Term Review

Here are some extracts from the children’s writing of what they have learned and enjoyed this term:

This term I have been learning about maths. In maths I have been skip counting in 5s. (Blake)

In maths my favourite game is Explain Everything on the iPads. I like reading because we can do Must Dos and Can Dos. I like fitness because we can play games and I learned my favourite game is tag. ( E)

In maths I have been learning to count down in 5s from 100 and back up to 100. (Tom)

This term I did phonics. I learnt how to write. (Roxie)

In maths I like going on the iPads because you can play games that can help you learn. (Valentina)

I like jump jam because we get fit and we dance to music. (Summer)

I like doing maths because we can count backwards from 20. I like fitness because it is fun. I like  Art because we did painting and pastel and chalk pictures. (Valentina G)

 I like fitness because we get to play fun games and we practised our underarm throwing and catching. I like going to the library because we get to take fun books home. (Libby)

This term I learnt how to count backwards from 20. Also I liked to play Bingo and I like to count backwards from 100. (Leon)

I liked to read. I learned hard words and Must Dos. I like maths because I learned how to count backwards from 50. (Ethan)

This term at lunch I played soccer. I pass, I run and shoot. I play book creator and Pic Collage on the iPad. I am a computer monitor. I set up the computers every day. It is fun. (Nathan)

I like PE because I like to throw the ball high. My favourite thing in maths is Maths Bingo because I like to solve equations and get a line so it says Bingo. I have been learning to do handwriting- to write the letters correctly and around the right way. In writing I write lots more than 4 sentences and sometimes 6 sentences. (George)

I like to do Maths. I like counting numbers. I like art. I made a pastel picture. (Will)

This term I have learnt Art.  In  Art I have been doing Ti Kouka sun sets and Whio masks.  At lunch we go on the hill. It is ginormous. (Matthew)

I like fitness because we play Freeze and Thaw. I like writing on Monday because I get to write with Kora. I like maths because I now  know I skip count in 5’s. (Natasha)

Fabulous Writing about the Whio

At writing time we have been writing statements that are Facts or Fibs about the Whio Duck.
Look at the amazing posters we have made!
Do you know if the statements are facts or fibs?

Whio

I saw the blue duck standing in the river.
I heard whistling and water.
I wondered how many blue ducks are there in New Zealand.
By Roxie

I heard the boy blue ducks whistle and the girls grunt.
I saw whio standing on the rocks.
I saw the birds biting each other.
I heard a fast flowing river.
By Lucy

I saw water rushing over the rocks.
I saw the blue ducks fighting and pecking.
By Leon

I saw the blue duck standing on the rocks in the very fast waterfall.
I heard the whistle of the male duck.
I wondered why the blue duck was fighting.
By Tom

I saw a blue duck on a rock in the crashing water.
I heard a whistle from the blue duck.
I wondered if the blue duck is from New Zealand.
By George

We care for our school by:

We have been focusing on caring for our school and studio. Here are some of our ideas for how we can care for our school.

We care for our school by:

picking up rubbish.

keeping our bags closed.

not kicking sand.

not throwing stones.

By Tom

We care for our school by:

picking up rubbish.

picking up sports equipment.

saying to people please do not pick the flowers and do not stand on the flowers.

By Summer

We care for our school by:

leaving the stones in the garden and leaving the bark.

not putting stones on the path.

By Blake

We care for our school by:

taking our shoes off when we are on the couch.

not kicking balls in the garden.

By Libby

We care for our school by:

not pulling out grass.

taking our shoes off when we want to go in the sandpit.

By George

We care for our school by:

tidying up when we are finished.

pushing chairs in.

By E