What I Like

We are also learning about the letter Pp this week and learning the words 'I' and 'like'
Here is a story about food we like that starts with the letter Pp.

Things We See At School (Ss)

This week we have been learning about the letter Ss and the word The.  We read a book about the things we see at school that start with the letter Ss.

Buddy Afternoon

Today we had a fantastic afternoon when the Year 4  class, Room 12, came to visit us after lunch. We each got 1 or 2 buddies to play with. We could play with whatever we liked so long as we played together. Some of us played with the lego, while some painted pictures. Others read books or played with the play dough and lots of children even got dressed up. 
Here are some photos of our afternoon.

 We hope they come again sometime.

Kiwisport: Get, Set, Go!

Today we had our first Get, Set, Go lesson. We were learning about balance. We had to practise balancing on different body parts. Some of the balances were quite tricky to do. 

We also had to balance a soft toy on different body parts. 

We played a game where we were frogs jumping on lily pads and flies buzzing around. Whenever the whistle went we had to freeze. If a frog could touch a fly they switched places. 

For our last game we got into a circle and held hands. There were 2 hula hoops which we had to pass around the circle without letting go. It was quite tricky.

Omaru Creek

Last week we went to Omaru Creek. 

Here is our book about it.

Duffy Show

Yesterday we went to the hall to see the Duffy show. It was all about Duffy meeting a girl who was a Superhero from another planet. She had come to Earth to help stop Global warming. But she also needed Duffy's help with learning to read.

We had lots of fun. We even saw some science experiments where Duffy made a frothy liquid bubble up and overflow out of its container.

Omaru Creek

Our school value for this year is Responsibility 
                 
                     "Kaitiakitanga i nga wa katoa"

This term we are thinking about how we can look after our place. We are learning about how we can look after ourselves, our classroom, our school and our community/environment.

On Wednesdy we went for a walk to Omaru creek. When we got there it was stinky and we saw some rubbish in the water. 

We did see some pukeko and ducks but we also saw a rat scampering on the river bank and hiding in the bushes.

Each class had a turn to go down closer to the pond to look and listen while the rest of team 1 played games.

Day One

Today was our first day at school. 

Here is Cing Cing and her Dad

Here is Bentley and his Dad and Nana

And Bentley with his Mum.

Here is Raphael and his Mum and Dad and baby brother.

Here is Kiko and his Mum and Dad.

Here is Mele and her Mum.

Here is Brooke and her Mum.

Here is Bonnie with her sister Amelia.

And Flynn with his Mum.

Look at what we got up to.  

First of all we had a walk around the school. 

Here are some of the places we visited.

The water tap.

   

The Dental Clinic

The Office where we met Miss Takerei, Mrs Flavell and Mrs MacMillan.

                              We walked nicely in a line.

We found out which playground we can play on -           The Junior Playground

                                    

    

Cing Cing                                     Antonio

         
                                          Moimoi                                            Bentley

            

 

                        Bonnie                                             Kiko

      

 

                                      Moimoi                                                    Mele

 

                     Moimoi                                          Samuel

It was fun playing in the playhouse too.

 

After playtime we checked out the different things we can play with in our classroom.

Antonio, Kiko and Moimoi liked playing with the cars.

Cing Cing did lots of drawing.

Brooke, Bonnie and Bentley made delicious cookies with the play dough.

 

Antonio and Samuel also played with the blocks and dinosaurs.

                                           

Kiko and Mele loved dressing up.

Mele also did some painting.

Flynn did some investigating  in our Nature Nook.

We had lot of fun today!