Peter Rabbit

We had a visitor today - Joely and Noah's rabbit, Peter! He was an absolute star and was so calm, even with 28 children wanting to pat him!

Thanks for bringing him in Joely and Noah!

Spider Wordles

 by Liam and Caleb B

by Harriet and Grace

 by Jess H and Zara

Book Character Day

Today at Halswell school we dressed up as our favourite character to raise money and because it's book month. Zara was Nanny Piggins, Eli was Shane Bond, Kyle was the hungry caterpillar and Kate was Pippy Long Stocking.

Today was book character day we got to dress up as our favourite book character,the whole school had a big parade and the school council chose the best dressed.The people that got chosen got to go to the front to get an Easter egg.The money that was raised is going to the people that got seriously hurt or effected in the tsunami. For book character day Harriet was Geronimo Stilton, Caleb was from the Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Noah was Ron Weasley and Ruby was The Queen Bee who never said  please.

Today it was book day. It's to raise money for Japanese children. we raised over $501.00.

On Wednesday the whole school had book character day. Sterling was a rich boy, Georgia was Sheer Khan, Matthew was Liz (the lizard from the Magic School Bus) and Joely was Angelina Ballerina.

Today we had book character day to raise money for a Japanese kid who got badly affected in the tsunami and earthquake. The school had a parade. We raised over $500. Jaimee was a tooth fairy, Grace was a girl from 'A Bad Case of Stripes'. Millie was the Easter Bunny. Bianca was Cinderella.

Today we had book character day. We had it to raise money for Japanese children. I was the BFG. We had a parade. Mr Topham was a dalmatian. Caleb dressed as Ron. Mason dressed as Harry Potter. Mr Ferguson dressed as Captain Hook. Jess was Geronimo Stilton, Tristan was a scientist from Horrible Science, and Liam was a dinosaur.

Maths Flash Cards

We have discovered it is very important to know our addition and subtraction facts, and to be able to recall them quickly. Mrs W has given out some flashcards that some of you may like to try at home.

If you didn't receive flashcards, or would like to practise online, please go to Fact Monster. Start at level 1 and work your way up.

Please remember, basic facts need to be recalled instantly to help you with your strategy work. Keep up the practise, my wonderful Mathemagicians!

Reminders

• School photos are Tuesday (all going to plan). We will practise our lovely smiles in the morning.
• No sausage sizzle this week (Year 7/8's at camp).
• NZ Book Month Character Dress-up day is next Wednesday, 28 March. More information to follow.
• NZ Book Month Poster competition: create an A4 poster. See the big whiteboard for more information.

BUDDY READING: We will be reading with our buddies on Wednesday!! As big buddies, we are going to help our little buddies from Room 4 with their daily reading book. You will be wonderful role models for the younger children :)

Challenge Part 2

This week, the second part of your challenge is to go outside and play!

Challenge - Week 8

Room 20 children and our followers - your challenge, should you choose to accept it (which we hope you will!), for this week is to leave a comment on our blog. This could be telling us all how fantastic the blog is, or replying to a post that we put on. Mrs W will be checking to see all members of our amazing class have contributed during the week.

Good luck! We can't wait to check what you have written.