Our Kiwi Can - Totally Awesome Person!

At the end of last term our Kiwi Can team drew out the names of two Totally Awesome Kiwi Canners and one of them was our Justin.  These students have worked really hard and been super well behaved during Kiwi Can lessons.

We think Justin is awesome! Well done  : )

Junior School Rippa Rugby Tournament

Last Thursday, our class competed in the first ever Clendon Park Junior School - Rippa Rugby Tournament.

We were up against some tough competitors in Pool C (Fiji - Room 3, Japan - Room 18 & Scotland - Room 14). After some very good attempts and awesome try scoring against Japan, Ireland (our class) came out 2nd in our Pool! Unfortunately Fiji scored a few more tries than us. It was a awesome morning and we all had fun! At least we won 'Best Cheer Team' : ) 

RWC Match Update

Our students seem pretty chuffed that Ireland is their adopted team considering they have managed to make it through to the Quarter Finals after a 15/6 win against Australia, 62/12 win against Russia and a 36/6 win against Italy. The next match will be very tough as the Irish will have to face off against a very strong Welsh side.

Come on Ireland, you can do it!

Letter Writing

We have been reading the Shared Book - "Pen Pals" this week. Our students have had to pretend to be one of the Pen Pals and these are their replies to Casey after reading his last letter.

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Clendon Park School

Rowandale Ave

Manurewa

21^st September

Dear Casey,

Hi Casey, are you feeling well today? I’ve got a question to ask you about your school. What time does your school finish? Because my school finishes at 3’o clock. I go to Clendon Park School and there are about five hundred and forty kids that come to our school. Casey is there anything else that has happened to you and you got a huge growling for? Is there anything fun at your school that has happened before? Do you have any secrets that you haven’t told anybody before, even your family? Let’s carry on talking about our schools so is your teacher nice to you? Because our teacher is nice to us, the only times she gets angry is when someone in our class does something really wrong and she sends them to another teacher because she can’t put up with them. I’ve got to go.

Your Sincerely

Leilani

P.S nice chatting to you.

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Clendon Park School

Rowandale  Ave

Manurewa

21^st  September

Dear Casey,

In my school  we  have  540  people  and  in  my  class  we  have  26. On  the  weekend  I  went  to  the pools  but  its  all  right  because  we  don t  have  snakes  or  crabs.  At  our  school  we  have  a  big  playground, it  might  be  half the  size  of  your  farm.  Or it might be the  size  of  your school.

What are your favourite hobbies?

Is there anything  bad  that  has  happened to you?

Yours Sincerely

Dylan
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Clendon Park School

Rowandale  Ave
Manurewa

21^st September 2011

Dear Casey,

I’m feeling well and I was wondering what you are doing?

Thank you for being my pen pal because I really think I should come over to your place but my mum said no. I can’t come over anyway because I’m feeling really ill today and I keep on spewing.

Casey, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday I go to school. I like school. I hope your school is fun like mine .Do you like to pray? I do so Jesus loves me and you. Have to go now. I can’t wait for your next letter.

All my love Mya

P.S. Your welcome. My brother didn’t care about me so I just took the stickers. I hope you like my B.F.F necklace. I hope you like the picture of me on the rope (with my cousin).

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Clendon Park School

Rowandale Ave

Manurewa

21^st September, 2011

Dear Casey,

Hi, what a little class you have. My school is big and I’ve got 26 in my class and my school has 540 people. Is your school fun?

My big brother thinks he is cool but he is not because he can’t dance and can’t run and he looks like me. I enjoyed reading your letter. Do you have a dog? Do you like your brother?

Does your school have a huge playground?

Your Sincerely

Peni

RWC: Match Report

As you will know our class is supporting Ireland as our second team behind the All Blacks of course. 

Ireland played their first game against the USA team yesterday and came out winning 22-10. It was a tough fight as USA had a surprisingly good defensive line.

"We didn't play well, we really had to fight for our win," Irish captain Brian O'Driscoll said in a pitch side interview.

"I suppose it's job done but there's a lot to improve on."

Here is a picture of Winger -Tommy Bowe getting one of his two tries during the game.

Ireland may have to pull up their socks a bit for the next match against the Aussies on Saturday, if they are not to disappoint us : )

Our Class Photo

This is our class, aren't we fabulous! haha

When Irish Eyes are Smiling : )

As Rugby World Cup Fever is about to hit us, Room 13 will be following and studying the Ireland Rugby Team. We will also be playing in the CPS Junior School Rippa Rugby Tournament as Ireland.

Our classroom is slowly but surely becoming more Ireland friendly with our Green, White and Orange bunting on the windows and our Irish flags!

If any of our Irish followers would be willing to impart some information about their culture, we would be more than delighted!

Go Ireland! Oh and yes of course GO ALL BLACKS : )

Plaque Attack!

As it is Oral Hygiene Week at CPS, we conducted an experiment called 'Plaque Attack' to mimic what plaque does to our teeth. 

These were our ingredients and equipment.We needed warm water, yeast and sugar.

We had one cup marked 'Sugar' and one marked as 'No Sugar'

We added one teaspoon of sugar to our cup marked 'Sugar' along with yeast and warm water.

Our cup marked 'No Sugar' contained only yeast and warm water, so we could see the effect of sugar in our other cup.

