400 marble - Class party - Wednesday afternoon, 1:15-2:15

Well done for being kind and thoughtful and following the Golden Rules.


We have earned 400 marbles and are having our party this week.  (We waited for Tom to come back to school).  So well done to Punn and Joe for helping to organise the party during break and lunch times.  Thanks to these people for saying they will bring along food, games or activities:

Food and drinks

• Thomas - Oreos
• Annabel - Popcorn
• Richie - Cakes
• Ali - Brownies
• Joe - Crisps
• Punn - Orange Juice
• Tom - Guava juice
• Melanie - Blueberry juice
• Estelle - Apple juice

Games and activities

• Richie - Lego
• Adelia - jigsaw
• Tinn - colouring
• Melyssa and Rita - Teddy bears
• Annabel - skipping rope
• Joe - Alien Twist
• Anika - Pass the parcel (can you bring a music cd too?)
• Jessie - Twister 
• Melyssa - Monopoly

If you need to prepare any activities, then please get this ready before Wednesday.   

We are very busy people!

Today, as I was talking to my class about how I would like them to read our blog and comment on the blog, I realised that they have very busy lives and finding time for reading and commenting on the blog is sometimes a difficult thing to do.

We started having a conversation about what we do after school.  Here are some of the responses from some very busy children:

I am a very busy person!  My name is Bua

This is what I do before and after school:

Monday:       violin lesson (30min), practice violin (10min), reading (10min), travel (2 x 15min)

Tuesday:       practice violin (10min), reading (10min), Tiger Sharks (1 hr),travel (2 x 15min)

Wednesday:  practice violin (10min), reading (10min), Choir (1hr),travel (2 x 15min)

Thursday:      practice violin (10min), reading (10min),Tiger Sharks (1 hr),travel (2 x 15min)

Friday:          practice violin (10min), reading (10min), Drama (1hr),travel (2 x 15min)

Saturday:      practice violin (10min), reading (10min), badminton (2hr)

Sunday:        practice violin (10min), reading (10min), ballet (2hr), piano (1hr)

I am a very busy person!  My name is Richie

This is what I do before and after school:

Monday:      travel (25min),Reading(15min)Homework(10min), Water Colour Painting ECA (1hr)

Tuesday:      travel (25min)Reading(15min) Tutor (2hr), Taekwondow ECA  (1hr)Homework(10min)

Wednesday: travel (25min)Reading(15min) Tutor (2hr),Homework(10min)

Thursday:     travel (25min)Reading(15min),Homework(10min)

Friday:         travel (25min)Reading(15min) Basketball ECA (1hr),homework(10min)

Saturday:     Reading(15min)

Sunday:       Reading(15min)

Wow!  they seem very busy.

As you can see, below there is space for another entry...send me your information if you want to be included.

Are you really busy or do you wish you had more to do after school?
Do you watch T.V or play on the computer?  Richie and Bua didn't mention that in their writing, but I bet they spend some time in front of a screen.

I am a very busy person!  My name is


This is what I do before and after school:

Monday:

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

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Saturday:

Sunday:

Student Council Reps and...It's not part of the topic but...

Well done to Joe and Punn, the brand new, sparkling and enthusiastic 3W Student Council Reps for Term 1 . We had our class election today and children voted anonymously for their choice.

A big thankyou to ALL of the children who PARTICIPATED in the election but were not the overall winners. These were:
Seb, Anika, Richie and Ali. Everyone took a RISK and stood up in front of the rest of the class and said why they thought they would be a good Rep and also told us a little about their ideas for what could be changed.

I'd like to say a huge well done to Seb, who took this risk AND has only just started at Patana this term.

...have a look at this site. Move your cursor across the river and see what happens...amazing!

Plants....

Who...?
What...?
Where...?
When...?
Why...?
Which...?
How...?

Today we drew labelled diagrams of the parts of plants. See here for the one I drew in class.
Here are some questions which we want to find out about.
How did we get the first plants? (Poon)
Where do we get seeds from? (Jessie)
How do flowers grow? (Seb)
How does a flower gets its colour? (Cane)
Do plants or flowers eat? (Rita)
Why do we need plants? (Ali)
How do flowers get energy? (Anika)
How do plants breathe? (Toby)
Does cotton grow on plants? (Richie)
What is a plant? (Joe)