Going on a bear hunt.........

Have you been on a bear hunt around your local area yet?

On my walk around our local area today I saw 57 bears. One was in a letter box and one was up a flag pole!

I wonder how many bears you might see in your local area?

Can you use tally marks to show how many bears you saw?

If you are not able to go on a bear hunt around your local area, have a look on line-there are lot's of photos of bears in windows around New Zealand.
Have fun!

It's holiday time!

Morena Tuatahi

Today is the start of our two week holiday. We realise the importance of giving your child a break from learning, and so use this time to recharge your batteries!
However, if you would like some little challenges to keep you going over the break, some ideas are included below.

You can begin your day by counting and exercising at the same time!
        Jack Hartman count to 100
        Patty Shulka count to 100

You can also practise counting backwards from 20 with   Count back cat
Remember when counting backwards from 20 that you are saying 'teen' and not 'ty'!

And for having fun-Stand up -sit down

Reading every day is very important. Don't forget to check out the stories on National Radio
National radio stories

Here is a story we have read in class called 'The Selfish Crocodile'     The Selfish Crocodile
Happy reading and happy holiday-we will post some more challenges next Monday which are of course optional.

Welcome to Fun Friday!

Morena Tuatahi, welcome to Friday!

Here is a counting song to exercise to help you start the day.
                        counting to 100

And because it's Friday, you might like to teach your family our 'Fun Friday' dance-have fun!
                 The Chicken Dance


Here are some learning activities for today, we hope you have fun.

Don't forget to do lot's of reading, and listen to some stories on RNZ

National Radio story time

Have a great weekend everyone.

Morena Tuatahi

We are missing you all! 

You may like to start your day with our counting to exercise routine-you can find it here:
            Patty Shulka-count to 100

   Here are a couple of new challenges for today.

Today's challenge...

Hi Tuatahi

We hope you are having a great day.
Here are a couple of challenges you might like to do at home today.
You can write your answers in the comment section on our blog. We look forward to hearing how you get on!

Here is the website for RNZ stories on line-a nice opportunity for your child to have a quiet moment and listen to a story(these stories are audible only, and so screen free!)

https://storytime.rnz.co.nz/

Learning at home!

Dear families

Just a quick note to let you know that there is a box in the hall for each class that has packs for each child with some learning activities you can use at home. The hall will  be open until around 4pm this afternoon if you would like to pop in and collect your pack.

In the meantime, here are a couple of ideas that we hope will help you out over the coming weeks:

.practise the names and sounds of the alphabet letters

.find things in your house or out in the garden that begin with different sounds

.counting practise-forwards and backwards to 20-what comes before, what comes after…

.identify basic shapes by name-triangle, square, rectangle, oval,circle, pentagon, hexagon-find examples of these shapes in and around your home

In your pack

.orange books are for writing a sentence about something they have done that day-use the word card to help find some of the words you need, and try sounding out the beginning sound of each word.

.letter and number formation-do this every day, and then have a go at writing them on your own

.Read, read, read

.maths sheets to help for counting forwards and backwards and then counting on.

Some interesting websites to check out:

www.youngoceanexplorers.com

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

https://www.storylineonline.net/

.Google ‘brain break action songs’ and you will find fun ways to get moving

.Twinkl is a website full of material that is offering free membership to parents for a month-you may find something that you would like to print out.

Please keep checking our blog, as we will put little challenges on there on a Monday and Wednesday to keep you going!

Thinking of you all, take care and we can’t wait to see you all again soon!

All the best

Mrs Waddington and Philippa

Swimming weeks 7 and 8

Our swim safety lessons with Swimsation have now finished.
For the next two weeks we will be practising for our Little Splash event which happens in week 9.

Our swimming days for the next two weeks are Monday and Wednesday.

Please send your child's togs and towel to school named and in a bag.

Many thanks

Philippa and Mrs Waddington

A fun Friday afternoon

What a lovely way to end the week-the sun came out so we took advantage of the opportunity to practise our small ball skills.

Here we are practising rolling, throwing, catching and bouncing with our partners!

number bingo

We are learning to recognise numbers to 10 or 20 and playing number bingo is a fun way to learn!

Swim safety

We have been learning about the importance of wearing a life jacket.

Independent writing

We are reading a shared book called 'The Machine Boogie'.
This afternoon some learners chose to draw some pictures of the machines. We had diggers, rollers, bulldozers, and a dump truck!
They wrote a sentence to go with their picture.
Here is a photo of our proud learners sharing their work with the class.

Our young engineer!

This afternoon during Play-based Learning, some boys were experimenting with boxes to create a ramp for the cars to go down. Arai decided the boxes needed to connect, and got some cardboard to create a bridge. 
Great job Arai, with a bit of tape to strengthen the cardboard, the bridge was soon in action!

Gardening......

Car racing and track building.....

puzzles-team work

Building.......

Experimenting.......

creating and imagining!

Play Based Learning

We were treated to a show during Play-based Learning this week.

Riddhi is telling us the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Elise, Selah, Constance and Scarlett performed a dance.

Nice work girls!

swimming

We have had a fun week of swimming with our wonderful instructors from Swimsation.
We began by practising our safe entry into the pool-2 hands on the side, turn and slide in.

We played ring-a-ring-a-rosie  

We learned how to be jellyfish-floating on our front and back-this was tricky to do!

 We also practised using the flutter boards to help us kick across the pool.

We have had lots of fun and are looking forward to another week of fun lessons next week!