As we waited and observed both cups we wrote down what we could see happening in each cup. After 10 minutes we were surprised to find that the cup with sugar had gone all frothy and brown compared to the cup with no sugar. This showed us how plaque bacteria is caused by sugar and a reaction occurs very fast.

Here are some photos of us writing down our observations:

Our Picture Frame Art

This term we have been looking at 3D Construction in Art. We have spent the past 5 weeks designing and making picture frames. These are some of our finished products! Aren't they lovely! Just in time for Fathers Day : )

Another win for the Year 7 & 8 Girls!

My Year 7 & 8 Basketball Girls participated in the Counties Interzone Tournament on Wednesday 31st August. Once again they came out victorious, winning all their games with the help of a fabulous player from Randwick Primary, Rachel. They worked so well as a team, I'm so proud of you guys!! They will now be competing in the Auckland finals on the 13th September in Massey! Very exciting, I can't wait to see how they go : )

Picture to come

The Victorious Year 7 & 8 Basketball Teams

I had the pleasure of coaching a wonderful group of Year 7 & 8 girls in Basketball. They competed in a Manurewa interschools Basketball Tournment today and came out victorious in first place!! The Year 7 & 8 Boys (coached by Matua Tuiono) also competed and came first overall as well!!

Both teams beat out The Gardens, Randwick Park and Finlayson Primary! Well done guys, you were awesome and such good sports! GO CPS!!!

Maths Buddy Sharing with Room 11

Today we joined forces with Room 11 to share some of our Maths learning and celebrate the last day of Maths Week.

First we went to Room 11 to show their students how to play the strategy game '21', they really enjoyed it! Room 11 also showed us how to play some Place Value games.

After we finished playing our games, we all went out to the courts and were split in to teams to create (with chalk) and navigate a basic maze, as we are looking at Position and Orientation this term. We were only allowed to use directions such as 'step forward/backwards, turn left/right' etc to move a person in our team successfully through the maze. We even tried it with our eyes closed. This was a real challenge for our students but we had a lot of fun trying!

We may need some practice on our directions for left and right : )

See us in action - CLICK HERE!

Day 3 of Maths Week

Room 13 are really enjoy trying to figure out the daily Maths challenges on the Maths Week Blog http://cpsmathsweek.blogspot.com/.

Below are some pictures showing some of the answers our students came up with.

The Estimation Jar - Who can guess correctly?

This is the estimation jar that has been travelling around to all our classes for our students to try to figure out how many objects it contains! Miss Breen had the awesome task of counting every last bean and counter that went in it and only she knows the magic number. A big hint is that it is in the thousands!

Do you think you could guess the correct number or close to it?

Day 2 of Maths Week

We were being busy little bees working hard on the Day 2 Maths challenges off the Clendon Park Maths Week Blog. Some of us were working in pairs while the rest of us worked on the mat with Miss Breen.


See photos below:

Maths Week - August 8th - 12th

Hi everyone and Welcome to Term 3

Maths week is fast approaching, so in preparation for this below is a link to the Clendon Park, Maths Week Blog where you will find a page with links to many great websites for our children to pactise their Maths learning!

www.cpsmathsweek.blogspot.com

Our Police Visit

This morning we went to the Whare to learn what the Police do in our community from Constable Glenys.

First she showed us her uniform and tools and what they are used for. Our favourite tools were the baton and handcuffs! Next we watched a DVD called "Bryan and Bobby" which showed us what the Police do for us. We learned that the Police help people by teaching them how to be safe, how to do the right thing, by rescuing them, finding lost things or arresting people who break the law/rules.

Then when we had finished watching the DVD we discussed all the things that Police do to help us. After that Constable Glenys took us outside to see her Patrol Car. She turned on the lights to show us how they flash when the Police are going to an emergency and then we heard the siren, it was loud!

Finally Mya was lucky enough to get a chance to sit in the patrol car and use the loud speaker on the radio to call out instructions to the rest of the class, Miss Breen even got a "Hi". After the visit, most of our class want to be Police officers when we grow up.

Recount by Room 13

Constable Glenys

Discussion time

The Patrol Car

Colouring in our Police Cars

TERM 3 - UPCOMING EVENTS

Maths Week 2011

8-12^th August

What’s happening at Clendon Park School?

Event	When	Who is involved?
Daily problem solving challenges on school blog	All week	All students
Estimation challenge	All week	All students
Open morning	Thursday 11th August  9.30am-10.30am	All classrooms will be open for parents/caregivers and whanau to come along and see the wonderful  maths learning that is happening at Clendon Park School
Buddy swap	Friday 12th August	All classrooms will share a maths game/task with a friend from a buddy class

Room 13 performing their song 'Kiwi Ukulele'

Check us out!

It's hip to be a square!

This morning our wonderful Maths group - The Squares were demonstrating how to use their Stage 5 Doubles strategy and Making Ten to work out addition equations. 

Here are some of our students explaining what they did in their group today:

Boston:

To work out 8+7 I use my doubles 7+7=14+1=15 or 8+8=16-1=15

 Boston's work

Daphne:

We can also use our Making 10 strategy to help us when we can't use our doubles. To work out 9+7 you go 9+1=10+6=16

Daphne's book work