Week 7

Another busy week has flown past. We have begun practicing for the school cross country event – everyday (weather permitting) we are going for a run around the field. This event will take place before the end of the term.

Spooner Shield takes place this Friday. Although the competition is for Year 5 & 6 children, we do manage to get around a couple of times throughout the day and support our Bledisloe Teams.

The past week has been really busy, the children have all enjoyed learning about “whales” and we are now moving onto learning about sharks. We have begun to understand what words like, diet, habitat and description mean. We wrote a basic joint report with a friend about a whale.

Wow, we managed to get all our marbles in our class jar this week, and we received our treat on Thursday. The children are already planning the reward for when we next fill the jar.

We are getting so good at the Maori verse for our school song that Hoani has composed for us. The words reflect so beautifully our Bledisloe 3R’s.

Our sound of the week this week is “th”

Our word(s) of the week is “thank you”

My maths class will move onto looking at multiplication, this means understanding that 2 x 3 is actually 2 groups of 3.

Have a great week.

 

Week 6

It has been so nice to see the sun today, and especially to be able to get out on the field at lunchtime. Let's hope for a fine spell of weather for the next while to dry everything out properly.

We have enjoyed learning about whales this past week - there are so many interesting facts about these amazing creatures. We now all understand the difference between toothed whales and Baleen whales and their diet.



Emily and Olivia blowing bubbles for an art activity during J.E.T.

"All together" J.E.T. on Friday was a great learning time - Room 4 children were fantastic Responsible, Respectful and Resilient Bledisloe Citizens helping the younger children.

Marshall and Anahera modelling the clay into sea creatures.

We created whales out of heart shaped pieces of card - the children were amazed that they could make something using only the one shape.

This next week we will begin running on the field ( weather permitting) in preparation for Cross country which will take place before the end of the term.

Our sound of the week is "pr"
Our word of the week is "soon"
Room 4's maths focus is subtracting tens from numbers

Week 5

Wow! The past three days in our whanaungatanga classrooms has been amazing - to say the least. All the children have had great learning experiences along with using the 3 Bledisloe R's in a new environment.
For my whanuangatanga grouping - children were busy exploring the Olympics, along with rowing as our event and Emma Twigg as our NZ athlete. For many of the children , when asked, the highlights were " everything" but when they were asked to be more specific, they enjoyed the Olympics event that was held on Friday with buddy classes. Having to explore "mini" Olympic events - challenging themselves to improve on a personal best. They also commented on the pressure of having other watch them compete - making comparisons to what it would actually be like competing in the Olympics with the world watching you! Designing a rowing boat that included oarlocks, outriggers, sliding seats was an activity many mentioned. This is just the tip of a huge array of comments form the kids.
This week we are back to our usual class groupings. Learning about "under the sea" as our big topic. We will be looking at "whales" as this week's focus.
Our sound of the week is " pl"
Our word of the week is "fast"
The Room Four maths focus continues to be subtraction - looking at different strategies to solve bigger problems.

Enjoy the week ahead.
Annette



An Olympic ( competitors) medal brought in from the Los Angeles Olympics

Week 4

What an great week we have had - even if the weather wasn't so great.

Rhys, Blake and Sakura making submarines from recycled material.

The giant weta Ollie brought in to show us enjoyed climbing on our new place mats

So many great learning situations have happened this past week - the children are so enjoying learning about our under the sea topic and the fasts that go along with different categories of sea life. sea mammals was the focus this past week and will continue to be for the next week.

The children are all doing a fabulous job of their home learning in their books - thank you so much for getting the books back for checking on Fridays. The children love coming and sharing what they have done with me.

This next week the children will spend Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in their "whanau rooms." All the children have visited this room more than once and know that they will go to this room on Wednesday morning to start the day. The focus for this time is " Olympics 2012 - Follow the Journey." Each room has a member of the NZ Olympic team that they will be following and learning about. Looking at their event - how success is measured, and how they perform at this special event.

On Friday we will be holding our own Bledisloe Olympics ( weather permitting) this will be followed by a sausage sizzle - if you wish to buy a sausage, orders need to be in by Wednesday for ordering purpose.

Readers will come home on Monday and Tuesday only this week  ( due to whanau days.)



Scarlett, Olivia, Emily and Madison busy making sea scenes at J.E,.T time

Have a great week.