Welcome to room 5, a class made up of year 5 and 6 students.  During the course of the year the students will focus on a range of topics associated to the NZ curriculum. 

Students will also be involved in Regular Devotions - focus on prayer, & school focus: Aroha Attributes: My Life Rulz :continues to be integrated into daily school life. It is about how we belong and building students' confidence in who they are and how they are an important part of society, school and class as well as being important to God. The phrases and statements will begin to be heard in the students' daily school lives. Seedlings journal - Thankfulness to God for what we have and enjoy at home and in school. Included as part of our writing program of daily quick writes and bible reflection and study.

Term one 2025

Useful documents

Welcome letter

Curriculum outline Term one

Important dates

Meet the teacher Wednesday 12th February

Cultural celebration day and evening picnic Tuesday 25th February

Senior school Athletics day at Porritt Stadium . Thursday 13th March

Teacher Only Day Friday 21st March

Inter=school Athletics day at Porritt Stadium . Wednesday 26th March

School Photos (Photo life) Friday 4th April

Southcity is a google suite use school and room 5 uses Google classroom as part of their learning and have available to them chromebooks to record their work as well as using bookwork. Our class also use a number of other apps for learning like Epic reading and xtra maths.

I am contactable via my school email - john@southcity.school.nz or in person at school.

John Talsma

Classroom Teacher

Last year in review... 

This year the students and class have been involved in some interesting events. Below are some photos from some of our events. More can be seen in our class Seesaw page which you can sign up, if you have not already.