This week we had our first Mandarin lesson with Hayley. She will be working with us for 20-30 minutes every Tuesday afternoon.
We learnt lots of facts about China and also how to say Hello and Goodbye. The video below reminds us how to say these two phrases and also introduces some new phrases which I am sure we will be covering in the next few weeks.
As part of the Key Competencies of Managing Self and Relating to Others we have been thinking about bullying and respect this week. We used this Youtube video to help us.
We looked at the word 'a' this week and how to form it correctly in our handwriting using the Casey The Caterpillar words 'Open mouth, close, short stick"
We also worked on holding our pencils correctly, ask your child to show you what we learnt and then check with this video that they have remembered the correct grip.
News Groups have got off to an exciting start this week, we even had some 'living' news when Stream the guinea pig came in to see us plus an amazing magic fish trick.
In Discovery time we continued to think about butterflies, caterpillars and insects.
We used are great skills of planning and cooperation to make our own play about the Very Hungry Caterpillar.
What are we learning in Week 5 Term 1
Letter Sounds: p, n
Tricky Word; the, to
Writing:Simple Recounts
Maths: reading and ordering numbers to 10 and then 20
P.E.: Swimming and No Child Left Inside
Maori: a,e,i,o,u sounds, pepeha
Inquiry Topic: Class Treaty
Art: Portrait paintings
Events Coming Up
THIS WEEK
Swimming; Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri
Tracy is teaching Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs
Christine is teaching Friday
Monday: School Picnic 5.30-7.30 on the front field
Monday: School Picnic 5.30-7.30 on the front field
Tues, Wed, Thurs Parent Teacher Goal Setting Interviews
LATER THIS TERM
Wednesday 9th March: School Photo Day
Friday March 18th: Purple Cake Day
TERM DATES
Term 1 ends Friday 15th April
Term 2 starts Monday 2nd May
Term 2 ends Friday 8th July
Term 3 starts Monday 25th July
Term 3 ends Friday 23rd September
Term 4 starts Monday 10th October
Term 4 ends Thursday 15th December
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