The Blog Challenge

As August draws to an end we'd like to thank all the visitors we've had in August. We are very pleased with our visitor tally. We hope y'all keep visiting and seeing what we're up to here in Room Sixteen.
Watch this space to see who won the Blog Challenge for August.
By the way... WELCOME SPRING!

Daffodil Day

St Albans School was an even brighter spot on the Christchurch map on Friday.
We raised over $700 to offer Hope to those whose lives are effected by cancer.

Part Two As Promised

Here at last is the second installment of the calendar art. Enjoy...

... and don't forget to order a calendar, cards and a diary featuring the fabulous art work of your nearest and dearest!

Reading and all that Jazz

We had new National Library books in the library corner today. That always makes us all happy.


These children taught us a game they had learned about in their reading book called "Hit the Kangaroo". It is a traditional Aboriginal game which provided spear throwing practice for children. We made a kangaroo out of a cardboard box and some spears from newspaper.
We have some keen warriors in Room 16, pity help any stray kangaroos they come across. Here are some action shots of the hunt.

Calendars, Cards and Diaries

You should have received an order form for the PTA Calendar fundraiser. The original art works are in a clearfile in the office so you can have a close up look at the work. We copied the style of art from Lauren Child. In the meantime we hope you enjoy the movie we've made using them. The children wrote and performed their own voiceovers.


Part two available now. Go to post of Friday 27th August.

Geometry

Today we looked at patterns and decided whether they were examples of translation, reflection, rotation or none of these. Next we created our own examples of these operations.

The Commonwealth

We are going to be learning about the Commonwealth.
This is what we think we know now:
An Englishman found New Zealand and that is why we have a Queen.
Every four years we have the Commonwealth games.
Queen Elizabeth the Second(QEII) is the Queen of the Commonwealth.
Commonwealth countries joined together in the War and they fought together against other countries and won.
The USA isn’t in the Commonwealth.
Western Samoa is in the Commonwealth.
France is in the Commonwealth.
Australia is in the Commonwealth.
England is in the Commonwealth.
The Commonwealth Games this year are in India so they must be in the Commonwealth.

What we want to find out:

What countries are in the Commonwealth? Is Fiji, or Japan?
Why aren’t the USA in the Commonwealth? Were they ever in it? Will they ever be in it?
Will we always be in the Commonwealth?
What are the Commonwealth Games?
What is the Commonwealth?Why does it exist?
Does the Commonwealth ever end?
Why are we in the commonwealth?
How does the Queen lead us? She’s never here. What does she do for us?
How did the Queen get the job?
What is going to happen when the Queen dies?

Click here to find the list of Commonwealth Countires

Salut d'amour, Op.12

Room Sixteen Cello Artistes perform Salut d'amour, Op.12 (composed by Edward Elgar in 1888) with help from Julian Lloyd Webber, James Judd and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.