Connor is Player of the Year 2010 and 2011!

Connor plays soccer on Sundays at Howick Soccer Club. His team is called United Fencibles. His shirt is black and orange. He went to prize-giving and was awarded a medal for being the Player of the Year for 2011! Well done Connor.

Fractions

Over the next two weeks we are going to be working on fractions. We will not only be looking at a half and a quarter of shapes, but also of numbers. If you have any links to great fraction games please leave a link in the comments!

Click on the link here ----> Fractions

Wohooo Alaska! Blog goal.

We have now had a post from Alaska, Russia, South Africa and South America. We are still hoping to get a star on our map from Greenland and Antarctica. Ms K has decided to extend the timeline from end of Term 3, to December 2011. Next term we will write to the Antarctic centre in Christchurch to see if they can help us with our mission. Seeing as we have already had hot chips this term, Ms K thinks a shared lunch of food from around the world in the last week of the school year would be more appropriate.

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Buddy Chips

Today Ms K bought chips for our buddy class and our learning zone. She ordered $18 worth of chips, but accidently the Fish and Chip shop man made $80! Ms K didn't know what to do. She felt sorry for him, so she bought $40! Now we have full tummies but Ms K has no grocery money for the week! It was a nice surprise.

Answers from Wendy Orr

Dear Everyone

I'm glad you were all so happy that I answered! I have a Google Alert that tells me when people blog about Nim's Island, and very occasionally, I see something very special, like yours.

1. Were you good at writing books when you started? From Connor 

Writing is like all other skills - you get better at it with practice. But sometimes you can be lucky and start with a story that seems to be easier to write than some of the ones that come later. (Ark in the Park was the third book I wrote, even though it was the fifth book published, and it is nearly exactly the same as my first draft.)

2. Who are you supporting in the Rugby World Cup, Canada, France or Australia? From Ms K

         (Very quietly) Canada. But what I love best is watching the haka. 

3. Did you go to Auckland for the opening of the World Cup? From Michael

          No, but I saw a bit of it on the plane coming from the Brisbane Writers Festival. 

4. Where do you live in Australia? From Kawiti

          On the Mornington Peninsula, which is south of Melbourne. 

5. What is your favourite movie? From Liang

          The Fox and the Child. (And Nim's Island, of course!) 

Happy reading!

Wendy

Progress!!

Congratulations to our readers who have made the most progress this term in moving up the reading colours for the PM Benchmark test. Andre is now ready for the Probe test!