Road Rules

What do you do when you cross the road safely?

Isabella's Bat Research

Isabella has been practising her reading and typing skills by reading a book about bats, then recording her facts on paper THEN publishing her work on the blog. Great learning Isabella.

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What   bats   look   like.

1. Bats   are  the  only     mammals    that     can    fly
2. Bats   have  five  toes on each of the feet    
3. Bats sleep all day and are awake at night.

Isabellas new New Zealand Flag

This is my New  Zealand   flag. The koru   grows  and   grows. They  are  a  fern   forest. The blue star is  for  New Zealand. The  red  stars  protect   the  blue  one.

Challenging Ourselves at Maths Time

Sam and Monty has been practising writing numbers up to 100.

 Isabella has been practising writing her numbers up to 20 on the i-pad.

 These children have been working on their goals before and after numbers up to 20.

 Alex and Joe are so proud of completing the basic facts challenge board. 

Look at the lovely formation of Summer's numbers.  We can see she is proud of her work.

Retelling Stories

We have been learning to retell a story. We have to remember how the story starts, what the problem is in the story, how the story ends and all the details inbetween. Its great for thinking about sequencing, comprehension and talking about text. We take turns sharing our stories with a buddy then they get to tell their buddy their story. Awesome respect and listening skills developing on both sides.

These boys have been talking about treasure from this awesome big book. Great skills in taking turns, investigating language and exploring text together.

Isabella's Autumn Poem

Autumn Leaves

Gold   leaves     

Dry   leaves

Crunchy leaves

Brown leaves

Crumbly leaves

Leaves singing in the trees

by Isabella Saunders King (5)

I can hear the ocean!

Isabella and Ayla discovered that they could hear the ocean in the shells.  They shared their discovery at our reflection time and we had a very interesting discussion on how that could be.  The children thought:

• there might be water in there 
• it's because there is sand in there
• it is because they are from the ocean

See if you can find out why we can hear a sound like the ocean in a shell we hold to our ear.

Kite Flying

One of our Pataitai Stations is investigating flying and flight. Isabella is drawing a kite shape which she cut out, attached string and took outside for a test flight. She was very proud of her investigating today.

Words on my own

Our community read the Big Book called T-shirts. We thought it would be a fun way to practice writing new words all by ourselves. We coloured in our t-shirts and wrote as many words as we could on it. Isabella is very proud of how many words she can do independently and the colouring of her T-shirt. Well done Isabella.

Jessie in the travel agency

Jessie was very busy in the travel agency showing William on the globe where the North Pole was and then making her passport to go Dunedin.  Cody, Isabella, Sophie and William were working hard in the office.

Technology at its best

Ryan storytelling on the interactive whiteboard

Isabella learning her word wall words

Technology plays a vital role in Pod 2. It allows self directed learning without the assistance of a teacher. They can learn whenever they need or want to in a fun and interactive way. Although these children are working alone, many children become the experts who teach other children. Many children work together to problem solve, try new things, learn to navigate around sites and apps in a safe environment. Technology provides us with another teacher in the classroom to support our teaching and extend thinking. The potential and dimensions technology provides us is unlimited and endless.  The children are very proud of their learning that they achieve even without a teacher.

Drama in Pod 2

It's amazing what can happen when you put a costume on!

You shine William!

Hello?

A phone is a very powerful tool for developing oral language skills. Isabella has had a great conversation on the phone in our performing space as she explores drama, role play and developing her language skills for communicating.

Art or Maths???

These super duper learners cut straws to different lengths and put them together to make a tree shape on a card. They wrote a message inside to give to their Valentine. 

Awesome measuring skills girls.