Stockcar Visit
Today Travis from Room 1 had his Dad bring his stockcar in for a visit. He told us all about how his car works and then he turned the engine on. Boy was it loud!!!!! We had to cover our ears.
Colour Scavenger Hunt
Today we went on a Colour Scavenger Hunt with our Buddy Class. We had to go outside and find items that match up with colours on a sheet. Some colours were easy to find, others proved a little more difficult. We had so much fun with our buddies!!
Coloured Flowers
We put some white flowers into some water with food colouring to see what would happen. Within 10 minutes we could see the flowers beginning to change colour. When we got to school this morning - WOW! they looked so colourful. We also split a rose stem into four and put it into four different colours. Our rose is now super colourful!
Cricket Lessons
Today we had people from Manawatu Cricket come and teach us some tips about playing cricket. We learnt to use the flat side of the bat, stand sideways and to keep both eyes on the ball. It was heaps of fun and we even got our very own cricket ball to keep!!!!
Shape Pictures
We have been learning about shapes for our strand maths. Today we made a picture using different shapes with a buddy from Room 10. What great ideas everyone came up with.
Library Art
It was our turn to supply some art for the school library. We have been learning to collage and we made some Collage Caterpillars after reading The Hungry Caterpillar. I hope you get the chance to pop in to the library to check out our caterpillars!
Magic Milk
Today we had a go at the Magic Milk experiment as part of our Crazy about Colour unit. We put some milk on a plate and then added some drops of food colouring. Then we added a few drops of dishwashing liquid and watched the magic happen. Check out the link and have a go at home!!!!
Crazy about Colour
We have been busy learning about What makes Colour. We have learnt that to be able to see colour, we need light. Today we did an experiment using skittles and warm water to make a rainbow. It looked very cool seeing all the colours on the plate. Maybe you could try this at home over Labour Weekend!
Junior Team Star
Indy was chosen as the Junior Team Star this week as she is always demonstrating the Parkland School values - Consideration, Honesty, Excellence and Respect. Well done Indy and keep up the amazing work!!!!
Campfires and Marshmallows
Today for our Letter C activity we went over to the Kindy to have a Campfire. We learnt all about keeping safe around fire and then we got to toast marshmallows. Yum Yum!!!!
Capacity
Today we finished our capacity unit by exploring with the water trough and a variety of different containers. There was lots of good talking going on.
Sunny Days
Since today was such a nice day, we decided to have our lunch under our new archgola when we got back from swimming. It was so nice to have this space and be outside!
Swimming
Today was our first day of swimming. We were so excited getting on the bus to go to the Lido. Mrs Hildred was really proud of the way we got ourselves changed with only a little bit of help. We can't wait to show what we are learning next Friday!!
Swimming Notice
Please look out for the blue notice in your child's book bag today. It contains important information about our swimming programme next week!
William's Wet Week
Our Big Book this week was called 'William's Wet Week'. Usually on a Friday we act out our Big Book as a class. It was pretty easy to pick someone to be 'William'!!!
William did a great job being William, acting and reading all the words. Job well done William.
William did a great job being William, acting and reading all the words. Job well done William.
Length Comparison
Today during Maths we all went outside to collect a leaf and a stick. We then had to put them in order from longest to shortest. It was a bit tricky but we managed to work it out. This could be something you could try at home!
Art Exhibition
Nifty Nine definitely has some very talented artists. I hope you all made it to view our school Art Exhibition. The hall looked fantastic. We will find out the winners of each category next Friday during our school singing. Good luck Nifty Nine!
Junior Team Superstar
Breanna was awarded the Junior Team Superstar award for her amazing progress with her reading. Keep up the great work Breanna - we are all so proud of you!!!!!
Comparing Length
Today we compared the length of play dough snakes we made. We used words like 'long, short, fat, wide, skinny, thin'. Maybe you could find things at home to compare lengths of!
Art Exhibition
We have been busy getting our artwork ready for Parkland School's Art Exhibition in week 3. We have been experimenting with watercolour paint and vivid. They look very colourful!
Values Posters
Over the holidays we had some Values posters put up around the school. Elijah features in one of these posters. Can you find it around school?
Holidays
I hope you have all been enjoying the holidays and are ready for another fun term at school. While you have been away, the builders have been busy putting up our new archgola outside Room 9. I can't wait to have our lunch outside on a nice day!
Telling the Time
We have been learning all about time and how to tell o'clock times. Today we made our own clock so we can practise telling the time in the holidays.
Elijah's Wonderful Writing
Elijah has been working hard to improve his writing. Today he wrote a great story all by himself. Ka pai Elijah. Keep up the great writing!!!
S is for Stripy Snakes
Today we made some stripy, slithering snakes. It was quite hard cutting around the lines but we all managed to do it by ourselves.
Eddy Elephant
Today for our Letter of the Week we made Eddy Elephant masks. We had to colour in, then cut it out and finally we added a party blower for his trunk. We sang along to the Eddy Elephant song with our masks. We also had a cuddle with Elmo!
Hiwi The Kiwi
This afternoon we had the Minstrel come and teach us an important lesson about fishing. We learnt that we must always wear a life jacket when fishing and to put small fish back in the ocean so they can grow bigger. He was very funny and we had a great time!
Wataru and Elijah
Elijah and Wataru had a play date on Saturday at Elijah's house. They were busy building their names with lego blocks. Great job boys. It's so nice to see Nifty Nine friends playing together outside of school!
A is Artist
This morning Koharu's Dad Naga, who is an artist, came to visit Room 9 & 10 to share some of his artwork with us. As you can see, he is very talented. Then Naga drew a picture of Mrs Ousey using charcoal. Mrs Ousey did a great job staying still while Naga drew her! We then had a go at drawing a buddy without looking down at the paper. This was called 'Blind Drawing'. We found it very tricky.
Shannon helping us with our ABC's
Today Shannon helped Room 9 & 10 point to the letters of the alphabet at phonics time. He did such a good job!
Origami Owls
Today we had a go at making Origami Owls. We had to try hard to fold the paper correctly. We all did a fantastic jobs and our owls look great!
Ronald McDonald Visit
Today Ronald McDonald came to visit the Junior Team to teach us about Road Safety. He taught us how to use the footpath correctly, how to cross the road safely and to watch out for driveways. He was very funny and we had lots of giggles!
James' Bean Plant
Here is another picture of one our bean seeds that has grown amazingly over the holidays. James you must have been taking very good care of your bean plant. How high do you think it will grow??? Maybe high enough to climb and get Mrs Hildred a golden egg!!!!!!
Indy's Bean Plant
Indy has been busy looking after her bean seed that we planted at the end of Term 1. It won't be long until you are eating beans Indy!
Junior Team Star
Congratulations James for being the first Junior Team Star in Nifty Nine. You always show consideration towards others and follow the Parkland values. Ka pai James - you are a true star!!
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