GTS Vision and Values: ACE and FIRE

We put our heads together to think about F.I.R.E and A.C.E. :) 
We had lots of fun and lots of thinking!

Behind the scenes.... or how we worked together to understand F.I.R.E. and A.C.E. better....and what do they mean to us. We also linked our school vision and values to our Class Treaty. 

 

It is OK to make mistakes because we LEARN from them!

Mistakes are powerful!

Please follow a link shared below to watch a video about our brain power. Remember that each of us is unique! Our mistakes help us get smarter!! Be confident to take a risk because you will definitely learn from it!

Mistakes are Powerful  - video

Our Class Treaty

Students have been working very thoughtfully to generate valuable ideas about how they want to live and learn in Room 5. After a number of very interesting and meaningful discussions in small groups, we put our ideas and expectations together, and everyone of us agreed to the Treaty.

It is a living document, just like the Treaty of Waitangi!

In Room 5, all students know what to expect. They also enjoy their learning better because they feel comfortable and confident in their learning environment.😃

Welcome back! Let's start our new learning journey!! All aboard!

Dear Students and Whanau,

Welcome back everyone and Happy New Year to you all. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and that the children are all excited about coming back to school.

I hope that we will all enjoy a fantastic year full of fun and achievements!!
               
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Elena

2018

You are a legend, Room 5!! Congratulations to all of you!!

RAINBOW'S END AWARD

Congratulations to Anastasia! Have fun at Rainbow's End!

Room 5 won both GTS 'Best Class Attendance' and 'Ready for Learning' Awards!!

CONGRATULATIONS ROOM 5!! YOU ARE THE CHAMPIONS!

100% Attendance

Congratulations to:
Morgan, Hein, Charlie and Jerricho

PB4L Awards

Cyrus from Room 5

Most Improved Students

in Maths - Soane
in Reading - Joseph
in Writing - Morgan

Year 3 Highest Achieving Students

in Reading - Eli and Logan

in Maths - Zaw Min Oo

in Writing - Dijonay

Year 3 Graduation from the Junior School. Well done Room 5!

Sick Simon by Cyrus

My Weekend by Cyrus

My Lucky Prize giving by Soane

Christmas by Monique

Prizegiving by Ila

Guy Fawkes by Noah

My Spooky Story by Soane

Visiting The Graveyard by Eli

The Little Shoemaker by Dijonay

My Wet Day by Peter

The Shoemaker by Hein

My Trip To a Beautiful Island by Makisha

Pet Dragon by Monique

Zaw Min Oo explains how he solved the word problem

Joseph explains his maths word problem

My Gloves by Morgan

Sick Simon by Zaw Min Oo

The Friendly Dragon by Hein

Pet Dragon by Makisha

Zaw Min Oo uses multiplication to solve his word problem

Morgan explains how he solved his word problem

Mathematical Thinking by Cyrus

Word Problems explained by Joseph

Understanding and Solving Word Problems by Peter

Word Problem Solving by Makisha

Understanding and Solving Word Problems by Morgan

Logan's weekend

Congratulations to our Cross Country Champions!

We are so proud of our Junior Syndicate cross country winners! Way to go Room 5!

Year 3 Boys:
1st Place - Soane, Rm 5
2nd Place - Joseph, Rm 5
3rd Place - Jerricho, Rm 5

Year 3 Girls:
1st Place - Dijonay, Rm 5
2nd Place - Helena, Rm 3
3rd Place - Monique, Rm 5

Well done Dijonay!

Congratulations to all GTS students who participated in the ICAS testing for 2017.

ICAS offers students an opportunity to assess their knowledge in an international exam. An initiative of Education Assessment of the University of New South Wales, the exams are designed for every year level and are closely aligned to school learning.

Our very special congratulations to Dijonay, who participated in the ICAS Spelling Test and also received the Principal's Award.

Well done Dijonay for your excellent effort! 

Landforms and Bodies of Water

We continue to work on our Changing landscapes inquiry. Today we had fun matching the landform pictures and their definitions. Well done Room 5!

The impossible bridges

Bridges come in many shapes and sizes. Our class decided to make our own models of some kinds of bridges. It was fun!

Measuring the Volume of Liquids (water)

Joseph, Say Yar Mon and Anastasia

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Peter, Soane and Cyrus 

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                                          Ana, Monique and Dijonay

Our trip to Devonport by Peter

My Trip to Devonport by Soane

Foam Printing

We made our landscapes by simply drawing deep lines into the foam. 
Then we used ink to transfer our images onto paper. 😀

Our Trip to Devonport

Yesterday, the juniors had a fantastic trip to Devonport as a part of our Term 3 Inquiry 'Changing Landscapes'.

We walked to the top of Mt.Victoria and enjoyed the most beautiful views of Auckland city and the Waitemata Harbour. We looked at some major landforms that we have in our area.

We had lots of fun!

Measuring the Volume of Solids

We learnt how to measure and compare volumes of various containers using non-standard volume units. We measured our containers using the building, stacking and place value blocks. 
At the end of our activity, we agreed that we needed a standard unit of volume to get the same results. We noticed that it became difficult to communicate and compare results with others that used different units.

We had to use the same size blocks to get the same results!

Without standard units of measurement, people would have a huge problem understanding what other people were saying and measuring. 😀

Our Book Day!

Today was a special day at our school because we celebrated our very own BOOK DAY!

We had great fun dressing up!