Week Four Term Three

Our shared book of the book is 'The hungry giants shoe'. The giant lost his shoe and got very grumpy. The little people had to find his shoe for him.

Our letter of the week is xX. Last weeks letter was wW. We made wicked witches.

Flynn is going to Australia with his family this week. Hopefully he brings us back lots of presents.

Talai and Zoe had a birthday in the weekend. They both turned 7.

This afternoon we are going to watch a performance at Boys High.

Our poem of the week is 'Sounds of the sea shore'. Last weeks poem was 'Little white snowman'. We made some magnificent snowmen and they are on our wall.

Week Two Term Three

Our letter of the week this week is V. Last weeks letter was J and we made Jack in the boxes.

Our poem of the week last week was 'The Dog and the Bee' and we made dogs with bees on their noses. Our poem this week is 'Open Sesame'. We think it is about someone who is crazy about books.

Our shared book of the week is 'Brave Mouse'. The mouse is hiding all over the castle and the kings people are trying to find him because they can hear him squeaking.

Last week we read the book 'Rainbow Fish'. It was all about friends and sharing. We made our own sparkly rainbow fish.

Our topic this term is 'Amazing Kitchen Science'. We have been learning all about machines.
I learned that machines can run using electricity. - Lila
I learned that a knife is a machine. - Neve
Machines help us to do things. - Flynn
I learned that machines don't have to be big. They can be small like a pizza cutter. - Roshean
I learned that a ramp is a machine called a wedge. - Josh

Week One Term Three

Welcome back to term 3. We have all had a very fantastic and relaxing holiday.

We have a new boy in our class called Tyler Millington. He has settled in really well already.

Here is some of our news:

In the holidays I went to Christchurch. We went to the Antarctic Centre and it was snowing up there. - Flynn
I made a connect ship in the holidays and I had chicken pox. - Joshua
I went down to Dunedin to go on the Cadbury train but it snowed so I couldn't go. - Toby
In the holidays I met my mums friend at McDonalds and we had it for tea. - Ben
In the holidays my mum went to Christchurch and bought a new car. I also went to Masons for a sleepover. - Harry
In the holidays I went to the Warehouse and bought a firefly. Our car broke down so we had to walk. - Liliarna
My dad helped me get new characters for lego batman. I also had a sleepover at Masons. - Coedy
In the holidays I went to Chinese shop and I bought a toy. - Baljeet
In the holidays I went to Queenstown and I had a snowball fight. It was fun. - Jood
In the holidays I stayed at Tara's house and she has a bunk. - Zoe
In the holidays I went skiing and it was really cold. I didn't want to take my gloves off. - Josh
In the holidays I went on the motorbikes with mum and dad. - Scarlett
In the holidays I went to the Oamaru swimming pool with Therese, Mum, Abby and Brianne. - Georgia
In the holidays I went to my Nana's. We went to the bay and I had an ice cream. - Will
In the holidays I went to Christchurch and we had a sleepover at Evie's. - Tarris
In the holidays I went to the skate park and Nick and I were doing lots of tricks. - Aaron
In the holidays I had a sleepover at my house with Harry, Toby and Coedy. We played transformers. - Mason
In the holidays I went to Tekapo and I went ice skating and snow tubing. - Lila
In the holidays I went down the scenic reserve and we went on the BMX track. - Talai
In the holidays I went to the holiday programme. We did a show about Moses and it was fun. - Alyssa
In the holidays I went to the bay and I went on the big wheel. - Richard
In the holidays I went on two trips. I went to the chocolate factory and it was fun. - Tyler

Our shared book of the week is 'A kitten for the king'
Our poem of the week is 'The dog and the bee'
The letter of the week is jJ.

Week Eleven Term Two

Last week our poem was 'The Handsome Hippo'. We made some happy hippos for the activity at the end of the week. The poem for this week is 'The Owl'.

Last week the letter of the week was U. We made some letter U's to go on our wall. This week the letter of the week is Y.

