Getting ready for the Mask Parade......

In Room 1 we are getting very excited about the Mask Parade. We have been busy making our masks so we can be part of the whole school production. Can you guess what we are going to be?.... check back in after the holidays when we have finished our fabulous masks.

HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY ROOM 1 CHILDREN AND YOUR FAMILIES!
SEE YOU IN TERM 4

Capacity - MATHS FOCUS

This week we have been learning all about CAPACITY & VOLUME.

We have been working hard in pairs to solve lots of different challenges involving measuring the capacity of different vessels (containers). For each station we first have to estimate what we think the capacity of each container is. It has been hard to think about sensible estimations.

The key words we are learning this week are; capacity, volume, estimate,vessel, container, measure, litre, fill, more, less, equal.

Have a look at some of the children working at one of the stations! 

Tennis Poetry!

Room One has been participating in tennis coaching on Thursday's. We are learning lots of new skills and we have having a great time playing tennis games. When we came back to the class last week we wrote some poems about tennis.
Read what we have written, we think they are fabulous!

Tennis is...
bouncy balls,
hard rackets,
watch out!
Tennis is fun.
By Summer


Tennis is...
cold rackets,
shiny balls.
Tennis is awesome!
By Tessa


Tennis is...
hitting rackets,
fast legs,
quick bouncy balls!
By Reuben


Tennis is...
cool,
throwing and diving
hitting thin ropes,
zooming balls.
Tennis is fun!
quick bouncy balls!
By Jordan


Tennis is...
sliding balls,
long black nets,
slippery floor.
Tennis is awesome!
By Charlotte


Tennis is...
bouncy balls,
hard rackets,
long, long, nets.
I slide to get the ball
Tennis is fun!
By Jordy


Tennis is...
so awesome,
hard balls,
I have fun.
Tennis is cool as!
By Ian


Tennis is...
fun bouncing balls on your racket,
Tennis is wicked! 
By Joe


Tennis is...
sliding balls,
red nets,
big rackets.
Tennis is fun!
By Brookie-Lee


Tennis is...
hard rackets,
bouncy balls,
Tennis is awesome!
By Hannah


Tennis is...
I zoom
I like tennis
I jump,
Tennis is fun!
By Reichen


Tennis is...
bouncy balls,
stretchy nets,
big black hard rackets.
Tennis is exciting!
By Jaymee


Tennis is...
fun.
Niarie is our coach,
she teaches us,
she is Charlotte's coach too
Tennis is cool!
 By Luke


Tennis is...
I zoom,
I run fast,
I am good.
Tennis is cool!
By Callum C


Tennis is...
fast balls
Tennis is fun! 
By R.J

 
Tennis is...
bouncy, bouncy balls,
red and black nets,
Tennis is really cool!
 By Ameera


Tennis is...
bouncy balls,
quick feet diving,
long string nets.
Tennis is great!
 By Anya


Tennis is...
bouncing balls over nets,
zooming across the ground.
Tennis is awesome!
By Tom 


Tennis is...
bouncing balls,
zooming to the balls,
long nets, 
Tennis is awesome!
By Olivia


Tennis is...
bouncing balls,
hard tennis rackets.
balls are fluffy.
Tennis is fun!
By Cody


Tennis is...
fun
tennis is cool,
I like tennis.
Tennis is exciting.
Tennis is awesome!
By Callum R


Tennis is...
bouncy balls,
hard rackets,
zooming.
Tennis is awesome!
By Amy


Tennis is...
long nets,
bouncy hard balls,
strong rackets.
Tennis is awesome!
 By Lane


Tennis is...
fast diving,
zooming quick serving,
bouncy balls.
Tennis is great!
 By Harrison

We hope you have enjoyed reading our fantastic poetry!

 

 
 




 




 





 




 





 









 




 




 




 




 













 









 

Squares Amazing Maths!

This week the Triangles have been working their socks off! They are trying hard with their maths goals and have been thinking of all the ways they can make 10. Jordan and Tessa wanted to share their super thinking with us! Take a peek.

Circles Marvellous Maths!

This week the Circles have been trying so hard to achieve their goals in maths. They have been working hard on thinking of as many ways to make 20. This will help them to solve addition and subtraction problems to 20 in their heads. Look at the fantastic thinking we did!

Triangles Magical Maths!

This week we have been working so hard on our number work. In the Triangle group we have been trying hard to solve addition problems to 100 by counting on in tens from the biggest number. Have a look at the following photo's that show our thinking! We are awesome at it!

