Impromptu Play - The Three Little Pigs

A super duper group of learners put together a play of the three little pigs with no props or script. They were very clever in how they put the play together and organised themselves to perform so well to an audience. We are very proud of you all.

No wolves (or children) were harmed in the making of this video. 

Keeping Ourselves Safe Movies

We have been making movies of "How to keep safe crossing the road and driving."

Enjoy!!!

Recycled Costumes

We have a new station! Recycled clothing. Interestingly the boys loved this station making karate suits and pirate costumes. Awesome team work, creativity, problem solving, and end results boys! Tu meke learning.

Panda Research

Louie, Lucas and Harrison have been busy investigating Pandas.  Great teamwork and research skills boys!!!

Louie's Sport Lesson

Louie has been invstigating how to kick a soccert ball to hit the target all the time.
These are his tips for hitting the target every time.

1. Look at the target.
2. Lean forward
3. kick soft but hard enough to get the ball to the target
4. Kick with the inside of your foot
5. twist your shoulders in the direction away from the target.

WOW! What a day!!!!!

 Smiling faces everywhere from all children, instructors and parents.

It was so nice to see all the families having such a great day together.

All children were well behaved and enjoyed their lessons.

The weather was beautiful and snow was amazing.

Look forward to seeing more action next Thursday.

 Having fun with our instructor.

Monty and Louie proud  of their efforts.

Our Special Lamb Visit

Jazmine brought her very special pet lamb to school today. We were so excited we wrote some beautiful stories about her visit.


Today a curly lamb came to school. His two front legs were bent slightly and he limped. Lola

A lamb came into school. It was soft. I thought that when you feed it you didn't put your hand under its head. It is funny. Ethan

I could see a lamb and I didn't know that I could walk. But it use to not walk. It got injections in the bottom and now it can walk. Lucy

The lamb came into the classroom. The lamb walked into the classroom and had a drink and did a wee. Pisss! Louie

Reflections of Sir Edmund Hillary

This person is special – can you guess? He is Sir Edmund Hilary. He didn’t die climbing Mt Everest. He had a person from Nepal with him. Other people have died climbing Mt Everest. 

Abby

www.achievement.org 

Sir Edmund Hillary was the first person to climb Mt Everest. He is named Sir Edmund Hillary because he is special. You can’t climb Mt Everest without anything. You have to eat food, breathe and survive. Every breath is like burning fire. You must go with someone. At the top it is dangerous and cold. You have to be brave and sensible. Mt Everest is in Nepal. People live in the mountains but they do not live on Mt Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary put a flag on the top of Mt Everest to show that he was the first person to climb Mt Everest. You have to be a good climber to do that.

Lola

schofieldwatchcompany.com - 

Mount Everest is the biggest Mountain in the world. Sir Edmund Hillary was so proud of himself when he got to the top of the mountain and they celebrated. Sir Edmund Hillary was very brave. It took a long time and the mountain was very cold.

Taja.

www.opc.org.nz -

Sir Edmund Hillary is a climbing master. The Queen calls him Sir Edmund Hillary. He climbed Mount Everest. He’s dead now. He was the first one to climb Mount Everest. It is very cold up there. Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Mt Everest before I was born. 

Sebbie.

Mount Everest is the biggest mountain in the whole wide world. Sir Edmund Hilary had the right gear on to climb the mountain. But he died when he got old.

Kaya

Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Mt Everest because he wanted to be proud of himself. He was the first person to climb Mt Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary put a flag on top of the mountain. Nepal is a beautiful place. 

Louie

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.

Technology for Learning

Louie has been investigating laptops for learning. He really enjoys using the keyboard and mouse for his learning. Today he explored our class blog to see what the children have been learning about. There is also games for him to play that help his learning in maths and literacy. He really enjoys visiting a spelling program that we use that is fabulous for increasing reading and writing levels through games and activities. Great learning of new skills Louie. 

Wordle of Feelings

Today in reading we investigated feeling words. These are some of our ideas made into a wordle. Can you think of some more?