Ponsonby Primary School

This is our school Ponsonby Primary. We have 23 students in our class

Each class has six mini lap tops and a Activ Board.

Touch Team

Our school competitive touch team came second in the Inner-City touch Torniment! This is the first time ever that a Ponsonby touch team has ever made it into the grand final. If you combine the result of the Noncompetitive team (they came third equal) we won the touch! We are all very proud.

Tip Top Trip

On Tuesday 31st August we are going to the Tip Top Factory in Auckland to look at packaging for our bath bombs. We are all looking forward to it as we get a free ice cream!

Gymnastics

Every Student in the school had to bring in One Dollar to do some Gymnastics. Room twos turn was on Wednesday 29th July. We all had heaps of fun

South Gippsland Band

On Monday 1st August The South Gippsland Band came over from Australia to perform to us. We Were very lucky to have such a talented band to perform for us.

Know-a-thon

This term the whole school is participating in a fundraiser for the school called a Know-a-thon. All the students received a sponsor card and a sheet of questions at the end of last term that they had to find out the answers to. At the same time they had to collect sponsors from amongst friends and family. The test is on Friday 23 July. The class with the most money wins a pizza lunch!

Fizzing And Foaming

Our topic this term is Fizzing And Foaming. We are going to make bath bombs and design their packaging to sell at Guy Fawkes in term four.

Football World Cup

In the past week Ponsonby Primary School has hosted a mini football world cup. Each class represented a different country. Room 2 was Honduras and our game was against Brazil (Room 1) on Monday 21st June. It was a very close match as it came down to penalty shoot outs. Katie Halliday scored the winning goal! On Thursday 1st July the best year six players will face off against the teachers and staff.

Teachers Won 1-0

Warkworth

Last year in Year Five the Room Three students planted trees into milk cartons in the PGU (plant growing unit). On Wednesday 30th June the students that were in Room Three last year went to Warkworth to plant them.

Mathletics

All the students in Ponsonby Primary have a mathletics account.

www.mathletics.co.nz/

Speeches

This term we have been writing and presenting speeches. Out of 22 speeches Mrs Watson chose the best five presenters to go into the semi-finals with Room 1.

These speeches were:

Jack Owles - Big Bang, Will Moselen - Dad's new boat, Ella Hartley - Why I Should Be An Only Child,

Jackson Smolenski - Food, Glorious Food, Megan Browne - Male Chearleading.

Out of these speeches two of them got through to the Finals. These are the Two Fantastic finalists from our class.

Will Moselen - Dad's New Boat

Ella Hartley - Why I Should Be an Only Child

Pasifika And Grandparents Day

On Wednesday 9th of June our school had a Pasifika and Grandparents Day. This is when all the students in the school dressed up in bright colourful clothes that remind you of the Pacific Islands. On the same day the people that could, invited their Grandparents to school and gave them a tour and showed them some of their work. Mrs Malcolm even supplied them with cup of tea if they got tired. Mr Watson brought in his robot from Auckland University to entertain us some of the grandparents. It was a successful day!

Art

Most students in our class have now finished their T-Shirts for art. Mrs Malcolm has let us put our disc work into the school art exibition in week four as well. Don't they look fabulous.