Super Writers

Welcome back to room 1 

I hope you all had a fabulous holiday and feel refreshed and ready for some great learning! Also a big welcome to Max, Blake, Cooper, Emily, Paige and Maggie who have joined us from room 7.  I look forward to a great couple of terms ahead.

Celebrating Writing

Our topic for term 3 is Perseverance.  For writing this week, we listened to the story called The Dot.  This is a delightful story about a girl who hated drawing. The book teaches us about perseverance.  We did some wonderful writing around this and here we are celebrating our writing on our Super Writer's Throne.

Awesome writing room 1!

Maths time on Thursday

Baking chocolate chip cookies

On Thursday we did some baking. We had so much fun measuring and weighing the ingredients for our cookies, but the best part was mixing and shaping them before they went in the oven.  We got to taste them straight away and they were delicious!  Thanks to our wonderful room 5 helpers Jacinta, Mataora, Blake and Bethany.

Lighthouse art

Mr Grinling's Lighthouse in mixed media.

After reading the Lighthouse Keepers Catastrophe, we created these wonderful lighthouse pictures.
We coloured our lighthouses with pastel then applied watercolour.  We created a picture frame using cardboard and collage.  We added black pva paint to add depth and dimension to our art.  They are a colourful addition to our classroom.  Awesome mixed media art room 1.

Show and Tell

We always have an awesome show and tell, but this week was extra special.  Thank you to Ben's family for kindly sharing the Wahine artifacts with us.  We saw a life jacket, news paper clippings and even the dress his Granny wore on the boat at the time of the disaster. It was fascinating. 

Our boat video

We had so much fun making and sailing our Pirate Ships, here is our video.