Addition Bingo

For our maths today, we played addition bingo. We had to add the number Mr Davidson called out and if we had the number we put a counter on our board. It was very entertaining.

Betty Botter

For homework and reading, we were given the tongue twister, "Betty Botter". Here are a few examples  with some quick times.

SPORT MANAWATU PRIMARY SCHOOLS SPORTS FESTIVAL

We had a fantastic time at the Sport Manawatu primary school sports festival. We participated in a range of sports such as badminton, rugby, basketball and squash. Everyone was in great spirits and gave everything a go.

The country we represented was Spain. Our Lady of Lourdes won the best overall school for our total score of the following criteria: fair play, sportsmanship, behaviour and best dressed. We received a huge trophy and a voucher to spend on sports equipment.

Thank you Sport Manawatu for organising a well run sporting event.

NZ Sign Language Alphabet

Betty Botter

One of the homework tasks is seeing how fast you can say the tongue twister "Betty Botter".

Here is the tongue twister.

Betty Botter

Betty Botter
bought some butter.
"But," she said,
"the butter's bitter.
If I put it
in my batter,
it will make
my batter bitter.
But a bit
of better butter--
that would make
my batter better."

So she bought
a bit of butter,
better than
her bitter butter.
And she put it
in her batter,
and the batter
was not bitter.
So 'twas better
Betty Botter
bought a bit
of better butter!

--By Anonymous

40 seconds and over:
Too slow. Your grandparents could say the poem faster.
30 to 40 seconds:
Not bad. You're probably a faster talker than the Prime minister.
20 to 30 seconds:
Pretty good. You've been gifted with a fast pair of lips.
15 to 20 seconds:
Excellent. You can out talk anyone around.
14 seconds or less:
You are a tongue tying champion!

Homework Week 10 Term 1

Week ten – Due Friday 11 April

Spelling	Reading for at least 10   minutes a night.	Basic facts practice.
Play a board game with your family or friends	Draw a picture of what your dream bedroom would look like	Build something out of cardboard
Make a paper plane. We will have an in class competition.	Learn the alphabet in NZ sign language	How fast can you say the tongue twister, Betty Botter? Time yourself.

Connect 4 Championship

As part of our All fours day, we had a connect four championship. We had 2 championship rounds. 

In the first championship, Luukas knocked out Carlos in the preliminary final to face Wyatt. It was a close battle but Luukas took out  the final with a fantastic connect 4.

In the second championship, all the finalists from the first championship were knocked out early. Kahu and Gemma faced each other in the preliminary final with Gemma taking it out with some slick moves. Boston and Gemma went toe to toe in the final with Gemma providing the final blow to win the championship.

All fours day

Friday was 4.4.14. In Active8, we decided to have a day called "ALL FOURS DAY." All our school work was based of the number 4 such as 4 minutes to work out maths problems involving 4, 4 minutes to do our handwriting and writing stories involving the number 4. We got into groups of four and chose to get into costumes. Here are a few pictures from our day.

Play performance

Today, The Blues reading group performed a play called, "A Closer Look." 

The play is about a group of aliens  who arrive on Earth in search of precious minerals - Gold, Silver and diamonds. When they find a lake, they think it might be one of the minerals they are searching for. However, they are perplexed by the properties of water. They head off with some samples, saying they plan to return for more. 


The group had practiced reading with fluency and with good pace.