Week 8

 

Welcome to Week 8! 

This week we have the Project Jonah presentation on Thursday. This is in preparation for Green Week next week when we will be learning more about whales.

Photo Day is Wednesday - If you would like sibling photos taken please return the form before Wednesday.

Gold coin collection for St John's / Wheels Day - Any children taking part in Wheels Day this Friday are asked to bring a gold coin to donate to the St Johns Ambulance team.

A flyer has been sent home today with more details about each of these events. Please check your child's school bag.

Homework reminder - In Room 21 the only homework we have this term is Reading. Please check your child's school bag for the reading they have each night. After reading  to you for 10 minutes (minimum) they will need you to sign their reading log. 

Have a great week everyone!

Celebrating Book Week

 

Book Week

 It's Book Week this week!! Room 21 will be 

• learning about 3 NZ children's authors Margaret Mahy, Lynley Dodd and Joy Cowley. If you have any of their books that we could borrow for the week we would love to be able to read them.
• Stop, Drop and Read - sometime during each day this week we will stop what we are doing and read a book for 10 minutes.
• Dress up as a book character on Friday. We will be brainstorming ideas throughout the week. Comic book superheroes are most welcome!

Last week's happenings:

Congratulations go to Spencer and  Kalani-Rose for being kind and helpful towards your classmates and teachers. Congratulations also to Blessing for showing manawanuitanga by being persistent and not giving up when her learning tasks become challenging. Each child chose a Duffy Book and received a "Caught Being Good Certificate. Ka pai ō mahi!

We designed our very own superhero emblems then created them out of clay. What do you think of them?

 

Week 6

 

Welcome back to a few more of our classmates!! Our numbers are increasing, which is great to see.😀

For those children who are still learning from home you will find your tasks on our Puriri Whā Site. 

Tasks on the Puriri Whā Site to do are:

• Handwriting practise
• Writing - choose 1 activity a day
• Maths - Studyladder: Finish the statistics and basic facts pods
•             Matific: work on Adventure Island
•             Hit The Button: Practise basic facts to 10 first
• Reading - Not All Superheroes Wear Capes: Read a story then fill in a chart
•                Epic: remember to record the stories you have read in your reading log   

If you cannot access digital learning a paper pack has been prepared and delivered to you. Please contact the school if you have not received one. When you return to school bring the work you have completed in the paper pack for marking.

Today's Google Meet is at 1.45pm. 

Please wait for the link to be sent to you at 1.40pm.

Kia pai te wiki

“Anyone can be smart, you just have to work at it”

 Last week Room 21 discussed having a can do attitude, which is part of our Manawanuitanga value.

First the class watched a video about Growth Mindset and talked about what it means to have a "can do attitude". Next they watched a video on how to make the best paper plane. When asked if they could make the plane the responses ranged from "With some practise" ..... to "Maybe" ... to "No way!"

After watching the video again a few of the class were able to make their paper plane. They then decided that if those children who knew how to make the plane could show others then more children would have planes to fly. 

Here are the results:

We learned that with practise and some help from a friend 

we can do anything.  

Week 5

 

               Week 5 ... Halfway through Term 1 ...

We have two Google Meets planned for this week so children who are at home can join the rest of the class for some learning. The links to the Meets will be emailed to parents at 1.35pm.

       Monday 1.45pm - 2.15pm:  Reading lesson

                      Thursday 1.45 - 2.15pm: Reading lesson cont.

Learning at Home: Spend some time each day doing some school work.

All your digital learning is on the Puriri Whā site which you can find by clicking on the tab at the top of this blog.

Maths - Studyladder finish Statistics and Basic Facts, Matific Adventure Island, Hit the Button addition & subtraction.

Reading - T shaped literacy "Not All Heroes Wear Capes" (we will be focussing on this at our Google Meet today), Epic, Studyladder comprehension (you will find this in the Maths folder)

Writing - Handwriting practise and Writing Choice board tasks. Record this in your exercise book ready to show me when you return to school. 

 Kia pai te wiki!

Wheels Day #1

 What fun was had on Friday when we held our first Wheels Day for the year. Of the 9 children in our class, we had 5 bring their bikes and 3 bring their scooters. Watch out for our next Wheels Day later this term.

Glenfinnan Viaduct

 One of our classmates, Peter, has been living in Scotland since last year. Glenfinnan Viaduct is one of the many places he has visited while he has been away.

Google Meet

 Thank you to everyone who joined our Google Meet today especially Xavier, Sarah, Finley, Moin and Daanya. I was super impressed at how well everyone was able to join our meeting using the email link I sent out!

Today's meeting was all about Google Meet etiquette that Phil taught us about at last week's cybersmart lesson. Well done to Nevaeh for winning the Kahoot we played about Google Meet etiquette.

Our next Google Meet is Monday at 1.45pm. See you then!

LEARNING AT HOME