Three Lunch Box Heroes

 This week Room 16 had three lunch box heroes who know what they need to have in their lunch box to have a healthy lunch.    For their rewards Meria chose some crackers and cheese, Elevina a tin of fruit salad and Elena chose a pineapple.  I hope you enjoyed your rewards with your whanau.

 

Team One Assembly

Today being Thursday, it was certificate day in Team One.  It is hard to just pick two children to receive a certificate when everyone has been working extra hard but this week it was Elena and Pauliasi who received a certificate.

 

Three Lunchbox Heroes

Last week Room 16 had three representatives with their names pulled out of the lunchbox heroes box of names.  Meria got some baked beans, Bavin got a coconut and Elena got a bunch of bananas.  I hope you managed to share your goodies with your families.

More Maths Measuring

When we wanted to find out who was the tallest person in our class we just compared our heights.  So when we wanted to find out who had the longest name in our class so we wrote our names on a piece of paper then tried to compare them but we found a problem.  Some people wrote in lovely big letters and some had small writing.  This made a long name look small and a small name look big.  What could we do to make a comparison seem equal?  Then someone remembered that to measure two things, the units of measurement need to be the same - if we all wrote in the same size squares then we could count the squares.  It didn't matter if the writing was big or small!  Rataimore had the longest name as she needed 9 squares to write her name.

Bavin pointing out some names looked big and some looked small

Elena counting squares to see who had the longest name

Thank You Genesis!

At Assembly last Friday Cruze and Elena got a surprise gift. Mr Burt was handing out caps and t shirts from Genesis and Cruze was lucky enough to get a cap and Elena got a lovely orange t shirt.  Thank you Genesis for your generous gifts.

Animal Yoga Poses

As part of our Engage programme we have been doing some animal yoga poses.  We found if we did our breathing exercises first to get ourselves feeling calm then it was much easier to stand on one leg like a flamingo.  Also if we focused on something that didn't move but looked straight ahead it was so much easier to balance.

Olivia hung upside down like a bat

Rataimore found standing like a flamingo was easy

Elena used her "outstretched wings" for balance

Our Volcano Stories

Bavin with his great story of how the lava cascaded down the mountain

Attah's volcano story

Rataimore drew lots of rocks and wrote about them in her story

Elena wrote about the lava bubbling out of their volcano

Team Assembly Certificate Day

We are finally back to having team assemblies again!  It was nice having Thursday certificates again to reward the children who have been working hard in class.  It is always hard to decide who to give certificates to when everyone is working so hard but Ms Hockly says - just two!  This week Bavin has been planning his stories and trying to use his letter sounds to write words that he doesn't know.  Elena has done some exceptional work in Maths.  When I tested her she really thought hard before answering and in class discussions she was able to add more information and help other people see why she thought an answer was a better one.  Well done for your hard work this week Bavin and Elena.

Bavin second from the left and Elena third from the left holding their Team Assembly certificates

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

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.

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.

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.

Elena's Writing

Elena has been doing lots of story writing as well as learning to write her numbers.  I wonder where you managed to find your Easter Eggs on your Easter Hunt.  Did you have to look really hard for them?  You have drawn a beautiful picture of a rabbit in your other story.  You have added lots of detail and made him look lovely and fluffy.  Great work Elena.

Elena's Home Learning

Elena has been keen to keep learning during the lockdown.  Her Mum has sent me some pictures of her learning and a video of Elena saying our school karakia and doing maths.  Keep up the good work Elena - I like the way you have also been doing a picture about your work too.

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Subitizing Dot Patterns

Playing a dice game was a fun introduction to learning about subitizing.  Subitizing is being able to tell the number in a set quickly without counting.  We know that 3 dots diagonally across a dice is the pattern for the number 3 and 3 dots in two rows is the number 6.  In our game we had to place coloured counters over the same amount of dots on a picture as was shown on the dice. 

Attah and Chad checking what was on the dice and how many counters were added.

Joelle and Elena checking the number of counters they have added

Friday Fun Activities

Having fun with friends is something we miss at the moment while we are in lockdown but we can still enjoy looking at pictures of us doing things together.

Bavin and Taylor making a city with the blocks

Cruze, Samson, Taylor and Attah enjoying building a railway line

Elena and Carnita playing with the railway

Kei Te Pehea Koe?

In our last te Reo lesson we were learning how to answer the question -

Whaea Maryanne said we were all - HARIKOA which means happy.

Elena with her lovely smile shows us she is harikoa.

Here are some other responses we learned that you might be able to practise with your whanau.

Manahau (excited), Pouri (sad), Ngenge (tired) or ohorere (surprised).

Practising asking and answering a question with a buddy

"We have the magic!"

We have been practising using different tools on our iPads.  The children were very excited to use the shapes tools as they saw the shapes appear as if by magic.  Some found it tricky not to let go of the shape but to "draw it out" with their fingers.  I kept assuring them they too had magic fingers and if they kept trying, the shapes would appear.  Soon there was two excited voices saying they had the magic!  I liked the way they kept on trying even though it was tricky to start with.

Elena (on the left) and Taylor succeeded to draw shapes.

Another New Buddy for Room 16

Elena started in Room 16 this week.  She has already made friends and she likes joining in all the class activities.  Welcome to Pt England, Elena.