Te Manawa Visit

Manu came to our class and shared lots of Maori instruments and tools.  It was very fascinating.  Olivia and Emily got to wear beautiful hair adornments.  We also got to practise how to hongi.  Thank you Manu.  We learnt a lot.

Emily's Gorgeous Guinea Pigs

Emily brought 2 baby guinea pigs to share.  They are very cute.  We were all very lucky to get a cuddle with them.  They were very tiny because they are only 2 days old.

Our Butterfly Hatched

It was very exciting to see our monarch butterfly hatch out of its chrysalis.  After it dried its wings, Mrs Christiansen carefully placed it high up on a tree.  It stayed there for a long time before it flew away.

Marae Visit

Thank you Taumata O Te Ra Marae.  We enjoyed getting to look at your marae.  It is very beautiful and unique.  We learnt a lot on our visit.  Thank you for the beautiful flax flower taonga.  They are amazing.  You are very clever.

Farewell Max

Max we are going to miss your smiling face everyday.  All the best to you and your family in Cromwell.  We hope you enjoy your new school and make lots of new amazing friends.

Grass Heads

Our grass heads have grown really long hair.  I think some of them may need a hair cut.  Today you get to take your grass heads home.  Remember to keep watering them and watch the grass keep growing. 

Maths

We have been learning to make dice patterns with counters.  We need to image dice patterns quickly to help us learn how to image.

Fireworks in a Jar

Body Breaks

We work very hard in our class so we need to have lots of body breaks to help switch our brains on for learning.  Here are some of the fun ways we keep moving:

Gardening

We planted some vegetables in our garden.  They are going to be delicious.  We cannot wait to eat them.

We saw some eggs in the chicken hutch.  Luckily the Green Team came out.  We got to look really closely at the eggs.  We thought they would be warm, but they weren't.  They must have been sitting there for a long time.

Buddy Class

We had lots of fun swimming with out buddy class. 

Now we are a lot more confident in the water. 

Thank you Room 4 for helping us.

Grass Heads

Riley brought some grass head instructions to share with the class,
so we made our own grass heads. 

We sprinkled grass seeds onto chux cloth. 

We put cotton balls on top.

Tied it all up with a rubber band.

Drew faces with vivids.

Soaked the end in a cup of water. 

We can't wait to see what it looks like when the grass grows.

We are all stars in Room 1

Maths - Statistics

We have been learning a lot about graphs.  We used our lunch boxes to help us understand what a graph looks like.  Then we made a picture graph to show the same information.  We are very clever! 

We are also learning to make tally marks. 

It is much easier to make them with popsicle sticks.

Sound of the Week - Cc

We made cute cat masks:

We read a poem with lots of C's in it.  It had a word we didn't know in it.  It was tricky.  The word was 'cantaloupe'.  We didn't know what a cantaloupe was, so Mrs Christiansen brought one to school and we ate it.  Only 3 of us liked it!

Buddy Class

On Friday, our buddy class came and taught us to play our classroom games. 
We had lots of fun.  Thank you Room 4.

Fun in the Sun

We love going outside to read by ourselves under the tree

OR have stories read to us by the big kids.

Children Soup

We like to have some silly fun in our class.  At the start of the year, we had a few sad faces, so Mrs Christiansen decided to make delicious children soup.  At first we were a little bit worried, then we found it hillarious and couldn't stop laughing.

Nature Table

We have many exciting things to look at on our nature table.  
Thank you Milla for bringing in a dragonfly.  
It is amazing to look at it closely with magnifying glasses.

We also have some cute little caterpillars on swan plants.  
I can't wait to see them turn into chrysalis'.

Look at the Beautiful Room 1 Children

Welcome, children.

I'm happy you are here.

We're all going to have a wonderful year.

We'll read and we'll write.

We'll sing and we'll play.

We'll build and we'll paint,

and learn new things each day.