We are very busy during discovery time making our room look Christmasy! We have made paper chains, presents, Tree decorations, Christmas cards.....to name only a few!!! Art work will begin coming home beginning of next week so keep an eye out!!
We have also been busy preparing for our end of year Prize- giving Assembly. It is this Thursday at Oropi Hall, children need to be there for 5.45pm!
Each afternoon we have been swimming in the school pool and so hope the sunshine continues!
Reports are out next week and we also have our picnic at Omokoroa beach on Wednesday 14th December....so busy busy!
For more details please read the school Newsletters...
We have had visits from the guineas pigs last week on different days as there are four of them for the children to love!
We have been very busy practising for Athletics which is tomorrow at 9.10 am.
We have also been continuing our sessions with Police Constable Emma. This week she has covered Touch that we like and don't like and tricks and secrets.
Some of the children in Tui have shown a big interest again in finger knitting and in discovering mini beasts and we also had Logan, Douglas's Dad come in and show us how to find fingerprints the police way!!! So lots happening as always in Tui and Piwaka classes.
Today in Piwakawaka and Tui classes we had a visit from Police Constable Emma. We discussed our bodies and good and bad touching. This all comes under the Topic: Physically Me. We also discussed how to keep ourselves safe and what we should do if we get lost etc
Please continue to discuss the homework sheets with your children.
Next week we will be talking about Secrets and tricks.
Discovery time in Tui....
Urges in our play at the moment are:
Finger knitting....observing the caterpillars from Mrs Weston's garden...the Guinea pigs...Fire works and junk modelling.
Everyday the children take turns at reading to the class...this builds up their confidence and helps them to see themselves as readers.
Today and Tomorrow Tui and Piwakawaka are beginning their classes on Keeping Ourselves safe.
Please look in your children's book bags/homework books for activities to do at home with your children.
Please talk to your children about where they live...talk about the number on their letter box and their address. Phone numbers are very important too!!
Today we extended on our interest and learning around Measurement. We measured our toys last week and this week we are measuring ourselves.
We drew around a friend and then set about measuring who was the longest and tallest!! Tomorrow we will use tape measures to extend our measurement even more!!
Today we went to the Art Gallery and the library...We saw and learnt about an exhibition by the artist Veronica Herber.
We then had the opportunity to make our own collaborative structure.
After this we visited the library and then had lunch at the Waterfront.
Thanks very much to the parents and Grandparents who came along to help!!!
