End of the Year

What a performance!  Well done tamariki on your exceptional performance at end of year assembly today!  I even had a few tears in my eyes after your item.  Boys I was amazed at your haka and girls your were true performers throughout!  I am so proud of all that you have achieved this year in Room 3.  You have shown respect for others, resilience when it has been tough and responsibility for yourself.  You should all be very proud!

I also want to thank students and parents for all of your kind cards and gifts.

Meri Kirihimete!

Mrs Butler

Teddy Bears Picnic

Today we had a Teddy Bears Picnic to share our Te Reo Learning from this term.
We had a wonderful time sharing our Te Reo, enjoying the sunshine and snuggling our bears with friends and whanau.

Well done tamariki ma for your wonderful te reo māori!

Thank you to all of the parents who came!

More about Fractions

We have been doing even more learning about fractions!  We are becoming experts at recognising wholes and halves!!!

Here is another video that we have watched to help us out!

Fractions

In Room 3 we have been learning about fractions!

Here is a little video we watched to help us learn about halves and quarters...

Some things that we said we learnt about halves:

Julia "You cut it in half and you have to share it and make it fair."
Lucy "There is a whole, you chop it into halves and then another halves and its a quarter."
Olivia "If you have a heart and you cut it in half it will be half a heart"

Rosies World

Today we were lucky enough to be visited by Anna from School Kit.  She dropped off some awesome little kitchen accessories that we can use in our class.

She also left us a book called "Rosie to the Rescue"

We looked online and found out more information about Rosie here:

http://www.rosiesworld.co.nz/

have a look and learn more about dairy farming!!!

UNO

Today we were lucky enough to have the team from UNO come to school.  They came because Harry and Alexis' Aunty won a competition for our school.  Not only did we get a great donation of money but we also each got some UNO for ourselves!

UNO, alongside Mr Mac, joined in with junior jump jam after which was a particular highlight for all of us!!!

Shared Reading

Each day we read a big book.  This big book usually lasts us a week and we look at a range of different parts of the story.

We have been doing our big book using a website called 'Oxford Owl' and our VIP for the day turns the pages and points along.

This week our big book is based on the fairy tale 'Jack and the Beanstalk'.  We have discussed fairy tales and are using toontastic to retell a fairy tale of our choice!  I cant wait to share some of them with you!!!

Here is a picture of Liam helping us out with our shared reading!

Mrs Butlers Birthday

Well today was Mrs Butlers Birthday!  We decided that we should bake a cake to celebrate!  So we gathered all of the ingredients and equipment we needed and we made a wonderful chocolate cake!  (Pretty awesome seems Mrs Butler cannot bake at all!)

YUM YUM!!!

Mōkai Video

We have been practicing asking and answering questions in Te Reo Māori.  Today Mrs Butler recorded us asking a buddy about their pet!  Check out our wonderful Te Reo efforts!!!

Mokai

This week we have been working on creating posters about our mokai.

Here are a few of our finished posters which we created using the app 'comic life'.

Watch this space for our next Te Reo Māori project about our Mokai!!!

Measurement

We are beginning to look and compare objects for their mass, weight and capacity. We asked “ Which one is harder to lift/carry/push/fill?”

We tried lifting two bags that looked the same. We tried carrying two shopping bags that looked the same and we tried pushing and pulling two big containers that looked the same. We filled and emptied the same jars and cups with sand to compare them.

Science Experiment

Today we conducted a science experiment.
We wanted to see what would happen when we mixed milk with coke.

We made predictions, carried out the experiment, made observations and investigated why it happened.

Here are some photos of our experiment.

Then Kyle noticed something strange happening...

Here is a video of the experiment.

Science

WOW what a full on week!

Here are some snaps of some of the science experiments we have been conducting!

Can you guess what we have been investigating???

(Oops sorry these are upside down!  Not sure why!)

Maths

Yesterday for maths we worked in our problem solving teams to figure out a maths problem.

"There were 5 hen houses.  There were 2 chickens in each house.  How many chickens are there altogether?"

We needed to:
- read the question
-understand what we need to do
- choose how to solve the problem
-solve the problem
-answer the question
-check everyone understands

Here is a picture of Joel, Liam and Arna's problem solving efforts.

End of Term Assembly

We are on end of term assembly this term.

Here are some of the songs that we have been learning.

Remember to keep practicing these as much as possible so that we know all the words for our whanau!

(Remember when practicing the 'Kiwi Kids song' we need to sing "Hinni kids!")

Tug of War

Yesterday our whole school took part in a Tug of War competition.

Each house battled it out to see who had the best pulling power!

Here are some action shots from the day...

Ag Day

What a busy day we have had today!

We have been learning all about animals because of Ag day coming up and we have also been doing some art work around animals!

We have been working hard to create Animals and today we painted a mural...

Here are some shots of us in action painting and of our finished display!

Please come into the classroom and check out our awesome display!  Ask us what the animals are in Te Reo!!!

Skip Counting

In Room 3 we are learning to skip count.

Here is a song that helps us to skip count.

Jump Jam for Star Jam

Today we did some special Jump Jam to fundraise for Star Jam.

Star Jam gives people with disabilities the chance to feel the buzz of preforming and coming together through the common love of music and dance.

Find out more about Star Jam here

Here are some action shots of the Junior School doing our Jump Jam for Star Jam today.

Mokai

For Te Reo this term we are learning about mokai (pets).

We have been learning the names of animals in Te Reo maori.

Today we learnt some of the baby animals names.  Here is an action shot of us looking closely at the words and discussing all of the things we notice!

Scientists

Today we learnt about scientists.

We are learning to be scientists and find out all about the world.

We learnt about asking a question and what a hypothesis is.

We learnt about static electricity today... Here are some action shots of us experimenting.

Team Sport

Today for team sport we started a Perceptual Motor Programme.

Students take part in a wide range of activities which are designed to help them with their fine and gross motor skills alongside building their self-esteem and confidence.

Activities involve fitness, balance, locomotion, eye tracking, hand/eye and hand/foot coordination.

Here are some pictures of us in action!  We are looking forward to next Thursday already!

Phonics

For phonics we have been writing silly sentences to help us learn about the vowel sounds.

Have a look at some of our sentences!

Welcome to Term 3

Wow what a busy first week we have had!

One of the biggest things we have been working on this week is Digi Awards...

Mrs Butler loves photography and has been helping us to learn all about camera and camera angles.  Today some of us got to go out and have a go at taking photos for Digi Awards.

Check out some of our amazing entries!

Buttery Yellow Flower For Grandma

Julia Tiddy

Feather

Silas Maurer

Jungle 

Blake Smith

The Beautiful Red Flower

Joel Watson

We are taking photo's as a class, if students have entries they have done at home please feel free to email them as an attachment or send them to school on a USB.  Students are then able to choose the picture that they would like to enter.  

If you have something your child would like to photograph please send it to school on Monday or Tuesday for them to photograph. 

Happy photo taking!