Week 8 big question

Not a box

On Monday when we arrived at school there was a big box in the middle of the floor. I had a sign not a box. We played in the not a box. We then talked about what the not a box could be. Mrs Robertson then read us the story of not a box. Today Mrs Robertson got us heaps of smaller boxes. We enjoyed using our imagination of what our not a box was. Some of our 'not a box' were a car, a rocket, a house, a skateboard, a rocket. We also used our 'not a box' to do our work.

Managing impulsivity

Today we did a brainstorm of what Managing Impulsivity is to us.

Buddy Art

Today we had buddy art. We completed our fish to go on our weaving.

Certificates

Today we had junior assembly. Ciara received a certificate for persiting to complete her work. Georgia received a certificate for being a helping others with their learning.

Our athletics writing

Here is our writing on what we liked about our athletics.

i lik the lokjp i went sop fas it wos fan. isket i skt enm the san.

I like the long jump. I went so fast it was fun. I skidded in the sand.
By Arnakah

i did hurdles it was fun and i likied the sack jumping

By Javae

i liked the long jump and it wha fun and i went fast,

By Melody

Junior Athletics

For the past couple of weeks we have been practicing our athletics for today's big event. Our events included:- sack race, egg and spoon race, hurdles, vortex, long jump and running.

Week 7 big question

Answer to week 6 big question

scratch to reveal the answer to week six question. What is the name of Mew Zelands captial?


Orkut Scrap Toys

Swimming

We have started swimming again. We go swimming on Mondays, Wednesday and Thursdays. We are lucky at Carlton School as we have our own pool and it is also covered.

Mystery Reader

On Friday Our mystery reader was Javaes grandmother. She read us a cool story about what a boy looked like.

Teddy Bear Day

Our poem last week was about a teddy bear so last week we had a teddy bear day in Room 12.We brought our teddy bears to school we also wrote about what our bears were like.

We also made teddy bear biscuits then had a picnic and ate them.

Teddy Bears Picnic

Number of the week

This week our number is 15. Take a look at these videos about 15.

Week 6 Big Question

What is the captial of New Zealand?... at AnswerGarden.ch.

Answer to week five question

The fastest Snake is the Black Mamba can move at speeds of up to 10 –12 M.P.H! This snake is also one of the most poisonous snakes in the world.

number of week

Georgia showing what she knows about our number of the week.

Carlton School New Web site

We were very excited this week when our new school web site went live. Click on the picture to take a look at it. What do you think?

site words

Counting to 100

Doubles to 20

Doubles

You are to complete the following to show your understanding of doubles.

Week 5 Big Question

what is the fastest snake?... at AnswerGarden.ch.

Duffy Books

On Friday in assembly we got our Duffy Books. We enjoyed getting our books and reading them.

Rubbish Bag Dress Up

On Friday at school we had a dress up day. We all had to dress up in rubbish bags. The School had a parade so we all got to see everyones creations. Our next school dress up day is crepe paper dress up Friday 3rd December

Week 4 Mystery Reader

This week our mystery reader was Marty Benton. Marty is not only our office lady Mrs Benton husband but he is also a firemen. We were allowed to try on his helmet and his jacket which we discovered was very heavy. Marty then read us to stories. We enjoyed being read to by Marty. Thank you.

Discovery Week 4

Today we had discovery time. Some of us tried to blow big bubbles, some of us looked at what floated or sank and what would be a good materail would be to make a boat from. Other looked at how we can grow some vegetables and flowers.

Buddy Art

Today we had buddy art with Room 14. Today we drew our fish to go onto our weaving that we did last week. Next week we are going to colour them.

Brushing our teeth

Today Nurse Belinda came in to show us how to probably brush our teeth. Did you know you have to brush your teeth for a minute. We were all given a tooth brush and had to brush our teeth for a minute.

Take a look at these clips about brushing teeth.



This next clip is a rhyme about brushing your teeth

Sugar in foods

Nurse Belinda has talked to us about how much sugar is some of the foods we eat and why they need to be treat foods as they are bad for our teeth.

We also found this video which shows the amount of sugars in foods.

Site words

Here are a couple of you tube clips that I thought might help you to learn some basic site words.

Week 3 Mystery Reader

This week Mrs Gordan was our mystery reader. She first talked to us about working on a farm and milking cows. We enjoyed Mrs Gordan reading to us.