Swimming Sports at Mahana on Friday!

Room 1, get ready to go to Mahana School on Friday for Junior Swimming Sports! 12:30-2:30pm. Mums and Dads, we would love for you to join us! Children, remember to bring your togs & towel, a hat, a drink bottle, a little snack and lots of diligence!

The entrance to Mahana School

How to get to Mahana School

McKee Reserve

Last Friday after Swimming, Room 1 and 2 enjoyed a nice time at McKee Reserve. We couldn't go down to the beach because the tide was in, but we did have a fantastic time on the playground. Here are some videos of the children...

Rosy on the monkey bars.

Jaxson and Nelson on the flying fox.

Some girls on the spinner thing.

Abby on the Flying fox.

Abby on another flying fox.

Jaime on the flying fox.

Homework Challenge - Week 5

This week your homework challenge is to guess how long a caterpillar is in it's chrysalis for before it becomes a butterfly. How many days? We will all have a guess, then we will choose a few caterpillars in our classroom and see how long it is actually in its chrysalis for!

Also what is your favourite part of the life cycle of the monarch butterfly? Do you like the caterpillar the best? or the chrysalis? or the butterfly? And why do you like it the best?

Thanks Mums and Dads for helping your child with this homework!

Our first Monarch Butterfly!

Today our first chrysalis hatched! We went outside to have our morning tea and when we came back inside, this is what we saw!!

The butterfly then

jumped onto Jack's shirt!

Miss Mansell then carefully put it onto one of the sunflowers that we grew last year.

Well done Room 1 for looking after your first caterpillar, chrysalis and monarch butterfly so well!

Discovery

Every Wednesday afternoon Room 1 has discovery. This is where there are different activities children can participate in. It is a time to learn and discover through "structured play."

It also is a time where students can put into practise the key competencies of the NZ curriculum: Managing Self, Participating & Contributing, Thinking, Using Language, Symbols & Text and Relating to Others.

Today the children could choose to do a colourful painting by mixing red, yellow and blue paint.

or

They could work together with each other, the cars and the blocks to

make a joint town.

Homework Challenge - Week 4

Miss Mansell would like to know:

1. What your favourite thing to do in the pool is?

and

2. What have you learnt in the water that you couldn't do before?

Answer these questions in the form of a comment!

Mr Tonkins - the Policeman!

Thank you Mr Tonkins for spending the week at our School! We learnt a lot about crossing the road, car safety and bus safety!

Playing Together Nicely!

It's lots of fun when we can play with others. We can share things and work together. Here is Room 1 working together and playing with the blocks.

Fish in Water

Today we had free play in the pool. We enjoyed swimming and doing whatever we wanted to in the water.

The Caterpillars!

In Room 1, we have some swan plants with caterpillars on them. We have been watching them closely every day and seeing how they have been growing and changing.

Some of the children choose to write about the caterpillars during writing time. Here are some of their stories...

A Chrysalis fell off a leaf and we put it on the whiteboard. By Jorgia

A Chrysalis fell off the swan plant and we put it on the whiteboard. By Rosy

In the weekend two of the chrysalises fell from the swan plant. The teacher taped the chrysalises on the board. By Jacinta

In the weekend a chrysalis fell off the tree. I can't wait to see the chrysalis open up. By Abby

Swimming!

Room one has been enjoying swimming! Everyday we get to swim in Tasman Pool from 12:30-1:15. We go with Room 2 and Miss Mansell and Mrs Sumby teach us. The water is cold when you first hop in, but it soon feels warm! Let's hope we will continue getting lots of sunny days!

A Trip to see the Eels!

On Friday, 3rd February, Room 1 had a class trip to Jester House (across the road) to see the eels! Miss Mansell bought some eel food and in twos we feed the eels. It was great fun! We also played on the playground that was there!

Serena said, “An eel nearly bit the stick off me."

Isaiah said, “An eel tried to bite my eye out.”

Jorgia said, “I touched an eel and it felt soggy.”

Jack said, “One eel tried to bite Koru-Akei’s face.”

Koru-Akei said, “Isaiah and me fed a huge eel. It grabbed my stick and almost pulled me into the water.”

Ollie said, “Our pottle fell into the water and the eels tried to eat it.”

Rosy said, “I touched an eel and it felt silky.”

Jacinta said, “I was feeding an eel when another sneaky eel came and tried to get the food so I just gave it to him.”

Abby said, “A cheeky eel grabbed the stick off me. It was holding it so hard it nearly bit me.”

Abby said, “A very creepy eel nearly bit my finger.”

Jack said, “I had to get my stick off an eel that had taken it.”

Our Holiday Stories!

Term One, 2012 has begun! Meet the kids in Room 1!