What a fantastic day to be at school!!!

Wow what a day C6 had today! First we had assembly and our class won 'class of the week' for being the best behaved class and the best dance moves. It is also Jurxiel's birthday and her family brought in McDonalds  for everybody! They also brought in yummy cake! Jurxiel was also the Principal award winner today. Lucky it is a long weekend so the kids can all have a rest after a fun day.

Kikorangi Maths Group

• We are learning to use place value to solve addition problems e.g. 36 + 22 as 30 + 20 = 50 + 6 + 2 = 58

 Jurxiel

 Kayla

 Luka

 Georgia

 Shyloh

Habitat Assessment - Jurxiel

• We are learning what a habitat is.
• We are learning to identify animals that live within a habitat.
• We are learning to describe what an animal needs to survive in a habitat.

Maths Time Assessment - Jurxiel

• We are learning to name and order the days of the week
• We are learning to name and order the months of the year
• We are learning to tell the time to the hour and half hour

Jurxiel Maths

Clown Fish Art (Nemo!)

• We have been learning about the ocean habitat.
• What is a coral reef?
• What animals live in the coral reef?

We followed instructions to draw a clown fish

Pukeko Reading Group

• We are learning to understand what is fiction and non-fiction

White tailed spiders:

What do we already know?

After reading the book, what do we know now?

Chipmunks Writing Group

We are learning to write complete sentences that include adjectives and similes.

Success criteria:

• My sentence will start with a capital letter.
• My sentence will end with a full stop.
• My sentence will include an adjective, simile, or both.
• My sentence will make sense.

 Jurxiel

  Tu Maurirere

Egypt  

Hosea

 

 Acacia

Awaiti

Art session

• We are learning what the primary colours are
• We are learning how to mix primary colours to make secondary colours

We Can Make A Happy Cake!!

The Pukeko reading group:

• We are learning to read and follow instructions

Success criteria:

• Read the list of ingredients
• Read and follow each step one at a time
• When we finish a step we move onto the next step

First we wash our handsRead through each step

 Follow the instructions

Add the ingredients

Everyone takes a turn to stir

 Pour the mixture into the tin, while we wait for the cake to cook, we wash the dishes!

We make the happy face design on the cake, sprinkle icing sugar on the top, remove the paper and we have a happy cake! 4 very happy students!

African Savanna Writing

We are learning to write words and ideas that relate to the topic

Success criteria:

• I will use words that relate to the topic
• I will ensure that all of my ideas relate to the topic

Player of the day!

Congratulations to Jurxiel who was the Glenholme Warriors Miniball player of the day.

Literacy time learning!

Welcome back to term 3, we are straight back into learning! Check out these pictures of our tamariki completing their reading activities, working fantastically independently and together.