Room6@Sunnyhills

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!)

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 have been working hard in room 6 to complete our amazing cushion art and we hope that you come and take a look during three way conferences! See you in the hall soon.

On Monday, we looked back at some of the amazing things we have been learning and achieving in room 6 in term 2. Miss Stuhlmann wrote most of our learning intentions on the board (she ran out of room for all of them) and we reflected on how well we did at each of those learning goals. We have started thinking about some of our work that we would like to share with our parents and put our Sunnyhills Share and Shine GEM to light during the three way conferences. We can't wait! Hope you have booked a time for your interview!

This week was amazing. We were encouraged to walk to school for Road Safety Week and, to make each and everyday exciting, students who walked to school were allowed to dress up and be creative. On Monday we saw lots of colourful and funny Super Hats! Tuesday brought us extra Funky Feet. When Wednesday came around, we were wowed with the Wacky, Crazy Hair. On Thursday, Miss Stuhlmann was very surprised to find so many Twins and Triplets in her class! Finally, on Friday, the WHOLE school embarked on a fabulous walk to the Pakuranga Sailing Club. We had so much fun dressing up and embracing walking to school. I hope that even after Road Safety Week is done, we can keep up the walking.

Last week, we looked at a picture maths problem. We used logical reasoning and problem solving to figure out what each picture was worth and then work out the last equation. We found many ways that we could solve the bottom question and discussed the mathematical strategies for each. In the end we all agreed on one strategy and one answer. See if you can solve this picture problem and comment your answers below!

Today in Reading we looked at an ANZAC poem and analysed the language features that we could find. We also made inferences about what each section means. After this, we created an ANZAC themed background and wrote the poem on top. They look like badges of honour.