Patrick Starfish Reading Group

Noah - We read a story called Pen Pals. It was about some kids writing to pen pals that are a lot older then them. Aubree - Whaea Jaime asked us if we wanted to write letters to other students in the school and tell them a little bit about us, and maybe learn a bit about them.

We didn't know who would get our letters or if they would write back. - Nico

When we got our response letters it was cool. - Elijah.

I wish we could keep writing letters this has been fun. - Waekamania.

Huge thank you to the students of room 5 who participated and wrote back to our tamariki they were super excited to get letters and learn a bit more about you.

New members to room 17

Today has been a super busy day - It started with a powhiri for a new student Keyanah. She played with the play dough, the lego and drew on the white board with the Patrick starfish reading group. She really liked to play with the tamariki taping many of them to go with her to the next activity. The class has done so well to welcome her to our class. - Whaea Jaime

This is Matua Nick. He is a new teacher aid in room 17. So far 2 of our reading groups have worked with him. (Spongebob) Darryl - "He is so much fun". Ridge - "He is helping us with our letters and sounds".

Today Matua Nick worked with Mr Crabs reading group. Qwayde - "We read our book to him and he helped us" Ani - "We played go fish". Haylin - "He is really cool to work with".

Our class is getting so big. Its cool we like it. Its fun to make new friends.

In week 2 room 17 won class of the week. We try really hard to line up nicely in the mornings ready to go to Taumata and sit up for our morning karakia, mihimihi, waiata and school notices. Our morning began with a powhiri for three new students and one started in our class. Her name is Ebony. Welcome to our class Ebony. Aubree - "It was cool to show Ebony around our school, I hope she likes it".
This weeks award is especially rewarding because the trophy now comes with a prize for us to share as a class. We will be watching throughout the week for the next class to receive this trophy and we will fill it with goodies too. Nico - "We had a really good day".
This blog was written by the students of room 17 as apart of a shared writing lesson. Please leave us a comment so that we know you are following what we are doing in our class.

Sailor Asthma

Today we went to the hall to watch a show about asthma. We found out that our pipes can get squeezed and we can't get air when we have asthma.
We  listened to find out we need 6 puffs with an inhaler and to use the spacer if we have a asthma attack and that it takes 6 minutes to work. We liked the puffer fish and the songs.

Life Caravan

Today we went to see Harold at the Life Education caravan. We found out we need kai, water, be safe, aroha, moe, shelter and exercise to be happy.
To be safe we need to wear our seat belts, wear our life jackets and have an adult watching us when we swim. When we cross the road we need to use the crossing and wait for the cars to stop before we go and we need a adult to help us.
We love Harold and he shook our hand with his mouth. We are looking forward to visiting Harold again tomorrow.

oil and water

We conducted an experiment with oil and water today. We found out that the oil kept rising to the top of the water.  We expected it to fizz over when we put the fizzing tablets in but the bubbles just got caught up in the oil and even when we took the lid off it did not overflow.
When we watched a clip about animals being affected by oil spills we felt really sad. We think we need to be really careful with how we treat our environment and do our best to look after it.

library opening

Today we opened our school library. It was celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony, blessing and parade of the children dressed as book characters. Room 6 children came and read with us and we really enjoyed their stories. We hope they come back another day to read with us.