Mrs Jones' Dancing Santa

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Today we finished school for the year.  And what a year it has been (with earthquakes and snow) - we all deserve a big holiday!

I feel very privileged to have taught such a wonderful class of children this year.  I will have many fond memories of Room 1, 2011, and hope that they remember their time in Room 1 as well.

Merry Christmas to you and your families.

Love from Mrs Jones

2011 Reflections

This week we had a big think about the past year, and we wrote “Reflections” using different sentence starters.  Here are a few of our thoughts…

I had fun this year because…

…I liked writing (Alesha)

…we had Mufti Day (Dyllan)

…I liked Athletics (Tayla)

…I moved to Christchurch and I came to South Hornby School (Shonte)

…I liked playing games with my friends (Jermaine)

…I turned 5 (Cole)

This year I was pleased with…

…my Sam Smiler badge (Robbie)

…my Reading (Lauren)

…moving to Room 1 (Michael)

…Writing (Cole)

This year I liked…

…singing songs (Eltaf)

…turning 5 and coming to South Hornby School (Harmony)

…Phonics (Keira)

…learning (Cameron)

At the start of the year I used to…

…not write much but now I do (Liam)

…cry when my Mum left but now I don’t (Kasey)

…write short stories but now I write long stories (Tayla)

…read a little but now I read a lot (Tia)

My favourite subject at school this year was…

…Phonics (Eltaf)

…Writing (Cameron)

…Reading (Tia)

…Swimming (Lauren)

…Handwriting (Keira)

My favourite thing to do in the playground this year was…

…playing on the slide (Robbie)

…playing in the sandpit (Harmony)

…swing on the swing (Kasey)

My best friends this year were…

…Shonte and Alesha (Sequoia)

…Austin, Liam and Cole (Michael)

…Ella and Sophie (Kasey)

This year it was hard, but I managed to…

…write long stories (Liam)

…get better at Maths (Ella)

…do longer stories (Shonte)

…fix stuff up (Jermaine)

Something that I need to remember for next year is…

…my school values (Jared)

…to do my B.E.S.T (Better Every Single Time) (Dyllan)

…to bring my school books (Ella)

…to use my school values (Keira)

Chipmunks Trip

Today the Junior Syndicate went to Chipmunks for our end of year trip.

It was sooooooo much fun!

30 Sleeps Until Christmas

Today we visited Santa's website.
He has a Naughty and Nice list, and we typed in some children's names to check what list they were on.
Try it at home.
Remember to check back for updates - Santa's spies are out and about watching us.

http://www.claus.com/naughtyornice/index.php

Yakkety Yak Show

On Tuesday we were lucky enough to have a visit from some of the first year students from NASDA (National Academy of Singing and Dramatic Art).

Here is a recount of their wonderful show...

The Yakkety Yak Show

By Alesha

On Tuesday we went to the show.  It was in the hall.  At high school they were bullies.  Then the teacher came out.  He saw the kids being bullies.  He put them in detention and all of them had to stand on a line.  Jacob got some chairs to sit on.  One of the girls wanted to sit down but Jacob didn't let her sit.  The cleaner put up a sign, it had "no touching" but they touched it.  They had to play the games.  The game master was telling lies.  The first game was a ninja game.  Stevie was in versing a girl.  Stevie got a black eye, but it was make up.  I liked Lady Ga Ga's shoes.  Then they went to the next game.  Everybody had to find a sword.  Jacob wanted to give the sword to his friends but he didn't.  He gave it to her.  I liked her outfit.  Jacob got the prize but it was the fifteenth and he got eaten up from the mimic.  Then his friends came and pulled him out.  Then they went back through the tv.  I loved the mimic eating Jacob and xbox is bad.

Term 3 Art Work