Leaf Fight and Telligami stories

After Kapa Haka today Room 12 had a leaf fight over at the hills - what fun we had!


Leaf Fight! on PhotoPeach

Here is Makylah's story about our leaf fight:

We had a leaf fight with Kaci and Eita too.  We went up at the mountains.  I threw leaves at Miss O'Neill.
Ka pai, Makylah!!!

Last week we wrote fabulous stories about tigers.  Today we used the Telligami App on the iPads to make special avatars say our story.  It was so much fun to choose what our avatar would look like, and record our stories.  Here they are:

Maddox:


Eita:


Makylah wrote so much she had to speak fast to squeeze her story into 30 seconds of recording:


Sophia:


Kian:


Naai:


Kaci:


Mio:

Nitika:


Oliver:


Xavier:


Adela's telligami will be put on tomorrow....we made one, but I must have forgotten to email it to myself...oops!  We'll make it again tomorrow.

Out of the mouths of 5 year olds....

I absolutely love teaching!

Especially new entrants!  They come to school with an awesome attitude, they really want to do well, and they say and do the FUNNIEST things which make me laugh out loud.

This morning I was looking through the handwriting books to see what Room 12 had done on Tuesday (while I was away sick) and I found this.

Anyone want to know about 'slow motion kissing'?

I laughed so loud that Mrs Pringle heard me from next door.  Well done, Adela!

No such thing as electricity!

Last term we looked at electrical energy and what it is used for.  This term we are looking how people did things without electricity.  Say what?

To coincide with forming the letter 'b' at handwriting time on Friday we made some butter...without using electricity.  It was so much fun!  After that we used the butter to make some 'fairy biscuits'.  Yum!


Making butter on PhotoPeach

During the week we also talked about the things children did 100 years ago to amuse themselves.  Room 12 were a bit shocked to discover that children couldn't watch television, play on an iPad, or use a remote control car!  They were also a little surprised to find that most kids could sew their own clothes, or sew their own repairs 100 years ago.  So we had a go at some sewing.  Room 12 persevered...and look!  What a great job!

The finished product

Tomorrow we are going to learn how to play hopscotch...

Cuddly Toy Day!

We should have cuddly toy day more often!  It was amazing to see how focussed and happy everyone was!

We love our cuddly toys!

Kaci wrote about his cuddly monkey!  What a fabulous job he did...what do you think?

Maddox wrote about his cuddly blanket that he got as a baby.

We've been learning about the concept of HALF for maths this week.  Did you know that everyone in Room 12 can cut a shape in half?

Kaci is colouring in half of the triangle.

Adela can colour a half too.

Mio can fill in the missing half.

Nitika can fill in the missing half too.

Happy Mother's Day!

Today Room 12 made a cute movie to say "We love you, Mum!".  The children love hearing their own voice...

I hope you have a lovely day and do something special.

Cuddly Toy Day

First day back after the holidays...

Can I just say Room 12 are the best?  Everyone gets on with each other really well, they're so helpful and kind.....and they always do their best work!  I am so lucky to have such a brilliant class.

A big welcome to Adela who turned 5 in the holidays.  She stayed for the whole day today and already seems really comfortable at school.

Over the next two weeks we are learning about fractions (mainly halves and quarters) so we had a little introduction this morning.  They all had a go at activities like pizza cutting, paper folding and cutting, and various fraction puzzles.
Fractions! on PhotoPeach
This afternoon we tried a new idea called 'Cafe Writing' (not entirely sure where the name came from) where there are large pieces of paper around the classroom for children to write/draw/practice on.  It is a super activity to practice pencil grip, hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills....plus they had fun!  We're allowed to have fun at school right?

Cafe Writing on PhotoPeach