ANZAC & KEGS

Just before the holidays we had a special school ceremony for ANZAC. We had special guest speakers to explain about the significance of the Poppy and to share what ANZAC is about.
We had the NZ flag at the front and we sang the National Anthem. We listened to the bugle playing the "Last Post". We had a reflection time to think about what happened in the war and to show our respects. A huge thank you to Miss Anderson for organising this special service.



Every Tuesday afternoon we have KEG's with Joanna. KEGS stands for Kids Edible Gardens. Recently we found a huge pumpkin in our garden and we made some yummy pumpkin soup.
We have also had ample feijoas on the ground. We made feijoa crumble. Some of us thought that we wouldn't like it, but we all had a try and it was so yummy and sweet. The crumble on the top looks like our ANZAC biscuits too.

  


Check it out we had a "Fire Engine" at school. Someone got picked up in the morning and brought to school in the fire truck. How lucky!!
This is to finish off our Fire Wise topic.

Easter Time & Our Class Happenings

Our Class Assembly
It was our class assembly with Room 8. We have been practising in the classroom and then went down to the big hall to get ready for the school to watch us.
Room 8 shared some of their work and did a really cool dance, that we all loved.
"We felt nervous, we had fun, its was exciting"
Our class did a waiata. The girls had the poi and the boys did haka actions at the back. Then we did our double rap because we have been learning our doubles and singing them help us to remember them quickly.

These are the words.

"Double, doubles, I can add doubles, its no trouble for me to add double" x2
1+1 = 2
2+2 = 4
3+3 = 6
4+4 = 8
5+5= 10
"Doubles, double, I can add doubles, its no trouble for me to add doubles"
6+6 = 12
7+7 = 14
8+8 = 16
9+9 = 18
10+10 = 20
"Doubles, doubles, I can add doubles, its no trouble for me to add doubles"




Easter Baking

We love creating, making and baking.
mmmmmmm the staff room smelt amazing and made us all hungry. We all made some yummy Easter biscuits. Some looked liked Easter Bunnies, but our ones were round.
We got to put yellow icing on them and EAT them. We showed great table manners, we shared our equipment and showed great 'Connecting Habits'.
Thank you to Mrs McLaren for her extra help to make this happen!





Easter Experiments

What are the parts of an egg?
What comes first, the chicken or the egg?
Do all animals have eggs?
Do all eggs look the same?
What does an egg feel like?
Can you eat slimy eggs?

These were some of our questions when handed an egg to investigate. For Science we are learning to OBSERVE, to talk about what we see, hear, smell and taste. 
We looked at a 'shared book' about eggs and there was an interesting experiment using vinegar and an egg.
* Check out out photos!
* We had so much fun!
* We made a mess!
* We were like Scientists!
* We noticed some change in the eggs!
* We made a hypothesis!

Fun Wet Day at School

Water Fun/Sun Safe

We planned a fun day at school. 
We looked at Sun Safety and what we needed to bring to school so we can stay safe in the sun while doing our activities. 
We were put into groups and went around the stations. The games were "Dry, Dry, Wet" (like duck, duck, goose) and Mrs McLaughlan got really wet!. We also had water relays, bubbles and a big bouncy castle to play on. A huge "thank you" to Mrs Paterson for getting that sorted for us.
After that we had a fire truck to visit us, but it got called away, so we played with the big fire hose and ran around a big obstacle track getting wet.
We all had a fun day and worked together in our groups.

  

Fundamental Skills & Dog Safety

Fundamental Skills at Stadium 2000!

What an excellent week! What a fantastic programme this is!

For 4 days we travelled down to the Stadium to take part in a Fundamental Skills Programme. This involved swimming and water safety skills. We also did ball skills/co-ordination skills and learnt alot about team work. Each day we were tracking our points and a reward was given to a 'player of the day'. At the end of our week the team with the most group points, won a prize.
All our instructors were excellent and are very skilled! 
We all learnt so much!

Look at our pictures!

 

    

Dog Safety

As part of our Safety Inquiry we had a visitor to our school to talk to us about how to stay safe around dogs. We watched a video about 9 safety rules that we need to be aware of when we come across a dog.
We learnt about working dogs in the community and got to practise being safe around a 'real dog'.

Kapa Haka & Our Class

Whole School Kapa Haka & Our New Learning:

We have started a whole school Kapa Haka. This happens every second Friday in the Opawa Room.
The boys are at the back and the girls are in the front. We have experts up the front leading and showing us the actions that go with our new waiatas.
Our class is also practising in Room 9 each Friday. They are amazing and show us how to sing the waiatas, watch the boys lead a haka and listen to the words so we can be awesome like them!
You may also see some of us performing soon. 
We will get better and better the more we do it and give everything a go!

Whole school learning our new Waiata's.

Practising in Room 9. 

Toia Mai, Utaina & more

Learning on the I.Pads:
We are so lucky to have lots of I.Pads for the class. These are used to work alongside class programmes to enhance learning and motivation.
Our Reading apps help us with our Phonics, High Frequency words and much more!
We also have class accounts and work towards goals on some of the apps.
We like to take photos of everything we do to record our learning. 
As part of our Safety Inquiry we learnt about staying safe on the internet too. We learnt some rules about how we can stay safe if we are on the internet playing games, especially at home.
We have also talked about playing on the I.Pads being a 'Responsible' user and how to use them correctly. 
Here are some photos of us learning about "School Bo".

Planting, Growing & Eating our Garden:

Every Tuesday we have "Kids Edible Gardening".
Only a few weeks ago we planted some Basil plants in our Organic Garden. They were ready for a trim this week and we headed out into the garden to pick some leaves.
We brought it back to the class and smelt the leaves. Some of us thought that it was cabbage or lettuce leaves.
Mrs Hepburn had a recipe for us to follow. We made a Basil Pesto. We looked at what ingredients went into it and loved the smell of our class. Some of us were reluctant to try it but in the end all of us had a try and loved it on the crackers. "YUMMMMMMMMY"

Check out our recipe and photos:

Science & Safety Room 1

Playing with Science

Written by Room 1

Our Science Hot-Spot was creating weather in a bottle. Mrs McLaughlan showed us "Hurricane in a bottle". 

We had to explain what was happening in the bottle. It was amazing. It did not work the first time. We tried it again. 

Some of us had bottles and then we made our own. It was hard getting the paint and glitter in the bottle. We all had a go.

We made it spin like a hurricane. When it was finished it was awesome.

These were some of our queries.

"Why is it spinning?" "How does it happen?" "Why is the glitter moving like that?" "What would happen if you added stones like a hurricane picks up?" "Why does the glitter float?"

We all get to explore and have a go

The motion of the bottle is important

We had someone take photos on the I.Pad

We were able to work together as a team

We listened to everyones queries and shared what we thought

You can make these at home

St Johns 2016

This is what an ambulance officer looks like

This week we had St Johns first aide. We meet Kathryn and she explained to us what happens in an ambulance. We got to see some special equipment that they can use if we end up in an ambulance.
We got to play with bandages, tried on some uniforms, talked about staying safe and learnt about what happens when an ambulance turns up to help someone. 
We also talked about what to do if we get lost and who to trust. 
This is a great introduction to our new Inquiry "Staying Safe".

Look at what happened!

AMBI the ambulance

2 of us can fit into this, showing great team work girls!

Having a go with the bandages

Head Injury

Can we do it?