WHALE WATCH

Today Connor was our 'Pilot Whale'.  He decided that our 'Whale Watch' would focus on 'Helping Others'.  



At the end of the day:

• Harry thanked Reagan for helping him draw koro patterns
• Jaden thanked Codey for helping him draw koro patterns 
• Jorja thanked Jemma for helping her draw koro patterns too 
• Fiona thanked Connor and Helna for recording our mihi

What whale watch will Harry choose tomorrow?

WRITING

While we we talking about things we are good at, Fiona discovered many of us love scootering.  We think this video is really cool.  

Today we wrote about it.  We brainstormed these words for a word back ...

Reagan is learning to write fast words, while also using finger spaces, so that he can share his stories ...  

I saw the man on his scooter and he did a back flip.  That is amazing.  It was very cool.  

Connor has the same goal ...

Scooter ring man did a back flip and a front flip and he twisted his handle bars. 

Victoria is learning to use joining words ...

I can do a back flip, because my mum taught me on a scooter and it was fun.  I always do go on my scooter, because it is fun, very fun. 

Helna is very good at using joining words now.  Her next goal is to use new WOW words.  We look for these in books we are reading ...

I love scootering with my scooter, because it is a Barbie scooter and I love my Barbie scooter very much.  I love going to the park too. 

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!

TOHORA NUI SINGING

Every Friday Tohora nui sing together.  You can find our favourite songs on our blog.  Just click the 'our songs' tab at the top of our posts.

We love singing ...

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.

BUDDY READING

We are learning all our routines.  Today we squeezed in buddy reading before swimming, while drinking our milk.  Fiona was impressed!  

MUSIC

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

THE NAME GAME

Today we learned the name game and the friends game.  It helps us to learn the names of all our friends in room 2 & 3.  It also helps us with the value of whakawhanganatanga (positive relationships) ...

Fiona and Robin think we are amazing.  We are showing that we are all valuable team members and that we respect one another already!  We make a great team!

    

FIRST DAY IN LOOK INTO TOHORA Nui

What a fantastic day we had in Tohora nui today.  

It started with a powhiri to welcome our new students and our new teachers too.  

Then we headed back to our classroom for brainfood, before we started reading.  

In reading today we learning about reading to self.  First Reagan showed us how it was done ...

and then the rest of us had a go too. 

Robin and Sandi and Fiona were impressed!

So then we had a go at buddy reading.  Ella and Jaden showed us how that was done. 

We took turns, so we both got to read and we both got to listen.

After brunch we had a talk our value.  Our main value this term is kotahitanga (unity and togetherness).  

We learned that we need to be responible students if we want to show our good kotahitanga skills.  

Responsible students on the mat ...

put their hand up when they have something to say,

don't touch other people, 

listen with their ears and their eyes too, 

sit with the legs crossed and arms folded.

And here we all are being responsible on the mat. 

After lunch we did some art with Sandi, some of us read with Fiona and the rest of us drew pictures or played together with the lego.  What a great day showing kotahitanga in Tohora nui.  We can't wait to come back tomorrow.