Last Day of Term 3 - A Special Visitor

Eva, her Mum and sister bought their family pet 'Lollipop' into our class so we could all meet her. She is a sweet little white dog. She was very soft and loved being patted. Lollipop was very patient when everyone wanted to talk to, and pat her. We think she may have been quite glad to go home - there were such a lot of faces for her to see!

Trying to make her look up!

A little bit shy......

She loves a cuddle! Is that a smile??

The America's Cup is Still America's!

Well sadly it didn't happen. We were unable to win that Cup. However Team NZ did a great job and everyone in Room 25 was very proud!! We cheered them on. There is always next time ...... so very close!

The America's Cup - A Project.

Max worked very hard at home, and completed this project.

 He was sure we would win the America's Cup! 

He made his own version by himself - and decided to write about it. 

Wonderful work!!

Max worked very hard at home making the boat
 and the next day at school wrote the procedure 
exactly of how he did it.

This is the vessel he made out of an egg carton,
a straw, some paper and tape.
He even made a start and finish line.
 He completed it by drawing a fern 
and writing 'Emirates'
on the sail.

Bring The Cup Home!

We have been following The America's Cup. Some of the children are quite excited, and can't wait until we win that last race. (It is handy having our very own viewing room next door in the computer suite!) We decided to dedicate some of our art time today to make some collage pictures of the catamarans. We had lots of fun going through the steps. I hope the sailors find San Francisco Bay smoother sailing! 

Riding high on those white caps.

Up close and personal - move over Oracle!

Those tricky winds - maybe a sail malfunction?

It's a one boat race! Sailing away ....

About to be postponed - a major shift in the
wind direction, and those pesky tides.

Time to round the last mark ....
Oracle about to get up on the foils.

Our window display - encouraging the best
 team in The America's Cup!

A Wet Lunchtime

On Thursday we had an inside lunch hour. There is only so many creations you can make with blocks! A keen group of children found the bag of empty tape rolls and the tower building began. Whaea Chris was there to help out.

Whaea Chris gives Haiden a lift as he
completes a tower. It was getting close 
to the ceiling - before it crashed down!

Lemon Honey Sandwiches

 

Some of the children enjoying the wholemeal
and lemon honey sandwiches.

Most children liked it - there wasn't a lot left!

As part of our Endeavour learning unit- trying new things, we made lemon honey sandwiches. First we had a guessing game. What was that thick yellow stuff?  There were all sorts of suggestions. Peanut butter, cheese sauce, passionfruit jam, butter. Only one child suggested it maybe something lemon, before it was tasted. Interestingly enough there were a few who didn't like it! We tried writing our first procedure. We had to tell a martian how to make a sandwich.

Buddy Reading for International Literacy Day

We were very eager - and our teachers decided to celebrate a love of literacy a week early (not sure how that happened!). It was a wonderful sharing time with the caring senior children in Room 18. We enjoyed it so much, we will probably do it again. Thanks Whaea Toni and your super students!!

Angela and Rosie Visit Room 25

Angela (Max's Mum) bought their family dog to school to meet us. We all had a good look at her and some of us got close enough to pat her. She is a friendly dog. Angela kept her happy with a few 'doggy' treats. We then went on to write about what we had experienced.

Rosie has a white tail. She has pointy ears and she has spots on her legs. She has sharp claws. Angela gave Rosie food. We got to pat her on the head. We were on the field. Rosie has paws. She is white and black.Rosie has fluffy fur on her back. Rosie shook Angela’s hand. I felt happy. 
 By Amara  

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Rosie has a fluffy tail. Rosie has pointy ears. Angela brought Rosie to school. Rosie has spotty paws. She is molting because it is nearly summer. Rosie has fluffy fur. I patted Rosie on the back. Angela asked Rosie to sit and she did it. I was happy because she looked cute.    

  By Bailee  

                                   

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Rosie has pointy ears. Rosie was smelling my hand and it tickled.I tried

 not to laugh.She has spots on her legs.She has sharp claws. It was fun. 

I really wanted to pat Rosie.I was excited that Rosie was excited too.

By Eva 

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Our Swimming Pictures

While we were in the computer suite, we decided to put our mouse skills to the test. We used a wonderful programme called 'Art Rage' and drew ourselves in the water. A big thank you to Mrs Fleming - she is a fabulous teacher aide  who helps us during computer time. How do you think we did?

I learnt how to float with a flutter-board. 
 I learnt how to dive under water to get the toys.
  I learnt how to jump into a hoop,
 I was a bit scared but I did it.
by Bailee

I learnt how to dog paddle and
float on my back. We got into a circle.
By Malita

I learnt to float on my tummy.  I put a life-jacket

 on and learnt to float in the big pool.

