Laptops

Today our Room 11 Buddies helped us explore KidPix, Room 1's favourite art and drawing computer programme. Room 1 are learning to use the laptop touch pads as well as a mouse.
We take turns to use the pod of laptops in our classroom.

Hatching a Monarch Butterfly

Over the past 3 weeks we watched our monarch caterpillar grow bigger and bigger and become a chrysalis. Last Friday we watched it hatch into a butterfly! We compared it with the picture in our butterfly book and took it outside to a bush to set it free. We made butterfly kites to take home.

Summer Swimming

This year Muritai school is taking part in the Kiwi Swimsafe Safety in the Water programme. We have swim school coaches helping the teachers and students learn correct technique. Room 1's goal is to have as many students as possible floating confidently on their front and on their back. We are well on the way to achieving this! All the students will be awarded certificates of achievement at the end of the course. Thank you to all the parents who are helping us get changed without losing any clothing!

Our Self Portraits

Room1 have been completing their self portraits using black pens, pastels and dye. They looked carefully at the size of different parts of their bodies and used the whole sheet of paper with their head at the top, feet at the bottom.
We hope you like them as much as we do!

The wonderful students in Room1!

We have 19 wonderful learners in Room1.
We have begun our reading, writing and maths programmes already and are working hard to be the best that we can be every day!

Meeting our New Big Buddies.

Today Room 11 met their new little buddies from Room 1.
We read books and talked together today and are meeting our buddies again next week for an activity.
Room 11 are lucky to be big buddies this year and are really excited about sharing with Room 1.