Greta The Grotty Butterfly

Hi, hope you enjoy this special posting showing the movie we made as part of our work on the Great White Butterfly.

Don't forget that on Sunday 28th September there is a Great White Butterfly Family Fun Day from 11am -2pm at the Botanical Garden Reserve. Click on the image below to find out the details.

Week 7 Term 3

The term is rushing past, with only 3 weeks left, but we still have plenty of energy for learning in Room 10.

We will start our blog with the latest animation from Finn's dad and his team of enthusiastic workers.

This week in maths we explored capacity by looking at the different sized bowls from the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story.

Then we made different sized paper cones and counted how many cubes we could fit into each one.

We continued to learn the words that go with the mnemonic "Oh You Lucky Duck" plus a few other words.

IN our P.E. sessions we worked on skipping, boules and hula hooping, what a healthy lot we are!

We saw a very interesting range of items in news this week. We thought we might do some writing about the shark jaw later this week....watch out for some scary stories.

I hope all the dads and some of the granddads out  there enjoyed the work we had been doing in our writing and art lessons to create a special Father's Day surprise for you......

.....and of course our blog would not be complete without a look at this week Discovery Time learning and sharing.

Discovery in Room 10 Week 7 Term 3 on PhotoPeach
 

What are we learning in Term 3 Week 7?

Letters and Sounds:medial vowel 'u'

Tricky Words: friend, came, 

Writing: shared writing, recounts and information reports

Maths: measurement and addition

P.E.: Fundamental skills and skipping

Maori: waitata, mihi and colours

Topic: Greta the Grotty Butterfly

Art: : drawing

ICT: interactive maths games

Reminders

Sam and Tracy are class sharing this term
Don't forget to send those sunhats in
Butterfly nets coming home for weekend hunts
Museum Trip: Maori Musical Instruments: Wednesday 10th September
Daily Spelling homework all term
Term 3 ends 26th September

Term Dates

Term 3: Monday 21 July to 26th September

Term 4: Monday 13th October to Friday 19th December

Week 5 and 6 Term 3

In maths we have been learning to order numbers to 20 and beyond even if some of the numbers are missing.

You can have a go at our favourite interactive game for practicing this by clicking on the link below:

http://www.ictgames.com/caterpillar_slider.html

With Sam we have been continuing our work on measurement by using our toy bears to investigate and compare length and weight.

 We are continuing to learn 2 new tricky words each week, an important part of this learning is finding different ways of representing these words, play dough is always a favourite.

 As part of our learning about the medial vowel 'i' we used a You Tube clip to learn step by step how to draw a digger. The results were amazing as you can see below. Look out for them on display in the classroom later the week.

Week 5 and 6 Term 3 in Room 10 on PhotoPeach
 Something rather odd appeared in the playground this week. This creature is a bit shy and did not like the camera so the only evidence we have is this photo of it walking away from Room 10. What type of creature do you think this is?

Finally looking for a bargain way to do your Christmas shopping, why not consider copies of the Food Central cookbook which is now available at a much reduced price of $20 compared to the original $40. Copies can be purchased at the school office. Don't forget to say which class you belong to as the profits made will go straight back into the syndicate the class belongs to. In Kowhai we will be using any money raised to fund our Big Day Out at the end of Term 4 and to support the make-over of the Junior Playground.

What are we learning in Term 3 Week 7?

Letters and Sounds:medial vowels

Tricky Words: could, should, up, for

Writing: shared writing, recounts and a secret task!!!!!!

Maths: measurement and doubles

P.E.: Fundamental skills and skipping

Maori: waitata, mihi and colours

Topic: Greta the Grotty Butterfly

Art: : secret project!!!!!!!

ICT: Animations

Reminders

Sam and Tracy are class sharing this term
Please sens hats to school from 1st September until the end of the school year as part of our Sun Safety programme
Museum Trip: Maori Musical Instruments: Wednesday 10th September
Daily Spelling homework all term
Term 3 ends 26th September

Term Dates

Term 3: Monday 21 July to 26th September

Term 4: Monday 13th October to Friday 19th December