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
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 Ff. 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 Ff
that we might like.
How many Ff words can you see and hear in these You Tube Clips Room One?
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 Ll. 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.
How many Ll words can you see and hear in this You Tube Clip Room One?
