T for Toast

We made tasty toast for our letter of the week cooking. We wrote about it! We loved making the toast and eating it! T for Toast on PhotoPeach

T for Teddy Bears

T for Teddy Bears! on PhotoPeach Our letter of the week is Tt. We invited our Teddy Bears to school to have a Teddy Bear's Picnic. Our Teddies were fantastic and so well behaved! It was great sharing the day with them

F for Fairy Bread

Our letter of the week is F. We have been learning so much about the letter F and the sound it makes. We made Fairy Bread this week. We had to spread the butter on the bread, put the sprinkles on and then eat the delicious Fairy Bread. We wrote about making Fairy Bread! F for Fairy Bread on PhotoPeach

Life Cycle Posters

As part of our Inquiry on Insects we were learning about the Life Cycle of a Monarch Butterfly. For most of the term we have been busy writing and making these amazing Life Cycle Posters. We are really proud of our work! Life Cycle Posters on PhotoPeach

Mrs Wishy Washy

As part of our Shared Reading we have been reading lots of books about Mrs Wishy Washy. As well as reading about Mrs Wishy Washy we have been writing about her, painting her and her animals! Ms Reid is happy that we have moved back into Room 4 so she can display our amazing work! Mrs Wishy Washy on PhotoPeach

Insect Day

To celebrate the end of our Unit of Inquiry the Junior Syndicate had a celebration of Learning. We had to dress up as an insect! We all shared our amazing learning, sang songs, the teachers read stories, had a parade and the best shared lunch ever!! Our families came and it was AWESOME! Insect Day on PhotoPeach

Presenting our student of the term -Kaia!

At our final assembly today we had the Student of the Term certificates. Kaia received the Room 4 Student of the Term. Kaia has had an amazing term. Kaia has worked so hard especially with her Reading and Writing. Kaia is always really responsible and helpful. Kaia is always showing the Golden Rules. Ms Reid can rely on her to do lots of jobs. Well done Kaia. It is great having you in our cool class.

Look! Our butterfly hatched!

What a great start to our last week at school for the term. We all came to school to see our butterfly hatching from the Chrysalis. We were so excited. It is a girl butterfly because it does not have dots on its lower wings! Butterfly Fact! The male has two black dots on its lower wings and the female has thicker black vein lines. The male is usually larger as well.

I for Ice Cream

Our letter of the week was I. We made Joy Cowley's banana and chocolate chip ice cream! It was so delicious! We worked as a team to make the ice cream! Yum! I for ice cream on PhotoPeach

Curious Charlie came back!

Last week when Curious Charlie went home with Tenisha. He was a bit naughty and went off on his own adventure. He stayed on the bus instead of getting off with Tenisha. We were so worried!! On Friday he came back to school on the Valley Flyer with Saniti the bus driver. We were so happy that he has come back! He really is Curious. What do you think he did last week?

A Chrysalis

Finally Jake Junior our Caterpillar turned into a Chrysalis. Hopefully a butterfly will emerge before the school holidays.

Bumble Bee Labelled Diagrams

Our big book was Bumble Bee we made these labelled diagrams of a bumble bee. Labelled Diagrams on PhotoPeach

ROOM 8 @ AUROA : Ten Apples Up On Top song in the style of Jason Mr...

ROOM 8 @ AUROA : Ten Apples Up On Top song in the style of Jason Mr...





One of our Quad Blogging Friends had this cool link on their page. We read Ten Apples on Top earlier in the term when our Number of the week was 10. This is very cool and a great way to learn about the numbers from 1 to 10!

ROOM 8 @ AUROA : Ten Apples Up On Top song in the style of Jason Mr...

ROOM 8 @ AUROA : Ten Apples Up On Top song in the style of Jason Mr...





One of our Quad Blogging Friends had this cool link on their page. We read Ten Apples on Top earlier in the term when our Number of the week was 10. This is very cool and a great way to learn about the numbers from 1 to 10!

