Book worms

It is so awesome to get stuck into a good book and be transformed to other times and places, as can be seen here by Chloe and Hannah, who chose to spend their lunch time in the senior courtyard reading! That's what I call Learning for Life :)

Diwali

On Wednesday we celebrated Diwali and the week before that we were lucky enough to have some international performers come and show us some of their traditional dances/songs and instruments. There are always so many interesting things going on at Sunnyhills! 

What did you learn about Diwali?

Number Talks with Mrs Madden

We were very lucky to have Mrs Madden come into our classroom yesterday and show us how to have 'Number Talks' in Maths.

She gave Room 5 the problem 18 x 5. Look at how many strategies we came up with. I wonder if our friends or whanau use any of these strategies or perhaps they have some other ones. It would be interesting to find out. Post any other strategies you can come up with in the comments...

Room 5's Rubbish Investigation for Conservation Week

Mindfulness

This term, we have been practising Mindfulness with Mrs Driver, and learning how to focus our thoughts and breathing to feel more calm and relaxed during stressful times. We are getting pretty good at it. Here are some of the activities we did today. If you would like to find out more, just ask someone from the Room 5 team.

The Tread Lightly Caravan comes to Sunnyhills

What did you learn when you visited the Tread Lightly Caravan?

What are your Character Strengths?

This week Room 5 learnt about Character Strengths. Scientists have identified 24 character strengths, that when practiced and developed can lead to a more meaningful life. Room 5 have been trying to identify our own character strengths as well as our peers. We all have certain strengths which should be celebrated, and we can use these to help others and learn from one another. So ask yourself, what are your character strengths? AND... what are the character strengths that you would like to develop further?

To find out more, watch this video.

Miss R goes to Hogwarts

On Friday and Saturday last week, Miss R attended a conference in Christchurch on Positive Education. It was held at Christs College. It was a big old school and Miss R felt like she was Harry Potter. Here are some pictures.