More laptop kids

Today we learned about photo booth. I have never heard so much laughter in my class! The children particularly loved the roller coaster and the mirror and twisted images - ask them to explain this to you.

It's Daffodil Day

Today the whole school dressed in yellow and children brought a gold coin along to donate to the Cancer society. What a great sight it was to see everybody doing Jump Jam together. Elena was chosen as the best dressed for our class - well done!

Writing our names in Russian

This week the children practised writing their names in Russian.

Laptop kids

Today before developmental we had the laptops in class. We all experimented with Kid Pix. At developmental we could choose to continue with Kid Pix or take photos and download the photos and write some instructions - we have great fun at school.

Writing our names in Japanese

This week the children are signing their names in Japanese when they come into class in the morning. Next week we will be learning to write our names in Russian!

Origami fun

On Tuesday 17 August Yuki (Leia's Mum), Cody (Leia's brother) and Masayo (Sakura's Mum) came to Room 3 to teach us the Japanese art of paper folding - origami. We had great fun copying the folding techniques. We made helmets, cups and cats.

More children copying!

Wow! These are the next group of children who can copy their printing from the whiteboard. We are SO proud of you. This is an example of our school value EXCELLENCE.

Our school values

Today I made this keynote presentation about our school values.

Clustr Map Count

Wow - we have now had 116 visitors to our blog! It's great to see some comments too. Who else could you share our blog with? Remember to tell them to click on the clustr map so their visit is counted. Have you played any of our reading or maths games?

Korean language

Tae Yeong has been in our class for nearly 2 weeks. She has been teaching us about Korea. In the mornings we sign our names in Korean.

It's maths week

This week is maths week. We have been solving some mathematics problems at the beginning of each day. All the children have been estimating numbers - how many legs would 2 cows and a duck have altogether? Can you think of some other problems to solve together? We are learning to skip count in 2's, 5's and 10's. Children are enjoying working in their numeracy groups - especially when they are the leader.

Measurement Fun

This term we have been learning about measurement. We used the water tray and containers to experiment with water.

Blog Blitz!

We are having a blog blitz at school for the month of August. When you look at our blog, can you please click on the cluster map and this will record that you have looked at our blog. You will see the tally at the bottom of the cluster map. Our tally for today (2 August) is 73 - lets see if we can double our score this month!

Copying from the Whiteboard

Phoenix, Marina, Lachlan, Leia, Sujeong and Sakura are now copying their printing form the whiteboard!

Welcome to our teacher trainee

Today we welcomed Tae Yeong to our school with a traditional Maori welcome - a Powhiri in Room 11. Tae Yeong will be with us for the next 2 weeks.