Poppy Art

We have finally finished our poppy art.  We learnt lots of different paper techniques, like scrunching, twisting, rolling, and gluing to make our flowers look 3D.  They look amazing!

Maths Problem Solving

We have been learning to write word problems into number problems and solve the answers. Sometimes we use ideas from our inquiry topic. 

Here is an example:  There are 12 baby kiwi in a nest.  Along comes a stoat and eats 7 babies.  How many babies are left?
If you know how to write the number problem and can solve the answer, post a comment to show us.

Maths

We have been learning how about position and orientation in Maths.  We gave buddies instructions and then we had to follow them.  We had lots of fun putting books on our heads, crawling under chairs, and standing on the tables.  Boy, oh boy!  What a crazy class we have.

Shapes

We are learning to name 2D shapes.  We can describe their attributes and group similar objects together.

Share your ideas

P.E. - Large Ball Skills

Our P.E. unit has now changed to large ball skills.  Today we went outside to learn ripper rugby.  We began by practising rugby skills and then we had a fun game.  Over the next few weeks, we will also learn to play soccer and basketball.  It is going to be lots of fun!

Parents, please ensure your children bring sensible shoes on our Monday sports days.  Thank you for your support!

Congratulations

Well done Blake and Zoe!  You both always try very hard in class.  Blake recieved his certificate for persisting and making wonderful poppy art.  Zoe got her certificate for being an amazing writer who can use the writing process all by herself.  Congratulations you really deserve your certificates! 

Fantastic work Room 1.  We won a certificate for the class that recycles the most in the school.  Keep up the good work!  Thank you Josh and Jasmine for always sorting the recycling at the end of the day.

Crazy Day

Thank you Miss Simpson and the Student Council for organising such a fun day.

Room 1 celebrated Crazy Day in style.  We looked amazing!   

 We paraded around the room to show off our crazy clothes.

 Congratulations Regan and Jasmine for winning Room 1's craziest girl and boy costume.

Wow!  Zoe is a very crazy dancer.  She won the best dancer in our class.  Congratulations!

Learning Fun

We have been very busy at school learning lots of new things.  Here are some things we have been doing in class.

We have made monster masks to help strengthen the muscles in our hands. 

 The dental nurse come into our class and taught us how to brush our teeth properly.  We know how to take good care of our teeth now. 

Cher the Puppet, has been teaching us to hear the last sounds in words.  She needs a lot of help because her tongue gets all muddled and sometimes she says her sounds wrong.

 After a busy day in class, we enjoy lying down and listening to stories.  It is a nice way to rest and relax together.

P.E. - Te Reo Kori

The girls made poi with thier buddy class and learnt many new actions.  Then they got to create their own dances. 

 

The boys learnt two haka: Ka Mate and Toi Mai Te Waka. 

Thank you Regan for leading the haka.  I was amazed at how much you remembered from last year. 

We learnt many action songs and our school song, Haere Mai.  It was lots of fun to use these songs for our class fitness. 

We learnt different ways to use rakau.  We made up some rountines and are still learning actions to a song.  

The junior team had some fun afternoons where the children learnt how to play hopscotch, marbles, skipping, gutterball, frisbee and knucklebones.  We have had lots of fun learning Te Reo Kori. 

Welcome Mrs Tehseen

We are very lucky to have Mrs Tehseen in our class.  She is learning to become a teacher and will be with us for 5 weeks.  We are pleased you are here.  We hope you have lots of fun in our class!

Shania's Rabbit

Thank you for bringing your rabbit into school.  It is very big for a baby rabbit.  We loved patting it.

Snail Observations

We looked at snails.  We needed to draw everything we saw.  We noticed mucus coming out behind the snail and we saw its muscular foot when we looked under the glass. 

Worm Hunt

We went on a worm hunt.  We tipped soapy warm water onto the grass.  Then we needed to wait patiently.  In no time, the worms started wriggling out of the grass.  We picked them up carefully and observed them wiggle in the container.

Dimitri's Lunch

We read a story called Dimitri's Lunch.  Dimitri loved to eat feta, lettuce and tomato sandwiches.  A child was mean to Dimitri and told him his sandwich was stinky.  We made the same sandwiches.  At first we weren't sure if we would like them, but we LOVED them.  They tasted so good!

Autumn Leaf Art

We went on an Autumn leaf hunt.  We drew observational drawings of leaves and dyed them yellow.  We did leaf rubbings using cool colours and dyed the backgrounds using hot colours.  We tried to stick the leaves on to make it look 3D.  It was very tricky.  Here is our art.

Making Poppy Art

We have been working very hard to make ANZAC poppies.  We scrunched up crepe paper for the black centre.  We drew petals and painted them red.  We can't wait to show you what they look like when we finish them next week.