Our Sasa

Today Kiwi Can taught us how to do a sasa.

It was very hard to remember it.

It was very fast.

We tried our best.

We are proud of our sasa.

By Room 18

Whole School Fitness Fun

Every Monday and Wednesday, we start the day with fitness.
We all go on the courts and Kiwi Can play some songs.
We copy their dancing.
It is fun!

I like it because it's fun. (Ricky)
I like doing dancing.  (Faith)
I like dancing with Mrs Wiersma. (Marley)

Parents can come to do it with us.  We want our mums and dads to come and dance too!

Please watch our movie about whole school fitness and leave us a comment.

Kinect Sand

Today we made Kinect Sand.

The sand feels like soft sand but you can make it into shapes.

It was soft.

It was fluffy.

It was fun.

We want to make some more.


By Dream, Faith, Te Aroha, Faasao.

If you want to make some Kinetic Sand, the recipe is below.

Supplies

•   8 cups flour

•   1 cup vegetable oil

•   Essential oil such as lavender or grapefruit (optional)

Steps

1  Scoop and pour the flour into the center of a large tub.

2  Create a crater in the middle of the flour.

3  Pour the oil into the crater.

4  Gently mix it all together.

Enjoy mixing and learning about the properties of the dough as it is, or add small silicone bowls, spoons, or measuring cups to make small structures, hills, or pretend cupcakes.

Writing in our books

We are so excited. Today we got to start writing in our real books!

Everyone in Room 18 has got their books so we started to use them today.

We wrote stories in our books.

We did such a good job.  We took them to show Mrs Morrison.

She was proud of us.

We can't wait to write more stories.

Making Orange Juice

Mrs Maguire asked us if we knew how to make orange juice.

We thought about it and here are some ideas.

Then we made it for real.


We needed some oranges and a juice maker and cups.

We cut the fruit.

We put the oranges on the juice maker and then we had to spin and twist it.

You have to squeeze it.



Then we drank it outside.
We even made enough to share with Room 17!


Some people said it was sweet and juicy.
Some people thought it was sour.

Everyone thought it was yummy.

By Ricky, Jack, Te Aroha, C'zin, Wharekuka.

Buddy Time

Today we went to meet our buddy class.

Our buddies are from Room 7.

Room 7 is near the library.

The Room 7 teacher, Mr Clark, read us his favourite story.

It was a good story about a gorilla and kitten.  They were friends.

Then we read our books to our buddies.

Next week we are going to see them again and make lanterns.

We can't wait.

By Kahleol, Dream, Sinalee.

Oranges

Today we were eating oranges for our fruit.

Some of us liked oranges. Sinalee and Mrs Wiersma don't like oranges.

We did a video about our oranges.

By Sinalee and Room 18.

Lego Maths

Today C'zin made a train.
It was very long and cool.
We measured things and people with the train.

We tried to find something that was longer than the train.

We did lots of talking about how long things are.

Below are some photos of the activities.

C'zin shared his ideas about his train.

We looked for something that was longer than the train.
Te Aroha explains what it was below.

We enjoyed learning about Maths through play today.

This post was written by C'zin, Te Aroha and Charm.

Fitness Fun!

We love keeping our bodies strong and healthy with fitness.

We like dancing to songs. Some people call it aerobics.

It makes our hearts go boom! It makes our heart go fast!

It is fun.

Our favourite songs are "5 Little Monkeys" and "Gummy Bear".

Maybe you should come and dance with us on Wednesday mornings.

By Te Aroha, Faasao, Faith and Room 18.

Constable Glenys

Today Constable Glenys came to our room.

She talked to us about her job.

She told us that "Police help people."
They help keep us safe.
Her job is very important.

She showed us her badge.


She showed us her radio and her vest.

Then we went outside to see her police car.

We saw the lights and heard the siren.

It was very loud!

We liked seeing Constable Glenys.


Written by Charm, Dream, Ricky, Sinalee, Te Aroha.

Bubbles

I was playing with the bubbles.
I was having lots of fun.
My bubbles went over the fence and the shed.
I wrote a story about my bubbles.

By Charm

Learning with Paeton

I was playing a game with Paeton.
I was playing the popcorn game.
I was learning letters.
I liked learning with Paeton.

By Dream.

Sand Fun

I played with the sand.
The sand is purple.
I played with Charm and Marley too.
We built a sandcastle.
I like the sand.

By Faith.

The Playground

I was sliding on the playground.
I was climbing up the ladder.
I went through the tunnel.
I was walking on the bridge.
It was fun.
I like the playground.

By Marley

Bubbles.

I blew a bubble.
My bubble popped.
It was fun.

By Wharekuka

My Tower

This is my tower.
It is nearly bigger than me!
I made it out of lego.
I had fun making it.

By Jack.

My Plane

I made a plane with lego.
It was flying. 
Planes fly at the airport.

By Ricky.

Room 18 & Room 9

Today Room 9 came to visit us.
They looked after us and played with us.
They taught us lots of reading and letters and counting.
It was fun.

By Faith.

Here are some photos of our afternoon;

Bubbles!

Today we read a story called Bubbles.

We made our own bubble wands and blew bubbles!

It was heaps of fun.

Our bubbles went up and over lots of things.

We wrote some stories. They are up on our wall.

Look at our photos.

Welcome to 2015!

Today was the first day of the new year!
Room 18 had 10 amazing 5 year olds in our class today.We were all pretty shy, but excited to be at school.

We had a pretty busy day! Check in out below.

First we had time to choose activities we liked. Some of us picked drawing. Some played with the sand or the lego. Some of us made animals with the play dough.  

We all had fun!

After that we read a story called In the Garden. It was about an alien exploring the garden.

We talked about what else lives in a garden and wrote stories about it.

Later we did some counting and number work.

We all had a great day and can’t wait for tomorrow. Come back later and see some more of our exciting adventures!