Matariki

What a fantastic evening it was tonight to celebrate Matariki at Ilam School. Congratulations to the Kapa Haka group who sounded brilliant. What a lot of work has gone into your performance this year. 

We also celebrated Matariki today in Room 19 by making Pumpkin Soup and Bread. Everyone contributed in some way.

Many thanks to Annabel and Graham for coming along and helping out.

PASSION TIME

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped out with Passion Time during the last term. Everyone has thoroughly enjoyed it.

KINITTING

Look at the great ear warmer that Julia has made for Ava Jane in Passion Time.

WEEK 9

We have so many things happening this week I thought I would remind you of them:

WHOLE WEEK: learning about Matariki, Great Kiwi competition tests

MONDAY: Star Dome for year 3-6

TUESDAY: Lunch time sports training

WEDNESDAY: Soup and bread making, please come and join in if you have time
                         Lunch time basketball training
                         Matariki community evening, come along for a great night. 

THURSDAY: North West Festival practice all morning
                      North West Festival in the evening
                      Passion time in the afternoon

FRIDAY:  PTA Hot chocolate;
                Winter Sport in the afternoon

Week 8

Wow another week has flown by and we have all been so busy, 

• Year 6 Cobham trip
• Matariki star-making
• Volcano learning
• Information documentary planning
• Learning to tell the time
• Calendar Art
• Miss Cass's last day
• Basketball Semi finals

The Ilam Thunder team had their semi final on Friday night.Wow what great sports people they are: not letting what others say get them down.  The team unfortunately lost by only 3 goals. Heads up high for next week's game. 11-8 against St Andrews.

Cobham Trip for Year 6 students

Many thanks to Annabel for all of the photos.

Making Stars

Next week is Matariki: We are going to be working on making these stars. Check out the clip below. 

Week 7 In Room 19

 Nadia has come up with a new way to help her cold

 Jigsaw activity to work out different types of volcanoes. Can you remember the difference between the 3 types we discussed? 

 WHOOPSY: the huge winds on Wednesday took their toll on one of the trees in the entrance to our school. 

 PARTH: Wow what awesome work, gaining a certificate for level 17 in Lexia.

 MANY THANKS TO THE PTA of Ilam school for the $100 Warehouse voucher for new games for our classroom. Look at what we have now. 

MATHS game: Around the world. 

Run a K for Kids

What an awesome day we had. It started off very frosty but what fantastic weather.

Thank you so much to Miss Cocks and Mr Marsh and the House captains for the outstanding job they did in organising everything. 

What a fantastic movie Mrs K made of the whole school today!

Week 6

Another week has flown by and it seemed short as it was short:)

We have all missed Sojin and Jo Woo this week We hope they are both enjoying being back home.

This week we had an assembly which was run by ESOL and we had a few dancers from Room 19  up on stage performing.

Passion Time has been going well and all of the students are working their goals around this time. They set a goal related to our new Ilam Shcool vision then reflect on it after Passion time. 

READING and WRITING has been related to Volcanoes.What new vocabulary have you learnt that is related to the Earths volcanoes. 

SPORT: Due to wet weather on Tuesday we do not have our lunch time sports training but we had games today. It was so good to be out int he sunshine playing. Well done to all students who remember to bring their uniforms and gear every week. Our Basketball team has been going very well. They have now had 3 games and they have won 2 and drawn one. Keep up the great work.

WEEK 7: Next week is shaping up to be a very busy week. 

MONDAY: Puss in Boots performance in the morning

TUESDAY: Year 6 students visit Kirkwood Intermediate: Year 5 students will be split amongst Room 2, 3 & 4

Sports training at lunch time

WEDNESDAY: Basketball training at lunch time

THURSDAY: Run A Kilometre for Kids:  Yay this is supporting one of my favourite charities. 

Below is a link so check it out to find out more about the charity you are running for. 

Click on the link ...KIDS CAN

Twitter this week

Sport and its impact on your learning

Kia ora,

How could this week’s chat be about anything else but sport!

Look what is going on.....

The Lion's touring from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales

NZ Under 20's Rugby World Cup

The America's Cup Semi finals.

The Black Caps are involved in the ICC Champions Trophy

Michael Venus the first Kiwi in 19 yrs to reach the quarter finals of a Grandslam

The All Whites are preparing for the Confederations Cup

Plus the Taxtic have finally won a game

 This weeks questions:

Q1.What are the benefits of playing in a sports team?

Q2. Should playing in a sports team be compulsory for children at primary school? Explain why.

Q3. What role does a coach play in a team?

Q4. What roles do the players have in a team?

Q5. What would happen if the team and coach didn't work together?

Q6.What are the most important attributes that a sportsperson should posses?

Q7. How does sport at school help you with your learning in other subjects?

Q8. Thinking about yourself at school, who are the key people in your learning team?

Q9. What has been the most important life skills you have learnt playing sport and why?

Two Students Down

Thank you so much to everyone who was able to bring in food last Friday for our morning tea to say Goodbye to Sojin and Ji Woo. There was lots of yummy food.