OLYMPIC SYMBOLS

OLYMPIC SYMBOLS

We have been looking at the Olympic Symbols.

Here is what we learnt:

Olympic Motto: 

Citius

Altius

Fortius

This means Faster, Higher, Stronger

Olympic Rings

There are 5 rings they represent the 5 continents:

Asia, America, Africa, Europe, Oceania

Olympic Flag:

This flys in the country that is hosting the games until  the closing ceremony

The Torch:

This is lit in Greece, Olympia 100 days before the Olympic games start. People carry it around until the opening ceremony.

Medals

3 medals are given the the top 3 athletes in each event. 1st is gold, 2nd is silver, 3rd is bronze

Olympic Hymn

This was created by Spyridon Samaras and it was performed at the 1896 Opening ceremony Olympic Games.

Olive Branch

In the olden days these were the prizes instead of medals.

Mascot

Each country have a Mascot that represents them. NZ has the Kiwi.

TOPIC OLYMPICS

OUR TOPIC THIS TERM IS 

2016 RIO OLYMPICS

We will be looking at

Ancient Greece: Ancient Olympic Games

Rio, Brazil: Facts/Information about the host country

Current Games: links to NZ Olympic Team

Modern Olympic Games 

Olympic Symbols

"Athletes"

How to be the best

What skills and qualities Team NZ have to get to where they are

Look at documentaries of Athletes and how they got there.

GOAL SETTINGS

Room 17's - WHOLE CLASS GOALS TERM 3

Mathematics

We want to all pass level 1 and level 2 basic facts.

How will we achieve this?

We will learn the basic facts we got wrong for homework or for extension work.

Reading

We want to move up at least 2 reading levels in our next reading test.

How will we achieve this?

We will read a book EVERYDAY for homework.

We will ask and answer questions about what we read

We will sound out, read before and after words and use clues from the text or the pictures to help us with unfamiliar words

Writing

We want to add more details to our writing.

We want to work hard on our spelling.

How will we achieve this?

We will answer how and why for each idea we have.

We will learn all our spelling words for homework and during spelling activities.

MATARIKI ART (Term 2)

To celebrate Matariki our class embraced a Maori skill which was used alot for mats, baskets for food, hats and other amazing useful things. Harakeke (flax) was an amazing natural resource which was used back in the days and is still being used today to make many cultural items.

We used skewers to weave an art piece that we coloured using pastels.

Come See them in class :) 

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On there is a glimpse of our Assembly Item. We performed a Hip Hop Dance which was choreographed by our class dance experts. Hope you enjoy :)  

Cook Island Shakers

Fia Fia Night Term 2

Room 17 girls & Room 16 girls learnt 3 quick Cook Island dances. They practiced every lunch time and some of them practiced at home just to perfect their actions in preparation for the big night.

The Y8's hosted a Fiafia Night as a Fund Raiser for their trip to Rotorua and we volunteered to showcase an item.

After all the lunch time and home practices we did amazing and we looked amazing as well.

Thank you to our parents for their contribution in making this night special for the kids.

Here they are :) 

The Cook Island Squad

JUST KEEP SWIMMING

COMMUNITY SWIMMING

JUST KEEP SWIMMING

Term 2 Week 2

Our school is privilege to be able to be taught swimming skills and water safety every Thursday's. Everyone in Room 17 enjoy learning how to swim and gain confidence and knowledge on how to be safe around the water.

Thank you to those you have made it possible for our class to be part of this programme.

*Remember bring your togs every THURSDAYS