The Music Players

Yesterday some music players came to our school. It was pretty boring because they only talked and held up puppets and they only played one tune each.

It was really short as well. There was a show for them coming up so they showed us there characters

one was peter ,the big bad wolf , a duck that was actully a goose, a bird and a cat!

by Nick and Samara

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Digital Devce Day Roundup

On the 25th of June 2015 room 5 got to do a digital device day.People bought PlayStation's and iphones. some people even bought remote devices. we also had a shared lunch.people bought  remote control cars. we also watched the Simpson's movie.it was a really cool day we were stuffed with food in our tummies.people brought chips pizza brownie donuts cookies sausage rolls and Heap's more.we started after morning tea and fished at 3:00. some people were also at kapa haka.  
people that were at Kapahaka got to have a shared lunch but people at Kapahaka had already had a shared lunch.



BY Brighton and Jayden:):p

Kapa Haka Performance

On Thursday 2015  25 of June the Nayland Kapa haka are doing there first performance for 2015  that are going to the hall for the disabled it is in the stoke memorial hall we leave at 11.30 and come back at 1.30. Nayland Primary should be proud of the kapa haka group. They have been working hard. We will be performing  lots of songs. The Kapa haka is a great group to be part of (it is lost of fun.)

By Jasmine and Eille :-)

Disco

The disco is tomorrow and everyone is so excited the theme is pj's mostly everyone is wearing a onesie . The disco will probably be fun. At the disco you can have lollies, popcorn and drinks.

By Te matai & Jaya :-)

Phone books

Some kids parents from our school have been delivering phone books to help raise money for our school. Each year our school has competitions to see what class can deliver the most phone books. If your class wins your class wins a shared morning tea the very next week. Some houses needed 2 phone books. The class who won this year was ... ROOM 5! We are all so happy that we won.This is our second year of winning. All of the phone books were delivered in 4 to 5 weeks and we delivered all of them. We only discovered that we had won 4 days before the shared morning tea started.


By Briarna & Guyan

Battling in persuasive writing

In room five some people are battling each other to see if facebook is better than twitter, horses are better than dogs and lots more. The first thing we do is brain storm our points.The more points we have the more we will probably catch them out.We reason them with facts because that's the way you can pull them up but you have to verify them otherwise they could say that that is not true cause they found a fact that is verified which will give them more power against you.

By Teina & Samuel >_<

Cross coutnry interschools

In the last 2 months we have been doing cross country on Mondays and Fridays. We do it for 12 minutes and a long run, but on Thursday and Wednesdays we do it for 8 minutes. When we did cross country in nayland collage, we were there for an hour.

The other kids that made it from first to tenth went to interschools.

By Neil and Keegan.

Creative Spaces

Every class has been making creative space blueprints. This terms topic has been creative spaces. Creative spaces is our one clear concrete space outside the back of the M.P.L.C (Multi Purpose Learning Centre.) Mrs Gulbransen thought that the children could think of what to make, so people in room 5 thought of crazy ideas like laser tag, woodwork, bounce room and WWE rings. We are all very exited for it to be made. But remember there's only $5,000!

By Keegan

Ki-o-rahi Tornament

Some year 5s and 6s went to a Ki-o-rahi tournament at Broadgreen yesterday. They played 6 12 minute games (1 hour and 12 minutes) total. One of our teams won a couple of rounds. From what I've heard it was really fun and tiring. We did cross country yesterday and the people who went were struggling to run! People who went from our class were: Derek, Nick, Jayden and Brynley. Ki-o-rahi is a game where there is a bin in the middle with one circle surrounding it. Then there are 7 cones around the outside as the matariki stars. There is a river that one team cannot go through but the other team can. Two people from one team is in the middle guarding the bin so that the other team does not hit it with the ball, and the rest of the team has to try to get all the matariki cones. The other team has to try and hit the bin with the ball and the people guarding has to try hit it back or catch it.

By Keegan

EURO People

Throughout the school these people called euro came to look at our school. Euro are people that are the bosses of Mrs Gulbransen so basically the bosses of the boss. They are here to see if we are doing good work and to see if the teachers/Mrs Gulbrasnsen are teaching us good enough. Mr Davis said we have to be top notch when they come because if they think we do good work they will stay for longer.

By Neil and Keegan

Persuasive Posters

In room 5 we have been doing  persuasive posters on our creative spaces. Persuasion is when some one wants to make you buy or do something and we made our own poster for creative spaces. Mrs Gulbransen is going to choose a winner for the creative space and then that design will be made. Some of the designs  people made are Skate parks, Woodwork room and UFC cages. Some people thought there could just be nothing there, just an extension to the handball courts. Some people want playgrounds but there's to many playground on our school. Some people want playground but i said I don't want playground to maths play that's why they call it school. school is for learning not for play they didn't call school play when you grow up you don't no anything if someone asks you about the  space. You Just gonna stand say nothing don't do lots of play do lots of work  so that you can learn.

By Neil and Keegan

Minute mile

Room  5 have been working on a thing called the minute mile.We have 36  questions and answers to read in under a minute and if 7 more people do that in a minute we get to have our digital device day before morning tea on the 25th of june it happens on the day we have planed for it to be on. you think it is easy and some people find it easy but some people find it extremely hard. But all you have to do is read fast in under a minute i jasmine have not done it yet. This year 5 kids have done the minute mile .Including Guyan the first year 4 to do it he did it in 54 seconds on the 12.6.15 he will get a free juicy and he will also twink the answers out. and say them in under a minute. some other people how have done it are Jay did it in 52 seconds with the answers and 53 second with out the answers, Neil did 56 seconds with the answers James did it in 1minute (answer) and Bryney how did it in 58 (answers)
You have to read them down (well it is faster to do down) There are so many people in this class that are close to doing it.

By Jasmine and Ellie

Phone books

Lately our parents and helpers have been doing phone books for the school and have earned about 5000 dollars for the new creative space we will make after we have decided what we are going to make with the help of the students.We have done about 14000 phone books so far.Right now we still don't know what we are going to do for the creative space.

Jack flash and the jumping beanstalk

On Friday 19th of June, the New Zealand Playhouse actors will visit Nayland Primary to present "Jack Flash and the Jumping Beanstalk". This play is based on the story 'Jack and the Giant Beanstalk'.Written by popular writer Greg Cooper,this laugh-a-minute theatre caters for ages 5-13.The interactive adaptation of Jack and the Giant Beanstalk has the audience joining Jack in his quest to save the environment.

Digital Device Day

Last Thursday we did a maths test on our times tables from 1 to 12 and our gaol was to average 93 with getting them correct.Instead we got an outstanding average of 108 which is 15 more than we aimed for.
Mr Davis said we nailed it right in the head and that we did better than the two classes he's had before!
We had 7 weeks to practise in math time and we used our math multiplication flash cards from last year for our practising, we had about an hour and a half each time.
Some of us even went home and practised their times tables and that helped every one improve.
The people who stood out the most are... Brynley, Jaya, Ethan, Ellie, Te Matai and Nick.
So on Thursday week 10 we will have a digital device day and might have a shared lunch 
We all are proud of each others work.
We also hope to keep up the good work.

By Max and Jasmine

Google docs

A few weeks a go Mr Davis set up the google docs for the year 4s and 5s.

Mrs Davis will be looking at what we do on our  google docs.

We can do writing, slideshows, create blogs, drawings & servers.

We can share with friends and family what we have done.

We are learning more every day about google docs.

By Louise & Ellie