The Solar System

As part of our Sunsmart inquiry Room 1 have been talking about the distance between the sun and the earth.
Abby And Emma drew this diagram on the whiteboard all by themselves!

Howdy Partner!

Today Room 1 enjoyed dancing Howdy Partner on the stage at school assembly! Mrs Hooke taught us how to make up interesting actions for our partner to copy until it was time to swap over so the other person had a turn to be the leader. It was great fun! Thank you to the mums and dads who came to watch!

Learning to Play Cricket

On Wednesday Ryan, Tama and Celia from Cricket Wellington came to school to teach Rooms 1, 2 and 3 some introductory cricket skills in the hall. The most important thing we learned was to keep your eye on the ball! We had great fun and some children are keen to learn to play cricket as a summer sport. Cricket coaching takes place on Friday evenings at the Rec.

UV Frisbees

This term we are investigating how and why we need to keep safe in the sun.
Today we used a special white frisbee to help us check whether we need to wear a sunhat on a cloudy day.
Our white frisbee changes colour to orange on contact with ultraviolet light from the sun.
The darker orange it gets the more you have to protect your skin from the sun.
Ultraviolet light harms our skin! Our frisbee turned light orange so we could see that some ultraviolet rays were shining down on us even though it was a cloudy day!
We are going to wear our sunhats even when it is cloudy!

Halloween!

Last night on the 31st October lots of children from Muritai School went trick or treating! How many of these visitors to my house do you recognise?

DISCO!

Today lots of children came back to school at 5pm for the junior disco. We had a DJ who played cool music for everyone to dance to. All the curtains were closed to make it dark enough for the disco lights and you could buy sparkly pendants, rings and neon bracelets that glowed in the dark! Lots of teachers came and Mums and Dads were invited to join in too. At the end everyone had an iceblock to cool down. It was lots of fun!

Rugby World Cup

Room 1 were very excited that New Zealand beat France for the Rugby World Cup! Everyone wrote a story about it! Here are some of us with the poster shared at news time.

Holidays

Have a safe and happy Holiday!
Room 1 you have all worked so hard and so well this term!
I'll see you back at school with a big smile and a sun hat on Tuesday 25th October!
Mrs Ryan

Technology-Making Fridge Magnets

Our inquiry topic this term has been Mighty Magnets. During this technology unit we investigated ways that magnets are used to help us in our daily lives. We decided to make our own fridge magnets to hold our spelling or maths rockets to the fridge at home. First the children selected some materials to make their magnets and checked them out for suitability. When they were happy with their choice they sketched their design plan. The children followed this plan to make their fridge magnet and then tested whether it could hold up their spelling or maths rocket. They all did! Well done Room1!

Noah the Magician!

Today Noah brought his Magician's Theatre to Room 1 and presented a magic show! He brought some of his Room 11 buddies to help him out. We saw the amazing appearing tiger, the disappearing lady and the ball that appeared magically under the cone! Andrew taught us some juggling skills while the show was being set up. Room 1 children were chosen to say the magic spells and wave the magic wand! Everybody loved it. Thank you Noah, you are a wonderful magician!

Wearable Arts

On Monday we watched the Year 5 to 8 Wearable Arts Show in the hall. The costumes were amazing and Room1 have written some fantastic stories describing their favourite outfits! Check out your child's writing book in the classroom.

Performing Arts with Mrs Hooke

Every Thursday for the past 4 weeks Room1 have been enjoying a movement and dance programme with Mrs Hooke. We have been learning about rhythm and beat and have been practising moving to different types of music. Everyone loves it!

Hot Dogs for Lunch!

Room1 want to say THANK YOU to all the mums who help make HOT DOGS for the Home and School! We eat lots of hot dogs and think it is a great way to raise money for extra equipment for us. The last day for hot dogs is next Wednesday.

Year 1&2 Assembly

On Friday it was Room 1's turn to organise the Year 1 & 2 assembly. Blaine and Sarah were our wonderful presenters! Esme, Amelia L, Florence, Ben,Harriet and Petra presented a play called The Ant and the Grasshoppers. Artemisia and Harry talked about our Slinky Malinki artwork. Well done Room1! You all worked very hard and I was very proud of you all. So were all the mums and dads who came to watch!

Conservation Week Clean Up!

Several junior classes went down to the beach on Friday to check out the shoreline for litter. The children worked in pairs - one was the 'spotter' who pointed to the litter and their partner, wearing a disposable glove', was the 'picker upper'. Most of the litter was paper wrappers but we were sad to find some plastic rings that could get caught around the necks of birds or other animals.
We had to be careful not to step on plants growing in the dunes too!

Gingerbread Man

"Run,run,
Fast as you can
You can't catch me,
I'm the gingerbread man."
Room 1 love creating multi media artwork!

Slinky Malinki

Our current art topic is Multimedia Art, where the students use different materials in sequence to create a layered piece of art. Mr Laird worked with Room 1 on these Slinky Malinki creations.

Rugby World Cup!

The whole school dressed up in the colours of the team they support today.
What a lot of All Black supporters and lots of other countries too!
Blaine even had a mini All Black in his lunch box!

International Literacy Day today

September 8th is International Literacy Day. In Room 1 we shared favourite picture books with our Room 11 buddies. Joe and Abby are holding gift packs with a picture book inside that all babies born today in Wellington will be given. It is never to early to enjoy books! Mrs Chao and Mrs Ryan are delivering them today for the Wellington Literacy Association, of which they are committee members. At lunchtime Mrs Chao and Mrs Ryan read stories in the school library.

Magnetism - Science and Technology!

Our Science inquiry last term involved magnets. This term in our inquiry we are using magnets as part of a technology investigation.

We are exploring ways we can use magnets and will design our own fridge magnets using different materials. The fridge magnet we make must meet a set of criteria - especially the one that says it must be strong enough to hold our reading or spelling rockets onto our fridge at home.

Making magnetic fishing games gave us the opportunity to experiment with the strength of magnets. We enjoyed sharing them with our big buddies.