.  Some of us were feeling a bit nervous about the lessons, but once we got there the instructors made us feel very relaxed and ready to learn.  The students are now loving their lessons and are learning some important information and skills about how to keep themselves safe in and around the water.  It has been fabulous to see our tamariki show resilience and respect and demonstrating our school's values of Compassion, Excellence, Respect and Responsibility, also called our C.E.R.R values while they are at the pool. Do you have a pool at your school or do you go to lessons somewhere? 

Healthy Eating

This term we have been lucky to be part of the Ministry of Health and Education's lunch in schools program. Every day we have a lunch delivered for every student at St Bernadette's. The lunches provided are very healthy and the menu provides us with a variety of delicious food.  It has been great to see everyone trying new things and learning to enjoy them. As part of our topic work were have completed lessons and activities based on the theme healthy Heart, Body, and Mind. At the start of the unit, the learning has been around getting to know each other, appreciating each other's strengths and differences, and how we can work as a team in Room 3 and value those strengths and differences. We have also been learning how to grow our own healthy food and have planted lots of fruit and vegetables in our school garden. Some of the food is now ready to harvest and we have been using it to make soups and salads. 

Easter Room 3 2021

Easter Celebrations. During the last two weeks, Room 3 has been learning about the history of Easter and researching Easter traditions. We have created stories, artwork, and movies related to Easter. At the end of week, we had an eggcelent STEM challenge where we learned how to create a parachute that would get a raw egg safely to the ground from the top of our adventure playground without cracking. We worked in pairs to create the parachute and then it was time to test them out.  If our egg cracked we were given the chance to modify our design to see what changes we could make to protect the egg. It was a great way to finish our learning about Easter. We have shared photos and examples of our learning on our own blogs so make sure you check them out and there are some examples of our work below. We hope you all had a safe and happy Easter. What did you get up to?

Cross Country 2021

 On Friday 19th of March St Bernadette's school held their school cross country. Everyone was very excited as they have been practising for weeks. Last year the cross country was cancelled due to COVID-!9 so it was good to be able to hold the event this year and celebrate with our friends and whanau. After lunch we all headed to our local park, Mr Matai and the students of Room 4 had set the course up for us and although we were nervous we were keen to get started.  We all showed great determination and demonstrated the school C.E.R.R values of Compassion, Excellence, Respect and Responsibility! Some of us found it hard to go the 3km distance but having our friends cheer us on certainly helped! Have you had your cross country yet? Do you enjoy running? 

 Kia ora, Talofa, Malo e lelei, Kamusta, Hello.

Welcome to Ruma Toru/Room 3's blog for 2021.

We are a class of 22 awesome students and 1 fabulous teacher - Mrs Shelley Sutherland from St Bernadette's Primary, Otautahi/Christchurch. Our blog is a place where we share the learning we have created for everyone to see. We hope you enjoy following what we have been learning about. Please leave us a comment it would really make our day!

Nga mihi. Room 3