Room 7 Update.

We are enjoying having a student teacher, Miss Milne, with us for seven weeks and are discovering that she is learning as much as we are! Here are some photos of us playing Maths Bingo, and learning ball skills and computer skills.

DRUMMING IN ROOM 8

Room 8 tried out the new djembe drums and had a great time playing copy-cat rhythm with Mrs Smith. Everyone got a turn to have a go and it soon became evident that there is plenty of talent in the class. The rest of the Junior classes are taking turns this week and next to experience the sheer physical fun of drumming!

Bongo the Clown visists BBPS Juniors

The Juniors had a surprise visit from Bongo the Clown on Tuesday afternoon.
He sang one of our favourite songs called The ukulele song and none of us believed him when he told us that his ukulele was actually his old guitar that had shrunk in the wash!

He did lots of magic tricks and we all laughed a lot when he did silly things like when he got the pizza stuck on his pants at the back.

Bongo also made a poodle and a sword for two very lucky children in the audience.

We couldn't wait to see what would come out of his little red suitcase next.

We had such a great time that we really hope Bongo will be able to come and visit us again sometime.....

BOOK WEEK ROOM 8

At the end of Book Week we all had great fun dressing up as our favourite book character. There were plenty of princesses in Room 8!

CURIOSITY, WONDERMENT AND AWE!
Room 8 have been entranced by the idea of castles, princes and princesses from the start of this year. We were lucky enough to have some really big , strong boxes come our way and decided to design and build a castle. We also looked at pictures of castles on the internet and drew up a list of properties that make castles what they are. We are very proud of our colour in pictures of castles and we have done some writing about the subject too.

Character Ed. - Skills for Growing.

In Room 7 we have:

• been enjoying the new iPad. We have to take turns, be patient, share and offer positive comments. It is full of maths, spelling, reading, music and matching activities.
  
• watched the Dr Seuss movie "Daisy-Head Mayzie" in which Mayzie finds that friends and family are more important than fame and money. You'll be pleased to know my class agreed.
  
• learned the meaning of a 'keepsake' when Connor made his Dad a lovely card with words he thought out carefully. He was proud of his Dad passing his Law exams and wanted him to have a card he could treasure.

On a lighter note -
Last week half my class learned they were 'male' !! We came across the word 'female' in a book and ALL 22 of my students thought they were female!!

Biosphere!

Room 10 investigated the biosphere as part of our Motuihe topic. Firstly we brainstormed and investigated what a scientist is and we came up with brilliant ideas! We researched Native NZ animals found on Motuihe in pairs and we grouped the flora and fauna on Motuihe into two groups - animals and plants.

Publishing our writing in Room 10

Some writing groups in Room 1o have been publishing their stories on the laptops. They are really enjoying this and they are becoming great typists!