Jack gets glasses

Here is a quick picture of Jack completing his work with his new glasses.  We are so impressed at how much detail you included in your work, and how focused you were on your job.  Well done.  I was great that you shared it so confidently with Mrs Whitelaw as well.

Week 8 Term 2

This week we have been  learning about writing alien stories with introductions. For our maths we have been learning about -teen and -ty numbers, we have been learning about  basic facts too.  Every Friday we have a test.  We are writing and reading about Tane and the stars.  On Wednesday we had hockey with with Whaea Gina.  We had a fun time with Whaea Gina.

Written by Kate and Kayla

Welcome Miss Penney

We are enjoying having Miss Penney in Room 5.  She is studying teaching at the University of Auckland.  She is with us until the end of next week, but will return later in the year.  Miss Penney is excited to be at Ohaeawai Primary, and to be in Room 5 & 6.

Jaxon and Carlos's Slideshow for Matariki

Check out this slideshow by Carlos and Jaxon. It is based on our shared book this week
'The Little Kiwi's Matariki' By Nikki Slade Robinson.
We loved this shared book and how they all celebrated Matariki with games, food, and whanau. Just like we did at Waitangi last Tuesday.

Matariki - By Carlos and Jaxon

Fun Lunchtime 2016

Thanks Arbey, Ariana, and Kristy for putting together a movie of our fun lunchtime photos.

We had a great lunch playing games, having our face painted or drinking Mrs Craig's and Mrs Clarke's delicious smoothies. We wonder how much money the children raised for the ski trip?

We can't wait until the next fun lunchtime!

Teddy bear picnic photos

These photos are tooooooooo cute not to share.  

Here is a video we created of our Teddy Bears Picnic.

We are starting to learn about making movies to help us share our learning.  Here Mrs G was showing us how to take short videos of different things, to make our movies more interesting.  We used Long shots, Medium shots and Close ups.  We liked helping to create this movie because the app we used played music as we were recorded.

We're going on a bear hunt

Cash did a fantastic job of his reading response today.  It was too cute not to share!  Today's task was about punctuation.  Feel free to ask your child at home about these.

Word works.

Today we had a reliever in for Mrs S.  While Mrs G was taking everyone for Word Works, she got her group (us) to recap on our learning from last week, while the rest of the class practiced making and breaking short 'e' words like let, met, pet, peg, meg with her ...  Here are some photos of our independent work.  

After these photos were taken, we talked about the words on our list and some changes were made.  

Lets wear PINK to spread the message that BULLYING IS NOT COOL!

This Friday our school wore pink to promote the message that Bullying is not cool, and that we all stand against this kind of behavior.  We were all so impressed with how much pink was worn throughout the school.  

Well done Heidi for being chosen as the 'Pink Monster' from Room 5 & 6.  

Yum! Pumpkin soup!

 On Wednesday Room 5 & 6 went to our garden to choose some that we could look after.  While we were the the children discovered some pumpkins that were ready to eat.  They were keen to eat them right there and then, so we discuss how we could use the pumpkin to make Pumpkin soup.  We decided to do this on Friday.  So here we are eating our yummy pumpkin soup that we cooked in our classroom.

Re-writing the Cat in the hat story.

We are working on rewriting the Cat in the Hat story.  This is our shared book this week.  As you can see we are all engrossed in our writing.  When we write/share like this, we can easily build our ideas.  This helps us all to stay focused on our Learning intentions and goals.  This in turns helps us to develop more interesting ideas and stories.

We don't copy each other but we borrow each others ideas.  This means that when we hear, read, or see a good idea, it is OK for us to use it, as long as we make it our own.  This helps us to become great writers, and it also means we have a chance to help others become great writers.  It makes us very proud of ourselves and our friends.

Ngarino sharing her friends work for our assembly practice.

Ngarino on Friday we asked you to hold Jayme's work while she did a job.  When it came to her turn (and she wan't there), you just shared it for her.  You enjoyed it so much that we copied your work and got it ready for you to share with others later in the real assembly.  Well done.  Great communication!

Bike riding Tuesday

Today we went back out for our weekly bike riding sessions.  We are getting really good at riding and some of us got to ride all the way around the track today.  

We also had a few more people learn to ride for the first time with no trainer wheels.  They were Veon, and Heidi.  Here are a few pics they wanted to share of their learning.

Well done Heidi.  You have been working hard towards achieving this for a long time!  What a fantastic accomplishment!

  

Veon in just a few short week since starting in our class you have become successful in riding a bike on your own.  Well Done.

Ball Skills with Whaea Gina

Today Whaea Gina came to Room 5 and 6 to teach us ball skills. 

We learnt how to use our hand to bounce a basket ball, and also how to bounce and chest pass to a buddy. 

We had lots of fun and lots of giggles. 

Check out our video that Joe, Frank and Teziah put together of our learning.

Next time Whaea Gina is going to teach us rugby ball skills. We can't wait!

Visit from Bev the Public Health Nurse

Today Bev our public health nurse came to visit Room 5 and  6. Bev showed us all the sugar that was in different drinks like juice and fizzy. Did you know that 400mls of Just Juice has 9 tps of sugar?

We also talked about how important it is to drink 4 glasses of water every day to help our bodies feel good. There is no sugar in water. Here is the video Bev showed us about why it is importanat to drink water.

Cat in the Hat Stomp words

Please practice these words with the your child at home. They are for a song that we will be singing at our assembly. WHICH IS THIS FRIDAY !!! The children started practicing this song last week.

Step to the left and

Step to the right

Scratch your back with all of your might

Wobble your knees and scratch again

Cat in the hat dances,

Cat in the hat sings.

Let’s bop around to the Cat in the hat stomp,

Bop ‘til you drop around the house

Bop around to the cat in the hat stomp,

Wobble, wobble, scratch, scratch, stomp, stomp, stomp!

Bop around to the Cat in the hat stomp,

Bop ‘til you drop around the house

Bop around to the cat in the hat stomp,

Wobble, wobble, scratch, scratch, stomp, stomp, stomp!

Mystery fruit

Who knows what this mystery fruit is? 

Here are some clues:  

1. It smells like a watermelon.

2. It looks like passion fruit

3. It is full of little red juicy berries

4. It grows on trees

5. It has a thick brown skin around it 

6. and it is about the size of a hockey ball

Please tell us and help solve this mystery!

Posted by Cameron and Joe

Mason's amazing reading

This is a video of Mason reading his new book.  He was very excited to hear and see how much he has improved since he started at our school in the middle of this term.  He now will point to each word as he is reading, he now knows lots of his letter sounds, and is now able to use them when he is reading, and he also self corrects himself.

Mason, Mrs Stevenson and I are SOOOOOOOO proud of all you have achieved in such a short space of time.  Keep up the fantastic work.  

Well done also, to the support crew at home who have helped Mason to practice and talk about his learning when he gets home.  You guys are amazing.  We hope you enjoy this little clip, of your little man.

Certificate winners in Week 11 Term 1 2016

 Below are the winners of Room 5 & 6's certificate winners this week.  We had a number of students who got certificates for excellence in attendance.  Well done, this attendance is what has been helping you reach your learning goals this term.  All of you have made such fantastic progress in all areas.  Mrs Stevenson and I can't wait to see what you can achieve next term!