Our shared book of the week is 'A rumble and a grumble'. Annie and Angus McTavish are tired because they have had a busy day. They decided to go to bed to sleep but... Angus was snoring so bad that Annie couldn't get to sleep. She read a book called how to cure snores which was filled with silly ideas. In the end she got to sleep but Angus was awake!!!!

We have been finishing off our portraits that we started with Mrs Wilsher. They look stunning!

We read a book called 'Jungle Drums' and we had to write a new ending.

In maths I have been learning to split numbers and add to the closest ten. - Flynn
In maths we have been taking away numbers using ones and tens. - Scarlett
In maths I have been learning to solve problems in my head. - Georgia
In maths I have been learning to add ones and tens together. - Ben

Week Ten Term Two

We had an amazing author that came to speak to us today. His name was Kyle Mewburn.
I really enjoyed the stories he read us. - Flynn
I really enjoyed the funny stories he told us. - Coedy
I really enjoyed when he was trying to act like a pirate. - Scarlett
I really liked his stories because they were really good. - Lila
I liked the duck stuck story that he read to us. - Lucy
I liked how funny he was. - Ben

Our shared book for the week is 'Monkey's shoes'. The monkey took the explorers shoes and at the end of the story he fell out of the tree because of the shoes.

The letter of the week this week is U. Last week the letter of the week was T. We made tiger masks and we will be able to take them home on Friday.

The poem of the week is 'The Handsome Hippo'. Last weeks poem was 'The spider'. We made a spider and a shoe.

Music with Dale

We had music with Dale and we created a musical story. We had to play the instruments while Miss Fuehrer read the story.

Neve was the elephant.
Mason was the elephants ears.
Zoe, Georgia, Richard, Talai were the bullfrogs.
Coedy, Ben and Baljeet were the woodpeckers.
Lucy, Flynn, Will, Roshean and Toby were the birds.
Jood, Josh and Tarris were the butterflies.
Aaron and Liliarna were the horses.
Lila was the rain.

Week Nine Term Two

Last week our poem was 'The Elephant'. We had to make a humongous trunk and colour the elephant in gray. Our poem this week is 'The Spider'.

The shared book of the week is Big Heli and Little Heli. One Helicopter is small and one is big. Big Heli got to do all the jobs until little Heli had to save an eagle chick.

Our letter of the week is tT. Toby, Talai and Tarris start with T.

Aaron and Josh had a birthday on Saturday and they had lots of food, fun and presents.

We got sent some colouring in competitions sent to us and if we win we get to be a cop for the day and Bobby and Bryan come and visit our class.
If I was a cop for the day I would make people buy me chocolate. - Toby
If I was a cop for the day I would play cops and robbers all day. - Lila
If I was a cop for the day I would put people in jail for no reason. - Lucy
If I was a cop for the day I would put everyone except for myself and Miss Fuehrer in jail. - Flynn

Week Eight Term Two

Last week our poem was the Smile. We made some smiley people and we tried smiling at people to see if they would smile back. This week our poem is 'The Elephant'.

The letter of the week this week is S. We made silver stars.

Mrs Wilsher came into our class for the day and we talked about hats. We drew a self portrait and drew a hat on our head. Then we dyed our faces. Once they were dry we got to pick a colour to paint around the background.

Week Seven Term Two

Our poem of the week is "A smile". We are going to smile at people and see if they smile back. :) Last week for our poem we made Mr Nobody behind a door.

Our shared book of the week is "Hullabaloo at the zoo".

The letter of the week is fF. Flynn starts with F. Last week our letter was K and we made some puppet koalas.

We have started making our calico teddy bears. We have decorated them and today we are heat sealing the pastel. Tomorrow hopefully we will start stitching.

Week Six Term Two

Our letter of the week is k.
Our big book is "Lazy Duck".
Our poem is "Mr Nobody".

