Leaf lying

Leaf Lying

On Thursday Room 7 had a wonderful morning doing some more exciting environmental writing.  We went outside again in the early morning and went walking through the rustling, crunchy leaves in our school playground.  We collected some to observe and play with and lay down under a large tree that was loosing its leaves.  This gave us the opportunity to watch the falling leaves (and when none were falling we were able to throw the ones we were holding up and watch to see how they fell.  

This experience provided us with a real life experience to write about, and the children rose to the occasion, producing some exceptional examples.

Week 4 Term 2

In Room 47 we have been looking at environmental writing and enjoying morning walks to motivate us in our writing.  We had heaps of fun in the frost on Wednesday and in the leaves on Thursday.  We have also been reading a Myth called “Tane and the Stars” and discussing how storytelling helps to pass on information about our past and the past of others.  So it would be great if you have a family story that you could tell your child over the next week that they could then share with the class next Thursday/Friday.  We will also try and record these stories, so if you and your family are happy to send along old photos/artifacts or even pictures of your child holding these items, this may help your child tell their story - This is only optional, but is a great opportunity for them to take a real interest in their family history.  If you have any queries or concerns about this please feel free to email me.  kariene@ohaeawaiprimary.co.nz.

Mrs Gardiner would also like us all to bring along a teddy bear tomorrow for a special surprise.

Frost walking

This morning the weather provided a great motivation for environmental writing.  Three of our junior classes couldn't resist utalising such a magical teaching moment.

The children were super excited about the very fresh frost that was covering our school playground with many of them taking the opportunity to play around in it before the bell. Sliding, skidding and collecting icy particles... So instead of waiting untill tomorrow to do this type of writing (like I had planned) we did it today...

The children took off their socks, I (Mrs g) turned up the heater, they made sure they had all their jerseys and jackets on and were otherwise toasty and warm before we all lined up outside and I (Mrs g) helped to make sure long trousers were rolled up so they wouldn't get wet.  We then all walked around the school finding patches of frost to run across before we would stand in sunny patches to warm our feet up again...  then we did it all over again.  Some children only wanted to do this once and this was fine as they got to watch from the court or bike trail where the frost didn't seen to have had the same effect...

Then we returned to the very toasty classroom to dry our feet, put our socks back on and before long we were all peeling off our extra jackets and jerseys because we were so cozy.  We then discussed this experience in depth before we started some fantastic writing...  here are some photos... many of them taken before school as I knew I had time to take some...  thank you Mrs Stevenson for taking some of our class experience.

Running together through the frosty field

Mrs Gardiner was Outstanding in her field ... he he he

Frosty grass before school

Pioneer village trip

Today Room 47 & room 6 visited the Pioneer Village in Kaikohe because our topic this term is learning together about our past.

Here are a few snap shops of the day.  Thanks heaps to all the parents who came and shared this experience with us.  Mrs G