Aquagym Week 2

Room 15 Swimming Week 1, Room 16 photos to come soon

Terrific Tennis

Paparoa Pirates Red Vs Pirates Blue!

Last week they played each other. It was a close game. Reece and Johnny both scored a few times, and Ava got her first try! There may have been others who got tries too, don’t quote me on that. It was a very close game (but they don’t keep score). Traci. Thanks again Traci for the fabulous photos :-)

Discovery Term 4 Week 4

Super Subtraction!

We have been busy taking away, finding the difference between two numbers, counting back from a number and using the 'minus'/ 'take away'/ 'subtract' symbol. We found this cool song and have been watching it on our new TV.

Pirate Subtraction Song


The children have been working hard with subtraction. They have been counting back from the bigger number, covering holes on the Numicon pieces and drawing subtraction stories with flowers, rugby balls, lollipops and all kinds of wonderful things! The children have been using Maths vocabulary such as:  take-away, minus, difference, count back, subtract, symbol, equals, makes, leaves.

All dressed up for the school disco!

Thanks Jo for sending in these cool photos of Nicholas, Alexander and Layton! They look very cool!

Room 15's touch rugby team!

Thanks Traci for these awesome photos. There are nine kids in the team, 8 are from Room 15: Maia Ava Valentino Kase Liam Finlay Charlie-Rose Elena Layton This was our second week and Valentino scored our only try – he’s really fast. But they all had a go and enjoyed themselves. Big improvement from last week There is another team called the Paparoa pirates blue from the kids in the class, but I don’t have any photos of them. Regards Traci Stanbury

Max the Science teacher

Max enjoyed our Science Inquiry so much that he decided to set up his own learning station at home for his little brother Lawson! Max remembered that lemon juice and baking soda were important for making things fizz... he also showed Lawson the mentos and cola experiment! What a great teacher you are Max, thanks so much for the photo Candice :-)

Botanical Explorers Part 2

Thank you so much to all of the wonderful parent helpers who came along with us today.

Botanical Explorers (Part 1)

Congratulations Elena!

Elena's writing was selected from a number of entries for the school writing competition.
We are so very proud of you Elena, Ka Pai!

Lucas having fun in Auckland whilst Maddie's Dad fixed his house...

Fun with fractions

Ben has had lots of fun in Tekapo - thanks for sending the photos!

We hope you are enjoying the school holidays!

We would love to share some holiday photos on our blog. If you have any photos you would like to share, email them to Mrs Holmes. Mrs Stokes and Mrs Holmes have been enjoying the holidays and having quality family time. Tomorrow we are both going on a course at Bromley School. Teachers love learning too! We are looking forward to seeing you all on Monday and hearing all about your holiday adventure.

We have come to the end of Term 3! What a busy and fun term we have had! Happy holidays!

Discovery Learning Term 3 Week 9

What makes thing pop, bang and fizz?

So many adults are getting involved in Discovery Learning...

Imaginality Stories, thanks Eric (Justin's Dad)

'Imaginality' stories from work with Eric's software...

More Magical Morning Maths and Marvellous Reading!

Maths photos - We just love our Magical Morning Maths! Check out these little learners exploring Division. Reading photos - We love reading to a buddy at Reading time, we also love finding a quiet space and reading to ourselves.

Discovery Learning Term 3 Weeks 6 and 7

In week 6 we had Justin's Dad Eric visiting again with his friends and their laptops. We enjoyed learning about their new software, we will share some of the stories made soon. There was lots of planning going on in the construction room. Lots of children drew detailed plans on paper before they started building. Awesome thinking happening! Lots of children practiced their peeling skills with Mrs G. The carrot sticks were yummy thanks. This week we began a new set of activities for our next 3 week block. We had amazing huts outside, creative kids making wonderful things in our craft room, chocolate crackle with Mrs G, very detailed plasticine models, creative dance going on with scarves in Room 16 and lots of performances going on in our theatre room! We are looking forward to next week! Discovery Learning Term 3 Weeks 6 + 7

Last week of Gymnastics (second set of photos)

Thanks to Maia's Mum Traci for the fab photos!

Last week of Gymnastics (first set of photos)

Thanks Traci for taking these great photos! The children certainly have gained lots of confidence!

Blog Fan!

Here is Lucas learning about blends using one of our Literacy games from the blog. Please send in photos of any more little home learners having fun with the blog and we'll add them.

Jump! Foam Pit!

Jump! Foam Pit!

Jump!

Jumping - Trampoline

Discovery Learning Week 5

Our Key Competency focus this term is 'Thinking'. There were lots of detailed plans made this week and some great reflections. Check out some of the reflections on our Discovery learning walls outside Room 14. Thanks to Eric, Justin's Dad and colleagues for taking time to share your new computer software with us. We are looking forward to seeing more!

Little Scientists

Our big question is 'What makes things pop, bang and fizz?'

Thinking

This term, our Key Competency focus is 'Thinking'. The children have been very busy planning, solving problems and finding alternative ways to reach a goal. We started our Science Inquiry this week. Our big question is 'What makes things pop, bang and fizz?'. The children have already been predicting and observing like real Scientists! Photos to come!

Music with Mrs Hodder

Music with Mrs Hodder on PhotoPeach

We love our Maths in the mornings...

Clifford The Dog!

Clifford the Dog came to our playground this morning, he must have come with the book fair! Remember to check out the fantastic books for sale in Room 14 this week.

Gymnastics Week 2

Thanks Traci for the great quality photos!

Maths songs

CLICK ON THE SONGS BELOW AND YOU CAN SING ALONG!

Doubles Doubles 6-10 version

Doubles Doubles, I can add doubles

What's the time?

Big numbers song

Counting in fives

There were ten in the bed

NZ Author Study - Gavin Bishop

This week we have been reading books written by Christchurch author Gavin Bishop. Thank you for bringing your Gavin Bishop books to school. Max was especially proud of his signed copy of 'Bruiser'. Gavin Bishop wrote this book for the Christchurch rebuild. The children enjoyed drawing and cutting out their own 'Bruisers'. Check out Gavin Bishop's website http://www.gavinbishop.com

Adding clothes to our potato people...

The children worked out many different ways of attaching clothes to their potato people. What amazing thinking!

Clay Pinch Pots

Little Carpenters

A big thank you to Isabelle's Dad Ross for helping with the wood work. The children loved making the mini white boards!

Discovery Learning

NZ Author Study - Pamela Allen..... Potato People!

We have been reading lots of books written by Pamela Allen. Lots of you had some of her books at home and we found some hiding in our school library. One of our favourites was a book called 'Potato People'. The children were so interested in how they were made, we decided to make some of our own!

Obstacle Course Fun - Discovery Learning Week 1

These little thinkers planned carefully before they started putting out the equipment. The children worked so well together to create amazing obstacle courses. Some planned on big paper, some used chalk and planned outside. It was interesting to see how the obstacle courses were changed and added to, making them quite different to the original plans! There was even a 'snake pit' made with wooden planks and skipping ropes! The children worked out a way to get across the snakes by building a bridge. It was great to see the children setting challenges for each other and reflecting on their designs.

Gymnastics

We had our first session at The Christchurch School of Gymnastics this week. We all had a wonderful time balancing, jumping, swinging, climbing, hanging and doing all sorts of exciting things! Check out this video to see the little gymnasts in action!