Water Safety

We went to the Aquatic Centre where we practiced water safety. We had great fun.

Survival

This week in discovery time we were stranded on a desert island and needed to survive.

Cup Cakes

As a reward for reaching our class goal this term, we got to have our baking time. We made cup cakes and decorated them and later we got to eat them. They were yummy!

Jackson Park Kindergarten Visit

Today we had the children from jackson Park Kindergarten visit. It was nice to meet them and share our classroom and learning with them. We hope they enjoyed their visit and we hope to see them again sometime.

Discovery Time

This week we continued with our science focus and discovered about floating and sinking. We predicted what materials would float or sink and then experimented with them. We also had a challenge; to make a boat that would float.

Our trip to Te Puia

We went to Te Puia to look at how we can use the hot pools. We ate eggs cooked in the hot pools and went for a walk to see the bubbling mud and the geyser.

Grandparents Day

We had great fun sharing our folk dancing with our grandparents and visitors and the scones went down a treat after. Thank-you for coming and sharing our day with us.

Gingerbread Men

After sharing the story of the Gingerbread Man, everyone was keen to make some gingerbread. We discovered what we needed to make some and found a recipe to follow. The yummy smell filled the school as they were cooked and everyone commented how wonderful they smelt and looked and wanted to eat them. But they were for room 7
only. Luckily none of them jumped out of the oven and ran away! We reflected on how to make them as part of our procedural writing and some children recorded their reflections, which we then podcasted. Check out our podcast link at the top of our blog to hear more.

Discovery Time

This is our second report on discovery time, this time are theme was Jack and the Beanstalk. We were set various challenges, roles and problems to solve.

Cows

We used different shapes to draw our cows and water colour for the background. They are currently displayed in the hall, please come and have a look.

Podcasting

This is our very first try at podcasting. We reflected on discovery time, using Easi-Speak microphones to record our reflections. We then uploaded our recording. Can you pick out any voices?

Discovery time

room 7's Podcast

Discovery Time

Read all about it! Discovery time has begun. We read the story of the Little Red Hen and discussed, the character, plot and setting. Our challenge; to work at various stations discovering what we could do with different objects and materials, relating to the story. We were able to manage ourselves and communicate with others.

To Town

After sharing the book, To Town, we used discovery time to create our own ways of getting to to town.

Lavalava

This week we shared the book Lavalava and learnt about how, where and when they are worn. Thanks to Tia and her mum for kindly let us borrow two Lavalava to wear and look at. We used rollers and stampers with paints to decorate our own lavalavas, don't we look great?

Safe places to play

As part of our Kia Kaha unit we discussed safe and unsafe places to play at school. We went out and tied our balloons to the places we thought were sensible and safe places to play.

Visiting Artist

Today we were really lucky to have an artist, Rebecca Lo, visit us and help us with some sketching techniques. We learnt how to measure where to start and end our drawings and how to use, light and dark; lines and shading.

Class Chant

As part of our topic this term, Kia Kaha, we are learning; what makes a happy safe classroom. Through discovery we identified what makes for a safe and happy classroom and put our ideas into a class chant. We can keep chanting to remind one another of our responsibilities.

Yummy Pancakes

Pancake day today, so we followed a recipe to make them. We showed responsibility and we all worked together, participating and contributing, in a team to make our yummy pancakes. We are also learning procedural writing and used the pancake making to write all about how to make pancakes.