I'm a Little Star - Kids Christmas Song

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee • Lyrics •

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer LYRICS VIDEO

Snoopy's Christmas (with lyrics)

It's show time!

It's show time! on PhotoPeach

What's the time?

What's the time? on PhotoPeach

Collage

Collage on PhotoPeach

Sunflowers for sale!

Sunflowers for sale on PhotoPeach

School holiday ideas (that don't cost too much)

• Have a picnic (Alexandra)
• Go fishing (Isla)
• Draw i pads and i phones (James)
• Play on the computer (Aayush)
• Go camping in your back yard (Brooke)
• Have a playdate with a friend (Ella)
• Go to the skate park (Nabin)
• Buy a 50 cent mixture from the dairy (Louie)
• Make cup cakes (Willow)
• Go to a lake (Onnah)
• Have a swim (Georgia)
• Play at the park (Toby)
• Have a game of rugby (McNamara)
• Go for a run (Lucy)
• Go for a bike ride (Amy)
• Visit a farm (Nakita)
• Write a letter and post it (Mrs Simmons)
• Go for a scooter ride (Zach)
• Make goo (Isla)
• Make a collage (Louie)
• Do a science experiment (Sithum)
• Plant some flowers (Manav)
• Make a special card for a friend (Sophie)
• Read a book (Mrs Simmons)
• Write a story and e mail it to Mrs Simmons (Toby)

Sam RB 'Stand Tall in NZ Sign Language'

St Albans Games Day

St Albans Games Day on PhotoPeach

Haka powhiri

Year 4 bake sale

On Wednesday 26 September the Year 4 children are having a bake sale to raise money for the year 4 camp. Please bring a gold coin to by something for morning tea and to support our year 4 children. Thanks.

Party Nation Celebration

Party Nation! on PhotoPeach

S Club 7: Reach For The Stars With Lyrics

KiwiKidsNewsEpisode1

KiwiKidsEpisode2

Some Year 3 and 4 children were chosen to write, act and video the Kiwi Kids news. We were so impressed with their news show we wanted to share it with you! Let's hope some children from Room 15 will be chosen to carry on the Kiwi Kids News in 2013 :)

Alex the author

Alexandra dictated this story to her Mum. Thanks for sharing it with us!

Week 8 certificate winners

Class talk - Wolves

Louie did some great research on wolves and then he shared his information with the whole class. Well done Louie!

Why are these icons important to New Zealanders?

We have been looking at icons (pictures) of things that are important to New Zealanders. Can you leave us a comment and tell us why these icons are important?

• gumboots
• hokey pokey ice cream
• kiwis
• silver fern
• chilli bins
• L&P
• fish'n'chips
• paua shells
• pineapple lumps
• kiwi fruit

Cricket training

Milo Cricketers on PhotoPeach

Kapahaka performance

Good luck to our tamariki who will perform at the cultural festival on Wednesday night. Kapahaka performance on PhotoPeach

Week 7 certificate winners

Lucy's research

Lucy set a goal at parent interviews to choose a topic, research it and then share it with the class. Lucy was the first child in Room 15 to share her findings about the Yellow Eyed Penguin with the class. Well done!

Poetry Competition Finals

Poetry competition finals will be held in the school hall at 9.15am on Friday 24th August - all welcome:)

Poetry competition

Today we had the Year 2 Room 15poetry competition. The children were all very well prepared and I was so proud of all of them. Thank you to Sharon who helped me judge the competition - it was a very difficult job. It was wonderful to see so many parents watching the children perform.
Congratulations to Onnah, Ella and Alexandra who will represent our class at the finals on Friday morning in the hall. Well done to Zachariah who will be our reserve:)

What have you done today to make you feel proud?

Christchurch building implosion

Narrative writing

The children were given cards with Where, Who and Plot written on them.


Where: Camping
Who: A mouse
Plot: Someone needs help.
They planned a story and then wrote it together. 


These are the stories the groups wrote:


Tom, Isla and Brooke
They were on a boat. They were sleeping on a boat and a mouse fell out of the boat. The mouse went "Squeak". The people screamed. The boat went "Squeak". It wasn't the boat, it was a mouse.


Max, Georgia, Alfie A
We were camping in our tent. It was fun and we got to have fish and chips on the first night.  Everyone was going to bed. When Mum and Dad went to go to bed, Mum had a bad dream that she had a mouse in the tent and then she screamed. But it was a turtle, it was funny.


Toby, Onnah, Sophia


We went camping and a mouse came to my ear and said I need help, my friend needs help please. He is stuck in a mouse trap. Can you help? Yes I can help. I was scared and frightened. Let's save him! They got him. Let's go! Thank you for helping me said the mouse.




