Phonics

We are learning to write and read 3,4 and 5 letter words independently.  We can robot the word so we hear the sounds.  In this activity we used stamps which had pictures and spaces to help us with the number of sounds we needed to write.

Pukeko clocks

In Term 3 Room 3 studied native birds. We learnt lots about the Pukeko and decided to make our own clock.

First we practiced drawing Pukeko birds in lots of different ways. We painted our bird and the background onto an old record.  Mrs Scott cut out the birds and glued them onto the record. 

We added the clock hands and some batteries.   

Check out the awesome clocks!

Beebots

Believe it or not this is Maths! Here we are learning the beginning stages of programming or algebra. We have to think about going forwards, backwards and sideways. It is quite tricky, as we need to count ahead how many moves we want our robot to take and in what direction. Then we have to programme that in. It was challenging and a lot of fun!

Making Music

The librarians came from Pakuranga library to read to us and do some dancing. They brought colourful scarves and we moved in time to the music and followed the actions. We had to listen carefully to the directions in the songs.

Sharing with our parents

It was so lovely to spend time with your family at the Kai and Korero Evening. You were very excited to show your family around our room and explain some of what happens each day in Room 3. After visiting our room many of our families went off to the field and playground to share food and play games.

What a great year we are going to have together!

Patterns, patterns everywhere

This term we are learning about the concept of patterns - this is a very important part of mathematics. We have introduced the basic ideas of a pattern. These are that patterns involve something that repeats, like ‘clap, shout, clap, shout…’ or ‘red, blue, yellow, red, blue, yellow…’ Now because patterns repeat there must be a rule that describes the repetition. We have been trying to work out the rules.

As children move through school, they will meet number patterns like 5, 8,11, 14, 17… and will be able to predict the next term by knowing the relationship between the numbers. This is the beginning of algebra and coding!

In this photo your child is learning to create, describe and continue their own pattern using materials in the classroom.

Clowns

As part of our art this term we learnt how to draw different lines.  We used these lines to add flowers, bow ties, collars and hats to make us look like clowns.   We learnt how to use a paint brush to blend the water soluble pastels to give a paint effect.

Swimming

I am learning to glide across the water on my front or my back with a long body position. I am very confident when I have my goggles on.