Thursday 23 March 2017

Celebration

Well done to Gina who received a certificate at this week's school assembly. She received it for demonstrating outstanding manners, behaviour and attentiveness to learning.

Basic Facts

Our class average for the Friday basic facts test was a new high score of 68!

Dojo Point Winners

Well done to this week's Dojo Point winners:
Gina, Isabelle, Sam and Brodie!

Wednesday 15 March 2017

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga


9 March 2017


Dear Flood,


Why did you clink and clank on people's roofs? You made people worried!  Where are all the animals?  You are not so nice because you made children get rescued from camp and they were having so much fun!  Why did you do that? Why?  And what do you do all day?  Please don’t come back.


From your angry friend,

Chloe

Sunday 12 March 2017

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga


9 March 2017


Dear Flood,


Why did you flood right where I have camp?
Did you have to overflow people’s gutters?
Why did you choose to cause havoc?
It’s summer, not winter!
Did you have to close the roads?
Why did you lose the animals, it’s all your fault! How did you get the water so high?


From a frustrated writer,


Isabelle


Flood control

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga

9 March 2017

Dear Flood,

Why can’t you rain in different places that need rain? In summer, we are supposed to have lots of sun!  Now all the cows and sheep on farms have been washed away! Who told you to come to New Zealand? Where did you get all that rain from? You have even ruined a school  camp! Now more than 10 schools have to close down! Instead, could you rain a little bit at a time?

From,

Rosie

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga

9 March 2017

Dear Flood,

Why did you flood camps?
Why did you overflow homes?
Why did you wash away animals?
Why did you destroy homes?
I could hear you bumping on my window.

From,

Oliver

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga

9 March 2017

Dear Flood,

Why did you come in a summer day when it was so lovely?
We are worried about the flood so the children can’t go to school. We spend money to buy a  roof. Why did you come and it’s so dangerous. Why did you come and rain in the night? And where are the animals? Why did you make the people scared?

From,

Jessie

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga

9 March 2017

Dear Flood,

Why are you here? This is horrible weather! Why did you make such chaos? The farm animals swept away, the houses are overflowing, by you! Even the roads are closed! It’s so dangerous for us to have a flood, so please stop!

From,

Sonia

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga

9 March 2017

Dear Flood,

Why did you rain all day and all night? You made
me go home when I was playing on the playground.
The cows got washed away, and the sheep. The plants have too much water.  Why did you come to Auckland?  Auckland is flooding. Why don’t you go to Africa?

From,

Lucas

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga

9 March 2017



Flood control

Dear Flood,

Why did you flood my pool? Why did you make a flood so I could not play outside on my bike? Who told you to make the flood?  

From,

Regan

Dear Flood

Room 17File:Natal Brazil Flood.jpeg
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga

9 March 2017

Dear Flood,

Why did you come to my home? You flooded my fish and you washed away our cows and sheep? Do not do that again, you are naughty. You flooded my bed you so you are bad. You are really bad.

From,

Henry

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga


9 March 2017


Dear Flood,


Why did you come in the middle of summer?
Why did you rain all day and night?
Why did the flood have to be here?
I don’t like this because I want to go and play!
It’s chaos!
Move to Africa, they need it more!
You came crashing down like we did not know!
Will you be gone this holiday?
I love summer but you came and ruined it!
Why did you chose Auckland? Where are all the farm animals? Your storm is annoying.


From a frustrated writer,

Lily

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga

9 March 2017

Dear Flood

Why did you come in the middle of summer?  Why did you destroy homes?  Why did you cause chaos to people’s back yard?
Why did you kill farm animals? You are overflowing our water and making it look like orange juice. If keep doing that we will have to boil our water.

From,

Max

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga

9 March 2017

Dear Flood,

Why did you come to NZ? I heard you went to Wellington! Also, I thought you were going to wash me away! Where are all the cows? And how did you get all of this rain? And also, I hate your flash floods.           

From your frustrated friend,

Ellie   

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga

9 March 2017

Dear Flood,

Why did you rain all night? Why is it not summer?
Why did you blow away the animals? Why did you flood my home? Why did you come to Auckland? Why did you break my fence? Why did you bring a storm? Why did you cause so much chaos? Why did you cause the destruction?File:Flood102405.JPG


From,

Chadd

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga

9 March 2017

Dear Flood,

Why did you come in the middle of summer?
Geyser of water and steam ...Why did you rain in summer?
Why did you bring lots of rain with you?
It flooded my lawn and it killed some animals.

Yours sincerely,

Finlay

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills school
17 the crest
Pakuranga

9 March 2017

Dear Flood,

Why did you come to New Zealand ?
Can you disappear or go to another country like Africa ? They need water.  Why have you not let me play outside for days ?

From,

Nolan

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga

9 March 2017

Dear Flood,

Why did you rain in summer?  Can you move to the desert because the desert needs water? Flood, please go away.

From,

Harry

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga

9 March 2017

Dear Flood

I don’t like you.
School closed because of you.
You are not my friend.
Why did you rain here?
Go to SRI LANKA.


From,

Jenuli

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga

9 March 2017

Dear Flood,

Why did you ruin my life? Why can’t you go somewhere else? Why can’t you go to another country? It’s supposed be summer and summer does not rain. Why can’t you go to Africa and live there?

From,

Carolyn

Dear Flood

Room 17
Sunnyhills School
17 The Crest
Pakuranga
9 March 2017

Dear Flood,

I don't want any more.
Why did you come in the middle of summer?
You could have gone to Africa!
I could not go to sleep with you bumping on my roof! Why did you come here? People were terrified!
You made my pool overflow!

PLEASE STOP!


From an angry writer,

Samantha

Saturday 11 March 2017

Dear Flood

On Thursday, Mrs Steele came to our class and we talked about the rain and flooding that has been happening around Auckland this week. We looked at some pictures from the newspaper.

We brainstormed words that were related to the weather and displayed them on the wall of the class.

Next, we wrote letters to the flood by writing statement and question sentences. We will publish these when they are completed.

Maths

This is a display that shows how we can collect and display data. This is the Statistics strand of Mathematics.

Thursday 9 March 2017

Breakout!

This week in class we participated in a breakout.  In groups, we had to look for clues around the class and solve problems to open a box that was locked with 4 different locks. We had to use thinking, problem-solving, communication skills and a lot of perseverance.





Dojo Point Winners

Well done to this week's Dojo Point winners:
Brodie, Isabelle and Gina!

Basic Facts

Our class average for the Friday basic facts test was a new high score of 65!

Saturday 4 March 2017

Swimming Carnival

We had a great time at the Middle Syndicate Swimming Carnival on Friday. Nearly 200 students participated in 3 events, showing what they can do in the water.



Lots of parents came to support us!


Well Done

Well done to Chloe and Chadd who received certificates at our syndicate assembly on Friday.

Wednesday 1 March 2017