Fabulous Gym Skills

Gymnastics

We have been working hard at improving our gymnastic technique and skills. Here are some photos of us in action.

What a fun morning!

NH90 Lands at Halcombe

All the children had a wonderful surprise this morning, when an airforce NH90 touched down on our playing fields.  The aircrew kindly gave the children a tour around the helicopter and the children got to ask questions and sit inside. 

Thanks for such an exciting morning, we will be doing some exciting writing about this tomorrow!

Super Writers

Welcome back to room 1 

I hope you all had a fabulous holiday and feel refreshed and ready for some great learning! Also a big welcome to Max, Blake, Cooper, Emily, Paige and Maggie who have joined us from room 7.  I look forward to a great couple of terms ahead.

Celebrating Writing

Our topic for term 3 is Perseverance.  For writing this week, we listened to the story called The Dot.  This is a delightful story about a girl who hated drawing. The book teaches us about perseverance.  We did some wonderful writing around this and here we are celebrating our writing on our Super Writer's Throne.

Awesome writing room 1!

Maths time on Thursday

Baking chocolate chip cookies

On Thursday we did some baking. We had so much fun measuring and weighing the ingredients for our cookies, but the best part was mixing and shaping them before they went in the oven.  We got to taste them straight away and they were delicious!  Thanks to our wonderful room 5 helpers Jacinta, Mataora, Blake and Bethany.

Lighthouse art

Mr Grinling's Lighthouse in mixed media.

After reading the Lighthouse Keepers Catastrophe, we created these wonderful lighthouse pictures.
We coloured our lighthouses with pastel then applied watercolour.  We created a picture frame using cardboard and collage.  We added black pva paint to add depth and dimension to our art.  They are a colourful addition to our classroom.  Awesome mixed media art room 1.

Show and Tell

We always have an awesome show and tell, but this week was extra special.  Thank you to Ben's family for kindly sharing the Wahine artifacts with us.  We saw a life jacket, news paper clippings and even the dress his Granny wore on the boat at the time of the disaster. It was fascinating. 

Our boat video

We had so much fun making and sailing our Pirate Ships, here is our video.

Buddy Class

Fun with Room 5

On Thursday afternoon  we had a blast with our big buddies in room 5. We have been learning about directions in maths, so we put it to test in a game of blindfold trust.  Our big buddies gave us directions and we had to move forward, backwards, left and right.  We are pretty good at our left and rights now!

Afterwards we had a game of dodgeball.

Thanks room 5.

 

Boats

Researching about Boats

We have been researching all about boats.  We have been learning about how they float, famous boats and the different types of boats we will find on rivers, lakes and the sea!

We published our wonderful writing and it now sits in our library corner.

Well done room 1, fabulous research!

Burger Day

Inquiry time

Boat making

We having been learning about boats and why objects float, so on Thursday afternoon we decided to have a go making our very own pirate ships.

First we secured rubberbands around 3 corks.  Then we made our pirate sails using black paper.  We had to make sure the Jolly Roger was drawn on first! Next we secured our sails to the cork base using a toothpick. We drew patterns on our boats with pens and secured a coloured flag on the top of the mast.  Then they were ready for sailing. 

maths time

Learning all about 2d and 3 d shapes

We have been learning all about shapes this week.  We looked at common flat and solid shapes and their features. We talked about 3 d objects that are around us.  We made 2 d shapes using the geoboards and created pic collages about them. Great maths learning room 1!

Learning about coordinates

Maths Time

On Friday we looked at reading coordinates on maps.  We got with our buddies and each had a go at plotting coordinates on a treasure map.  You are great map readers room 1 and you would be great at finding the treasure!

Pirate Day

Shiver Me timbers!

On Wednesday we had Pirate Day.  We all looked and sounded like wonderful pirates.  We had sword fights in the playground.  Some of us even tried to cut the duty teachers leg off, but luckily didn't succeed! In the afternoon we participated in some wonderful pirate activities with the rest of the school. Thanks for a great day.

Getting ready for Pirate Day

Buddy Class

     

Room 1 and 5 had so much fun making swords ready for Pirate Day. Thank you to all the parents who helped out on the day, we couldn't have managed without you!

Learning about Capacity and Volume

Maths

This week we have been learning about capacity and volume. It was messy, but we had fun learning how much containers can hold. We will be putting our measuring skills to test in a cooking session soon!

wheels day

Ocean Facts

Sea Animal Research

The children have been working individually and in small groups to research a sea creature. They enjoyed reading about their creatures and observing them on utube clips. They are now able to explain lots of interesting facts.  On Friday they got to publish their work and it now sits proudly in our shared book corner!
Great work Room 1!

Sea Creatures

Learning About Our Oceans

We have been learning all about our precious oceans.  We are researching sea creatures using information from websites and books.  We are working independently or with a buddy and will make a a big book to go in our library corner.
Awesome research room 1!

Shared writing

Shared writing

Colour Day

Colour Day
On Wednesday we had Colour Day. Everyone dressed up in their favorite colour.  We had a parade and danced around the courts.  Room 1 you are groovy dancers!

Dino Dig

Digging for Dinosaur Fossils

Last Tuesday we became Paleontologists for the morning. We began with making comparisons between the human skeleton and the skeleton of a T- Rex. We started to see how some of the bones fit together. Then we got into groups of three and went outside to the excavation site (our sandpit)! We dug in the sand for Dinosaur bones.  We couldn't believe what we found.  We discovered thigh bones, back bones and even a jaw bone! When we returned to class we tried to assemble the skeleton pieces back together. We have the bones displayed in our class, if you get a chance come in and take a look.

The Minstrel Show

On Tuesday we had the Minstrel show. Mr Minstrel played songs on his guitar and we sang and danced.  We learnt all about fishing and boat safety. It was very entertaining and the children all remembered the key messages.

Colour Day

Fossils

Room 1 Paleontologists

This week we have been learning about Paleontologists and fossils. We have learnt that fossils are the preserved remains of animals and plants. On Friday we created our own dinosaur fossils. We made up batches of colored salt dough and then we pressed the mini dinosaur models into the dough.  The fossils were baked in the oven until they became hard. Here is the recipe so you can try this at home.

Learning about Dinosaurs

Dino Hunt

We had a Dinosaur hunt in our classroom last week!
We were given clues to try to guess the Dinosaur under the paper. We found a  T- Rex, Spinosaurus, Diplodocus, Triceratops and many others. We read interesting facts about each Dinosaur and drew a picture of each of them.

Buddy Class

Small Ball Skills

This week we got together with our buddy class to practice some small ball skills.  We practiced throwing and catching with our Room 5 buddies, who were awesome teachers.

Dinosaurs

Dino Art

We have started our unit on Dinosaurs and the children are so engaged. We brainstormed what we already know and came up with questions about things we would like to learn.  We are reading books about Dinosaurs and researching information from kid friendly websites, some of these are on our Blog.

On Friday we did some dinosaur art.  The children used pastel and dye to produce some dazzling dinosaurs, these are displayed in the classroom so stomp on in and take a look!
Also we learned how to sketch a T Rex, here are some pictures of their wonderful art!

Mathletics with our buddy class

On Friday room 5 came into our class to teach us how to use Mathletics on the ipads.  Many children hadn't been on Mathletics before so this was very exciting for them.  Thanks room 5 you are awesome teachers!

Cycle safety

Learning about Cycle safety

On Friday Police Officer Cree came to our school to talk to Rooms 1 and 2 about being cycle safe.  The children were taught how to correctly fit their helmets and learnt some great tips for riding safely on the road.  They really enjoyed the learning experience and had fun biking at school. Thanks Officer Cree.