This you tube clip features Room 18 students performing in the Cockle Bay School Marimba Band at the Marimba Festival on 31st August. Special thanks to Mr McCully for all his tuition and encouragement.
Thursday, 12 September 2019
Marimba Band in action!
This you tube clip features Room 18 students performing in the Cockle Bay School Marimba Band at the Marimba Festival on 31st August. Special thanks to Mr McCully for all his tuition and encouragement.
The Marimba Band
Six students from Room 18 are in the Cockle Bay School Marimba band. After many lunchtime practices with Mr McCully, the band performed in the Marimba Festival, with many other schools from the Auckland region. Congratulations to Luke, Liam, Jeremy, Taylor, Hayden and Lincoln on their performance.
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| The entire Cockle Bay School Marimba Band |
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Here is the Room 18 contingent ready to perform.  |
Multiplication Quiz
We have been concentrating on learning our times tables in Room 18, at school in Maths time and at home in our basic facts home learning. People have been making and using fortune tellers for 10x, 5x, 2x and 3x tables.
After three weeks' practice, it was time to have the Multiplication Quiz 2019. Here are our groups in action against the clock and each other:
After three weeks' practice, it was time to have the Multiplication Quiz 2019. Here are our groups in action against the clock and each other:
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Fathers' Day
Having celebrated Mothers' Day earlier in the year, it was only fair that we also celebrated Fathers' Day! We made Fathers' Day cards and also wrote a description of our dad. Here are a couple, but you can read them all on the WRITING page. We certainly have some cool dude Dads out there!
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| Green's description of his Dad. |
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| Kate's description of her Dad. |
Tuesday, 10 September 2019
Lloyd Elsmore trip
The Weka Team went to Lloyd Elsmore Swimming Complex to learn about water safety and to improve our confidence in the water. We were divided into three groups, and each group rotated around three different activities: kayaking, snorkelling and CPR. Everyone had a go, even the eskimo rolls!
Weka Assembly presentation
In week 4, the Weka Team ran the whole school assembly. We sang a waiata and did a Jump Jam routine as a team. Each class also did an individual item. Room 18 did a presentation about kauri die-back, as we have been learning about it through the Squawk Squad. The Squawk Squad is a national wide environmental club for primary school which helps us learn about and protect New Zealand's native forests and birds.
Here are the slides that accompanied our presentation:
Year 3 Gymnastics Team
Kate, Charlotte, Luke, Lincoln, Hayden, Taylor from Room 18 are all part of the Middle School Gymnastics Team. They have been coming to school early on Wednesday mornings to practice in the hall for several weeks.
The Cockle Bay gymnastics team competed against other schools in East Auckland. Everyone did a great job, especially Kate and Luke who will compete in the Champ of Champions competition later in the term.
We felt very proud that we had so many people from Room 18 in the gymnastics team. Another cool thing about it was that, when they were away at the gymnastic competition, there were enough chrome books to go round. We had a whole morning doing all our work on our own computer - Maths, Writing, Reading and publishing. It made for a very quiet, calm learning environment.
The Cockle Bay gymnastics team competed against other schools in East Auckland. Everyone did a great job, especially Kate and Luke who will compete in the Champ of Champions competition later in the term.
We felt very proud that we had so many people from Room 18 in the gymnastics team. Another cool thing about it was that, when they were away at the gymnastic competition, there were enough chrome books to go round. We had a whole morning doing all our work on our own computer - Maths, Writing, Reading and publishing. It made for a very quiet, calm learning environment.
