Friday, 27 July 2018

Welcome back to TERM 3!

Here are some photos of our first week back at school.

These photo shows Alex learning about even and odd numbers. Did you know that even numbers have a partner, and odd numbers don't have a partner? We used the counters to figure out which numbers have partners and which ones do not.

This photo shows Safiyye, Dotty and Lokkie using their imaginations during play based learning. They built a tent using a parachute and chairs. 

On Friday, we started a new activity called problem solving. We will do it every Friday with our problem solving groups. Today we learnt that there a 4 key steps to problem solving.

1. Read the question and circle the important information
2. Discuss different ways to solve the problem e.g. using counters, drawing a picture
3. Have a go at solving the problem with your group
4. Share your thinking with other groups 

Mrs O'Shea was so proud of our first attempt at problem solving. Here are some photos of us in action!



Remember - Our Zoo trip is next week on Wednesday 1 August. Children will need to bring a healthy lunch and snacks, a drink bottle filled with water only, a rain jacket and comfortable shoes for walking. We are looking forward to a very fun day!

Sunday, 24 June 2018

Honey Sandwiches in Room 15!




We have worked so hard this term on our 'Honey' production and we have done lots of learning about bees. As a special treat we got to make honey sandwiches this afternoon. We chose a buddy and followed these steps:


1. Wash your hands
2. Use a knife to spread the butter on to the piece of bread
3. Spread the honey on to the bread too
4. Put the lid on top of the sandwich
5. Cut your sandwich in half with a knife
6. Your partner can eat one half, and you eat the other half!

After making and eating our honey sandwiches we did some writing about it. Here are some examples of writing...




Matariki Celebrations

During the week we celebrated Matariki in different ways. We shared kai with Room 11. We made stars and did writing about Matariki to go with them. We made a class korowai that we shared with our school during the Matariki assembly.