We all enjoyed having a long weekend! Here are some of the things that we did.
* I went swimming in Oamaru. - Liliarna
* I watched rugby in Pareora. - Flynn
* I had a sleepover. - Mason and Harry
* I stayed at Nanas. - Scarlett
* I went to the hot pools. - Alyssa
* I went swimming in Ashburton. - Lucy
* I went to a birthday. - Roshean
* I had a sleepover with Brayden. - Toby
* I went to Dunedin. - Georgia
* Amelia stayed at my house. - Zoe
* I went to the chocolate factory. - Josh

We are learning to do sewing. We are starting with an easy shape. It is part of our fabric and fibre topic.

Today we have visitors from Ashburton coming to look at ICT at our school.

Week Five Term Two

Tobys birthday was this week and he turned 7.

Last week our poem was 'Pirate'. We made some pirates with prickly, hairy chins. Our poem this week is 'The Parrot'.

Our shared book this week is 'Baboon's Nest'. When the sun was going down the baboon made a nest in the tree. An eagle came down and landed in the nest. The baboon and eagle started to fight over the nest. All day and all night they fought over the nest until... the sun came up and showed they were bare! They decided to stop fighting and became friends and shared the nest.

The letter of the week is pP. Last weeks letter of the week was rR.

Last week we were doing rainbow writing. We were writing instructions.
* I thought that the colour coming out of the pastels was interesting. Toby
* When we wrote our writing was rainbow coloured. Ben
* I didn't think the colour would come out. Lucy
* It was really hard. Flynn
* It was fun when we were colouring in and I didn't know if the colour was going to come out. Scarlett
* It was interesting when we lifted up our page and we had rainbow writing. Lila

Yesterday was the first day of June and the first day of winter.

On Monday it is the Queens birthday so we get a day off school.

Puppy dog came to school.

Yesterday Miss Fuehrers friend brought one of Tess's puppies to school. It was funny when it looked at Lilas pants. We each got to pat her. She kept sniffing our hands because she smelled something nice. She is a black labrador. It was funny when she tried to lick Joshs face. The puppy rested her head on Liliarnas lap. She must have been getting tired. The puppy was trying to eat Neves socks.

Week Four Term Two

Our letter of the week is Rr. Our shared poem is Pirate. Our shared book for the week is 'Cass the Colour Robber.'

Toby, Liliarna, Mason and Tarris are going to What Now on Sunday to celebrate Toby's 7th birthday.

Flynn and Bailey Smith won a pop-up book off What Now.

At game sense we are learning about rugby. We had to hold the ball in two hands, we learned how to pass to other people. Julie taught us how to play candlesticks.

In art we took our pencils for a walk around the page. Next we will colour them in with pastels.

Lucy is our star of the week. Flynn was our star last week.

Week Three Term Two

The make a noise concert is on this week. We are excited because there will be drums and guitars and we are going to watch it today.

Today it is Neves birthday. She turned 7.

We made telephones for our poem last week. This weeks poem is zebra.

Our shared book for the week is 'Where is the sun?' The elephant and the parrot thought the melon was the sun.

The letter of the week last week was B and we made some bouncing birds. The letter of the week is M. Mason begins with M.

For art we have been doing some weaving. We had to go over and then under.

On the activboard for reading we have learning about compound words.

Week Two Term Two

Last week we made clowns for our poem. Our clowns had enormous shoes, a blue hat and a purple wig. They also had a red and yellow suit.

Our wow word chart has interesting words from the stories we read.

We've been using the activboard lots in class.
* I learned how to rub things out. - Aaron
* I learned how to turn the pages. - Flynn
* I learned how to draw on the board. - Ben
* I learned how to put things in the rubbish bin. - Josh
* I learned to move things around. - Zoe
* I learned how to use arrows to erase things. - Roshean

We made some pretty cool autumn leaves and then we wrote some instructions about how to make them.

Our letter of the week is b. Our shared book this week is Davy D's Dog.

In maths we have been learning...
* How to use place value houses. - Flynn
* How to image, which is when we work out numbers in our heads. - Ben
* To use tens frames. - Mason

Week One Term Two

We all had really fantastic holidays and we are looking forward to another great term. Here are some of the things we did.

