Room 7: Demolition Day!

What an exciting morning at school today! We watched part of the old Junior Block being demolished. 

    

Room 21: Insects

Last week Room 21 started the term learning about insects.  Our big book was called 'Stick Insects'.  We had many questions, such as where can stick insects be found, and what do they eat?  

On Tuesday we went on a nature trail and explored the school playground.  We were looking for good places to find stick insects.  We also collected different kinds of sticks to create our own stick insects in the classroom.

Room 7: Daffodil Day

Look at these very excited children from Room 7 getting ready for the Daffodil Day concert today. Many thanks to all those who were able to come to the concert and stay to enjoy the food and fun with the children.

Rambo the Lamb

In term 1 the Tui team had a visit from Mrs Rush's daughter Melissa, who is an SPCA animal inspector.  Today she sent us this video clip of a lamb called Rambo, who she rescued last week.

Room 7 in Today's NewsSheet

Look at some of the very cute learners from Room 7 in today's NewsSheet.  The photo was taken today while visiting the library.

Tui Speech Finalists

The Tui and Kereru speech finals were held yesterday. Congratulations to all the children who made it to the finals.

Special congratulations to:
Sasha Suleski from Room 8 - first place
Nate Cope from Room 21 - second place
Belle Zheng from Room 7 - third place

Room 7: 100 Days at School

This week we have been celebrating 100 days at school.

We had a 100 piece Lego challenge today - what a great thing to do on a rainy morning at school! Each group had 100 assorted pieces of Lego, and they worked together to construct one collaborative item out of their pieces.

The children shared their ideas, worked together, took turns, negotiated and problem-solved.  What a group of motivated, engaged learners Room 7 are!

Room 7: A Special Visitor

Today Room 7 had a very special visitor.  Mrs Bartlett bought her friend Bill in to see us. He is 91 years old! Bill had heard what a fabulous class we are and made us a wooden train - just like the one he made for his great-grandson. We had a lot of fun unwrapping each part and putting it together. Thank you Bill and Mrs Bartlett!

Room 21: Learning through Play

Room 21 really enjoyed their time in the play space in the old Kowhai block.

The children showed great communication and problem solving skills when they worked together to create fashion walkways, army huts, houses, and even a coffee shop! YUM

Tui Team: Book Week

We had such a good time during Book Week.  We enjoyed having our turn to show off our costumes at the parade, and watching the other fabulous dress-ups. Do you recognise the Tui teachers? 

Room 21: Grandparent's Day

Thanks to all the grandparents that visited Room 21 on Friday.  We hope that you had as much fun as we did.

Room 7: Play Based Learning

Room 7 took advantage of the empty space in the old Junior block for a play based learning experience today. The children problem solved, shared, co-operated, and used some amazing imaginative language during this time. They weren't keen to stop, even for brain food!

Room 21 Reading Buddies

The children in Room 21 enjoyed reading with their 'reading buddies'.

Room 7: Chicks at Northcote Kindergarten

Room 7 managed to dodge the rain this afternoon, and visited Northcote Kindergarten to see their newly hatched chicks. We got to see the egg that one of them came out of. Then we all had a turn at gently patting one of the chicks. They were so cute!

Room 7: Loose Parts

Room 7 was given some loose parts - small timber offcuts, cardboard tubes, wires, and cable reels. The children enjoyed working together, problem solving and creating.

Room 21: Maths Flowers

On Monday we created Maths flowers. We were given a milk bottle lid with a number on it and we had to cut the same amount of petals for our flowers. When our flowers were finished we placed them in order and practised counting forwards and backwards.

Room 21: Life Education

The Life Education bus was at school for the last two weeks. We learned that we are all VIPs. Harriett and Harold the giraffe told us that we are very special people and there is no one else in the world like us! We also talked about friendships and ways that we can stay safe and happy in the playground. 

Room 7's 'Gloop' Experience

This week Room 7 have been reading the shared book 'Mud Walk' by Joy Cowley. As a sensory and language experience today the children got to play with gloop, which is the nearest thing to mud we could make at school.  They enjoyed being able to squish, squash, squeeze and stretch!

Supporting Your Child at Home

Here's a link to the 'Supporting Your Child at Home' document published by the Ministry of Education, just in case you didn't get your copy in term one.  There are some useful ideas for the holidays.

Room 21's Pink Pigs

Room 21 read one of the 'Mrs Wishy-Washy' series of shared books. A pig was one of the characters in the story.  Room 21 made pink pigs using paper plates and egg cartons.  The children then described their pigs.  

Room 8's 'The Giant's Icecream'

Room 8 have been reading the shared book The Giant's Icecream. We problem solved about how to make a giant. After a lot of discussion the children decided to draw an outline, paint it, cut it and stuff it with newspaper. We love our giant!