Cute Puppies!

The BFG

How to climb up tyres

Baa Baa Smart Sheep: A reading to the class

On the tightrope

Flying fox

Jumping off the fort

How to climb a ladder

We read a story called 'Buttercup'.  The author used some interesting words instead of "said".  We made a brainstorm of these and thought about how we might use these in our writing tomake it more interesting for people to read.

Learning about the word 'before'

In maths today the Rectangles group were learning about the number that comes before a number up to 10.  We talked about the things we do in our day.  For example we get dressed BEFORE we come to school.  We have a story BEFORE we go to sleep.  That helped us learn that a number that comes before another number means we have to count backwards.  We recognised that BBBefore starts the same way as BBBackwards!  That might help us remember to count backwards when we're talking about a number before another number.

Preparing for Armistice Day

We have been learning about Armistice Day.  We are making some poppies for a wreath that we are going to present at our Armistice Day service on Friday.

Gardening with Mrs Martyn

We were really pleased to have Mrs Martyn in the Matai Hub today to help us transplant some of our seedlings into the tubs and pots that people have provided for us.  We were very aware of the safety precautions when working with potting mix.  Mrs Martyn told us all about seedlings that need to grow in a hot house and ones that can be planted outside.  You can come and check out our pots all planted outside the Clearing.

Shared Writing

Here is a piece of writing we did today!

Puppies

WALT to summarise and synthesise what we read. To do this we need to read about something, take some notes and then put away the book. Once we have done this we can write down what we have learnt.

The Rainforest

WALT to summarise and synthesise what we read. To do this we need to read about something, take some notes and then put away the book. Once we have done this we can write down what we have learnt.

Our Creation!

This is our design, complete with instructions

Powelliwhanta Snail

WALT to summarise and synthesise what we read. To do this we need to read about something, take some notes and then put away the book. Once we have done this we can write down what we have learnt.

Fungi

WALT to summarise and synthesise what we read. To do this we need to read about something, take some notes and then put away the book. Once we have done this we can write down what we have learnt. The

The hunter spider

All about giraffes

WALT to summarise and synthesise what we read. To do this we need to read about something, take some notes and then put away the book. Once we have done this we can write down what we have learnt.

All about Cheetahs

WALT to summarise and synthesise what we read. To do this we need to read about something, take some notes and then put away the book. Once we have done this we can write down what we have learnt.

Number formation

The younger students have been persevering in learning to form their numbers correctly.  Lots of practice and careful looking.  Well done team - you are making good progress.