Room 9's Assembly

Recently Room 9 presented to the school assembly the water cycle. We felt very proud being up on the stage sharing what we had learned with our audience.

We are learning to find the letters on the keyboard of the laptops. We can type our names and we have been writing sentences with our buddies. Some of us are getting quite good at making capital letters and full stops too. We wear our computer safety lanyards. One day we will be able to publish our writing on the laptops.

A Visit from Cookie and Gizmo

On Friday afternoon I had my doggies visit Room 7 and Room 8. It was a nice follow-up to the Animal Management Study a week or so ago. As you can see the visit was a great success... and i apologise in advance to those parents who now have children nagging for a puppy!! From Mrs Johnson.

Animal Management

We had a visit from Animal Management who taught us how to treat dogs nicely and how to be safe around dogs.

We learnt to stand still and keep a close eye on dogs we don't know.

We know to ask the owner before we go up to, or touch any dog.

Symmetry and Flowers

Room 7 have been learning about symmetry and reflection.

We cut snowflake shapes and used mirror to check the reflection for symmetry.

Then... Last weekend, Jasmine went to the Howick Historical Village 'Old Fashioned Day' and learned to use doilies to make little flower posies.

She realised that our snowflakes would do the same job so she taught everyone how to make a posy for our Mums. Well done, Jasmine.

Room 8 learning about SHAPE.

Our Maths strand is about SHAPE. We have been discovering the names of the different shapes and learnt that the number of points that each shape has can help us to remember what their names are.

We built things out of the giant leggo block at lunch time.

Tomoko came to our class to show us how to fold paper into shape that can be made into other shapes. This is called origami.

We had great fun! Thank you Tomoko!

In The Light of the Moon... A Little Egg Lay on a Leaf...

We thoroughly enjoyed the dvd of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" today, and then followed it by listening to the story on a CD read by Eric Carle himself.
We enjoyed his accent as much as the story!
We then decorated a themed flag to go home with a leaf with a little Easter Egg on it.
We shall eat them "in the light of the moon!"
By Room 7.

Last Day of Swimming for the Year.

Swimming has been ongoing since November last year.
What a fabulous stretch we have had.
I am pleased to say that in Room 7, I have not had a single note from a single parent excusing their child from swimming! Remembering that these children are only aged 5.
These photos speak for themselves the advantages gained by the students; many of whom did not like to get their faces wet earlier this year!!

Stuffed Easter Eggs

Room 7 had a lovely time making hanging stuffed Easter Eggs. We did a design with pencil, followed by permanent marker, colourful pastels and then dye. They are hanging up in the class and we welcome people to come and check them out.
As you can see last year's addition of classroom double doors and outside sink are a great asset.

After the Christchurch earthquake, Room 8, along with the rest of the school joined the whole of New Zealand in remembering and thinking about people who were effected by the earth quake. Everyone wore red, black and white. the children also made a banner to put up in the hall at assembly. It said: "We are thinking about the people of Christchurch today and wishing them well"

Room 12 wall displays

Room 12 researched the Treaty of Waitangi and talked about what a treaty is so that we were able to create a class treaty. We made a circle diagram so that we could share what we learnt.
We have shared some of our learning on the wall displays in our room.

Buddy Reading on a Thursday Afternoon.

For the last ten minutes of every Thursday, Room 15's Year 3 students come to Room 7 to share stories, poems, home learning and projects with us, and listen to our reading.

All students have an assigned 'buddy' and it is a highlight of the week to see their 'big buddies'.

Their delight in their 'big buddies' goes beyond 'buddy reading time' as was evident recently when Room 7's Year 1 students did their Assembly Class Presentation.

They were as excited about their buddies seeing them on stage, as they were their parents!!

MOTUIHE - Room 8

Our trip by ferry to the island Motuihe was awesome! The weather was perfect, the sights were beautiful and a load of fun was had by all. Thanks to all the wonderful parent helpers, the children were able to enjoy the day whilst learning along the way.