For the last two weeks we have been working on patterns. Miss Collins noticed on our school entry testing that many of us found reading and making patterns a little tricky. So Miss Philp, Mrs Tizzard and Miss Collins planned some Math lessons around patterns to help us learn more about patterns.
We have created patterns, looked at patterns and discussed what comes next, shared patterns and described to others how to make patterns. Some our learning about patterns has even been artwork! We are enjoying learning about patterns.
We watched the Very Hungry Caterpillar on You Tube and then we make our own Hungry Caterpillar patterns using paint and pompoms. It was lots of fun and it made us think!
The pompom and paint ready to go!
We had to dip the pompom in the paint carefully and think about what came next and where our pattern repeated itself.
We made two caterpillars. Miss Collins is going to put these on the wall once we have drawn legs on them.
For the last two weeks we have been working on patterns. Miss Collins noticed on our school entry testing that many of us found reading and making patterns a little tricky. So Miss Philp, Mrs Tizzard and Miss Collins planned some Math lessons around patterns to help us learn more about patterns.
We have created patterns, looked at patterns and discussed what comes next, shared patterns and described to others how to make patterns. Some our learning about patterns has even been artwork! We are enjoying learning about patterns.
We made pattern necklaces using Fruitloops with Mrs Ellis. It was a little tricky thread them on! We took them home to eat for afternoon tea.
Each week we focus on a letter to learn, read and write about. We do this through phonics, singing, reading stories, handwriting, alphabet activities, letter writing, playdough, Language Experience, make and do and lots of other things.
This week we are learning about the letter Zz. We will learn its name, its sound, how to write and recognise it and about some things that begin with this letter.
The teachers love planning exciting learning experiences to help us learn our letters.
At the moment we LOVE alphabet songs so Miss Collins has posted a couple about the letter Zz that we might like.
People in America say the letter Zz differently to us. They say zee instead of zed. It is good for us to learn this in case we travel the world!
How many Zz words can you see and hear in these You Tube Clips Room One?
Here is NEW clip where they visit the Zoo looking for zebras but find lots of other animals which start with other letters.
On Friday 26th June we had a Mufti Day for Kidscan. We brought along a gold coin donation to give to Kidscan. It was great to be able to give some money to Kidscan as they help our school a lot! Miss Collins drew the logo on the concrete for us to put our money on.
Room One is their Mufti. We liked wearing our own clothes to school.
The logo with the money on it that Miss Collins drew.
Each week we focus on a letter to learn, read and write about. We do this through phonics, singing, reading stories, handwriting, alphabet activities, letter writing, playdough, Language Experience, make and do and lots of other things.
This week we are learning about the letter Jj. We will learn its name, its sound, how to write and recognise it and about some things that begin with this letter.
The teachers love planning exciting learning experiences to help us learn our letters.
At the moment we LOVE alphabet songs so Miss Collins has posted a couple about the letter Jj that we might like.
How many Jj words can you see and hear in these You Tube Clips Room One?
Here is NEW clip where you have to find the things that start with Jj. In this video the capital letter looks a little different to how we write it but it is good to get used to seeing how some people write the letter J.
Today we learnt how to tint blue with black to make a Matariki night sky. First we painted a line of blue and then we gradually added a little black to the blue so that we ended up with black at the other side of the page.
It was a little tricky and harder than what we thought. We had to persist at what we were doing and sometimes we had to fix up our mistakes. It was fun trying something new and taking risks with our learning. Something we noticed was that the black paint made the blue paint go a little greenish.
We enjoyed learning to tint a colour.
The next step is for us to add some stars to the night sky and a city scape.
Watch this space for these Matariki inspired artworks!
As part of our inquiry around Forces we have been making milk carton cars. We had to work in groups to design a milk carton car. Miss Collins gave us a choice of wheels and each groups chose something different to use for wheels. We found we had to do some troubleshooting as some of the ideas we had didn't work.
Once we had made our cars we got to decorate them with stickers and markers.
We enjoyed this part! Don't our cars look cool! Miss Collins thought one looked like a bug! Can you work out which one?
Our next step is to work out how to force them along. We have watched some videos where they used balloons. We are thinking that this could be a good idea! Our next step is to attach the balloon some how and do some testing with our cars.
Miss Collins has put them away somewhere safe as it is tempting to play with them and we don't want them getting broken! We are looking forward to racing them.
Each week we focus on a letter to learn, read and write about. We do this through phonics, singing, reading stories, handwriting, alphabet activities, letter writing, playdough, Language Experience, make and do and lots of other things.
This week we are learning about the letter Bb. We will learn its name, its sound, how to write and recognise it and about some things that begin with this letter.
The teachers love planning exciting learning experiences to help us learn our letters.