Social Skills Assembly

Each week at Konini Primary School we have a Social Skills Assembly. Each week a different class presents a Social Skill for the School to focus on. This week it was Room 4's turn. Our social skill was Working Hard. This is also one of our Golden Rules and something Room 4 does really well! We had to speak in front of the whole school. We took our lines home to learn, we had to speak clearly and confidently on the Microphone in front of the whole school. Social Skills Assembly on PhotoPeach

Guided Reading

We are doing some amazing reading. We know our routines and we are working so hard! All our hard work is paying off! Look at what happens at reading time in Room 4. Guided Reading on PhotoPeach

Life Education

We had Jo and the Life Education bus come and visit us. We did so much learning about Healthy Eating and eating a variety of foods! Life Education on PhotoPeach

Physical Literacy

For the past four weeks Hayden. Natty and Brendan have been coming with their special balls to teach us lots of different ball skills. We are so good at dodging, bouncing, stopping, starting, jumping and so much more!!!

G for Gingerbread Men

Our letter of the week was Gg. Our big book was The Gingerbread Man. Can you find the letter g in the title of the book? Luckily for us our Gingerbread Men didn't run away! G for Gingerbread on PhotoPeach

Shared Reading

This week our Big Book was I can write! We wrote everywhere this week! Look at all the ways we can write. Can you try any of these ways at home! I can write! on PhotoPeach

Whole Body Listening

This week our Golden Rule is listening to other. So this week we talked about Whole Body Listening. Whole Body listening is * eyes are looking *brain is thinking * ears are listening *mouth is quiet * feet are down and still * hands are down and still . We wrote these stories about good listening. Look at our pictures of us being good listeners! Whole Body Listening on PhotoPeach

Circle Time

In Room 4 we have Circle Time where we are learning the Golden Rules. There are Six Golden Rules. We listen to people, we do not interrupt. We are honest, we do not cover up the truth. We are kind and helpful. we do not hurt other people's feelings. We are gentle, we do not hurt anybody. We try to work hard, we do not waste time. We look after property, we do not waste or damage things. By following these six Golden Rules our classroom is a great place to be! Circle Time on PhotoPeach

We have moved classrooms!

Ms Reid got to school this morning and Mr Sainsbury said the builders are ready to go into your Room and start renovating your classroom. Thanks to Kim, Kylie, Lydean, Ellison and Mrs Keatley we moved our classroom into Room 9 by 11am! Our classroom is going to be like our caterpillars changing!!!! Look at it empty! What will it look like when it is finished?

E for Eclairs

Last week our letter of the week was E. Look what we made-yummy Eclairs!

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

We are learning about the Life Cycle of a Butterfly. Today we started to read The Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly. By Betty Brownlie. We found out that the Monarch Butterfly lays her eggs on the inside of the swan plant. The photo is a bit blurry!

We used our magnifying glass to look at our swan plant. We found an egg. We wrote about the butterfly laying her eggs. Aurelia wrote: I am a butterfly. I put eggs on leaves. Great ideas Aurelia!

What is an insect?

Here are our ideas about what is an insect?

Meet Jupiter

We found another baby caterpillar on our swan plant. We have called him Jupiter. What a cool name!

Finger Patterns

We are learning our finger patterns to 10. Today we matched the finger pattern to the number. Can you show your family how to make finger patterns?

Look who has come to our Classroom!

We have a new visitor in Room 4. It is Ruby our caterpillar. We are going to watch Ruby grow! What do you think is going to happen to Ruby?

Curious Charlie

Look who took Curious Charlie home this weekend! Bailey- you had a fantastic week. Curious Charlie noticed you doing so many amazing things!

Mentos Maths

Mentos Maths on PhotoPeach

D for dip

Delicious Dip on PhotoPeach

Swimming

Guess what! We all swam in the big pool today! We are such clever kids!!!

A for Apples

This week our letter of the week is Aa. We have been learning all about the letter A and the sounds it makes. Today for Language Experience we cut up apples, ate them and wrote about apples.

Swimming

Today the weather improved so we started our Swimming Lessons at Wainuiomata Pool. We were amazing and did lots of great swimming!

Big and little letters

We are learning all about letters. We are learning the difference between a big (Capital Letter) and a small letter . We watched this you tube clip about learning the difference between a big and little letter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WRATosTseM

In our Big Book this week we are going to be using the pointers to find Big and Little Letters!