Welcome back to term 4...what a fabUlous start....
Reminders:
Pet Day next Tuesday 18th October - school finishes on this day at 12.30pm
Weeks 2-3 we will be doing an e-asstle writing example, this is going to be very exciting as it is narrative (story).
Week 3: We have Labour Day on Monday 24th October.
Week 4: Tuesday 1st November = athletics day. Wednesday 2nd November = Ko Wairarapa Haka challenge
Our new maths topic - measurement - did you know that the length of your foot can be the same length as.....(ask your child) .....
Here we are measuring Fergus's foot (below....)
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| Ali & Jet were working out 1 square metre - here they have made 1 metre squared....they estimated that 7 children would fit in the square - it was actually 14 children!!!! |
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| SHARP time - our whole school reward for our SHARP tokens was free time for a period. Miss Burt saved this hour for our first day back - WHAT A GREAT TIME had by all. Jet, Fergus, Max & Harrison - above are making crafts... |
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| Douglas and Jackie hard at work... |
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| Ava, Tyah, Jordyn & Niysa playing with things from the toy box. |
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| Ali & Dallas made a judging table where they were judging some of the children's drawings... |
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| The shield craft & drawing crew....Elliot, Charlie, Kane, Cam & Logan .. |
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| Kuini and her wonderful craft making - what a delightful young girl...she made several cards and this bag for some of the children and Miss Burt. |
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| The fort girls...Annabelle, Petra & Esther.... |
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| The art group - Campbell and Mackenzie - overlooked by the teacher Liv. |
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| Logan and his amazing drawing.... |
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| Having f u n!!!! |
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| SHARP time.... |
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| Douglas cutting out squares for his maths. |
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| Woohoo 100% for measurement maths...well done Petra, Logan & Ali ...=) |
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| How many children could fit into Ali & Jet's 1 square metre? |
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| Weighing Peter Rabbit...how many grams? |
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| Weighing Richie =) |
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| Spot on 100g... |
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| Ava & Fergus were weighing some things that were both 400g - this many beads is the same as the teacher award. |
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| 400g both....well done Fergus & Ava. |
OUr new Inquiry topic - food packaging and the advertising behind it all.
Here we have a variety of cracker boxes.....the children gave each box a score out of 10-and told the class why they did so.
Discussing things such as: colour, shape, lettering, pictures, photos, use of display etc...
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| Here the children are discussing the food packaging and giving scores out of 10. |
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Muesli bar packets - which one do you like best? Least? And why....
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