typing link

Check out our new educational website link ... a fun game for kids to practice their typing skills.

Parent evening

A big thank you to all parents and grandparents who came along tonight.  It's alway nice to meet you and please feel free to pop in anytime.

I forgot to mention when showing you our class blog that comments will not automatically show up as they will get sent through to me first for me to ok ... This just safeguards our site.

Outreach reading

Wow!!! We now have 3 lucky kids meeting with Margret and Sam her lovely black lab.

Cool kids show

Kids are so excited...  and for good reason!!!

Great discussions about bullying and how it isnt cool.

writing & reading

Not getting my hopes up but I think we could class today as a success !!!

Had a cluster of children away which meant that there was one computer per child (and a few left over - which ended up getting used when issues arose with the computers they started on).  A few teething issues happened (of course!!!) but every child logged on to google, accessed the google drive, found their folder and the writing document and wrote a sentence - alot even shared their work back to me.

They loved listening to hear my phone make a bird chip as I received an email to say that a document was shared with me ...

I also had two reading groups working on a google doc completing a project on either wetas or penguins ...

Monday morning writing

Computers ready,  Google docs all set to go ... I need my coffee this morning !!!  but cant wait to see how the whole class go at writing in a google doc...♥ it will either be a nightmare or shear brilliance... i'm hoping its the second.

Week 4 - another one bites the dust.

Well another week has come and gone ... man how time fly's when you are having fun.  The children are getting the hang of Study ladder.  This is an educational website where I as their teacher can set tasks that relate back to what we are doing in class.  As they show that they are getting the hang of logging in and focus on completing the tasks set they will start bringing home their passwords so you can see what they are doing for yourself.  I have included a link to this website on the side-panel of this blog to make this process easier.

I have to say another WOWWWWWWWW!!!! for the spelling this week be had 23 children at school on Friday when we were testing and 22 of them got 100%  The other child got 1 wrong ... We must all be doing something right I think ... Lets keep it up.

The children have also been working hard to complete their half photo/self portrait art and I must say I am soooooo proud of all their efforts they look fantastic.  Can't wait to take some photos to share with you here. They are also working on some BFG pictures to go with some descriptions they have writing this week.  So feel free to pop in and have a look.

Week 3 - done and dusted ... What a busy one!

What a busy week we have had, but wasn't it FUN!  

Spelling started again this week.  At the moment the children are reviewing a few words from previous lists (based on testing we have completed in week 1/2).  Well done to all those who got 100% on your spelling... Ryan, Max, Tae, Lukas, Kate, Jessica, Mia, Willow, Cyprus, Lani, Mikara, Amelia, Jayden & Tylah.  That's over half of our class !!! WOWWWWW!!!  Lets keep it up and go for everyone in the whole class with 100%.  Parents I have put an incentive on spelling as well that when the children have achieved 10 weeks of 100% then they will be able to get a prize ... - as yet I still need to get these prizes but I still have a few weeks to sort this out :-)  but I figure if they can get to 10 weeks of 100% they definitely deserve something!

Chrome book launch

Today was the day of the Chrome book party.  Boy were the kids excited (and for good reason).  Room 7 was very lucky to receive the seniors old Netbooks which means we will be able to start our digital journey as well.  Take a look at a few photos!!!

Chrysalis 1 hatched and has been released

Week 2 - another short one.

Was nice to have another short one.  I hope everyone enjoyed their Waitangi Day.  

Below are our favorite A books.  Check them out in our school library!!!!!

Party Party Party!

The children in room 4/7 have been working hard on their statistics maths unit.  They have been completing identifying questions to complete investigations on, identifying categories, making and completing tally charts, and of course interpret the information they have been finding out.  Soon they will be completing group projects based around the idea of a PARTY!!!  So watch this space.

Here are some photos from one or their activities they have done to practice identifying questions, categories and completing tally charts.

CATERPILLARS,   CHRYSALIS     &   BUTTERFLIES . . .

Room 7 has been enjoying watching the caterpillars develop and change.  We now have 2 chrysalis hanging in our classroom as they have been very diligent in bringing these in when they have noticed them on the ground ... watch this space and see if either of them hatch.