End of Week 3 Post

The Star of the Week was...

Shayla!

Shayla was an amazing helper this week especially on Wednesday when I was away.

Katrin said she was a super helpful learner.

This is Shayla during Discovery on Friday!

At the craft table.

Outside with a Hoola Hoop.
Shayla is amazing with a hoop!

DISCOVERY ON FRIDAY

We had a great time during Discovery and we all showed our Integrity.

Tell your family about Integrity.

What is it? 

How do you make sure you are showing Integrity?

Madix is really handy on the stilts!

Really great team work boys!

Lydia calling for orders at the check out.

Eve was very busy being creative.

Sadie was busy making things at the craft table too.

Lucy had the loudest waitress voice today and was calling orders and asking people what they wanted from the cafe.

"Order Up! A coffee to go and a muffin."

Evelyn was very busy plating up and preparing food in the kitchen.

Ollie looks great in his pink shirt!

Jamal and Ali built the most amazing tunnel.

FISH MIGRATION DAY

We were very lucky to be able to go and have a look at and learn about whitebait and fish on Friday. There were lots of different people from DoC, Environment NZ and the CCC at our school to celebrate World Fish Migration Day. The seniors at Opawa are working with different people to help look after our river because it isn't very healthy at the moment.

Here are some pictures.
Tell your family all about the things we saw!

A BIG Whitebait!

An old whitebait for us to see.

A demonstration to see how whitebait swim.

We saw the life cycle of a trout from the egg to these guys swimming in a tank.

These are salmon and we saw how they can jump to swim up stream.

HEALTH & WELLBEING

It's important to wash your hands.

We have been working hard on this as so many people have been sick.

If you aren't feeling well, it's a good idea to have a day at home so that you can rest.
It's also a good idea so that you don't spread your germs.

Head Lice

We don't have head lice in Room 4 but it's a good idea to get someone in your family to check for head lice now and again!

They are normal and everyone gets them but they can make you feel a bit yucky and under the weather too.

If you are scratching your head lots, get someone to check your hair!

The Letter of the Week is...

This will be a tricky letter - who can find some 'U' things to share this week?

On Wednesday we are going to have an Umbrella and Gumboot walk.

If you have an umbrella, could you ask if you can bring it to school?

If you don't have one, it's ok - we can share!

WHAT'S ON THIS WEEK

Week 4

Monday

PMP starts in the hall.

Junior Singing

Tuesday

PMP in the hall.

Wednesday

Umbrella Walk
(Bring an Umbrella (if you have one) and your gummies).

Library Day

Thursday

Te Reo Maori

Friday

School Assembly

Discovery

We will be carrying on with our learning about Time for one more week and our Science topic will carry on for the rest of this term!

SCIENCE

We are learning about what good scientists do. 

Scientists are detectives and notice things, they also do very careful work!

We are learning about permanent physical changes.

We have seen how popcorn goes through a permanent physical change.

On Monday we will do the rest of our Popcorn experiment and then we're going to write about it!

We had so much fun and the popcorn flew everywhere!

Room 4 are learning how to draw really good scientific diagrams.
We only use pencils and we have been practising our shading.

NEWS

We will have one more week of 'Letter of the Week' News.

I will put a roster in the Home Learning books for the rest of the term and post it on the Blog next week.

The oral language and presentation skills in Room 4 are amazing as a result of all the News we share. We will be learning about asking good questions this term.

Lydia sharing her Helicopter.

"Has anyone got any questions?"
Lydia answering questions from her audience.

Keep warm and snuggle up.

See you all on Monday.