Meet Room 28 2017

Here is our class photo as promised. Don't they look bright eyed and bushy tailed ready to start the new school year! Room 28 have been busy in the first few weeks getting settled into routines and setting goals for the year.


We're really excited about the Pasifika Showcase in Week 10 and have been learning new Niuean songs in preparation for the big day.  The links for the songs are below if you wish to help your child learn the lyrics!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO8nSMzHlyg

http://www.thecoconet.tv/poly-songbook/sipaio-performed-by-malcolm-lakatani/

Swimming
 The Y3s are also fortunate to be included in this year's swimming programme. We had our first lesson last Tuesday 14 February. The dates for the following lessons are:


Tuesday 28 February
Friday 17 March

The children had so much fun learning to gain confidence in the water as well as practice swimming skills. We can't wait for the next lesson! Watch this space for some pics of us in action.

Welcome to Room 28's class blog!

Welcome back to a new year. Keep checking in for exciting things to come!

We are a brand new Year 3 class of 26 students. We're culturally rich coming from a range of backgrounds - Indian, Vietnamese, NZ Maori as well as NZ European, African, Tongan and Samoan yet we celebrate that we are all New Zealanders!

Term Value: Being PCS: Our mantra - Being Polite, Considerate and Sensible kicks off term one - We are committed to being polite citizens and use our manners - saying "Please, Thank you, Excuse me and I'm sorry" when respective situations arises. We want to ensure we think of others and behave kindly. We also want to make good choices that reflect being sensible.

Being A New Zealander: This year we're looking at our local community and learn what it means to be a citizen of Papatoetoe. Watch this space - we'll post a class photo very soon! Happy New Year everyone!

PCS Junior Cross Country 2016

Today, we had the perfect weather for our annual cross country run. The Year 3s ran 2 laps of the mapped out course which was no easy feat. They really put in the effort and showed determination. Congratulations to all for participating and completing the run - that's what it's all about. Well done to the first 3 runners through the finish line in particular Kieran from Room 28 - we're proud of you all.

PCS Olympic Day 2016

2016 PCS Olympics Day on PhotoPeach Olympic Day Part 2 on PhotoPeach Olympics Day Part 3 on PhotoPeach Olympics Part 4 on PhotoPeach Olympic Day on PhotoPeach Olympic Day Part 6 on PhotoPeach

Race Relations Day - Welcoming Diversity!

On Monday 21 March our school celebrated Race Relations Day by getting dressed up in our cultural costumes. Check out students from Rm 28 in their beautiful cultural attire.

More of Howick Historical Village

We have more photos from our Howick Historical Village trip courtesy of one of fabulous parent helpers, Emma. Great shots - Thanks Emma! Enjoy the show folks.

Our Amazing Trip to Howick Historical Village 2016

On Friday 4 March, Room 28 went on an invaluable trip back in time! We stepped off the bus and walked into a completely different era of NZ in the mid 1800s. Howick Historical Village was a great kick start to our topic studies on Colonial NZ. We all had a taste (literally) and more about what our country was like and how people lived. It was a great eye opener for us all and we had so much fun!
We would especially like to thank the staff at the Village and all our parent helpers.
Check out our slide show...hopefully more to come!



Howick Historical Village Part 1 on PhotoPeach

Welcome to Room 28 2016

Meet our wonderful Rm 28 class of Year 3. We have made a great start to the year with lots of new routines and learning. We welcomed 2 new students, Nazarene and Hrishita, who joined our class in Week 2 and are settling in very well. We have another new student, Te Rina, starting in Week 3 whom we look forward to joining our whanau.

Term Value - Be PCS: Polite, Considerate and Sensible with a focus on manners.

Health Topic - Road Safety

We're currently learning all about being safe on the roads. Here are a few tips children are learning in their classroom.

How to stay safe when walking

• Use pedestrian crossings or cross at traffic signals.
• Stop and check at every driveway.
• Walk on the footpath, close to the houses and away from the road.
• Hold hands if walking with a young child near roads or in carparks.

Resource: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/walking-cycling-and-public-transport/walking/

Investigative Topic - Historical NZ

Later in the term we will be learning all about Colonial New Zealand. We can't wait as we have a trip to the Howick Historical Village this term in Week 5 to kick it all off. Watch this space!

On Friday 6 November Room 28 visited the St. Christopher's Resthome in Great South Road.  We had the pleasure of meeting some lovely hans and pops! They loved our singing and we loved reading to them.

Room 28's awesome assembly.  Our favourite story is The Hungry Caterpillar .  We loved performing this story!