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Olympia Gymnastics and The Airforce Museum
Olympia Gymnastics and The Airforce Museum
Last week our tamariki were privileged to go on the special big bendy bus to continue learning fundamental movement skills at Olympia Gymnastics and while there we also visited the nearby Airforce Museum.
House of Bricks
House of Bricks
This week our tamariki got creative with Lego from our special visitors from the House of Bricks. The children made patterns and completed STEM challenges such as building racing cars that can travel furthest via a ramp without breaking.
Liffey Springs Rubbish Collection
Liffey Springs Rubbish Collection
It was wonderful to see the children living our school values by being kaitiaki and caring for our local environment as part of our Inquiry learning - the power in me to make a difference - maku e whakatika - it starts with me!
The Antarctic Centre Trip
The Antarctic Centre Trip
Our fantastic trip to the Antarctic Centre! We learned so much. Thank you to our wonderful parent helpers.
Maybe a Miracle - Book Week Show
Maybe a Miracle - Book Week Show
Book Character Day
Book Character Day
Problem Solving
Problem Solving
This week during our problem solving maths session we were learning how to share out 'birds eggs' using only odd numbers.
Finding halves
Finding halves
We started to look at halves and went on a fraction hunt around the classroom!!
Museum visit
Museum visit
We learned about the difference between insects and spiders and got to see lots of really cool bugs!
Pink Shirt day
Statistics
Statistics
Tally charts
Tally charts
Maths fun
Maths fun
Maths - Making patterns (A,B,A,B ) and (A,B,C,A,B,C)
Maths - Making patterns (A,B,A,B ) and (A,B,C,A,B,C)
The Syntax Project
Who/ do
Nouns/verbs
Shared writing
Kindness is our superpower!
Kindness is our superpower!
Harold and Keri from Life Education came to visit
Harold and Keri from Life Education came to visit
The power of 'me'!
During our sessions with Harold and Keri we focused on:
Affirmation Station: I AM ME
Looking at that makes us special and unique to everyone else
Knowing that everyone is special and unique around us too.
Used poems and videos to enhance this message
PAUSE, BREATHE, CHOOSE
Making good choices in different situations
Knowing how I can show my kindness to others.
Fundamental skills
Fundamental skills
On Thursday we had Selwyn Sport out to run some of the games we missed. We had a great time.
It would be great if the children can continue to practise skipping, hopping and jumping skills at home.
Thank you to our sport leaders for helping.
Visual art
Visual art
Printmaking
Theme: 'Power': Using power for good; Power of being fair; Words have power; Actions speak loudly. The power of kind words and actions. What makes a good leader? What are the impacts of the decisions we make? Kindness is my 'super power'.
The ākonga designed their own superhero badge and printed these onto superhero capes.
Thank you to Matua Steve, for making our wooden print blocks for us and the sheet donations from the community.
Making crystals
Making crystals
On Friday, Elena's mum came in and we made crystals. We have been watching them grow.
Learning about parts of a plant/collage
Learning about parts of a plant/collage
During CRT time we have been learning about parts of a plant. Look at our collage plant we have made!
Learning through play
Making korus
Making korus
Visual art - crayon/pastel and dye.
Using inspiration from a NZ artist, Raewyn Harris - koru art design (media: pastel or crayon and dye)
Warm and cool colours.
Tuakana-Teina
Reading with our 'big buddy'
'Learning through play'
Numeracy
Numeracy
We have been exploring the numicon shapes this week and learning some math games.
Literacy
Literacy
After reading a shared book together, we made our own Piwakawaka | Fantail.
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