Some interesting visitors.

As part of our inquiry into Wellington Harbour we have been learning about the Little  Blue Penguin. Sally Bain came to talk to us all and told us some interesting facts about the penguins life cycle and nesting habits.

 We walked down to the shore and saw where the penguins nest.

There was another special visitor a few days earlier!

 We loved our performing arts sessions with Mrs Hooke.We have done lots of moving, dancing and singing. Great work in Room 3. 

Busy days in Room 3

 Come  and visit our Muritai Museum next week in the school library.

 We went looking for shapes around our classroom and playground. We are learning about 2D shapes during Maths time.

 

During our literacy time we are learning to read quietly at our tables using material from our book boxes -we are learning to point to each word on the page. 

We are learning to follow instructions  at the reading whiteboard table after our guided reading lesson. It's great fun writing on the table!!

 We are learning to recognise the letters of the alphabet and place them on our word trays. Great work at reading time !

 As part of our inquiry into Wellington Harbour we have been learning about the little blue penguins who make the harbour and the surrounding areas their home. We coloured, collaged and painted our own penguins. Great careful work everyone -they look fabulous !

 On Wednesday we went to the STEM room to explore some ideas about how things float. At Muritai we have science kits available to explore some science ideas.We experimented with lots of different objects predicting first if we thought they would float or sink. If something is small will it always float ? If something is large will it always sink?Boats are big and they float so maybe it is the shape of the object or what it is made from that makes an object float or sink.

 We made our own boats from tinfoil and had great success in floating them-some of them could hold lots of metal washers and one of two quite heavy things as well.We had lots of fun. Great work in Room 3.

Room 3-always working together.

 Circle time is an important time of the school day in Room 3.

We  are learning to :

Listen to our classmates carefully and respectfully.

Speak in a clear voice when it is our turn.

Look at the person who is speaking.

Ask a question using- What -When -Why Where -How ?

It is also a time to talk about important things that are happening in the classroom  and at school in a safe and supportive space.

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 At reading rotation time we are learning to build words using our word trays.

 Listen to Letterland songs, poems and stories at the Listening Post.

 Complete our fabulous book work! We are getting so good now at moving from activity to activity quickly and quietly! Well done everyone !

 As part of our inquiry into Wellington Harbour we went down to the beach and looked out to the heads and the gap created  by a taniwha. We could see Cook Strait and the South Island.

 We  are wondering what might live in Wellington Harbour.

We are wondering how clean the water is as we did find rubbish on the beach.Will this rubbish affect marine life ?

We drew some of the things we found.

Arthur made this beautiful star as part of our work on Shapes.

What great work in Room 3 this week.!