T is for Teddy Bears Picnic

Loads of fun at our Teddy Bears Picnic today in Room 6.  We had 8 different activites going on and the children each got to do two different things.  Here's a sample of some of the finished products.

Polar Bears with Mrs Perkins.

Bear Christmas ornaments with Mrs Serci.

Teddy cards with Mrs Wilkinson.

Movable Bears with Mrs Clubley.

Bear Hunt maps with Miss Gargan.

Movable Bears.

Bear Paws

C is for Cow

Loving the cows the kids drew today.  They are looking amazing on our wall.  Love the stories that the kids wrote about their farm trip too!

F is for Farm

WOW - what an amazing day it has been.  Such a great visit to the Dairy Farm in Upper Hutt.  We've had a really great experience today - be sure to ask your child to share their adventures with you.

Thanks so much to the parents who came and helped, we couldn't have managed without your support.

I expect that all the children will sleep well tonight!!

Here are a couple of photo's to start your conversations...

Heading into the Calving Sheds

We touched and patted, watched and observed, and some kids got to feed the 2 week old calves by bottle.

We walked up to the paddock to see the 200 milking cows in their paddocks.

We took a good look at the milking machines to see how they worked.

We were ready for lunch and so grateful that the weather was on our side today.

It was a long bus ride there and back, but that's half the fun..... right!!

P is for Pataka

We had a great trip to Pataka this week.  Actually all the teachers were saying they have never had a bad experience there, what a little gem it is locally.

Thanks to the parents who came with us and supported us while we were there.  In the education room we learnt about a local soldier who served in the First World War, we made poppies and reflected on our learning about their significance.

When then moved into the gallery and laid our poppies under the soldiers portraits.

Then we spent time looking through a solders kit and talking about all the things in it, and why and how they were used.  It was very interesting.

Today in class we talked about how the soldiers might have felt, it would have been such a tough time for them.  The children were saying how sad they would have been leaving their families, how scared they must have been not knowing what they would have to face next, how bored they would have been with all the same food.

We wondered what life might have been like for our families 100 years ago.  We are going to spend some more time looking into this over the next few weeks.  We would love any information you might have on your family 100 years ago.

G is for goodbye!

So this will be my last post for 2014 and G is for Goodbye to the wonderful children and their families I have worked with this year.  It has been a lot of fun, and very rewarding for me to see that amazing progress these children have made over the year.  I will enjoy watching them as they grow through their years at Redwood School.

Today we made kites and enjoyed the parachute with Room 5 - activities we had hoped to do as part of our Education Outside the Classroom last week.  We never got to them with the bad weather.

I hope to see lots of families at the school picnic tomorrow, and the final assembly on Wednesday.

Merry Christmas, have a wonderful break and do stop by and say Hi in the New Year.

B is for bush walk

Thankfully the rain held off today for our bush walk.  We left school soon after 9 am and walked to the Brasnose Place entrance of the Redwood Bush walk.  It was about the perfect distance for us, and we arrived back at school close to 11am ready for our ice block treat.

Thanks to all the grandparent helpers, we appreciate your support!

T is for Teddy Bears Picnic

What a fun day our Teddy Bears Picnic was.  It has been a tradition in the junior school for a number of years now and seeing the fun and enjoyment the children had I think we better keep it going! The children were mixed up into teams and rotated around 3 different activities.  The teachers all had really creative idea's and there were lots of fun activities.

In Room 3 the children enjoyed the popular book Corduroy bear book, then they made their own Corduroys.

Look at these cute bear activities!  One is made with puff paint and was cooked in the microwave!  The other is a shaker.  Too cute.

In Room 9 the children made these awesome little bear garlands.  Sweet!

Panda Bears and Origami Bears - more fun!

Teddy Cards!

In Room 5 the children went on a Bear Hunt and in Room 4 there used all sorts of building things to create safe houses for their bears!

It was lovely to meet all the special bear friends the children brought to school today.

We finished the day with a Teddy Bear treat!