Dance video

Room 6 created this dance video, check it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x8iUMpi3fc

wheels day

Bubble Art

Science and Art

Today we combined science with art.  We coloured bubble solution with dye and blew bubbles onto paper.  As the bubbles landed they created different patterns of colour.  The children experimented with spray bottles as well. It was messy but so much fun! 

Continental Drift

Room 1 please practise at home

Science Fun

Science

We have just started our science unit on fizzing and foaming.  We had so much fun making erupting volcanoes and making magical potion. Check out our video below.  Great science room 1!

Taniwha

Taniwha

We read the myth about the Taniwha of the Wellington Harbour and retold the story for our shared writing on Friday, which we illustrated together.  We have also been working on producing our wonderful Taniwhas.  We drew patterns on their bodies and coloured them in with pastels. Then we applied black PVA glue over some of the patterns and painted the sea using blue and green dye.  

Persevering at maths

Maths time

We have been focusing on perseverance in the classroom.  We brainstormed what persevering at maths would look like.  Here's what we came up with...

Never give up

Keep trying

Try to solve it a different way by using a different strategies

Use different equipment to help you

Think positive thoughts like...

"I can do this"

Here are some of us persevering with our basic facts

Taniwha song

Room 1
Don't forget to learn this song.

Learning to Persevere

"I do not like Green Eggs and Ham"

After reading Green eggs and Ham we created some wonderful art using pastel and dye. We wrote about things we never used to like until we tried them! There were plenty of interesting answers. Great art room 1.

Well done Sarah Goss

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/fielding-high-school-all-started-nz-sevens-captain-sarah-goss

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