Room 16's Lunch Box Hero

Rataimore was Room 16's lunch box hero this week.  She had her name drawn out and chose some yummy spaghetti.  I hope you enjoy it with your family, Rataimore.

Chad's Dog Story

Chad wrote "My dog is black and white."

Peyton's Tooth is Missing

Peyton came to school with a big smile - but something was missing.  There was a gap were a tooth should have been!  Peyton said her tooth had come out the night before and the Tooth Fairy had visited and left her some money

Peyton with a gap!

Bubbles

On our return to school we talked about our home bubbles that we had been in with our families.  We drew our families inside a bubble and made colourful edges.  When we were outside blowing bubbles we noticed the rainbow colours on the edges of the bubbles.  We also saw how the bubbles popped when they touched each other so we are now in our school bubbles staying spaced out and not touching each other.

Having fun blowing bubbles

Rataimore with her family bubble picture

Cruze showing the four people in his bubble.

Elevina and her rainbow bubble

Peyton colouring in the outside of her family bubble

Rataimore gently blowing bubbles

Back at School!

It was a very exciting day today as most of the children returned to school.  We are keeping safe by distancing ourselves in the classroom as well as outside.  The children have been very good at practising "My place, My space" while still having fun, seeing their friends and continuing their learning.  We had a fun day, today.

Distancing inside our class and everyone has their own things in a tote tray

Lining up outside the class on the orange marks

Samson knows how to cough into his elbow

Having fun outside in the sunshine with bubbles but still keeping our distance

More of Elena's Home Learning

Keep up the good work reading with your Mum, Elena

Elena has been busy with her home learning.  She has drawn a starfish after reading the book "Oscar's Starfish".  She has also read the book "T shirts from Nana" and wrote about her favourite pink T shirt with a watermelon on it.  I like your t shirt designs, Elena.

A starfish for Oscar and one for Elena

Reading Dinosaur Books

Cruze was lucky enough to have a dinosaur counting book at home to read while he was learning about dinosaurs.  Here he is enjoying reading it with his big brother.

Elena's Puppets

As well as making a wonderful book about Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Elena has been busy making puppets to be able to use when retelling the story.  Great work Elena.  You have done a great job following the instructions to make your beautiful bears.

Cruze's Dinosaur Fun

This week for home learning we had a Dinosaur theme.  I was pleased you managed to find some sun to be able to do the dinosaur shadow activity, Cruze.  Did you find that you had to do the activity quickly before the sun had moved?  That can be a bit tricky when the sun has moved before you have completed the drawing!  You have drawn a lovely dinosaur family as well.  Great work Cruze

The Sky is Falling: Immersion Assembly Term 2 2020

At the beginning of each term at Pt England School we have an immersion assembly to introduce the new Inquiry theme for the term.  The team one teachers usually make a funny movie - but how could we make a movie during lockdown?  Ms Hockly came up with a great plan.  Each teacher could film a bit of the movie at their own house and then we could film all of us in a goggle meet.  Ms Squires is very clever at putting all these bits of the movie together and so we were able to make a funny movie after all.

More of Eli's Home Learning

Eli joined one of our class hangouts and showed me some of the things he has been busy doing. As we have started to talk about volcanos Eli found a picture to colour in.  He made the erupting volcano look very realistic using lots of red for the lava.  Eli also showed me a picture of an elf that he coloured in and cut out.  Good work on the colouring Eli.  You are trying to get it a nice dark colour and you stayed in the lines.  Thank you for the picture.  Another thing Eli has been doing is practising riding his bike with no trainer wheels.  When we are back at school you will be able to ride a bike during the lunchtime with your friends.

Eli's volcano picture

An elf that Eli coloured in for me

Goldilocks and the Three Bears By Elena

One of our tasks last week was to make a book shaped like the Three Bears house and write a few sentences about Goldilocks and the Three Bears in it.  Elena was very proud to email me her wonderful book with illustrations on each page and so much writing.  You are like a real author, Elena.  Thank you for sharing it with me.

Eli's Home Learning

Eli has been on line again during the class and team one hangouts.  He showed me some of the things he has been busy doing.  His fish have got a new pretend big fish watching them swim as Eli drew them a new friend and put it behind the fish tank.  I also met Eli's dog on line and Eli's favourite toy.  He has been cooking and he showed me the recipe he used to make a berry smoothie.  It sounded yummy and healthy.  Great work, Eli.

Eli on the class hangout

Eli's smoothie recipe

Eli's favourite toy

Eli made a big fish to keep his fish company

Cruze Makes Some Puppets

Our home learning this week was based around the fairy story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  I made some suggestions on how to make the puppet characters and Cruze and his Mum got busy and made some wonderful puppets.  I really like the way Cruze gave his characters some accessories, adding some details to his bears - a tie, a bow and a bib.  You can easily see who the characters are.  Cruze also added details to his set to make it more realistic by adding a picture on the wall and a plant. Thanks to Cruze's Mum for helping Cruze make an amazing set and the puppets to help him retell the story.  Have you tried to add a different ending to the story?

Elena's Exercise Challenge

During this time of Lockdown when we can't play team sports, Ms Va'afusuaga set Pt England an exercise challenge to help keep us fit.  Elena took up the challenge to do the exercises and here is a video of Elena doing exercises to spell out her name.  What a great effort Elena.

Room 16's Swimming Lessons

Team One were very fortunate to have the opportunity of swimming lessons thanks to the swimming coaches at the Glen Innes Pools.  It all seems a long time ago now but I am sure you will enjoy remembering all the fun you had learning to swim with your friends.  Look at the huge smiles on your faces when you were having fun on the floating mattresses.

Cruze Continues His Home Learning

Cruze is continuing to learn at home.  He has been doing some maths, learning his numbers and subitising dot patterns to 20, learning his words, drawing pictures about the stories he has read, colouring and continuing to make tube crafts.  It is interesting to see what Cruze has been making out of cardboard tubes.  Keep up the fantastic learning, Cruze.  I look forward to seeing more of your learning in the coming week and sharing it on the blog.