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