News by Liam

Osama bin laden died on the 2nd of may and he was 54 he was born in 1979 .He lived in pakistan

Farewell Faafetai

Today was one of those slightly sad days in class. Faafetai is moving to Australia and today was his last day. We had a great shared lunch to say goodbye. A huge Thank you to Judy Cross who brought in a heap of yummy food for the class =)

Football Tournament

Unfortunately last Thursday we were knocked out of the Football tournament by Room 8. Well done to them though because they went on to win the whole competition. The tournament was really positive for our class. The whole class gave it all whether they were training, playing, or supporting the team and syndicate. What a great class spirit we have!

Tornado in New Plymoth; by Michaela

Yesterday there was a tornado in new plymouth 1 person so far has being killed it is not terible but is still

Football Semi-Finals!

It's been a very exciting few school days for room 6 getting through to the semi-finals in the football tournament. Even more impressive is Huia getting all 3 classes through to this stage! Fingers crossed for our next game of Friday.

Yemen leader burned by Tain

President Ali Abdullah Saleh was burned over 40 percent of his body and suffered bleeding in the brain from an attack on his palace , U.S. officials said Tuesday, indicating his wounds were worse than initially reported. The revelation casts doubts on a quick return to Yemen and spells a deepening power vacuum.
In the wake of Saleh's evacuation to Saudi Arabia for treatment, Yemen's violence escalated, with government troops battling Islamic militants and opposition tribesmen in two southern cities on Tuesday. The military said it killed 30 militants who were among a group that took over the city of Zinjibar last week amid the country's turmoil.

World Cup Countdown By Kim

HEY It's 100 days till the biggest sporting event ever in New Zealands history. Over the past 12  months the event at the very highest levels of rugby is here and the signs are that this tournament will be exciting and you wont forget it.
NOW HERE ARE SOME FACTS

New Zealand is the # 1 respected rugby team
South Africa is 2nd
Australia is 3rd
Argentina is 4th
and Wales is the 5th.

the biggest stadium is in auckland, eden park!!!

Any one going to the big game?  

Japan earthquake

On Friday 11th March 2011 there was a huge earthquake in Japan which then caused a tsunami killing lots of people. These events have also caused damage to the nuclear power plants in the area, which is very frightning and dangerous for everyone in Japan.

Japan Earthquake by kim

In Japan there has been a tsunami and earthquake and it has been terrible over 1000 people have died. In the tsunami this lady opened her house door and she got dragged by the water a tree was coming to her and she tried to grab on to it so she didn't go under but she got dragged under. Then something El's came to her so she grabbed it and sat there waiting for someone to help. She has a daughter who got pulled away from the water and she still hasn't found her. 

:(

Learning Chinese in Room 6 - Mr Reid

For the last three weeks I have been introducing Mandarin Chinese into our classroom.  We have been learning how to say 'hello, how are you?', 'thank you', and count from 1-10.  The important part of this that has been introduced this week is the tones.  The students goal for the next week is to say 'hello' and 'thank you' at school.

See this website for an explanation of the tones
http://www.wku.edu/~shizhen.gao/Chinese101/pinyin/tones.htm

Ní hǎo - Hello
Xiè Xie - Thank you

Mr Reid

Japan Earthquake by Michaela

In the last week there has been a Japan tsumai and earthquake. It has been tragic with 2000 dead and they are expecting over 10000 are going to be dead .

Teagan

Hi my name is Teagan I am in room 6 with the greatest teacher his name is Mr Reid. He is awesome he lets us play games and do art. He has cutest daughter ever and he is teaching chinese!

Joshua

I am in room 6 and Mr Reid is my Teacher. He is cool and he lets us play games a lot but not for long. It is still cool and he is teaching Chinese to us.

Introduction

This page is a cyber view into room 6 in 2011.  We will be using this blog to share what we do in room 6.