Our class Christmas tree

We listed to Christmas songs after eating gingerbread cookies and then we decorated our class the Christmas tree.

Gingerbread men

As part of our countdown to the Christmas holidays we learned how to decorate gingerbread cookies and read about the gingerbread-man story.

Athletics Day

Our first athletics day!

Book week

Check out what Room 4 got up to for book week.

Armistice day

Film festival

We all had an amazing time going to the movies together and getting the opportunity to see our movie on the big screen. Definitely a memorable day!

Junior Gymnastics

Superheroes of PBS 2018- Manaikalani Film

Room 4 and Room 2  combined efforts to contribute ‘Superheroes of PBS 2018’ to the  2018 Manaiakalani Film Festival.

Students learned about everyday things they were super good at doing and therefore learned to recognise themselves as talented individuals. 

Students learned to value themselves and their unique skills  and those of others.

The goal of this production was to help build positive attitudes towards learning and boost self esteem through the use of the positive self affirmation of ‘we are super at..’ and state what they believe they are proud of about themselves.

All the students participated and contributed their ideas to make this film what it is. They practiced their scripts, acted in front of a blue screen and were shown the basic processes involved in editing in a film, in terms of backgrounds, foregrounds and sound effects. Needless to say they were ecstatic to see it all come together in the end and very entertained.

We hope you enjoy the film! :D

All about structures!

Term 3 Art

POPPING CORN

10/09/18

Students learned how to make popcorn in the microwave step by step. After making the popcorn we all got to enjoy it and described the taste, sound, feel and look. They then wrote the steps on how to make popcorn in order.

#Yummylearning😺

Father's Day cards

Today we made Father's Day cards to give to our dads this Sunday.

They were all really excited to make their dad's a special card. 

Happy fathers day to all the dads out there, keep up the good work. 

Making porridge

We read about Goldilocks and the three bears and decided to make our own porridge. Students learned to compare sizes of books (small, medium, large) and how to write the procedure for making porridge.

Measurement

Students ordered their library books from small, medium and large.

Museum trip

28/08/18

The museum trip was a success thanks to our awesome parent helpers and staff. The students enjoyed exploring the museum and the Whare Haoura.
Here are a few snippets of some very memorable moments.

A special visit from Room2

14/08/18

We got a special visit from some of the students from Room 2. They came to share their learning on structures and the awesome paper bridge they built. Room4 students were really impressed and couldn't wait to build their own to return the favour.

Snag Golf

10/08/18

Each Friday afternoon students in room 4 get a chance to develop their golfing skills with some one on one guidance from our very caring and helpful LS2 senior students.

The focus of this session was :  Rolling the ball underarm at a target.

• Striking with a long implement (SNAG golf club )at different speeds and towards a
stationary target with a putting motion.
• Relationships (with objects )and body awareness.

It was such a beautiful day and the students really enjoyed themselves! Big thanks to Mr Ogilvie for sending such wonderful helpers. :)

Rapunzle math

3/08/18

 
 

Students built towers for Rapunzle using different materials and measured how long her hair was using non standard measurements such as hands, feet, blocks etc.

Get Set Go - Kiwi Sport

1/08/18

Students learned how to control their bodies in order to balance themselves and objects.

Duffy Theatre

Everyone really enjoyed the show and learned about how helpful reading can be in our everyday lives. It was lovely to see the characters of a book come to life in such a funny and captivating performance.  

The three little pigs

We learned about the story of 'The three little pigs'.

During maths we had fun building houses for the three little pigs made out of sticks and learned about 2D shapes.

Then we continued to use our knowledge of circles to draw the pigs and their houses. We talked about the best materials (straw, sticks or bricks) to use for building a strong house.

Measurement

26/07/18

Students measured their buddy's height using blocks and recorded it down on their iPads (Explain everything)

Pumphouse theatre trip - The Great White Man Eating Shark

5/7/18

We went on our first class trip to the Pumphouse theatre in Takapuna to watch ' The great white man eating shark', story by Margaret Mahy. Students were super excited to get on the bus and engaged  throughout the play. After the play finished we got to take pictures with the actors.When we got back to school we ended our day discussing the funny moments in the play and made our own shark finger puppets!😃😃

Celebrating Matariki

15/06/18

Students learned the Matariki song and learned about how Matariki came to be. Students from Room1 helped us to make some beautiful Matariki stars to hang around our classroom.

The Human Body - Digestive system

25/06/18

Left: Used bread (food) and vinegar (gastric juice) to understand what happens to our food in the large intestine. They enjoyed the experiment and certainly will remember the smell of it ! :D

Right: We did some more practice with labelling the different parts of our bodies in Maori and English. Students did a great job recollecting the parts of the body and really enjoyed identifying the parts.

FAIRY BREAD!!!

12/06/18

We had fun learning to make fairy bread.  We talked about the order of steps and materials required to make fairy bread. Students then wrote about their experience of making fairy bread.

#teapartymisusthetea

Ordering numbers

19/06/18

We are learning to order our number from 1-10.

The human body

18/06/18








Students have been learning about the human body.We built a human body out of recyclable materials and learned  about the different parts of our bodies. 

Buddy reading

15/06/18

We started doing buddy reading on Fridays with some of the senior students from LS2. Room 4 students really enjoyed reading to the older students and also learned about how to share some of their learning on our class blog.

Flying fives room

 7/06/18

A place where imagination takes flight.


Students in Room 4 look forward to going to flying fives every week and its clear to see why.
Every child gets immersed in their own happy place and its just amazing to see the wealth of oral language unravel around the room.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einsttein

 

Learning about capacity

4/06/18

Students got to experiment with different sized containers and compare the capacity of water in them.
They were successfully able to distinguish between full, half full, nearly empty, nearly full and full.

Digestive system

We learned about what happens to the food we eat.

The Monster’s Party

Today during reading, I was reading a book called The Monsters Party. My favourite part of the book was when the Monsters were showing what they can do. I enjoyed reading this book because I liked learning about what the Monsters can do.

By Milad

No Skipper

Today l was reading about skipper he was a bad dog. He lived outside he chased birds and slept in his kennel. Skipper liked to eat the scraps that fell from Sophie’s high chair. He could not sit on dad favourite chair and could not touch Greys toy train so you said go outside. He would have to sleep outside on the deck looking sad and wet. 

The Monsters Party

Today I read a story called The Monster’s Party.

After I finished reading the story I was to go to explain everything. This is my explanation on this book.

Eggy Words | By Lacey

 

This week I have been learning what the words the and a mean.This game shows me picking the right word.I have done this with Angela.I played this on my ipad

Eggy Words 100 | By Marwan

Today I played Is game called Eggy Words. In this game I have to click on eggs that have the same word shown. My high score is 14. 

This is my first blogpost for 2018 and I think I did well.

- Marwan

Winter Olympics

Room 4's version of cross country skiing!

Medals were awarded to the teams that demonstrated excellent sportsmanship and comradery. Students were challenged to use their problem solving and oral language skills to come up with their own techniques and directional language, in order to make it across the classroom on their skis.  

We had a lot of fun participating in the '2018 Winter Olympics'😃😃😃😃😊🤣🤣.

Kiwi Sports

We are learning hip hop dancing!

We learnt the difference between personal space vs. general space and about making shapes in space.We are becoming confident movers and shakers, most importantly we are getting confident in expressing ourselves through creative movements. Looking forward to next weeks lesson! 😄😅💪😎