B is for Best

Yah we finally got the best class in assembly award!  Room 6 were noticed sitting with great RED mat manners last Friday.  It was a great assembly and we enjoyed the Kapa Haka performance.

Well done Room 6.

K is Ka Pai

Ka Pai Room 6 - you did an awesome job of sharing the Korero Mai song with your buddy class,  and your Pepeha's at our school assembly.  I was very proud of you and am sure all the families who stayed were too.

Click the link below to see the slide show of the children's work.

Room 6 Pepeha

P is for Poem

Room 6 did some lovely art with Mrs Goodin this week - it went with their poem of the week and also relates to one of the animals that features in our production.

They shared this art at our school assembly today.  Well done Room 6!

B is for Brave!

How brave the children in Room 6 with their buddy class Room 11 were this week.  We were hosting whole school assembly and presented an item.  We have been spending our buddy class time practicing our Te Reo.

 We have been learning the phrase 

No hea ia? (Where is he/she from? )

and have been responding with with our turangawaewae (a place where we feel connected)

No ________ ahau.   (I am from _______)

It is very hard to try new things and I was very proud of the children for embracing this learning.

Thanks to all the parents who came and supported us, as well as dressing your children so beautifully.

The children from Room 6 and Room 11 have a variety of countries that they feel connected to.

Haina (China), Piripini (Philippines), Inia (India), Hairana (Thailand), Tonga, Hamoa (Samoa), Afrika ke te Tonga (South Africia), Horana (Holland), Ingarani (England), Amerika ke te Tonga (South America), Aerani (Ireland), Kotarana (Scotland), Merihia (Malaysia), Aotearoa, and the Ngati Poroa and Nga Puhi iwi.

I had grand ideas of making a video clip with the children dressed up and speaking - we came back from assembly all excited...photographed and recorded the children....but alas I made an error and it didn't come together right!!

Here are a couple of photo's I managed to save - 

A is for Anzac

With Anzac Day tomorrow, I hope you all have a lovely three day weekend.  It's been a great start to Term 2 in Room 6, I was so impressed by all the children this week.  The behaviour has been fantastic and it has been a pleasure working with the children.

Our Big Idea is Past, Present and Future this term.  We will be focusing on Their Stories, Our Stories with WW1 and what life was like 100 years ago as the focus.  We spent time this week looking at the meaning behind why we celebrate Anzac Day.  We made a poppy wreath for the Fields of Remembrance Service.  The children all showed respectful behaviour at the service, and it was a opportunity for them to be a part of this nationwide commemoration.

Will and Mackenzie presenting our wreath

E is for Elephant

We had a great poem this week - it was about the elephants trunk.  It inspired some cute art, which the children in Room 6 proudly showed at the Kiwi/Tui Assembly this week.  It looks super cute on our classroom walls now, come check it out!

They did a great job of reading the poem with interesting voices....it is in their poem books, so make sure they read them to you over the weekend.

W is for winning!

Yah for winning the best class in assembly!  Well done Room 6.  The children did a great job of showing their RED values at assembly - sitting up nicely, listening to the items and enjoying singing.  AND the very lucky thing was it was noticed by the mystery teacher and spies.

A is for Assembly

This week Room 6, along with our buddy class hosted the whole school assembly.  It was a big responsibility and all the children did a great job.  I was very proud of their behaviour.  Hannah and Nelsson were very brave speaking and announcing each item.  

Room 6 shared their poem of the week and some art we did that went with it.

Fantastic first week!

Room 6 had a fantastic first week at school.  We were busy getting to know each other and starting to establish some of our classroom routines.

We enjoyed reading some of the Greedy Cat books together.  This motivated us to write stories about Greedy Cat and create some wonderful art.

We had a very important job on Friday of hosting the first Kiwi and Tui Assembly for the year.  The children did a great job presenting the assembly and shared their Greedy Cat work.

Well done Room 6.