Buddy Class - Padder Tennis

Our big buddies taught us how to play padder tennis.  It was much harder than we thought, but we kept persisting.  Thank you for teaching us Room 4.

Area

We have been learning to measure area.  We used pieces of A4 paper to measure the whiteboard and table.  First, we needed to estimate how many pieces of paper we would use.  Estimating is hard.  It was a lot of fun.

We also traced around our hands in our maths books.  We estimated how many squares filled our hands.  Then we counted the squares to measure the area.

Gymnastics

Look at how good we are getting at gymnastics!

Reading with Mrs Stace

Mrs Stace read us an amazing story.  The story was about a rabbit, called Abigail.  She is also learning gymnastics.  Abigail sat beside Mrs Stace and listened to the story too.  Abigail was very clever!  Sometimes she would talk and laugh.  It was very exciting to listen to a toy talk about what was happening in the story.  Thank you for bringing her in to share with us!

Medal Making

We looked closely at the Olympic medals.  We learnt about the different symbols and why they are used on the medal.  We noticed a woman on it that looked like a fairy.  Her name is Nike.  She is the Greek goddess of victory.  Does anybody have any ideas why she would be used on an Olympic medal? 

We designed our own medals.  Briar was the only child to make a bronze medal and Ashlee H was the only child to make a silver medal.  Everyone else made gold.

Room One Running Races

Yippee, yahoo!  I stood on the starting line.  I felt very nervous.  Mrs Christiansen shouted, "On your mark.  Get set.  Go!"  I ran so fast that I couldn't see anything.  I zoomed like a rocket.  My feet bagan to hurt.  Ouch!  I stood on a stone.  I was so excited when I got to the finish line.  Yay!  I just won a running race.  I was so puffed, I needed a big breath.
By Room 1.

Congratulations to our winning champions: 

Logan, Connor and Jack P.

Te Reo Maori - Greetings

We have been learning how to say hello in lots of different ways.  We know how to say:
- hi
- hello to 1 person
- hello to 2 people
- hello to lots of people
- good morning
- good afternoon
- good night
Sometimes we still get confused.  Do you know how to say any of these in te reo Maori?

Maths - ordering smallest to biggest

We learnt how to order objects from smallest to biggest in a group.  We used shapes and teddy bears.  We had to work together because sometimes we didn't agree with one another.   

Special Message

Last night our classroom got a visit from some special message.  This is the message they left on our board.  We were very excited to read it.  Thank you for the message BOT.

Maths - Length

Today we lined up from shortest to tallest.  First, we needed to estimate who was the shortest and who was the tallest.  Next, we had to find our place in the line without talking.  This was very tricky.  We needed to work together.  We thought Malinda was the shortest.  We were correct.  We guessed Shania was the tallest because she is the oldest in the class.  We were wrong.  She is near the middle.  We were very surprised.

Maths - Length

We are learning about measurement.  This week we are looking at length.  Today we picked some objects from around the room.  We compared to see who has the biggest or smallest objects.  Then we estimated where they would go when we lined them up from smallest to biggest.

Olympic Rings

We have been learning about the Olympic flag.  We learnt that the rings are very important.  The colours can be found on flags all around the world.  The 5 rings represent the continents.  The rings link together to show unity and fair play.  We found it difficult to understand unity, so we stood up and linked our arms together like the rings.  We thought about why the different continents would link together.  It looked like we were hugging and that is something that good friends do.  In the end, we decided that unity means it is important to be good friends and to look after one another.

Balancing Competition

Our weekly poem makes us move in strange ways.  It told us to stand on one leg and see how long we can last.  Every day we balanced on one leg.  We got better every day.  We kept perservering.  Logan and Josh were our champions.  They won nearly every day.

Room One's Olympic Torch Run

Yay!  The Olympics has started!  We have learnt all about the olympic torch and why it is used.  Did you know that the flame starts in Greece and is then flown to the host country?  We made a torch and had our own olmpic run.  The torch is now in the office staying burning until the end of the Olympics.

Jane Lloyd's Art Workshop

Jane showed us how to draw hedgehogs.  We learnt how to plan art.  We needed to listen very carefully.  We started by drawing big shapes and then the small shapes.  Then we added detail.  We also learnt to use the side of our pencils to add shading.  Come into our class and have a look at our wonderful creations.

White Kiwi - Manukura

Mrs O'Donnell knew we had been learning about endangered animals.  Over the school holidays she went to Mt Bruce.  When she was there, she saw a white kiwi called, 'Manukura'.  She gave the class a lovely postcard with the kiwi on it.  Thank you very much Mrs O'Donnell.

Good Luck at the Olympic Games New Zealand

Good work for getting to the Olympics.  We hope you win.  We hope you get a medal.  You can do it.  Go New Zealand, go!  Don't give up.  Persevere New Zealand.
From Room 1.

Hula Hoop Challenge

We had a hula hoop challenge with the school today.  It was very funny.  Miss Simpson picked one child from each class to compete.  It was very tricky!  Well done Hillary for winning the competition.

Palmerston North Boys High School Visit

Wow!  We were very lucky to have Boys High School come and share their music groups with us.  We saw their ochestra, drummers, string trio, pipers, brass band, choirs, and someone even played music with a garden hose.  It was amazing!  We all want to learn how to play instruments now. 

Gymnastics

Today was the first day we did gymnastics.  We started by doing a fun dance to warm up.  Thank you Jack and Ashlee H for teaching it to the other classes.  We are learning to balance on a beam, roll around a bar, jump over the vault box, move through the air using a trampoline, skipping, and to do forward rolls. We had an amazing first day.  Keep up the great work Room 1.

Holiday News

Two children went to Australia during the school holidays.  Logan wrote some amazing stories and shared them with the class.  Regan wrote a letter on a postcard.  It arrived today.  We were all very excited to get it.  Thank you for reading your stories and postcard to the whole class.  It sounded like you both had an amazing time.