Junior Carnival Day!

What a great way to end the school year with our Junior Carnival Day - complete with Mr. Whippy and Santa Claus himself!  Wishing all of our students the best of summer holidays.  Stay safe and have fun! :) See you in 2019.

Art Walk Ready!

There's been lots of productive monkey-ing around this term... and we're now ready for the School Art Walk!

Athletics Day Fun

It was so much fun to participate in our Athletics Day Event with the whole school - and finally getting to put into practise all the training we've been doing for weeks to get ready.  And what a treat is was to watch our whanau, teachers, and students compete in a race!

Manaiakalani Film Festival

What an exciting day getting to see ourselves on the Silver Screen at the Manaiakalani Film Festival at Sylvia Park!  It was amazing to see all the cool movies that the classes have made.  Well done to Maddison and Masen for presenting Room 13/14's movie on stage.  Thanks to all the Year 6's that were our buddies for the day too! :)

Explore Walk

Since Spring has now sprung... Rooms 13 and 14 decided to take a walk today to see the different plants and trees around our school, as well as collect nature items for our classrooms.  Looking forward to the creations our students will come up with using them during explore play time!

Te Wa Toi !

This term the focus is on Art... and we're already getting started...

Zoo Trip with Team 1

We started the term with an amazing trip to the zoo with all of Team 1.  What a fabulous way to begin our term - having the chance to see animals up close as we begin our Inquiry... and Miss Mason got introduced to the capybara!  I'm excited to see the discussions, writing, and artwork that comes out of taking a closer look into the lives of animals on our planet! 

Te Ao Maori

Learning to use the poi in Te Ao Maori with Whaea Francis!

Celery... Fish!

We thought we'd try painting with celery sticks to make rainbow-coloured scales on fish.... they turned out pretty neat!

Veggies and Art

After looking at the different vegetables we eat at home, we talked and wrote about what they look and feel like. We had a lot to say! We then experimented with using them as tools to paint with colourful dye to make our own unique and individual pieces!

Check out these kumara, celery, broccoli and cauliflower works of art...

Writing Our Names

Lately, we've been discovering new ways to practise writing our names... (plus, we love using whiteboard markers!)

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

We had loads of fun today with Rooms 14 and 15 as we practised and acted out The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  It was amazing to see the drawings and stories that came out of it in the writing books!

New Slippers

We love the new colourful slippers that were so kindly made for us in Rooms 13, 14 and 15. 
They're keeping our feet cozy and warm while we learn!

Roles in Math Problem Solving

We are learning to take on different roles during math to help our group find the solution 

to the math problem.

Learning to Draw Self-Portraits

Some of us from Room 13, 14, and 15 learned to draw the different parts of our body today. 
We loved adding details to our self-portraits too!

Baking with Numbers 1-10

Pretending to bake cookies... while getting familiar with ten frames and our numbers 1-10!

Meeting Harold the Giraffe

Room 13 had so much fun meeting Harold the Giraffe who taught us about the right foods to eat to

energise our bodies!  We also learned about the different food groups and ways to stay active.

 

Welcome to Room 13

It is lovely to have a blog to share our learning on. Watch this space and see what we have been up to.