AT THE MARAE

On Tuesday room 2 and our buddy class Poutokomanawa, along with room 8 and 14 visited Te Ahu A Turanga Marae in Woodwille.  A fantastic time was had by all.   

Here are some photos from our day ...

ELLA'S KOALA BEARS

Today Ella brought her new koala friends to school.  Her pops and Tarnie have recently returned from Australia and this was her gift.  The mother koala is called Cookie and the babies are Bruce and Becky.  

At the end of the day we were very excited to watch this short video about a roaming koala.  It happened in Portland, just a couple of days ago.  

WHALE WATCH

Today we were reminded how to show outstanding behaviour on the mat.  We need to:

• come quickly and quietly 
• listen to the teacher (this way we can respond - another Tohora nui whale)
• sit with our legs crossed and our arms folded (with our clothes on properly)
• face the front 
• have our hands empty (no toys on the mat)
• put our hand up to share our ideas (we cannot listen to ideas if we are all talking at once)

Many people showed their outstanding behaviour today, while sitting on the mat.  Let's see how many others we can get in our photo tomorrow!

WHALE COLLAGES

On Friday we started our whale collages.  We had to rip up small bits of magazine, using different colours.  These will be our whales.  It was exciting and we made a lot of mess.  We all had to pitch in to clean it up.  We like it when Fiona has a special piece of rubbish that needs to be collected.  

WRITING

In room 2 we have been doing interactive writing.  Fiona writes and we write too.  We have been learning to use fast words around the room to help us record our ideas.  We are also learning to leave finger spaces between our words, so that we can share our stories with others. 

Fiona is impressed, as we try our best.  This our first Tohora nui whale.  

And here is our writing ...

BUDDY CLASS

Today we met our buddie class. 

Here we are with our big buddies.  

WRITING

Today we started our peer writing programme in room 2.  Children learn so much when they are learning from each other.  

Look at these learners supporting each other.

MUSIC

Today we had our first music lesson with Jenny.  Music is always a highlight.