Kiwi Tennis starts coaching the Middle Syndicate today!

Gabriel from Kiwi Tennis arrived today and started teaching us tennis skills.

 He will coach us for the next 4 weeks so remember your PE uniform on Thursdays please!
Gabriel is one of the experienced coaches that also coach at Sunnyhills Tennis Club. Gabriel is all the way from Spain so we hope to teach him about our country too.

Happy Divali to all!

Did you notice we have changed our wall paper?
There is a Rangoli pattern there now. Do you know what that is?
Where would you find one at this time of year?
They are very beautiful and are part of the Divali celebrations some Sunnyhills' School families will be taking part in this weekend.
We are going to make some Rangoli patterns of our own in the next week - they will beautify our classroom!

A busy start to Term 4 in Room 20

Room 20 have had a busy first 2 weeks at school! Badminton Auckland sent Kevin to teach us the skills of this indoor sport. We really enjoyed learning this sport. 

Our recycled plastic bottles from Term 3 are turning out to be great strawberry plant holders. The rain is not making them too soggy as they are hanging up and not on the ground. 

Thank you to our generous Room 20 whanau for the 44 cans going to the City Mission this week! Our School has donated over 1000 cans - thank you!

Black Out Day was not only to mark the New Zealand athletes competing in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but it was also to raise awareness of those less fortunate than ourselves by taking part in our Two-can Day (toucans are birds native to Brazil). Winter can be cold and hard on some people in the wider Auckland Community and we need to learn to think of others besides ourselves.

How do you step up to a challenge or new learning? Think about what your first reaction is when you find something tricky or new - you might not get it the first go but..

The Olympic Torch arrives at Sunnyhills School

Today R16, R21 and R20 enacted the torch relay. 

'Athletes' were represented by Andreas, Olivia and Andrew who brought the torches into the playground. They passed it on to each athlete in Team 16, 21 and 20 to the cheers from other class teams who braved the elements to watch the occasion. 

Now there is a torch in our room for the duration of the Rio Olympics until it is passed on to a representative from Japan for the 2020 Games. 

Enviro Adventures with Mrs Daniel

As part of our second Enviro Day, Room 20 set off on an "Alphabet Nature Hunt" all around the school. While we explored and recorded our findings the most wonderful thing happened; without prompting the children started picking up litter as we went. We created quite the pile! The collection of mainly food wrappers led to a discussion about naked lunches,

as a way of reducing rubbish at school. Tino pai Room 20! You're enviro stars.

School assembly today!

The Peer Mediators were part of Special Spot today! They are an important part of the playground. You can talk to them anytime if you have a problem that you need help with in the playground.

Nathan was awarded the certificate today for his super problem solving skills in Measurement this week. 

Our Outdoor Classroom

Research shows 20 minutes in nature a day is enough to boost our vitality and well being. Richard Ryan, professor of psychology, psychiatry, and education at the University of Rochester, in New York, said: "Nature is fuel for the soul". And children's learning and love for the environment can benefit too. 

Today Room 20, Mrs Daniel and Mrs Medland,went exploring in our native bush walk, as part of of our Enviro Schools programme

. We wrote recounts about our outdoor adventure.

Super swimmer Jessica!

Thank you for all the cheers and claps from families! The children really enjoyed sharing their day with you!

Splash! Dive! Splash!

Everyone had 3 events to participate in today. We all tried our best and congratulated our friends at the end.