Duffy Assembly

Today we had our first Duffy Assembly of the year. Linda Vagana an ex silver ferns player was our guest speaker. She then presented each class with their box of books. We then went back to class and read our new books.
Thanks Duffy books in homes we love our books.

word of the week

This week our word of the week is 'and'. We are learning to recognise the word in our reading, spell it and use it our writing.

Marae

On Friday our whole school went to the Putiki Marae.
We all had a very enjoyable day.

To Market to Market

Wanted

Hey, Diddle, Diddle

Have a listen to this weeks Nursery Rhyme

Week 8 big question

To answer this question you may need to first find out what a mammal is.

what is the smallest mammal in the world... at AnswerGarden.ch.

Answer to Week 7 big question

A tsunami is a large ocean wave that is caused by sudden motion on the ocean floor. This sudden motion could be an earthquake, a powerful volcanic eruption, or an underwater landslide. The impact of a large meteorite could also cause a tsunami. Tsunamis travel across the open ocean at great speeds and build into large deadly waves in the shallow water of a shoreline.

Star of the week

The star of the week for this week is Tyron

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Jack and Jill

Last week our nursery rhyme was 'Jack and Jill went up the hill'. We did a piece of art work to go with our rhyme.

Habits of maind wall of fame

At school we have a wall of fame for the habits of mind. This week Nikora was on the wall of fame as he has been striving for precision and accuracy in his writing, by using words he knows and sounding out unknown. Nikora then helps others to sound out words they don't know.

Mystery Reader

Yesterday our Mystery reader was Grandma McGarvey (Mrs McIntyre). She read us 'Grandma McGarvey came to school. We enjoyed Grandma McGarvey reading to us. Thank you. We hope that you will visit us again soon.

Striving for Accuracy

We have been looking at the Habit of Mind 'Striving for Precision and Accuracy'. To do this in our handwriting we have to form our letters correctly, have them facing the right direction and have our letters sitting on the line. Look at how Naomi has been striving for accuracy.

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Cookies

This week our letter is 'c'. We have been learning the sound, words and how to write the letter 'c'. We also made chocolate chip cookies.

Tens Frames

Today in maths we used the tens frames. We first talked about why and how we use them. We then used the tens frames to help us count a set of objects to ten.

Buddy Art

Today we did buddy art with Room 15. We had to practice drawing faces without taking our pencils off our paper. Our buddies were a great help and we enjoyed working with them. Look at our pictures so far.

Fitness

Today we had fun doing Zumba for fitness and to get our brain thinking.

Week 6 reflections

 

 

Mystery Reader

Our Mystery Reader was Mrs Benton. We really enjoyed her reading to us. Thnak You.