Room6@Sunnyhills

We loved making pizza with our buddy class on Friday last week. It was a great opportunity for us to share our knowledge of fractions with our buddies as well as test our knowledge of doubling ratios and fractions. The best part was eating the pizza of course!

Room 6 had a fantastic kick off to Māori Language week! We enjoyed an exciting lesson with Mrs Harding in the Green Room about pronouncing Māori words correctly, learning Māori words for everyday items and learning the days of the week. We can't wait to practice everything that we learnt today and learn even more in Te Reo during the rest of the week. Ko te aha tēnei rā? (What day is this?) Rāhina - Monday Rātū - Tuesday Rāapa - Wednesday Rāpare - Thursday Rāmere - Friday Rāhoroi - Saturday Rātapu - Sunday Ko te Rāhina tēnei rā! (It is Monday!)

This term, for maths, we are looking into measurement and fractions. We have signed up for a wonderful School Kit unit called "Walk the Length of New Zealand". This kit allows us to explore all of the different units of measurement and how to convert them into each other. So far, we have found out our own personal average step lengths so that we can see how many steps we would have to take to walk the length of New Zealand.  Next we are going to explore perimeters and how to calculate these. We will then convert the perimeter calculations into our own personal steps. For instance; how many steps will it take Jenuli to walk around the netball courts compared to Johnathan? What do you think? Have a guess and type it into the comments. How many steps will Jenuli need to take to walk around our netball courts and how many steps will Johnathan need to take? Who will take the most steps?

The Bears reading group have been working really hard to extend their skimming and scanning skills when reading. This week, we read the story called "Police Work" which is all about different people applying to be an undercover police person. We skimmed and scanned the applications to see what the important details were in each application. We then used the important details to help us make our own police job applications. What do you think? Can you see what the important details are from reading our applications?        

Thank you to all of the parents who came with us, last week Wednesday, to help us plant trees at Pigeon Mountain. We all had an amazing time getting into the mud and dirt and being out in the fresh air. Check out some of our favourite photos.

We love seeing our buddy class, room 13, on Fridays. It is a wonderful time for us to practice our leadership skills and empower ourselves to be great role models for the younger students of Sunnyhills. Last Friday we took our buddies out onto the courts to practice our ball skills. We taught our buddies how to catch, throw, kick and stop with different balls. We can't wait to see them again!