Final team sharing

We had our final team sharing yesterday to celebration the end of an era with the Ruahine and Kapua teams.  Unfortunately we were a bit short on time so our presentation had to be left out.

This is the shorter version, I had to cut it back a bit because the original was too big for the blog.  Hopefully everyone is on there somewhere!!

Discovery this week

There were all sorts of things happening in the Ruahine and Kapua teams this week for discovery... art, crafts, physical education, gardening, constructing....!!

We use this time to work on our thinking, creative and collaborative skills (and to work on our perseverance)

    

Getting sporty...

Today we had Darrin from Sport Manawatu come to work with us.  We were working on a few warm ups and some underarm throwing!

More seeds...

We have more seeds growing in our classroom at the moment.... but this time they are not a mystery!  We have a collection of peas, zucchinis, corn?  (I will need to check this with Mrs Mayston).  Already the peas are starting to shoot... more additions to the school garden?

Watch this space... photo to follow...

Tin foil creations...

We are getting creative today!  The class have been making sculptures out of tin foil which we will be writing about next week.  We have been talking about the POWER of acceptance when things don't go our way too!  (Lessons in life #358....)  :-)

Writing in room 19

This morning we have been writing in a variety of interesting ways.  Some people have been writing stories on the computer, some have been writing on clipboards, others have been playing word games and some children have been to a writing workshop with Mrs. Davies.  See us in action....

  

Maths in action...

We are working on addition and subtraction in maths at the moment. This group have been working on adding numbers leads than 100 using ice block sticks. It is helping us to understand the concept of splitting the tens and ones.

More Ag Day photos....

For anyone who missed it, here are all our class exhibits.

Ag Day

Despite the weather this year's Ag Day was still fantastic!!  All the children did a fantastic job of their school tasks... and I can vouch for the fact that they did them all on their own!! Great job team... they looked fabulous!

More photos to follow... here are a few in the meantime.

Welcome to Term Four!

Welcome back everyone!

The summer term is hopefully just around the corner... don't forget that we wear sunhats every day in the fourth term.

We will also be busy preparing for Ag Day on Saturday of week one... keep collecting your equipment for your shadow box and photo frame!

Letter from Zebong

We were lucky to watch Zebong the storyteller a few weeks ago.  He came and told some great stories, and we all really enjoyed the show.

We all wrote thank you letters to him, and we received a reply in the mail just the other day!!

Rooms 9 and 19 cardboard discovery

We worked with room 9 this afternoon to create something new out of cardboard.  We had to work together to try something new and came up with a range of ideas.

Here is a movie of us in action:

We looked at other amazing things that have also been made out of cardboard....

(Yes they really are made out of cardboard!!)

Fractions Games

Our first day with Harold!

Today we finally had our first visit on the Life Education truck!  We got to meet Harold the Giraffe, and learn about getting on with others and making new friends.  We also learned a whole heap of information about our bodies and all the amazing things it does. 

Here are a few pictures from inside the truck...

Hook in day!!

What a fantastic hook in day today... we have learned a lot!!

Our class started with rotations about the country Scotland, where we learned about dancing, tartans, food, language, and history.  Then we watched Cool Runnings, to get us thinking about countries competing in sports.

    

If you would like to make your own tartan you can go to this page:

Discovery day!

We have been very busy this afternoon building, creating and getting arty and crafty....