Library time

Lunchboxes

We are finding that with the colder weather and the students growing so quickly they are eating lots! Please make sure you pack plenty of food for morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea.

A Noisy Planet

Today we have been learning all about the different parts of the ear and how we can look after our ears. Below is a website, you may like to look at, with lots of information about protecting your child's hearing. 

http://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/Pages/Default.aspx

Notebooks

Good afternoon parents,

We have noticed a large amount of notebooks that are not being signed each day. Please read the reader with your child every night and then sign their notebook. It indicates to us who is completing their reading homework. It is really important for your child to read their book every day. It helps confirm the days learning with them. If you have any questions about how you can support your child reading at home or concerns please come and see us. Happy reading.

Thanks, Dana and Jaimee

How does the ear work?

As part of our topic " What can the ear hear?" we learnt about the how the ear works. We watched the following video and discussed how our ear hears and how to keep our ears safe. Tomorrow we are learning about sound waves and painting sound scape pictures stay tuned!

Maori Language Week

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa. Greetings to you all.

This week is Te Wiki o te Reo Māori /Māori Language Week!  

 

In honour of Maori language week we will be using Maori commands and greeting in the classroom.

 

 

This afternoon to link in with our topic " What the ear can hear" we learnt about the action and word takahi, which means stomping. We learnt that the stomping of the legs is representing becoming one with the papatuanuku, the land. The aim of today was for the children to learn the correct way to sway and takahi in time to the music. An interesting fact, the takahi can differ between the tribes. To watch takahi occurring we watched videos of the All Blacks performing the haka. The boys in the class loved the experience, we practised stomping with the correct leg and correct hand position on our hips. If you would like to practise at home or for your child to show you please use watch the video below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Milk drinking

We loved drinking our Anchor milk today, milks in school is offered to all students. If you don't want your child to drink the milk please let us know. 

End of week 1

So the first week of term 3 has come to an end and we have had a really great week. The class have settled into their new environment and routines. Here are some photos taken over this week! Have a lovely weekend. 

Painting from listening to the Jupiter song 

What Can The Ear Hear?

This term we are learning about what the ear can hear. For maths today, we predicted what sounds we might hear outside then we lay outside and closed our eyes and listened to the noises around us. We then went back to class and created tally charts of the different sounds we heard. 

Ap word ending

PThis week we have been learning all about the word ending -ap. to help with our learning we learnt a clapping game as clap has an ap. All the children will love to show you the game, at the end to be the winner you had to use your hands as a trap! 

Music and art

This term our topic is " What does the ear hear?"

Part of this topic we will be listening to different types of music. This afternoon we listened to this piece of music called Jupiter by Gustav Holst, the children all listened to the piece of music and then discussed how the music made them feel. We danced and moved to the music to how it made us feel. We then painted pictures to relate to how we felt about the music. The children thought the music sounded like the following

A queen arriving , people getting married, a ballet, people dancing outside, a carriage arriving at a castle, stars at night, a war and star wars. Have a listen to the music and talk with your child about how it makes you feel.

 

 

 

 

Term three

Hello parents,

Welcome back after the holidays. It has been really lovely seeing the children again and all of us settling back into school and our new learning enviroment. The children have loved using the new spaces over the last two days here are some photos! 

We are very fortunate to be able to teach in these two new modern learning environments. We understand it's not a conventional classroom in its layout and we understand if you want to know about our teaching program in these spaces or have any questions please don't hesitate to come and talk to us or email.

Matariki performance

Wow what an a acting performance about Matariki. 

New classroom

Good eveing parents,

Today you should have all received a letter to inform you that our class will be moving into a different classroom next term. The room change is due to the increasing role growth in the school and our class is needed by the current new entrant  students Jaimee and I will still be your child's teacher and we are really excited about the new modern learning environment we will working in for the rest of the year . If you have any questions or would like to see the new classrooms please let us know as we are happy to show you where we will be next term. It's an exciting space to be teaching in and today the class got to explore the rooms and were thrilled. Here are some photos. 

Cultural Shared Lunch

Today we had a cultural shared lunch to celebrate Matariki. Each child brought in a plate of food from their culture to share with the class. We had a variety of different food including samosas, rotoitis, muffins, sushi, banana donuts, pita and humus, and biscuits. Thank you to all the parents who brought in food from your culture, it was delicious!