Kapa Haka

Year 1 are learning some Maori action songs from Mr. Chadwick.
He helps us with the correct actions and teaches us to pronounce the Maori words correctly.

Room 1's favourite song is Oma Rapeti!

ANZAC Day

Room 1 have been talking about ANZAC Day. We looked at some real medals and read some stories about brave solders. Here we are looking at the ANZAC Memorial outside the school gate.

Mathletics Hall of Fame!

During the holidays Room 1 were placed 35th

out of the top 50 classes in all schools in New Zealand who participate in Mathletics online. We were congratulated on the website in THE MATHLETICS HALL OF FAME!

Well done Room 1 and thank you to all the parents and care givers who ensured their children kept up their mathletics practice over the holiday break!

Certificates week 9

Well done to our final certificate winners from Term 1.
Well done everyone!

Goodbye Term1!

Well done Room 1!
You have all worked so well this term and I am very proud of you all!
Don't forget to read every day in the holidays and earn some Mathletics certificates to show me after the holidays!
Mrs Ryan

Geometry: Shape topic.

Room 1 arranged coloured paper shapes to make these pictures.
What a lot of creative ways to use your shapes Room 1!

Observational Drawing.

Our Art focus this term has been observational drawing. Room 1 are learning to look carefully at the objects they are going to draw and then sketch what they can actually see. They keep checking with their eyes rather than try and remember in their heads. The sketches are then coloured with matching pastels.
We hope you like our observational drawings of Paddington Bear! Check out the beautifully sketched toggles on his blue duffle coat!

Super Spelling

Room 1 are all working hard practising writing all the words they can on the whiteboards! Look at all this fantastic spelling! Here are some of the examples.
Well done everyone.
You are all so clever!

Travelling Ted

Lucky Ted!
Lola made Ted some new glasses when he had a sleep over at her house.
Now he can see the whiteboard properly!
Thank you Lola!

Week 7 Certificates

Well done everyone!
You are all doing some amazing work!

Electric Music-Andy Jones

Today the whole school enjoyed a wonderful electronic music performance in the hall!
There was lots of action - sound making, singing and lots of dancing! Lola was one of the children chosen to dance on the stage - so were Mrs Ryan, Miss Roberts, Miss Berry and Ms Naik!

Group of the week

Well done Red table! You worked together sensibly and co-operatively last week.

Our Friends in Room1

Room 1 made friendship circles with cutout paper dolls! What a lot of friends everyone has! We joined all the circles together to make a Room 1 mat to show that we all get on together. Well done everyone!

Butterfly Kites

This week we made our butterfly kites with our big buddies. We are currently exploring shape and symmetry in maths and it was great for everyone to have another pair of hands to help with the tricky folds!
We had wonderful time flying them outside but unfortunately there was no wind on Friday and the kites would not stay up in the air for long! We have hung them up to wait for the next windy day and will try again!

Travelling Ted's New Bag

When Travelling Ted went home with superstar Jack this week, Jack's mum made Ted a new bag to keep his special things in! His old plastic bag was getting very tatty, so all of Room 1 are very happy!
Here is Jack showing the new bag for news and checking it out for size with the next superstar Amelie!

Counting our Smarties!

Over the past 4 weeks Room 1 has carried out a number of statistical observations during our mathematics lessons. We have been learning to record our information in various ways. Our favourite lesson was graphing the colours of the smarties in each of our boxes!

Certificates week 5

Group of the week is Yellow table.
They earned the most points for their table group by being focussed and ready to listen really quickly every day. Well done yellow table!

Waiting for a Chrysalis!

On Friday George noticed that one of our caterpillars had curled into a 'J' shape!
Room 1 know that this means that it will change into a chrysalis, or pupa, very soon! We put the swan plant on the carpet in the middle of the mat area so we could keep an eye on it all the time while we were working because we did not want to miss seeing it happen! Unfortunately it was still in a 'J' when we went home so we will have to wait till Monday. Will it be a boy or a girl?

Looking after our Garden

Now we have our own garden plot Room 1 are learning how to look after it.
We planted our plants carefully by digging a hole big enough to hold all the soil around the roots.
Then we watered them carefully. Jack is our expert as he helps with gardening at home. He showed us how to give each plant the right amount so it does not get washed out of the ground! Then we all had a turn with the big hose reel!
Every day from now on the superstar and superstar helper will water our garden with the watering can.
The butterflies like our big pink Dahlia!

Maths: Statistics

Room 1 are working on statistical investigations at present.The students:
1. sort information into categories for display
2. make a graph of data collected
3. make statements about what they have found out
From working on this pictograph Room 1 found out that the same number of children have blue eyes as brown eyes. Less children have hazel eyes.