In the holidays it was my Nana's birthday - Baljeet
We went to Dunedin and we went to the chocolate factory - Neve
In the holidays we went to Christchurch and we had easter at our Nana's -Scarlett
I went to Amy's birthday and we went to the shearers quarters, the movies and zest for tea - Roshean
On Thursday I went to Sherinas to stay the night - Talai
We went to Tekapo and we went ice skating - Jood
In the holidays I stayed the night at my cousins - Zoe
On the 17th of April I won a camera on What Now - Toby
In the holidays I went to Australia and we went to all the theme parks - Tarris
I went to Oamaru with my cousin and we went to the swimming pool - Aaron
In the holidays I went to the hot pools and had fish and chips for tea - Alyssa
On Easter Sunday it was my little brother Lenny's birthday - Mason
In the holidays I went to the warehouse and I got a ladybird littlest pet shop. It came with lots of things - Georgia
I went to Mount Cook with Mum and we went to Kea Point - Josh
I went for a walk with my Dad while my brother played rugby - Coedy
I flew up to Auckland and I went to Kelly Tarltons and rainbows end - Ben
I went to Christchurch and we saw all the damage from the earthquake - Flynn
IN the holidays someone stole my Mums car radio - Harry
In the holidays I went to the gypsy fair - Liliarna
I went to the car show and I was in the newspaper - Joshua
In the holidays I went to Christchurch to see my baby sister. I had chicken nuggets and chips for lunch - Lila
In the holidays I helped Dad deliver the freight and I went to the new lolly shop Waimate - Lucy
In the holidays we went to the fish and chip shop and then we went to my Nana's house - Richard
In the holidays I went to my Nana's for a sleepover and I watched a movie - Will

Week Eleven Term One

This is the last week of term one!

We are doing these amazing things in the holidays....
I am going to Auckland for my brothers sailing competitions. - Ben
I am getting a heart chart award on Friday. - Lucy
I am getting a camera that can go under water and in the bath. - Alyssa
My mum is going to buy me some new rubbers. - Coedy
My mum has sent my letter into What Now for Red the mailbox. - Toby
My mum might be doing some baking. - Liliarna
I am going tramping with mum. - Josh
I might be going to Queenstown. - Flynn
My family is going to Christchurch to help people after the earthquake. - Richard
I am going to Australia to see my Dad. - Georgia
In the holidays I am going to my Dads for half of the holidays and we are having Easter at my Nana's. - Scarlett
I am going to my cousins party at chipmunks. - Aaron
In the holidays I am going to Century pool. - Harry
On Friday I am going to get a heart chart award for finishing level three and I will get a gold band. - Talai
My mum and Dad might take me to the park or the bay to ride my bike. - Lila
On Sunday I am going to Century pool and I am going on the hydro slide. - Baljeet
We might go to see the mountains in Queenstown. - Jood
I am going to my Nana's for easter. - Will
It's my little brothers birthday on Easter Sunday. - Mason
We are going to Nana's for Easter - Roshean
When my Dad finds a house in Christchurch I am going to go and visit him. - Zoe
Lucy is coming to my house on Thursday. - Neve


Last week our letter of the week was L. We made some leaping lizards. Our letter of the week is H.

Our story of the week is Ratty Tatty Cat. Our poem for the week is Teddies.

Week Ten Term One

Last week our poem was Scary Scarecrow. We made some scarecrows to put on our wall. People use scarecrows to scare birds and stop them eating the seeds and fruit in their gardens, fields and crops.

Our poem this week is Autumn. We might make some leaves and branches for the activity on Friday.

Our letter of the week last week was I. We made our favourite flavoured ice-creams. This week our letter of the week is L. Lucy starts with L and so does Liliarna and Lila.

We have a new student in our class. Her name is Alyssa Bentley. She already knew some of the children in room one and has had a fantastic first day with us.

Our shared book for the week is The Swamp Eggs.

