Cookies in a Jar

Today we all made Cookies in a Jar.  This is where the kids have measured out quantities of dry ingredients to make chocolate chip cookies and poured them into a jar.  They did really well at using a measuring cup and spoon to measure the flour, sugar, chocolate chips, baking powder, baking soda and cocoa.  Not much ended up on the floor at all!

We brainstormed who we could give our cookies in a jar to for Christmas.  There are going to be some lucky Grandma's, Aunties and neighbours!

There are instructions on the jar for cooking the cookies.

Room 12 look really proud of their creations!

We've also been making a video about what Room 12 like about Christmas.  Here it is:



We will also be showing this video in our final assembly on Thursday.  Don't forget you are welcome to come along to this assembly at 11.15am (bring your singing voice!).

Day at the Beach!

Rooms 12 and 9 were so lucky for having great weather at the beach...not too hot and not too cold!  Just right!

We learned about staying safe in the sun, staying safe on the beach and in the water.

We had SO MUCH FUN!!!!


Day at the Beach! on PhotoPeach

Of course our day wouldn't have been possible without our wonderful parent helpers.  

A BIG THANK YOU TO THE PARENTS WHO CAME ALONG.  

Class Photo

Back in Term 2 it was photo day for all of the classrooms at Wairakei School.

Unfortunately I was sick on that day so our class photo had no teacher in it.  We've also had quite a few children begin school since then.  So we had another photo taken this morning.

A big thank you to Dee (Levi's Mum) who stayed at school after the bell rang to take some photos.

Tomorrow everyone in Room 12 will take home a laminated copy of the photograph - my gift to you!

Gorgeous Room 12
Absent - Kian, Sophia and Zephy

Pulling a funny face!

Sophia's funny story!

Today Sophia wrote a story about what she might be getting me for Christmas!  It made me giggle!

Here it is:

Today was Natalie's first day at Wairakei School.
Harlow is showing her some maths activities on the iPad.

Pyjama Days at the Pool!

Last week we wore our pyjamas in the swimming pool!  We all thought this was very strange, but our swimming tutors wanted us to know what it might feel like if we suddenly found ourselves in water with our clothes on.

Ready and waiting in our pyjamas.

Mr Bojangles wanted to wear his pyjamas too!

We discovered that our clothes made us feel colder and they got heavy!

Room 12 learned to use a ball or bottle as a floating device!

We also made a river out of our bodies, and each of us had to walk or swim down the choppy water.  This was so much fun!


PJ Day 1 - river fun! on PhotoPeach

On the next day we put on life jackets and jumped into the DEEP end of the swimming pool!  We found that the life jackets helped us float!


PJ Day 2 - Life Jackets on PhotoPeach