Christmas 2021

 We had a lot of fun making Reindeer Cookies and Christmas decorations this week.

We used arrowroot biscuits, nutella, M&Ms and pretzels to make our delicious reindeer cookies. It was a lovely treat!

Our Christmas decorations had a 'Xmas Tree' theme. We made a finger print xmas tree card, a glittery xmas tree with a candy cane and then a xmas tree ornament for our trees. What a great way to end the year.

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!

EOTC Days

Last week we had three fun days the walk through the forest to the Lake Waiari and a fun day at school.

Poetry

WALT respond to different types of poems. We are going to use different poems to help us practice our reading strategies.

Rhyming words are words that end with the same ending. 
toes clothes
grain drain

Alliteration is when words written together start with the same sounds.
bees buzzing
spiders spin silk

Music with Matua Jade

 WALT  explore different musical instruments and we are learning to give different types of music a go.

On Monday we had our second music session with Matua Jade.When we went into the whare we saw two microphones. Matua Jade said the people who are brave enough could get up and sing. We had to choose a partner and get up and sing. I chose a partner his name was Jaxon Beach. We were the first ones up. Me and Jaxon were going to sing bang. Then more and more people went up. I had a second go and we were the last people to go. I went with Ryan and two other people, and then it was morning tea.

Simple Circuits

We are learning about electricity and how to build a simple circuit.

In class we were learning how to build a simple circuit. We had little boxes that our wonderful Whaea Jackie sorted out for us. We had LED lights, wires, and a battery we also had salt an dough. We broke the salt dough into half and rolled it up into balls then we put an LED light between the salt dough. Then we put the battery cords in the salt dough and the LED light was glowing.

Asttle Narrative Writing - A loud whisper

Teacher Note - ‘UNASSISTED’ ASTTLE WRITING
The children write for a total of 40 minutes. Within that timeframe they have to plan their writing (a brainstorm) write, edit and re-craft their work. They are not allowed to use dictionaries or word cards. The students completed their writing on paper but have typed it out for their blogs.

WALT write a creative narrative story!

Once upon a time there was a little boy named Johnny  he loved pulling pranks. He had a big sister her name was Milly. They lived  in a little house by a big shady forest. When it was bedtime Milly was reading she heard a loud whisper. Mily said who 's there no one answered. She looked out her bedroom door Milly went back to reading and went back to bed. In the morning she had her breakfast Mily heard the same whisper. She saw who it was it was her little brother Johnny. She pretended not to notice her little brother. Mum said we were going to have a picnic in the forest. Mily had a plan. When they arrived in the forest Mily said i want to go for a little walk. She was going to sneak up behind her little brother and whisper in his ear. She snuck up behind her little brother and whispered. Johnny looked behind I am sorry mily that I scared you. But the whispering was still going. Johnny ran back home 

The End.  

Water - An Amazing Substance

We are using water to help us understand different scientific concepts.

Two weeks ago we were doing some science with Te Tinana. We were doing evaporation experiments, we got a cup of water  and tipped it on the ground. Water evaporates in the sun and slower in the shade. Our second one was we got a cup of water, and got a piece of an ice cream lid and we put the piece of lid on top then  turned it upside down and the lid was sticking to the cup.