News Reporter

Last Term Blake was one of our news reporters. He shared with us an article about his step dad  playing rugby.

We thought Blake did a pretty good job as a first time reporter.
What do you think of Blake's news reporting?

Missing Again

Piata has gone missing again. Can you please have a good look at home over the holidays to see if Piata has visited your home unexpectedly. If so please return to school on the first day back or if you are passing in the holidays and see some cars at school drop him off. Piata has a flight booked to Scotland with Mr Burgess from Room 15 and I am very sure he doesn't want to miss it as he has never been to Scotland. 

Duffy Books

Legacey received a Duffy book for being a good role model in reading. Well done. Look at the neat book Legacey picked.

Merit Certificates

Jayden received a merit certificate in assembly for making good progress in learning his letter sounds and he is beginning to apply this knowledge to his reading and writing. Well done Jayden.

Perseverance Cup

Ryder received the Perseverance Cup. He received it as he always tries his best and makes new members of Room 12 feel welcome. Well done Ryder.

Elmer Pictures

We looked at the background of the pictures in'Elmer' We then created our own background. When we had finished we put our colourful Elmers onto it.
What do you think of our pictures?

Elmer Writing

We had to write about our favourite part of Elmer. Have a read of Tyrone's and Keira's favourite part of the story.

Elmer Biscuits

As we have been reading about Elmer we decorated elephant biscuits to look  just like Elmer. We used colourful sprinkles to decorate our biscuits, then we ate them.

Our Elmer

Today we started  to collage our own Elmer. We had to persist and manage our Impulsivity to complete our Elmer. 

drawing ourself

Patterns

Today we looked at the patterns on Elmer. We then created our own patterns using the multi-link blocks.

Shape people

In buddy art we have been drawing shape people. Once we have drawn them we have used pastels to colour our people. Today some of us finished our pictures.

 What do you think of them?

Elmer

This week we are reading Elmer by David McKee. We used tux paint to draw our own 'Elmer'.

Tell us what you think of our elephants?

Week 10 big question

�When was the Durie Hill Tower built?... at AnswerGarden.ch.

Merit certificates

On Friday in assembly 3 people from our class received merit certificates. They were  Zaydin  for being a helpful  buddy to new members of the class. Keira  for always listening to instructions and always trying her best.  Legacey  for using his letter sound knowledge in his writing by sounding out words he does not know. Well done.

Duffy Books

On Friday it was the junior schools turn to receive Duffy books. Ryder was the lucky person in Room 12 to receive a Duffy book. Well done Ryder.

Ukulele

We are learning to play the ukulele. We have learnt the parts of it and cord c and cord f. We are enjoying learning the ukulele.

Kingi Visiting us

We have had Kingi from Room 15 visiting us for the past week. We having been looking after him and teaching him how to be a successful learner. Kingi has been learning how to read, write, recognize his numbers to 20 and his basic facts. Kingi has also been doing a fantastic job of learning his alphabet and the sounds for each of the letters. We are enjoying having Kingi as part of our class.