Nelson the Baby Elephant

We have been learning about elephants and one of the books we read was "Nelson the Baby Elephant".  The children enjoyed this book and Kohatu and Teejay wrote stories about Nelson.

"Nelson is little.  He fell down because he had wobbly legs. "  By Kohatu

"Nelson is a small baby elephant with thick grey skin.  He comes from a big family who love him."  By Teejay

William's picture of an elephant family.

Teejay's elephant at the waterhole.

Working Hard at Reading Recovery

Kohatu has been working very hard with Mrs Stickland at Reading Recovery.  They made a book called "At the Playground."  Mrs Stickland took some photos and Kohatu wrote about the things he can do at the playground.

Kohatu with the book he wrote.

Great writing Kohatu and thank you for sharing it with us.




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Cross Country Running

Yesterday we finally had our annual cross country race.  It was rained off on Thursday so the children were ready to race.  In the year one boys race Najari came fourth and in the girls race Madison came second with Jade F fourth and Leigharna fifth but the children were all champions and kept running all the way around the muddy course.

"Yesterday we ran so fast because Mr Burt used the clappers to start our race.  We went around the field, through the gate, passed the horses and up to the finish line".  By Kohatu.

"Yesterday we had our cross country race.  We had lots of energy and I came fourth."  By Jade F

"At cross country we had a race on the field and it was muddy on top of the field.  We ran as fast as we could and we had so much fun.  All of the children sat down in a row behind a chair labelled year 1."  By Ryder

A Leopard is Flying

A picture of a leopard that looked as it he was flying motivated the children's writing and drawing this week.  Some thought he was like a flying super hero with his paws spread out while others thought he was scary.  Here are some examples of their sentences.

Jade F wrote - "The leopard has lots of energy.  He is like superman.  He is hungry and he likes meat."

Kohatu thought -  "The super hero leopard is flying to get some food."

William wrote - "The super hero leopard is strong and brave and he is tough."

Tevita thought he was like a running machine - "The lean mean leopard machine is happy to run in the sun."

Kyzel wrote - "The scary leopard is running through the green grass in the sun."

Teejay thought the leopard might have a different reason to run as cats don't like having baths.  He wrote,  "The scared leopard is running away from having a bath."

Ashley's picture of the leopard

Wacky Hair Day

Last Friday was Wheels and Wacky Hair Day.  Three members from Room 16 participated.  Kohatu had some green gel in his hair.  Sophie had her hair tied up in tails which had different colours sprayed on them and Kamryn said, "My Mum put gel and red spray on my hair to make it wacky."

Kohatu's Duffy Certificate

"I got a Clifford Book and a Duffy Certificate.  I like reading about Clifford."  By Kohatu

Well done Kohatu.   You are trying hard with your learning.  Class 16 enjoyed sharing your new book.

Making Sand Castles at the Beach

Room 16 had great fun digging and making sand castles at the beach.  Ryder, Kohatu, Kamryn, Jade and Leigharna used water to make the sand damp so that they could shape the sand into castle shapes. By Room 16

Ryder smoothing out the sand.

Kamryn, Kohatu and Ryder making sandcastles.

Jade empties the bucket while Ryder and Kamryn dig.  Leigharna gets some more water.

Duffy Books to take Home!

We were very excited to be given two Duffy Books to take home and treasure.  Kohatu, Tevita, Teejay, Najari, Madison and Phoenyx are showing their favourite books.  Thank you Duffy Foundation for giving us such wonderful books.  Room 16

Folding it Flat

Jade and Kohatu showed us how to fold our milk cartons flat and Daz found it easy to post it in the blue bin when it was flattened.  All of Room 16 enjoy their milk on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Room 16

Maths with our iPads

We practiced using the iPad tools we learnt about this week with our maths lesson.  Jade is taking a photo of her bears on the tens frame while Ryder and Kohatu show what they are able to do.  Well done Class 16 for your great listening in getting the job done.  Class 16