Literacy Week

This week was Literacy Week. We had lots of fun activities during the week promoting the love of reading. We made masks of characters from different books. 

Can you guess who we are?

Science and Technology Week

We had a great Science and Technology Week. The were lots of hands on activities that we could participate in during lunchtimes and each day we had an estimation challenge. On Tuesday afternoon we took part in water experiments - testing the absorbency of fabrics, dissolving different substances and seeing what objects float or sink. The homework challenge for the week was a huge success. Many children made a kite at home and brought it to school on Friday. Our buddy class Room 10 helped us to fly them. There were kites of all shapes, colours and sizes. Well done to everyone who had a go at making a kite!

Our Rainforest Trip

We really enjoyed our exciting trip to the Waitakere Ranges on Tuesday. Below are some photos of our  journey as we travelled on the Rain Forest Express to see the Upper Nihotupu Dam. From the Dam we walked out of the bush to catch the bus. It was a fabulous day. We saw lots of water!!!

Water

Our new topic for this term is Water. We have started the unit by thinking about how we use water at home. We found out that we use it in lots of different ways. Here is the list that we came up with:

    Brushing our teeth, watering plants, drinking, washing dishes, washing clothes, having a shower, having a bath, washing hands, making soup, making noodles, baking, swimming in the pool, flushing the toilet, washing the house, washing the car, washing pets.

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Our Teddy Bear's Party

Look at our adorable toys.

We had so much fun making party hats.

Look at our completed party hats. They look fantastic!!

We had lunch with our special toys.

Yesterday we had a celebration at school. We all brought along our precious soft toys from home. We introduced our toys to the other children in our class and talked about why they are special. We had lots of fun making hats for our party and we really enjoyed having our lunch with our toys. In the afternoon we played party games. We had a fabulous celebration!!

Ashton is getting ready to hit the ball.

Wow!!! What a star!!!! Aston hit the ball the furthest today.
Here he is with our coach.

For P.E we are very lucky to have special coaches who come in to take us for softball. We are learning  how to throw and catch the ball. We are also learning how to bat, field and bowl. Today we enjoyed playing a game of softball rounders. Then we had a competition to see who could hit the ball the furthest. We all tried our very best. Ashton was amazing and he managed to hit the ball a really long way!!

Race Relations Day

We had a fabulous day last Thursday! It was Race Relations Day. First of all we had a parade. Lots of children were wearing different costumes from their countries. After morning tea we played games from around the world. In the afternoon we went to Room 16 and we made chinese dragon fans. Then we went to Room 14 and we made a Tongan Tapa Cloth.