Term 3
Week 3

This week we have had a big week!
We have had swimming this week and the children have really learnt skills that will aid them while being in the water and their confidence to swim for their future. The children told me that they learnt skills like; rolling logs, breaststroke, freestyle, breathing and turning, floating, the worm (moving onto butterfly), and lots and lots of fun!

We have also been working on our patterns/shape and colour combinations. We have a piece of illusion art work that shows this really well. The children have taken great pride in these and they are on display in our classroom, feel free to come and have a look anytime.

Term 3
Week 1

It has been a good week of getting back into routine. We have started  brainstorming for our speeches for the middle of this term. We have also been talking about what kind of qualities are needed in order to be a good team member and what the Room 1A students like about Room 1A.

We also had our first sports session back for this term, we were learning how to aim and throw at a target and play fun games that involve teamwork.

Term 2
Week 10

Liam, Riki, Leon, and Hamish compete in the EA Network Centre’s EPro8 Challenge at the intermediate and they WON! The challenge is a school science and engineering competition. They are now in the semi final which we be held next term in Ashburton, Well done boys!

Term 2
Week 9

This week we have completed some amazing pieces of Koru art work. Some of these will be displayed in the Presbyterian rooms in Ashburton and the rest will be displayed in our School Hall. Miss Hannah is very impressed with our blending and pastel skills.

Room 1A have also been working on their persuasive writing work and have been working on developing skills of friendly debate. We are getting ready for speeches next term. We have also been learning about the human body. The children worked in pairs to research a selected organ and typed it on our class drive to present information along with a human body visual in our classroom. Come for a close look to read their research.

Term 2 
Week 8

Well done to our Senior Jump Jam team who did amazing at the Ashburton Jump Jam competition on Friday 21st June 2019. Miss Hannah was so proud of their effort and their positive attitudes, well done!

Room 1A have really set themselves expectations on how to be role models this term. We are very lucky to have buddy reading time with Room 3 for the past two terms. All of the kids love reading with each other and Room 1a students learn how to read to others with calm and positive tones and also on how to model reading strategies and sounding out for the younger students. They also really enjoy getting to read picture books.

Term 2
Week 6

This week we have been practising our knowledge of writing instructions through science experiments. We are able to write down an instruction that uses a title, equipment list, ordered instructions, bossy verbs, precise nouns, and descriptive verbs. Our science experiment this week was the food colouring milk experiment.

Term 2 
Week 5

This week we have had Samoan Language week. The children enjoyed learning about different greetings, numbers, expressions, and feelings in Samoan. AS a class we decided to make a Room 1A Tapa. The children researched different Samoan patterns and we created our Tapa.

We also worked hard on our Maori Tiki Art that is now also displayed in the school foyer. We were working on using patterns and showing different colour combinations.