Week 7 and 8 Term 1

Welcome to our round up of what has been happening in Room 10 in the run up to Easter. 

Over the last 2 weeks we have been practicing lots of sports skills in Hockey and No Child Left Inside. In Discovery Time we have been getting creative around the theme of pirates. This movie shows you some of these things in action.

Sport and Pirates on PhotoPeach

We have continued with our weekly letter sounds and tricky word practice.

...and started to publish our own writing.

In Mandarin we have learnt a Chinese dance and how to count to 10.

In maths we have been working with our maths buddies to read numbers to 10 and count groups of objects up to 10.

In Art we used characters from the Monsters Lunch big book to help explore the primary colours; red, yellow and blue.

Our week ended with a performance from a Brazilian percussion group, a great way to get us in the holiday spirit!

To finish this blog round up please enjoy this video of some the highlights of Purple Cake Day.

What are we learning in Week 9 Term 1

Letter Sounds:  d

Tricky Word; can

Writing:Simple Recounts

Maths: counting backwards from 10 and 20

P.E.:  No Child Left Inside

Maori: a,e,i,o,u sounds, pepeha

Inquiry Topic: Class Treaty

Art: Painting with secondary colours

Events Coming Up

THIS WEEK

School opens again on Wednesday

Tracy is teaching  Wed, Thurs

Christine is teaching Friday

LATER THIS TERM

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

Week 6 Term 1

This week we have been busy practicing the sounds 'c' and 'k'.....

 ......and the letters in the word 'my'.

 We warmed up for No Child Left Inside with plenty of hopping .....

 .... and then practiced our muscle man overarm throw, but this week we used tennis balls.

 We wrote descriptions of our Pink Pigs and they are on display in the classroom for all to see. You can check out the children's own pictures on their individual blogs by clicking on the KidzStuff link near the top of the right hand panel on this page.

What are we learning in Week 7 Term 1

Letter Sounds: e and r 

Tricky Word; we, see

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: Primary Colour Wiggle Pictures

Events Coming Up

THIS WEEK

Swimming; Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri

Tracy is teaching Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs

Christine is teaching Friday
Friday: Purple Cake Day

LATER THIS TERM

Easter Break: From Friday 25th March through to and including Tuesday 29th March

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

Week 5 Term 1

The week started with the School Community Group Annual Picnic. I spotted quite a few of our Room 10 friends joining in the fun.

We are getting very good at writing our tall and short letters correctly, we practiced them as part of our Tricky word focus on the words 'to' and 'the'.

We have also practiced forming letters correctly with play dough.

 In No Child Left Inside after warming up with a game of Fruit Salad.....

.........we practiced our over arm throw using the 'muscle man' technique.

 This week we learnt the letter sound 'p' ........

.....and as part of these activities we painted pink and purple pigs.

Here are a couple of our finished paintings. Watch out for them later on in the week when we will publish them along with our Pink Pig stories.

In Discovery time our imaginations were unleashed with play dough creations

 ...and role play.

 We have been learning how when we help our friends to learn something new we need to show them what to do not do it for them. Teaching others how to fold their milk cartons is a great time to practice this skill.

What are we learning in Week 6 Term 1

Letter Sounds: c and k 

Tricky Word; me, my

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: Primary Colour Wiggle Pictures

Events Coming Up

THIS WEEK

Swimming; Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri

Tracy is teaching Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs

Christine is teaching Friday
Wednesday: School Photo Day

LATER THIS TERM

Friday March 18th: Purple Cake Day
Easter Break: From Friday 25th March through to and including Tuesday 29th March

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