Being Respectful, Being A Learner, Being Responsible = Good As Gold

Here is Room One's Gold Award Winner for August! 

 Congratulations Nikora, you are as 'Good As Gold!"

You are Responsible, Respectful and A Learner!  

We love having you in Room One! 

Koia kei a koe - Well done, you!  

Being A Learner: Room One's Letter of the Week is... Aa

Room One's Letter of the Week is... Aa

We have learnt all of the letters of the alphabet and are back at the beginning.  We use the Jolly Phonics order to teach our letters.  So we don't teach the letters/sounds A, B, C etc.  The order we use is... 

s, a, t, i, p, n
ck, e, h, r, m, d
g, o, u, l, f, b
ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or
z, w, ng, v, oo(book), oo (moon)
y, x, ch, sh, th

We use this order so that we can learn to quickly write small words like sat, sit, pit, pin, tin etc.  Each child has a sounds booklet to practice at home.  We also use this video clip at school each day to help us.  

 

Each week we focus on a letter/sound to learn, read and write about.  We do this through phonics, singing, reading stories, handwriting, alphabet activities, letter writing, play dough, Language Experience, make and do and lots of other things.

This week for Language Experience we are making something beginning with Aa.  Can you think of something that begins with Aa.  

This week we are learning about the letter Aa.    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 of videos/songs about the letter Aa that we might like.  

How many Aa words can you see and hear in these You Tube Clips Room One?

Being A Learner, Being Respectful and Responsible: Discovery Time Term 3, Week 3

Each Friday we have Discovery Time.  It is our favourite time of the week.  Here are some photos of some of the people in Room One having a great time.  We practise taking risks, taking turns, making choices around our learning, making new friends, working with different people, our school values and lots of other things!  

Rahnui is 6 Today! Happy Birthday Rahnui!

Today Rahnui turned 6.  She is an extra special member of Room One and has spent some extra time with Room One settling into school.  Unfortunately, Rahnui has been been unwell over the last week which has meant she has had to spend her birthday in hospital.  Miss Collins went and visited her today in hospital and wished her a 'Happy 6th Birthday'.  

Rahnui has lots of tubes to her her breathe and to monitor her heart which looks a little scary but they are just helping her while her chest is weak.  Miss Collins played some Maori waiata that Rahnui likes to listen to and she smiled.  She also like hearing Miss Collins' voice as Rahnui's hearing is very good.    Rahnui's Mum said it is the first smile she has had for a week.  We think it is a sign that she is starting to feel better!  

Rahnui is beginning to feel better and we look forward to her return to school so we can pass on our birthday wishes.  Her Mum and Nannie are doing a wonderful job of looking after her with the doctors and nurses.    

Here is a Happy Birthday song from all of us.  

Being A Learner: Room One's Letter of the Week is... Xx

Room One's Letter of the Week is... Xx

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, play dough, Language Experience, make and do and lots of other things.

This week for Language Experience we are making something beginning with Xx.  Can you think of something that begins with Xx?

This week we are learning about the letter Xx.  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 of videos/songs about the letter Xx that we might like.  

How many Xx words can you see and hear in these You Tube Clips Room One?

Being A Learner: Learning About 2D Shapes

For the past two weeks, we have been learning about 2D shapes.  We have been learning their names and what makes them special like the number of sides or faces.   Our learning has been done in different ways like creative activities (check out our dinosaurs), through learning outside and hands on practical activities.  

Here are some videos to help us with our learning.  

Being A Learner: Room One's Letter of the Week is... Yy

Room One's Letter of the Week is... Yy

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, play dough, Language Experience, make and do and lots of other things.

This week for Language Experience we are making something beginning with Yy.  

This week we are learning about the letter Yy.  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 of videos/songs about the letter Yy that we might like.  

How many Yy words can you see and hear in these You Tube Clips Room One?