Creepy Crawly Hunt

Today we went on an exciting hunt around the school, looking for creepy crawlies. We used magnifying glasses to look more closely at the bugs we found.

Room 23's Gardens

Yesterday we planted our two tyre gardens. In one, we have planted sunflowers and in the other, carrots and wild flowers. We are looking forward to seeing them start to grow before the end of the school year.

Preparing our gardens for planting

Last week, we visited the school gardens and prepared two tractor tyre gardens for planting. We had to weed the gardens and turn the soil over ready for planting.

Sport Manawatu

On Wednesday 19th, Darrin came from Sport Manawatu to take us for a PE lesson. It was great fun.

Beans!!

We planted bean plants and last week some of our bean plants sprouted. We are recording our observations in our bean plant diaries each week. 

What are shapes used for?

We went for a walk around the school to look at how shapes are used in our environment. We found many uses for shapes and are going to make a book about our findings.

Exploring the school gardens

Last week, we explored the school gardens and found some tractor tyres for us to use to do some planting. We will have to do some weeding, first!

Busy doing Maths...

Today we worked hard on our number activities through our BUILD programme.

This is what build stands for...

B= Buddy Games

U= Using Manipulatives

I= Independent work

L= Learning about numbers

D= Doing Maths with the teacher

Sunflower Art- Inspired by Van Gogh

We have been painting sunflowers just like the famous artist Vincent Van Gogh. First, we sketched our sunflower. Then, we painted our sunflowers yellow and painted the background with a pastel colour. Finally, we painted a fine outline with black paint. We look forward to displaying them when they are all finished.

Shape hunt

On Friday the 31st, we went on a shape hunt around our classroom and recorded the number of shapes we found with tally marks.

Little Explorers!

We started out 'Little Explorers' inquiry unit today by learning about the trees that represent our house teams.

Go the Turbos!

We dressed in green on Friday 24th of October to support the Turbos.

Discovery

On Wednesday 22nd October, Room 23 had their first taste of a discovery afternoon. Our class spent a sunny afternoon either in the sandpit or on the courts creating with chalk art.

Ag Day

In Week 1, Room 23 had a wonderful time getting ready for Ag Day. Thank you to all the parents for providing us with all we needed to get creative.

Welcome to Term 4

Don't forget to bring your sun hat this term. These will be kept in your desk for the term.