A first for us this week was our sculpture walk around Nelson with Nicki from the museum. She had never taken a Year 1 class before and it turned out to be a great morning for both the children and the adults. Why not re-live the walk with your family on a sunny Nelson day and your children can share their learning with you. Here is a selection of the sculptures we looked at.
In Discovery time on Friday we tried our hand at mini sculptures. Can you see a resemblance between this sculpture and one we spotted on our walk?
We also had an impromtu P.E. lesson trying out our skills at climbing through the hinake on the Aratuna Bridge
What else have we been up to this week?
Practicing our basic facts by doing domino addition.
Tricky word practice is still going strong.
We are developing our alphabetical order knowledge.
Crystal's mum came in and helped us plant up our bee garden, as you can see we added some bees during Discovery Time as well.
This week in No Child Left Inside it was time to learn the basic skills of long jump by jumping over Jane's lazy river whilst tapping a balloon at the same time to encourage height.
Fun Friday started with a very informative visit from Lori the cockatiel.
The much anticipated Discovery Time again resulted in heaps of collaboration and creativity including playdough and toothpick sculptures...
...rocket ships...
...developing our bee garden....
...Minecraft buildings......
.......trucks...
.......robots......
......hotels.....
.......toys for sisters.....
....animals in zoo cages......
.....and helicopters.
What are we learning in Term 5 Week 4?
Letters and Sounds: revision of digraphs and extension by looking at alternative digraphs
Grammar: Adjectives continued
Writing: shared writing, recounts and narratives
Maths: Basic Subtraction Facts to 5 and 10
P.E.: Fundamental skills: relays
Maori: numbers
Topic: Bees
Art: : 3D paper Sculptures
ICT: simple word processing and importing an image from clipart
Reminders
Don't forget to send in sunhats and water bottle daily unless you are leaving them at school.
Daily Spelling homework continues until week 9
Junior athletics day, Wednesday 26th or Thursday 27th November 9.20-11.40, families welcome, helpers needed, details to be sent home this week
Suter Art Gallery Christmas Ceramics: Wednesday 3rd December, helpers needed
Kowhai Big Day Out at Founders Park: Tuesday 16th Dec
Daily Spelling homework continues until week 9
Junior athletics day, Wednesday 26th or Thursday 27th November 9.20-11.40, families welcome, helpers needed, details to be sent home this week
Suter Art Gallery Christmas Ceramics: Wednesday 3rd December, helpers needed
Kowhai Big Day Out at Founders Park: Tuesday 16th Dec
Term Dates
Term 4: ends Friday 19th December
Term 1 2015 starts on Tuesday 3rd February
Term 1 2015 starts on Tuesday 3rd February
No comments:
Post a Comment
HOW TO LEAVE A COMMENT ON OUR ROOM 10 2014 BLOG
All comments are moderated by myself before being published online. This will happen when I check my email so your comment may not appear for a few hours.
Please write your comment and then choose ' Anonymous' from the drop down menu. Remember to write your first name at the end of your message. It is against our blogging responsibilities to include last names, so we ask that you abide by this.
We'd also love to know where in the world you come from if you are a new visitor.
When you publish your comment look out for a yellow bar containing a message telling you that your comment is waiting to be moderated.
WELL DONE.....you've done it!
Tracy