Term 1 2020 Week 5

 

We love learning!

Learning to write down our ideas takes lots of thinking. Here we are practising writing some of the words we will need for today's stories.

Watermelon Fractions

We have been learning about halves and quarters. We loved learning with watermelon. 

 Cut the watermelon into two equal pieces and you have 2 halves. The watermelon is cut in half.

 Cut each half in half again to make four equal pieces. These are called quarters. Each piece is a fraction of the whole watermelon.

The pieces got smaller and smaller each time they were cut in half. Then we shared the watermelon equally so that everyone had the same number of pieces.
At last we ate the watermelon and it was sweet, juicy and delicious . . . just what we needed on such a hot day!

The Watermelon Echo Song

"Oh no, (Oh no!)

I just swallowed (I just swallowed)                            

A watermelon seed (A watermelon seed)                

Will I grow a watermelon (Will I grow a watermelon)       

Deep in me? (Deep in me?)"

"Oh no, (Oh no!)

That seed won't grow (That seed won't grow)                            

In my tummy (In my tummy)                

There's no rain or sunshine (There's no rain or sunshine)       

Deep in me? (Deep in me?)"

Term 1 Week 4 2020

Watermelon Smiles

"Thank you Mr and Mrs Patel for the yummy, scrummy watermelon!

We have been learning about the sounds letters make in words. This week we focused on the letter 'b.' 

Until next time . . . ka kite ano!

Term 1 Week 3 2020

Week 3
Last weekend Sir and Mrs Windleborn took a big trailer with a winch all the way to Mangawhai and they came back with a surprise! It was a big red boat with a little cabin. Lots of children can fit in the boat. We liked the boat, especially when we found out it was going to be put in a sandpit. The boat needs a few repairs before we can play in it. One of the students asked where the sandpit was going to be so we explored the school grounds for the best spot.

We love the boat and are very excited about getting a sandpit!

Self Portraits

The clever students in Te Kakano have been learning how to draw faces. They looked in the mirror, and talked about the shape of  heads, eyes, noses mouths and eyebrows. They used their hands to measure where to draw the facial features on the face shape they had drawn. The students practised first and then drew their own faces on a big oval shape.

They added detail like eye lashes, and coloured in very carefully.

The hair was made by colouring in a piece of paper with wax crayon and then tearing it up into small pieces.

 Everyone did their very best art work.

The students happily shared the glue and brushes.

Our portraits aren't quite finished. Keep checking our Blog to see them when they are finished.

Our weekly poem

Me

I am special

Because you see

I'm the only one

Who's just like me!

Ka kite ano! See you next time.

Term 1 Week 2 2020

Te Kakano's Class Treaty

This week we learned about the Treaty of Waitangi and what a 'treaty' is. Here is our class treaty which we all signed.

Learning to swim is FUN!

Look! We can use the flutter boards to kick across the pool. We have learned to float on our backs and are having a little sleep in the sun. All of us go right under the water when we play, 'Ring a ring a Rosie.'

We are all proud of our swimming skills!