Week Nine Term One

Haley and Lani are two girls we have had in our classroom from Christchurch. We are very sad because they have now both gone back to their old schools. Hopefully we will be writing some letters to them soon.

On Friday we made some clever fish to go with our poem for the week. We had to fold them and we had to cut two corners. Then we had to glue seaweed and a fish hook onto our blue paper using pva glue. We stuck sequins on our fish to make them look like scales. You can come into room one and see our beautiful fish on the wall.
Our poem of the week is Scary Scarecrow.

Our shared book of the week is Bertha and the Beeman. Bertha hates bees and the beeman loves bees. Bertha fell off the ladder while she was painting her house and the paint and ladder fell on her! The bees went around Bertha buzz, buzz, buzzing until the beeman came and helped her get up. After that Bertha clapped her hands and slapped her knees doing the bee dance with the beeman.

Our letter of the week last week was E. We made some elephants.
The letter of the week this week is I.

On Sunday it was Liliarna and Miss Fuehrers birthday. They had a fantastic day!  

Week Eight Term One

Last week our letter of the week was Q. We made beautiful queens. This week the letter is E.

Today we had something exciting happen. We have a new student in our class His name is Will and he comes from South School. He has had a good day so far.

Our poem last week was The Crocodile and we made some crocodiles.

We have been swimming last week and this week. Lots of our parents have come to help.
I learned how to float on my back. - Zoe
I learned how to roll over in the water. - Harry
I learned how to kick my feet without touching the bottom. - Haley
I learned how to float on my tummy. - Georgia
I learned to float on my back. - Coedy

Our shared book for the week is Mrs McFee.

Week Seven Term One

Yesterday Mrs Sheppard came in to teach us.

We had game sense yesterday and we practised balancing.

Our letter of the week last week was G. We made giraffes. We did a really good job of making them. This week our letter of the week is Q.

We are starting swimming tomorrow at Century pool. It will be fun!

Last week our poem was the bat and we made some bats.

Our shared book for the week is Another Mother. Last week we read Rabbit and Roosters ride. For the activity we drew kangaroos and coloured them in with pastel and we are going to dye them. We also wrote a caption about what Kangaroo is saying to rabbit and rooster.

Lila and Tarris had a birthday yesterday. They turned 7.

Lila and Toby got principal awards in assembly on Friday.

Week Six Term One

Our poem of the week last week was called friends. We made a people chain of our friends and it is now on the wall.

Every week we have jobs to do in the classroom.

We have two new girls in our classroom. They have come to us from Christchurch because there was lots of damage because of the earthquake. Their names are Lani and Haley.

We have created self portraits and they are on the wall. We had to look at a picture of ourselves and draw all our face details.

Last week the letter of the week was D. We made dancing ducks. There is a circle attached to the bottom of the ducks that spins around.
The letter of the week this week is G.

We made some stars about us. They have things written on them like our pets names, what we like to eat, what we like to do, our family members, our birthdays, our streets and our phone numbers.

Last week Scarlett and Lucy got principal awards.

We have had BB Bear twice this term already!

Week Three, Term One

At the beginning of the term we made sticker charts, name tags for our tote trays and we made our placemats.

Mrs Sheppard came in to room one yesterday and taught us. She is having a baby which is why she is teaching all over the school. Mrs Sheppard chose a star of the day. She chose Lilia because she sat up beautifully and wrote a long story.

Last week we went to see Harold and we are going to see him again tomorrow. We learned that oxygen comes from trees. We learned about body parts like the windpipe.
We drew a picture of Harold with pastel and then dyed over the top.

The letter of the week is O.

In week one we got BB Bear in assembly for sitting up beautifully and being quiet. So far Jood, Richard, Josh and Aaron have had certificates.

Welcome!!!

We have had a really great start to the year in Room One and we are looking forward to a fantastic term.

We welcome Richard Patterson-Trevathan and Jood Almutairi to Room One.

Every week we will be updating our classroom blog with the things that have been happening in Room One.