Saturday, February 25, 2012

Quad Blogging



Next week we are taking part in Quad Blogging again. We are linking up with 2 other classes around the world, where we will learn from them and comment on their class blogs. We will be working with E6 class from Eastern Hutt School in Lower Hutt and Reception Class at Stubbins Primary School, England. we beginning by commenting on E6 Superstars blog. Click on the link to view their blog and post a comment.

Reception Class at Stubbins Primary School |

Mrs Wishy Washy

We have been reading different Mrs Wishy Washy stories. We used our Red Hat thinking to talk about how Mrs Wishy Washy was feeling. 



We then made our own Mrs Wishy Washy.





Habits Of Mind: Listening With Understanding And Empathy

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Speakpipe comment

Click here to listen to our comment left by Allanah King who is an IT adviser in Nelson

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Beach Saftey

Today the junior school went to Castlecliff beach to learn about beach safety. We had a great day and learnt a lot about being safe at the beach. We learnt about:

  • slip on some protective clothing
  • slop on some sunscreen (Check the expiry date)  
  • slap  on a hat
  • slide into some shade
  • wrap on your sun glasses
We also learnt what a rip could look like and not to swim in one. We also learnt that we have to swim between the flags and if we get into trouble to put our arm straight up. We had a great day in the water learning about wading, boogie  boarding and surf rescue.
                         
Alex also got to dress up as a surf life saver. Doesn't he look great.

I also found this video to remind you about keeping safe in the sun.




Managing Impulsivity, Gather data through all senses, Taking  responsible risks.

Fitness

This week for fitness we have been skipping. Each day we have got better at our skipping.




Habits of Mind: Persistence, Thinking Flexibly,Remain open to continuous learning,Taking Responsible Risks.

Skyping

Today we had a skype session with  Mrs Sanchez class  from Wichita, KS. America. It was only Thursday in America and for us it was Friday. Mrs Robertson read The Pungapeople of Ninety Mile Beach then MrS Sanchez read us a story about school. We enjoyed the story, and are looking forward to skyping with them again. 




Check out their class blog http://bethanykindergarten.weebly.com/

Habits of mind:  Thinking and Communicating with Clarity and Precision, Responding with wonderment and awe.

Friday, February 17, 2012

'I Went' writing

This week our words of the week were 'I went'. We all talked about somewhere we went. We then used revelation Art to draw our pictures then we wrote our  'I went' sentences using google presentations. We enjoyed doing our writing using these tools.



                                


The Habits of mind we used to complete this task were' Persisting, thinking flexibly, Creating, Imagining and Innovating.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Week 3 Big Question

What is the name of New Zealand's capital?
Post your answer of the wall below.


Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Be Funky

Today Room15 came in and showed us how to use 'Be Funky'. what do you think of our funky pictures.








Monday, February 13, 2012

Duffy Books

On Friday in Assembly Tamelia received a Duffy book for 'good buddy reading'. Well done Tamelia we hope you enjoy your book.

Merit Certificate


In Assembly on Friday Gian received a merit certificate for 'persisting at the obstacle course during fitness and for becoming quicker each day.'  Congratulations Gian.

Buddy Class

Our buddy class for the year is Room 15. On Friday they came and read us their holiday stories.



Thursday, February 9, 2012

Certificates

Today we had our first junior assembly for the year. Ashley and Alex both got  welcome certificates as they are both new to Carlton School. Alex also received a certificate for fantastic writing. Well done Alex.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Fitness

Today we started our daily fitness. We started off by doing an obstacle course on the playground. We had a lot of fun. Gian was fantastic and persisted to walk over the bar bridge. Several of us tried really hard at swinging over the monkey bars.



Swimming

Today we had our first swim for the year. During swimming this year we are learning to:

  • Get in and out of the water safely
  • Put our head under water and blow bubbles
  • Float on our back and front
We all enjoy learning to swim.


Tent building

On our first day back at school we had to work together in groups to build huts. After we built our huts we talked about what things helped us to build good huts. We then took these ideas and made our class rules.