What a gorgeous day on Friday - the children were able to get outside & Zumba away. Here are some photos showing Room 7 (mixed in with several other classrooms) doing Zumba on the turf with Miss P leading.
We have started our Arts Rotation within the syndicate the children were able to choose 1. Garage Band (music making on the laptops) 2. Drama 3. Maori musical instrument making 4. Traditional Maori games 5. Dance Splash.
Ask your child what one they are doing...we are in the beginning stages so a lot to look forward to.
The soccer training has also started on Thursdays...a few children in Room 7 are involved in this and seemed to enjoy their first session last week.
Cross country training is in full swing. The children who are going to interschool head out each day for 15 minutes running with Mrs Jones & Miss J. The children who are not stay with me & we have children from the other classes come in, we are doing a mixture of carrying on with work or we do Just Dance.
Just a note on the Reading Logs - the children have the choice to be reading a book from their book box or a book from home. Some children prefer to read their novel from the library. Please make sure you or your child fills in their log book. We have a mixture of nights having been filled in from 31 nights to 76!! I had a chat to the children yesterday.
The log book is an incentive to read - the children get their sticker for 25, 50, 75 nights etc..Plus we make a bit of a fuss in class and they receive a certificate in syndicate assembly (This Tuesday).
Well done to Koby who was the first to reach 75 nights!!!
SHARP STUDENT!
Our super SHARP student for week 2 was Claudia. Wow Claudia is a fantastic helper within the class. She is always willing to help and is SO RESPONSIBLE! I like the way she shows Respect to the teacher and is always offering a helping hand!
Our SHARP student for week 3 will be chosen based on our SHARP lesson from last week which was 'returning SHARPly back to class after breaks'. Coming back to class and carrying on with work.
98% of the class do this fantastically - so I might have to put 98% of the names into a hat and draw one out. The other 2% are still needing reminding that when the bell rings - it's back to class and heads down reading - we are getting there!!
SHARP focus for week 3 is:
W.A.L.T:
I can speak nicely/ politely to my peers while always respecting their differences.It made me day on Wednesday when Shkhan's name got drawn out of the 'caught ya' box to sit in the caught ya chair the next day. Several children clapped & one boy stood up and moved over to Shkhan to pat him on the back. How awesome is that!
Homework this week - sometimes there is an added task at the bottom of the homework sheet - well done to the 6 children who did this last week (big pat on the back!)..this week there is going to be a task to make 2-3 PASS IT ON tickets. The children are doing this very well - pass on the kindness. We choose 2 children each day to draw out a ticket - read out what it is - then later on in the day or the next day they tell the class what it was they did!
I think that's all the news for this week - anything else I will email/blog you.
Have a fab week - Arohanui Rachel