Ella, Louie, Alfie J
We were at school camp and everybody had the same dream that was about mice being everywhere. The mice were in ice and a big bear was chasing them. Nana was ice skating on the mice and the bear. Before you knew it a duck was in there.


Lucy, Zach, Nakita
We are going to the school camp. I saw a mouse. It said squeak, squeak. Dad was scared. I think we need some McDonalds. Dad said ok. So they had McDonalds. It wasn't a possum, it was a mouse.


Alexandra, Zach, James
One night Mum and I went camping and we heard a skunk say, 'Please could you help me?' My friend was walking in the woods. We saw a piece of bacon, but it was a trap. My friend the skunk (Skunkus)got caught in the trap. I will help you. Mum got up and went to the tent. She got the skunk out and they lived happily 'shunkus' after.


Sophie, Willow, Amy
A lion went camping at my Nana's house. It roared. Nana shot out of bed. She screamed. She quickly called Dad. Dad caled the zoo and they put it into it's cage, but it saw a mice and it roared. The zoo keeper screamed loudly.


Manav, Nabin
We were camping. Everyone was asleep. Mum had a nightmare. The nightmare was about 100 mice. When Mum woke up it wasn't a nightmare, it was real! Mum needed help so she asked Dad and the children. They helped Mum.  Soon everyone had a nightmare, but the nightmare was real. Everyone screamed, but the mice weren't real. They were 200 possums instead and 200 rats too! There were 400 crickets too and 9000 ladybirds and 100 birds.

Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry for Kids A Funny Cat Poem for Kids

Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry for Kids - I Taught My Cat to Clean My Room - A Funny Cat Poem for Kids

Week 1 certificate winners

Kiwiana Day!

A slice of Kiwiana! on PhotoPeach

Chipmunks Fun!

Chipmunks Big Day Out! on PhotoPeach

Room 21 Book Sale

Tomorrow (Thursday) Room 21 children will be holding a book sale. Books can be purchased for a gold coin. There are some great books available, so please support the Room 21 children who are raising money to purchase new picnic tables for the lunch area.

Chipmunks Big Day Out

On Friday 29 June the year 2 team will travel by bus to Chipmunks on Cranford Street to celebrate the end of a great term of learning and achievement.

We will leave school at 9.15am and will leave Chipmunks at 1.30 to return to school. As we will have lunch in the party room, children will need to bring:

• A large lunch in a named lunch box
• A named water bottle
• Socks
• Jacket
• A big smile!
• Wear mufti clothes (socks must be worn, no skirts or dresses please)

Playing music

We have had a wonderful time writing our own music and then playing it to others!

Snow fun!

Isla and her brother's had a great time in the snow.

Snow time on Friday

Snow time on Friday on PhotoPeach

75 nights of reading!

School opening at 10.30 on Friday

School will open at 10.30am on Friday due to predicted icy conditions. If you come to school, please wear warm mufti clothes. The roads, footpaths and school grounds will be very icy so please make sure you are safe when you come to school. We will stay in class for the day and will have a different classroom programme. We hope to have another play in the snow before we go home - weather permitting. If you have anything that would be good for snow art (making snowpeople) or something for sliding down on the hill by English Park, bring it to school. If you stay at home, please get Mum or Dad to test your spelling and they can e mail me your results. Stay warm. Love from Mrs Simmons:)

Snow Patrol

Snow fun! on PhotoPeach

School opens at 10.30 today (Thursday)

School will open today at 10.30. Please wear gumboots, jacket, hat and gloves. It will be very icy, so when you come to school, please stay in class with me. It looks like Tom, Jack and Henry had a great snow day yesterday.

Georgia and Tayla

Georgia and Tayla had great fun in the snow this morning.

Snow school

School is now closed for the day and you are all safe and warm at home. Check out blog links for literacy and maths games. Have fun at home with your families. Send me some snow photos:)

It's snowtime!

School photos are postponed due to the snow. School is still open. See you soon and be ready for some snow fun - you know what to bring!

Rock Star Restaurant

Yippee! Today we turned our classroom into a restaurant - the Rock Star Restaurant. What great fun we had making yummy pikelets, mini pizzas, scones, fruit salad and folding napkins and decorating the tables. We practised how to greet our guests and how to wait on them. Great job class! Room 15 Rock Star Restaurant on PhotoPeach

Good luck Ella!

This weekend Ella and her family will take part in the 40 hour famine. They will go without electricity for the weekend! Ella talked to us at assembly about the 40 hour famine and later she showed us how to make a tippy tap - a tap to wash your hands when you have no pipes or taps. Great job Ella, you are an inspiration to us all!