Decimals and Decipipes

We are learning about decimals. 

We have been looking at the place value in decimals - tenths and hundredths. We have also been using decipipes to represent decimal numbers and help us to add and subtract them. Look at the slideshow we have created. 

Our Focus for Weeks 3 & 4

Mindcraft the Musical

We are working hard to create some fabulous costumes and props for our upcoming musical - Mindcraft.

Fitness circuit with Room 25

Thank you Room 25 for teaching us your fitness circuit, we had great fun learning new skills and improving our fitness.

Be resilient! This week's focus

Farewell Jasper & Welcome Sahara!

We have had a couple of changes in Room 24 this week.  First the sad news - Jasper is leaving us for the sunny city of Nelson.  You will be missed Jasper! The good news is we have a new student.  Welcome to Room 24 Sahara and we are looking forward to getting to know you.

A final photo with Jasper!

Te reo

During Te Reo students are learning how to speak Te Reo Maori only for as long as they can.  Here are some of the questions and answers that the students have been practising.

Learning Discussions

Hi everyone,

Don't forget we have Learning Discussions at school next week - Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th 3.30-7.  

Please come along !!!

Our School Focus for Week 1 and 2

End of Term fun!

Room 24 was playing some old style games including Scrabble, Jenga, Twister.  As well as building using Zoob and playing Ti Rakau.

We were learning about working together, co-operation, using fine motor skills and our thinking!!! There was also a lot of fun involved.

Siona Fernandes - New Zealand Olympic Ambassador

Siona came to visit us and share with us her journey from Goa, India to New Zealand Olympiad.  We learnt about the history of the Olympics as well as some of the attributes required to succeed.  It definitely was inspiring.  Check out this website to find out more about Siona.

Garden to Table

We had our last Garden to Table session and everyone has thoroughly enjoyed the term of working in both the kitchen and garden.  And of course eating all the delicious food!!!

Class trip to MOTAT

What a fantastic trip!  We all got to experience some amazing things including 3D printers, learning about and building bridges, having fun at the Sunlight exhibition and seeing how long it would take to run to the moon.  We also found out about innovation and looked at the combination of a trampoline and video game.

Swimming at Mt Albert Wave Pools

Swimming Week 4 - Week 6


Room 24 had a great time swimming at Mt Albert Pools.  We had swimming lessons and learnt about Water Safety.

Life Education with Michelle and Harold the Giraffe

Room 24 went to their life education session on Tuesday.  We learnt and talked about empathy and what being a friend means.  We also had fun playing some games.

Buddy Class Term 2

We've had good fun with our buddy class in Term 2.  We have been finding out about their holiday, reading with them, learning about forces and teaching them how to play Room 24's favourite outside game Great Wall of China.

Here are some photos from the holiday activity.  We had to find out what the class had been doing and make a bar graph to show the different activities and how many people had done each activity.

Garden to Table

Room 24 are excited to be having Garden to Table this Term.  We have been preparing and eating some delicious food prepared by the class and learning lots about gardening.  Last week we were lucky enough to harvest some kumara from the garden.

Our Focus at Owairaka for Weeks 3 & 4

Our focus is:

Science in a Van

We were lucky to have Science in a Van kick start our Science learning for Term 2.   Allen and Emily taught us about the periodic table, how atoms work and all about Solids, Liquids and Gas. Here are a few photos from the show.

Museum Trip

We had a fabulous day last Friday exploring the Auckland museum.  Many thanks to all the parents who helped make it such a success.

Kotahitanga - Unity

The school theme in 2017 for inquiry is Kotahitanga.  Years 5/6 are looking in particular at Leaving a legacy.  This term we are looking at people who have left a legacy.  This week we looked at Kate Sheppard and we are making a biocube about her.  We are learning to summarise main ideas of what we are reading.

Here is the slide show

Race relations Day

We had a great Race relations day.  It was wonderful to see all the amazing clothes worn by all.  The shared lunch was a highlight!.  Thanks to Maxine's grandfather coming in and sharing about some English and Chinese culture.