Friday 27 February 2015

Thinking out loud!

I think Mr Byers, Mr Spicer or Mr Harrop really need to be Kissing the Pig.  They all love competition and they all deserve to win, maybe we could arrange a draw!  If it was kissing the piglet then I'd be keen, especially if it is as cute as this!  Reminds me of Wilbur 'Some Pig'.  Let me know via the blog if you have read, had it read to you or seen the movie of Charlotte's Web.

Sunday 22 February 2015

Week 3

What a great week, we've focussed on proper nouns and using capital letters in the correct places for our spelling words.  This is us sorting proper nouns into different categories.


We have learnt some new games that involved skills to develop teamwork,  coping with winning and losing and having fun!  We played 'Whiz,Boing, Bounce', Giants Wizards Elves( a larger version of Paper Scissors Rock) and untangling a Human knot.
We did a basic facts assessment on Friday. One hundred sums in 8 minutes. Some of the class used a coloured overlay to see if it helped make it clearer.  Congratulations to the nine children who improved their scores since their last one.
Our class poem this week was called Remember Summer.  This is us presenting it in groups to the class.  We talked about pausing at the punctuation.

Monday 2 February 2015

Welcome back!

Kia ora and welcome back to an exciting year at Stanley Avenue School.   A super special welcome back to Ruma Tekau/Room 10.  I'm really looking forward to meeting all the children today.

Throughout 2014 our family travelled throughout NZ in our motorhome, exploring our extensive 'backyard'.  Previous to this I was teaching at Tahuna School.

I know it is going to be a great year with a great group.
Happy first 2015 school day!