Writing in Room 1

Here we are, busy retelling a story and doing our self-assessment!
A classroom full of actively engaged 5 year olds, being able to talk about their learning and their next steps!

Our beautiful art work this week...

Sharing our Turangawaewae...

The end of the week!

Our teacher today was Zara, welcoming us and setting up the date board. Great job Zara!

Today we have been learning to use symbols to make a sound-scape:

After that we designed our own symbols for a land-scape: the landscape that surrounds us! We have also learned to label these land-marks using Te Reo:

...and here is Elijah who has learned to write his name really well.  He labelled all his Mobilo creations!

Ka kite ano! See you all Monday!

PS: all Room 1 children did a spelling test today. You will find the results in your child's homework book!

This week - week 7!

This week we have two assistant teachers in Room 1.  It is their task to welcome everyone, get the date board ready and then take on a teaching role.  Well done Ryker and Sophia!

After that our maths time start.  It is great to see the children challenging themselves and others with new maths problems!

We have had an unexpected special visitor - Mr Weta.  We studied the weta and then learned to write a report.  A report needed to have facts and should have verbs like: is, has, can, lives.  Here is some of our work and the material we used for our study. 

Studying our native flora and fauna fits well with our current study about our past.  Children are learning that while there once was an abundance of species, nowadays we have to protect these to ensure our national treasures - our taonga - do not become extinct!.

After writing time, our reading time starts.  Today we learned about characters and settings of a story.  We listened to a Maori myth and then, after some discussion worked hard to produce some excellent work. Tu meke!

Learning through Maori myths and legends...

Our past...

We have been learning about the past, especially the area where our school is. Therefor we visited  the Te Waotu Playcentre, which is the first, age old Te Waotu Native School.  We visited the Barnett Bush, which is a remnant of bush that existed before the great Taupo eruption in AD 186. Children in Room 1 have been very busy writing about their history!

We have been listening to Maori myths and legends and found out how Maori women first learned to weave: from observing! We learned to weave a kete!

Week 6

We visited Barnett's Bush and learned about its history!

Here is the 1200 year old Totara tree!

Mrs Vullings, Mrs Hamilton and Mrs Bain spoke about the past, the present and the future of this beautiful part of Aoteaoroa: our backyard!