At the moment we LOVE alphabet songs so Miss Collins has posted a couple about the letter Bb that we might like.
How many Bb words can you see and hear in these You Tube Clips Room One?
This week Room One and Two are focusing on learning about Matariki with our tamariki. We will be reading and writing about Matariki, planting some kai and creating some Matariki inspired art works.
Here are some videos to help learn more about a Matariki so we can 'Be A Learner'
Here is some information about Matariki...
Matariki is the Māori name for the constellation of stars that are often known in other cultures
as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters.
Matariki may be translated as mata riki – tiny eyes, or as
mata Ariki – eyes of God. These eyes are thought to watch over the land and it’s people.
Matariki, this small but distinctive star cluster, is visible from Aotearoa (New Zealand)
dropping below the horizon in April and reappearing in June.
The rise of the star cluster in
June heralds the beginning of the New Year according to the Māori lunar calendar, and
indicates a change in season, into the colder winter months. It is a time for seasonal
celebration.
There are many Māori beliefs regarding Matariki in relation to its cultural significance.
Some
iwi believe Matariki is a mother surrounded by her six daughters. Matariki was used as a
navigational star.
It was also thought to herald what the new year might have in store, as its
physical appearance when it arose was thought to signify whether or not the following year
would be prosperous.
Traditionally by the time of the ascension of Matariki, food crops had been harvested and the
storehouses would be well stocked. Hākari or feasts were common. Other food gathering
activities would cease.
Communities would be able to participate in celebrations with a focus
on activities related to learning and the arts, with weaving, singing and performing, wānanga
and the learning of whakapapa being some examples.
Nowadays Matariki has become a time
to celebrate the revitalisation and resurgence of Te Reo Māori and other traditional Māori
knowledge.
Matariki was also an important time to mourn and remember those who had passed away.
The yearly reappearance of Matariki signifies a time to prepare, to share ideas, to remember
the past and celebrate the future.
Matariki can be a time of change, and growth. During
Matariki we acknowledge what we have and what we have to give. Matariki celebrates the
diversity of life. It's a celebration of culture, language, spirit and people, of our past, present
and looking to the future.
What begins with Ff? Fabulous Finger Fairy Bread does!
This week as part of Language Experience Room One and two made Fairy Bread Fingers. For many of us it was our first time making Fairy Bread. We discovered it was crunchy, easy to make and a nice treat. While we waited to cut out our fingers and spread the margarine we illustrated the instructions on how to make Fairy Bread and illustrated the instructions. We all enjoyed it and we have written stories about making Fairy Bread which are on our classroom wall. Come and visit Room One to read our super stories!
Cody with his Fairy Bread
Lupe with her instructions
Micheal and Mualijcia working on their instructions
Lorenzo and Izzan spreading the margarine on their Fairy Bread
Miss Philp helping Izzan spread his bread
Izzan with his finished Fairy Bread
Mrs Tizzard helping Micheal make his Fairy Bread Fingers with a hand shaped cookie cutter
As part of our Painting we have been learning to mix primary colours together to make secondary colours. Miss Collins gave us a blank fish and we had to paint the head starting with yellow and then add a little bit of red each time until we reached the tail which had to be red.
So far we have learnt that...
RED + YELLOW = ORANGE
and
BLUE + YELLOW = GREEN
Here are some photos of use learning how to hold a paintbrush like a pencil, add a little of another colour and how to correctly apply paint onto paper. We were painting superstars!
Here is Lucas adding red to his yellow.
Cody is holding his paintbrush like a pencil.
Mualijcia is trying to add more yellow to her red to make it lighter.
Lupe is taking care with her painting and is painting each fish scale.
Micheal took care with his work.
Lorenzo held his paintbrush like a pencil.
Tredestiny is taking care with her work.
Lupe carefully dipping her paintbrush in the paint.
Today we started thinking about our Inquiry Celebration. Miss Collins told us about what we were going to do and we had lots of ideas! First we got into groups and we shared our ideas. Miss Collins introduced the concept of different kinds of wheels and each groups chose different wheels to try. Here are some photos of what we did today.
Our groups we are working in...
Izzan, Cody and Lorenzo working on their cotton reel wheels
Sasha and Lupe working on their cork wheels
Micheal, Lucas and Nikora working on their bottle top wheels
Mualijcia and Tredestiny thinking about their cardboard wheels
Working together to make our car move
Cody, Izzan and Lorenzo working together to make our car move
Helping each other!
Troubleshooting!
We had lots of things to try and use
We had to do some problem solving because some of the things we tried didn't work!
Putting wheels on the axel
We had to think about how we could make a hole in to bottle tops!
Mr Woods helped us with a nail and Miss Collins had a small hammer
