Room 1 - 2014

Room 1 - 2014

Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Leif's Fundraising Adventure!


We have a lot of very special kids in Room One, and Leif is certainly one of them. Check out his AMAZING fundraising effort!
Follow the link below to see how he is raising funds for Cystic Fibrosis research. Make sure you check out the song video that inspired him to help people with Cystic Fibrosis.

"At first I wanted to donate some money to help them but then Mum had an idea to run to raise money for them."

Leif's Fundraiser

Friday, 30 January 2015

Welcome to Room One in 2015!!!

Welcome to Room 1!!!
We are gonna have a lot of fun and do lots of fantastic learning in 2015!

Can't wait to work with you kids AND parents to help create a successful year of learning!
Parents, feel free to come and visit. I have an open door policy but tend to be a touch busier before school in the mornings, rather than after school. Either way, come and see me!!
Alistair Banks
Homework!
 We will be starting homework next week! To start the year I want our kids to focus solely on the reading and basic times tables facts. I will give your child a reading log to fill out Monday-Thursday night. They will keep this in their homework book and bring to school on Friday for me to check their reading. They will practise times tables each school night and be tested on Friday at school. If they get 2 tests right in a row and feel like they have mastered their times tables they will move onto the next one.
The other homework they will do is Spirit of Clyde. I will send home the tasks that they can choose from via their clear file. Children will use their clear file to show me via photos and a small write up how each task went etc. 

Thursday, 11 December 2014

Room One's Class Movies!




Well after what can only be described as an epic undertaking, we have finished our four different movies! Each movie retells 'The Legend of Lake Wakatipu' as told to us by Whaea Maryanne back in term three.
The children each chose a way to retell the movie using different types of media. There was a LOT to organise. Costumes, script, settings, backgrounds, movement, narration, editing....the list goes on. But we finally finished them!
We hope you like them as much as we did making them!
Cheers Room One and Mr Banks

Legend Movie

Lego Movie

Play Doh movie

Puppet movie

Monday, 10 November 2014

Year 4 Camp!

Hi Folks!
We had a wonderful time at year 4 camp. I received lots of great comments about how friendly and well behaved our year 4's were, and also about how well they got on with each other! They were a treat to take away!
Big thanks to Lisa, Nathan and Shaun our parent helpers who made my job very easy.

We hope you all enjoy the photos, and if you want a copy of any of them then email me at alistairb@clyde.school.nz


Tuesday, 23 September 2014

MOVIE MAKING!!!!!

SORRY FOR THE LONG GAP BETWEEN POSTS!!






We have been flat out making movies!!!

Whaea Maryanne taught us the legend of Lake Wakatipu and told us that there isn't really a good online version of the legend. We got our heads together and brainstormed ways we could recreate the movies.
We then decided on creating four different types of movie. - PLAY DO, LEGO MOVIE, PUPPET SHOW AND A REAL MOVIE!!
The children then chose what movie they would like to make and we got started. YOU are going to be invited to the PREMIER!!! STAY TUNED!!

Thursday, 31 July 2014

Room 1's plays!!

Thank you so much to all the parents who made the effort to come and see our class plays. The kids did a super job and I hope you went away entertained! I can honestly say that through all the practices over the weeks, you saw the best performances that they have done! I hope to have video clips of the plays up on the blog next week.

Here are a few comments the kids made about the experience.

'I liked Leif's play, it was funny. The little kids cracked up, I did too." - Saxon

'When it was my turn to go on the stage I had butterflies in my tummy.' - Emily

'Maria did a supermodel pose, which made Phoebe and me laugh, I was so embarrassed, but so happy Mum and Dad had made it.' - Madison

'My Mum said 'well done.'I was so nervous at the start.' - Mackenzie

'I think that being first was important, to do well so people watch and listen properly.' - Troy

'When I was doing the play I felt a little bit sick, not a lot, a little bit. It was a good experience for all of us' - Arlia

'I wasn't nervous at all because I'm a true actress!' - Phoebe

'After the play my Mum said that I was great. Now I am not nervous if I do any other plays." - Connor 

'When I went on stage and said my lines, my nerves were gone. I felt when I said my lines like nobody was there.' - Emma

'After my play I was very happy with myself. It was the best experience in the world.' - Peyton

'The experience was fantastic and I liked the big crowd, it gave me support.' - Ben

'When I walked up on the stage my tummy didn't feel so good. When it was over I felt so happy.' - Theon

'I was a bit nervous when I was doing my play but after I was definitely proud.' - Finn

'In the middle of the play it was fun. Everyone did a good job.' - Trey

'The grannies probably thought it was excellent. And it was a bit scary because Mum was there!' - Sam 

'When it was our go I felt fine because it was friends and family or people I know, not just strangers.' - Tayla

'It's all over now but it was super fun, delightfully scary!' - Maria

'When I was on the stage I felt good. At the end I was proud of myself.' - Leif

'When I was watching the first play it felt like I didn't know my lines, but when it was my line it all came back to me.' - Chloe

'When I was getting dressed I felt all excited until I saw the massive big crowd!' - Aidan

'When I got up on stage I felt like I was going to explode into a million pieces, that is what freaked me out the most.' - Poppy

'The best thing I liked was performing and working together to do the props.' - Jed

'Positive words were just spilling out of my mouth like running water, but in my head negative kind of took over. All I was thinking was OMG, what if I forgot my words! When I got on stage I just went with the flow' Vanessa

'I was so nervous that my heart was thumping like mad, till I actually started to get brave. Then when it was finished I was so proud of myself.' - Kartier

Friday, 25 July 2014

Welcome To Term Three!!!

Hi folks! it's been great to have the kids smiley faces back in Room One.
We look forward to seeing you at all sorts of school events this term. We have speeches, crosscountry, swimming and of course our class plays coming up!
Below is a slideshow of the superb Fifty-five feathers pastel art we created at the end of term two. We read a book called 'Fifty-five feathers' about a gecko who was getting cold in winter so pukeko helped him keep warm by collecting feathers from NZ native birds!
The last ten feathers came from the now extinct huia. The children developed a special bond with this beautiful bird from a book we read recently called 'Project Huia.' Needless to say the kids are keen for scientific technology to hurry up so we can use DNA from current huia specimen to help recreate them!
Anyway we hope you enjoy the art as much as we enjoyed making it!