By Kahurangi

I learnt to float on my back with a life-jacket.  
 I learnt to float on my tummy holding a noodle.  
I put my head under the water. 
I learnt to hold the noodle and blow bubbles under the 
water to keep the ball in the water. 
By Eva

I learnt how to swim backwards with a noodle 
and with a life-jacket. 
I learnt swimming on my tummy.  
By Haiden

I learnt to put a life-jacket on. 
 We had to hold onto our life-jackets and swim backwards. 
 I went in the deep pool with the life-jacket on.
  I learnt how to jump in the water.  
By Miracle

I learnt how to put a life-jacket on and 
float on my back in the deep pool.
I learnt to float on my tummy and on my side. 
By Noah

Swimming

During Week 5 the year one team went by bus to the Rotorua Aquatic Centre and took part in the Unison Lake Safety Programme. We learnt lots of swimming and water safety skills.  We also had a fabulous time and developed lots of confidence in the water. After four fun filled sessions most of us could jump into the deep pool. (with our life jackets on!) A big thank you to all of our parent helpers, and to the patient tutors at the pools. You were amazing!!

The train.

Preparing for a huddle.

Lining up ready to join for the huddle.

A team talk before entering the pool.

Chilling on our backs.

Treading water in the big pool.

Fun Friday Week 4

Today we joined forces with Room 24 and shared our Fun Friday. We have been learning to work together and remembering to give compliments to each other. We need to think about our 'kind words'.  It was really nice because we had some different activities and some new friends to share with. It was great fun. 

The carpentry table was popular.

These were our own super heroes.

Sawing and drilling wood was really hard work.

There was a massive tea party going on.

Amaria had a great time dressing up.

Jordarna drew an interesting Humpty Dumpty ouside with chalk.

Bats

This week we have tried something different in writing. We are trying something new - and this links with our topic Endeavour. We read a non-fiction book about bats. We found out some interesting facts about bats, and then tried to write our first animal report. We thought we did pretty well, for a first attempt. They are very interesting creatures!

Bats suck blood. They eat bugs. Bats cling to the walls. by Amaria  

Bats hibernate. They drink the blood of cows, and they drink nectar.  by Hunter 

       Bats live all around the world. Bats sleep upside down. by Roland

The bats hibernate when it’s winter. The bat Mums have one pup. by Toby 

Bats are not birds. Bats drink nectar. by Raidyn

Haiden did a fantastic job of publishing his story - check out this illustration.

         

Everyday Maths

Today five people bought their lunch. Such a lot for one day in Room 25! We worked out that we had the same amount of money as our room number. This is what it looked like.

The King's Cake

Our shared big book last week was the King's Cake written by Jill Eggleton and illustrated by Jim Storey. We really enjoyed the story, and decided to make our own cake on Friday. It did not have forty six candles on it!!

Everyone was eagerly looking at the ingredients before we started measuring.

Guess who had a sneaky lick of the bowl?

We were about to taste the chocolate cake.

Fun Times on Friday

We have been learning how to work together. We have been remembering to take turns and are trying really hard to use quiet voices.

Haiden and Hunter show us their train and their house they made.

Charlotte showing us the beading she has been working on.

Ronan and Bailey and Bailee played twister. -By Bailee

Roland getting ready to measure the baking soda for the cake.



Amara Noah Eva and Caden were playing boxes construchon. -By Bailee

Fun Friday.... the best day of the week!

The Milk Colour Experiment

We are trying some new things. We put milk into a dish. We added a few drops of different food colouring. Finally we poked the colours with a toothpick to see what would happen. The toothpick had been dipped into dishwashing liquid. It was amazing - check it out!

Feelings

As part of our unit on Keeping Ourselves Safe, we have been talking and sharing our thoughts about feelings. We have discussed being happy, sad, angry, frustrated, confused and proud. We wrote about some of these feelings. Here are some of our 'proud' stories.

I am proud when I play basketball and score.  By Roland                                                                                                                   

I am proud when I get a goal at soccer. By Haiden                                                                                                                                                

I am proud when I draw a nice rainbow. By Kazyah   

I am proud when I get stickers on my caterpillar.  By Noah                                   

I am proud when I play soccer and score.  By Caden                                                                                                                                         

I am proud when I get a prize. By Raidyn                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

I am proud when I get lots of ticks on my chart. By Malita                                                                                                      

Birdwoman is Complete

Birdwoman is now flying over our class! Hooray - we did it...