Koru Whanau Assembly

Room 10 was very proud to present their work at the Koru Whanau assembly on Friday. 

Everyone stood up and showed the weaving patterns they had persevered to make. 

                          

 

Some children described their patterns to the audience and they spoke confidently with clear voices so everyone could hear them. 

Pink Shirt Day

We had a great day yesterday dressed in our pink shirts and accessories for Pink Shirt Day. Don't we look gorgeous?

 

Pink Shirt Day is a time to focus on spreading aroha and kindness with everyone and we've certainly been doing that in Room 10. Let's spread aroha and kindness everywhere!

Kelly Sports

We had Kelly sports today with coach Sophie. 

We started with some fun games. Then we learnt some techniques to use when we jump. We have to swing our arms, spring with our legs and land like we are on a motorbike. Here's some photos of us in action. 

Poetry

We love doing poetry in Room 10. 

We have a new poem to learn and enjoy every week. Reading poems helps us develop our oral language. We learn to read smoothly with rhythm and phrasing and this helps us when we read books. The more often we reread our poems the better we get at reading. 

Here we are reading poems we already know from the big class poem folder and our own poem folders.

Reading poems also helps us notice rhyming words and develops our phonics skills. This helps us when we are writing as well as reading. 

At the end of each week we create our own responses to our poems by illustrating them. 

Then we take our poem folders home to share with our families over the weekend. 

Making Patterns

During mathematics this week we have been making patterns. We have been learning to make a pattern, continue a pattern and describe a pattern. Understanding and using patterns will help us understand and use number concepts and mathematical operations. This will then lead us into using algebra. 

First of all we made lots of patterns using all sorts of mathematics equipment. 

Next we made patterns by weaving coloured paper. We found that it was really tricky trying to weave the paper. We definitely experienced what it feels like to be in the learning pit. 

But we are good at helping each other in Room 10 so we worked together to complete our weaving. 

We persevered and we finally succeeded. 
Our weaving patterns look very bright displayed on the wall.

OUR NEW CLASSMATES

We are so happy to have two new girls in Room 10 this week.

Zoha has moved from another school and she is quickly making new friends.

Ella has joined us after her family recently came to New Zealand from South Korea. We are helping Ella to understand and speak English and to feel at home with us.

We are really looking forward to getting to know both of you well and sharing many happy times together.

Anzac Day

This week we have been learning about how and why we commemorate Anzac Day.

First we looked at the crosses displayed on the school field. We noticed that the crosses have names on them of people who died in World War One. We also saw the silver fern and poppies on the crosses. We have seen people wearing poppies to remember people who have died in wars.

Mrs Waite's Uncle Ron was a soldier in World War One and she brought some of her Uncle Ron's things to show us. It was so interesting to see his photo, his shaving kit and the special tankard he was given made from brass left over from the ammunition shells. 

We listened to a story about a boy and his father going to a Dawn Parade. We learned that people wear poppies on Anzac Day because in World War One poppies grew in the fields where people died. Wearing a poppy helps us to remember that lots of people have died in wars.

We also learned the meanings of some new words:

dawn - means early in the morning when the sun is just beginning to come up

gazed - means to look carefully and thoughtfully at something

So then we worked hard painting pictures of poppies growing in a field. We began by using crayon to draw grass. Then we dyed the paper green. After that had dried we used our fingers to paint the red poppies. It was fun dipping our fingers into the gooey paint. Finally we added the black flower centre and stem by painting with a brush.

We added some writing about what we now know about Anzac Day and they are now displayed on the wall. 
It has been a great week of learning and we are happy that we are living in peace.