Writing

Information and explanation writing

We have been learning to write information reports and explanations.  We have written reports on sheep, using facts we have researched in books.  We drew flow diagrams and wrote  explanations about baby ostriches hatching from their shells. We are hoping to see some baby ostriches when we visit Blunden's Ostrich farm on Wednesday!

Learning about Ostriches

Ostriches

In preparation for our class trip, we have been learning about different farms in New Zealand.  We have studied sheep farming and this week we researched ostrich farming. We have read books and watched clips about ostriches.   Lily bought in her ostrich egg for us to examine.  We can't wait until we see a real one !

Here is some of our wonderful Ostrich Art

Dodgeball with Room 5

Buddy Class

On Friday Room 2 had a game of dodgeball with our buddy class.  We had so much fun, thanks Room 5!

Athletics training

Athletics

Room 2 has been busy training for athletics day.  We have been practising shot put, sprints, hurdles, long jump and high jump.

Cricket

Friday Cricket

On Friday, we had two visitors from Manawatu Cricket come to teach us some wonderful cricketing skills.  The children had fun catching and batting.  Check out our skills!

Maths

Maths

This week in maths we have been studying time.  We have been timing ourselves doing activities and have been learning to tell the time using analogue clocks.  Please encourage your children to read the clock at home.  We have been learning o'clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past.

Dyeing Wool

Learning about Wool

This week we had a go at dyeing a piece of wool different colours. The results were fabulous and the next day we glued the piece of wool onto a card and drew a sheep outline around it. 

Firewise

Learning to be Firewise

This week we had a visit from Fireman Kevin Darling.   We talked about fire safety and what we need to do if there is a fire in our home.  He reminded us to check our smoke alarms and make sure that we all know where our safe meeting place is.  The children were sent home with their fire safety activity books and it would be great if you could keep talking to the children about fire safety. 

To learn more about the Firewise programme please visit this web page

Get Firewise

All About Wool

Sheep and Wool

For our inquiry this term we are studying sheep and how wool is made into clothing.  For our EOTC we will be visiting a sheep farm in the next few weeks and the children are very excited about that.  This week we had a visit from Sue Dawson who kindly demonstrated how wool is spun on a spinning wheel. The children smelt and touched other types of fibre such as goat and camel hair!

Pet Day

Pet day

What a fun day it was. Luckily the weather held out and the animals all behaved themselves!  Congratulations to all the children that entered Pet Day.  It is a huge commitment to look after animals and you all did so well. The children really enjoyed the day and here are a few photos.