Reaching 70 Ticks

Michael has been working hard at school to show the school values.  When he gets caught being respectful, responsible or resilient Michael gets a tick.  This week Michael made it to 70 ticks and he got to choose a reward to celebrate this.  Michael chose to raise the school flag.  He seemed to really enjoy this responsibility and many of his friends came to support him as he did this.

I am learning to use a word card

In Writing we have been learning to use our word card.  It has some words in the colourful boxes and these help us to write our story.  If we need to write a word that isn't on our card we can say the word slowly and write down the sounds we can hear instead.

"I can hear sounds.  I write them here", said Michael.

I am learning to complete a word family

In Reading we have been learning how to complete a word family.  We know that all the words in a word family rhyme with each other.  We also know that they have the same letters at the end of the word.  Here is a screen shot of an ipad game we played about word families:

"Word families are cool.  You have to make the words."

Bunnings visits Elm Park

This week we were lucky enough to have Bunnings come and visit us and put together a fun day where students got to build a project.  Nga tamariki had an absolute blast hammering, glueing, problem solving and painting to create a masterpiece.  Here is a brief snap-shot of the fun:















"I am hammering louder.  I like the sharp shells."

I am learning to add numbers up to 5

In Maths we having been learning to add 2 digits together when the total is no more than 5.  We learnt that when we add 0 to a number we are adding nothing so the number stays the same.  We also learnt that when we add 1 to a number it is the same as saying the number that comes after.

"I can count my fingers when I am adding numbers."

I am learning to say the number that comes after

In Maths we have been learning to say what number comes next in the line.  Michael had to choose a card from the pile and then put a counter on the number that would come next on his game card.

We are learning to point to each word when we read

We are learning to point to each word when we read a story.  This is called one-to-one word matching and it helps us to focus on each word that we read.

"Michael is reading the book."