Poetry Recitals

This week we have been learning to read poems using expression. It is important that you remember to read poems out loud with good rhythm and rhyme. Some of the children in Room One filmed themselves on the ipad reading their poems out loud to each other. Listen and see what you think,  I think they did a great job!

The opening of the Olympic Games 2012

During our first week together the children learnt all about the Olympic flag. The children found out that the five rings represent the 5 original continents that competed in the games; Asia, Africa, The America's, Europe and Australasia. We also found out that the reason why the rings are linked is to represent how the athletes at the Olympic games come together in friendship and unity. We made our own Olympic flags. It was very tricky to link our rings correctly and get the colours  in the correct order. Once we had finished our flags we had a parade outside and took this cool photo!
Go the Kiwi's!

Room 1 are great mathematicians!

 

We are learning to use place value to solve tricky addition sums.  

We add all of the tens first and then add the ones.

Jordy solved these maths equations all by himself with no materials.  You are so clever Jordy!

Super exciting sentences

We are learning to create exciting sentences.  We had to choose a noun (thing) and use an adjective to describe it and include a verb (action) that it would do.  We each wrote 5-8 sentences and chose our favourite one for the blog.

A feathery bird squawked.  - Lane
The spotty dog jogged. - Jaymee
A graceful swan floated. - Anya
The sharp scissors snapped. - Callum C
The furry dog jumped. - Amy
An old man fell. - Reichen
A spooky bear sprinted. - Charlotte
The small penguin wobbled. - Brookie-Lee
The big monster truck wheelied.  - Flynn
A little dog scampered. - Summer
The beautiful ballerina danced. - Ameera
The fast two wheeler motorbike jumps. - Luke
The cool dragon fried me. - Callum R
The slow snail slithered. - Harry
A fat cat zoomed. - Jordy
A good dog flips. - Ian
The sparkly princess twirled. - Tessa
A funny clown juggled. - Jordan
A little frog leaped. - Tom
The fast boat sped. - Joe
The fast truck crashed. - Cody

Shared Lunch

Yesterday all of the kids and some parents from Room 1 surprised me with a shared lunch and a beautiful card with messages from each child.  It was very special.  Thank you very much parents and Room 1.  I will miss seeing all of your smiling faces and teaching you.  You are a fabulous class and Mrs Gianelly is so lucky to have such a terrific bunch of children to teach.

'All About Us' Letters to our new teacher...

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Robert and his Guide Dog!

Today Anya's Nana and her friend Robert came to visit us.  Robert is blind and he has a guide dog to help him get around.  His dog is called Inchy and he is super clever.  Robert says "Pak n Save' and the dog will walk him there. Robert has a special computer to help him read and write.

Learning Vowel Sounds

Ian has been practising the vowel sounds and listening to the medial sounds in words.  He was asked to write some words and insert the correct vowel.  Great job Ian.

Out comes the sunshine

Wahoo, after a week of rain the sun has come out again and we finally got to go outside for some PE. Today we were learning to pass the soccer ball using the inside of our foot and to trap it with one foot.  Then we practised dribbling the balls close to our bodies.  Afterwards we finished off with some quick running races.

'Phone a Friend' Show

Today some people from NZ Playhouse came to Brightwater School and performed a show for us.  The show was very funny but had an important message about cyber bullying.  It was all about a boy who got a new cell phone and gave his number to a person at school. That person then sent mean texts and made fun of him on Facebook.   When we are older and get cell phones we now know not to give out our number to people who we don't know very well and if we do get any mean texts to tell a teacher or adult.

Mrs Gianelly comes to visit!

Mrs Robertson is leaving at the end of the term to move back to Christchurch. Today our new teacher came to visit us!  Her name is Mrs Gianelly.  We asked her lots of questions and she read us a story.  We think Mrs Gianelly is very friendly and will be lots of fun as our new teacher.  Mrs Robertson told her that we were the best class in the school!!!  We are looking forward to Mrs Gianelly teaching us next term.

Planet Earth and its Features

Planet Earth is our home.  It is the ground we stand on, the air we breath and the water in the seas and rivers.
The Earth has....mountains, valleys, hills, plains, peninsulas, volcanoes, beaches, cliffs, rivers, lakes and much more!

From space the Earth looks smooth.  From the ground the Earth seems mostly flat but we know it is really a round ball or sphere moving through space.


Today we worked in pairs to create an island out of playdoh.  We had to label the features on our island.  We wrote stories about our islands too!

Here are some examples of our islands..