Grasshopper Tennis

This morning we practised some tennis skills in our Grasshopper Tennis session. We were taught how to hit a ball using a forehand shot, part of this is going into the starfish position before you get ready to hit the ball. We also had to try and flip our racket over without dropping the ball. We practised doing small hits with the racket and we had to keep our feet stuck in the mud. We hit the ball to a partner for a small rally so we could practice our forehands.
We will definitely be looking forward to learning more skills next time.

Have you ever wondered what happens to your spelling folder when it goes home to get marked?

Molly the cat does it!

Mathematical Strategy

This term in Maths we are learning and practising strategies for addition and subtraction. Part of knowing a strategy really well is being able to record our thinking. Here are some photos of our work on whiteboards. Maybe you can practise these strategies at home!

Book Review by Zommer2000

Aliens In Underpants Save The World, By Claire Freedman and Ben Cort

Target Audience: Year 1 to Year 5 readers

Plot: Aliens save the world by stealing everyone’s underpants!

My favourite part was when they made a giant net with underpants and stopped the meteor from hitting the earth.

Recommendation: Very funny and great pictures for younger children.

Rating: 10/10

Book Review by Cola

The Big Fuzzy, By Caroline Castle

Target-Audience: Children 6 – 8 years old

Plot: Sira and Ivik go fishing and then she catches a fish. Then a big, white and fearsome creature comes along…

My favourite part of the book is when Ivik says “big fuzzy”.

My recommendation is to read this book because it is funny.

My rating out of ten would be 10/10

Book Review by Dotty

Love, Splat, By Rob Scotton

Target Audience: 6 years and up

Plot: Splat tries to get kitten to be his girlfriend but there is another cat trying to get kitten to be his girlfriend.

My favourite part of the book is when kitten and splat become girlfriend and boyfriend.

My recommendation is that it has very cute pictures and very powerful adjectives

My rating: 9 out of 10

Book Review by Superblue

Barnab Bennett, By Hannah Rainforth, Illustrated By Ali Teo

Target audience: Junior kids

Plot: Barnab Bennett wears anything to school, like pyjamas and he smells bad. He wears gangster clothes and he eats too much.

My favourite part of the book is when everyone says he smells yucky.

My recommendation: It’s funny and he is silly and he wears different colours everyday.

Rating: 9/10

Photostory's

Room 15 have been creating Photostory's using our digital photography. We then wrote desriptions about our beautiful photos. Here is one by MickeyF1.

ROPS Commonwealth GamesAthon

Our class represented Barbados for the GamesAthon with our buddy class, Room 3. We made Barbados flags to wave as part of the Opening Ceremony. We played different activities like Rob the Nest, skipping, Prisoners and Guards, obstacle courses, Stuck in the Mud and parachute. The weather was not very nice but we still managed to have fun! The real Commonwealth Games are in Delhi, India. We have seen on the news at the moment that India is busy building a stadium to prepare for the games.

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Te Reo

Yesterday we had a special visit from Ms Coote. She taught us two songs in Te Reo.

Tena Koe - Hello to one
Tena korua - Hello to two
Tena koutou - Hello to all
Harae mai everyone
Welcome everyone

Whakarongo mai means listen to me
Titiro mai means look at me
Korero mai means speak to me
Whakarongo, titiro, korero mai

She also taught us the Maori words for the days of the week. Today is Rapare.

Nga ra o te Wiki (The Days of the Week)

Sunday - Ratapu
Monday - Rahina
Tuesday - Ratu
Wednesday - Raapa
Thursday - Rapare
Friday - Ramere
Saturday - Rahoroi

Maori Language Week

This week we are learning about Te Reo. We will be learning to say words, phrases and greetings in Maori.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Better than Before posters

The featured work is by lewi-the-man.

Better than Before posters

Today's featured work is by Sapphire.

KOS - Bryan and Bobby

Today we had a special visit from Constable Bryan and his dog Bobby! Bryan and Bobby taught us about why it is important to know our personal details in case of an emergency and how to dial 111 safely.
We are becoming experts at keeping ourselves safe!
Thanks Bryan and Bobby!

Nga Tae - The Colours

We have been learning Maori words and phrases with Ms Hardie-Boys.

This is what we learnt to say today:

'He aha te tae?' (What is the colour?)
He __________ (It's__________)

The colours in Maori are:
ma - white
whero - red
kakariki - green
pango/mango - black
kowhai - yellow
pakaka/paraone/parauri - brown
parakaraka/karaka/arani - orange
kiwikiwi - grey
mawhero - pink
papura/poroporo/tawa - purple
hiriwa - silver
koura - gold
kikorangi/kahurangi - blue

Keeping Ourselves Safe (KOS)

This term we have been learning the different ways to keep ourselves safe. Yesterday we discussed how it is important to know and talk about our feelings.

When we feel angry we can:
-take some time out and read a book
-take a deep breath and count to ten
-let off some steam somewhere by yourself
-have a drink of water
-walk away
-DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON OTHER PEOPLE AROUND YOU

Use your WITS if someone is taking out their anger on you
Walk away
Ignore
Tell the teacher
Say 'Stop it, I don't like it'

Better than Before Posters

Today's featured work is by Dotty.

Cricket

This term for P.E we have been doing cricket with Jonty.
We have learnt these skills: bowling, batting, catching, fielding (spreading out, throw to our team members instead of running with the ball), wicket-keeping, throwing, running to the ball
We felt successful when we did a good hit. It was difficult to get used to swinging the cricket bat correctly. We had to use our arm to aim towards the wickets when we were bowling. When we were bowling we tried to keep our arms close to our ear as our arm comes around.
We had a fun time, especially with Jonty helping us to improve our cricketing skills! Learning about cricket was a good experience.

Better than Before Posters

Today's featured work is by Darkmonster.

ICT Focus for Term One

Our focus during our ICT room slot this term is using Microsoft Publisher to create presentations. So far we have created a cover page for our Published Work Folders, name labels for our Writing Wall, bag hooks and tote trays. At the moment we are working on a poster that shows one way children can be 'better than before' at school. The featured work is by Cola.