Hedgehog Fun

Today we read a book called 'Hedgehog Fun'. It showed us how to make hedgehogs out of fruit. After we had read the book we made the prickles. It was fun and they tasted yummy.

Book Character Day

My friend and I are road workers.

Blowing Bubbles

I Am Learning to Draw Sunflowers

We planted sunflower seeds. They are beginning to grow. We drew a sunflower to show what we hope will grow on our plants.

I Am Learning to Retell the Story in the Right Order

Today we read the story 'The Balloon'. Then we had to put the words in the sentence in the right order. 

"I had to read the story to find which animal got out first. The dog got out first, it was easy."

I Am Learning To Add Details To My Writing

I am learning to add details to my writing.  

I can write when something happened.

"I can ask Mrs Koroa to help me find the right day card. Next time I can check on the whiteboard what the day is."

Blob Bugs

We used paint to paint three blobs, then we squashed our paper in half. When it was dry we added legs, wings, antennae and eyes.

Making Gingerbread Men

Look what we made in ESOL today.  

A yummy gingerbread man that I decorated all by myself.

Our Big Book Activity - The Snake Cake

We have been reading the big book 'The Snake Cake' and decided that we would make a snake cake  too.  We spread pink icing on the biscuits and stuck them together so they looked liked a snake.  

Then we put some blue icing on the top and M & M's too.  

Then we ate it.  It was delicious!

I Am Learning to Tell The Time

We have made clocks at school. We are learning to tell o'clock and half past times using our clocks. It is fun.

"My clock says 2 o'clock. It is easy to tell o'clocks, next I will learn half past times".

My Art Exhibition Masterpiece

This term we painted pictures for the 

Elm Park School Art Exhibition 2015.

The focus of our artwork was experimenting with different painting techniques, blending and shading colours together and creating repeating patterns.

To create our 'flower masterpiece' we practised mixing different shades of the same colour to create the wavy lines.  Then we used black vivid to create a repeating pattern.  We had fun putting our pictures together to create a whole flower - this was the best part!

Come along to see our artwork on display in the auditorium, during school hours, between the 

25th and 27th of August 2015.

Reading Term 3

I am learning to find the

·      front cover

·      back cover

·      spine

·      title page

·      pages.

"I can show my mum the different parts of a book.  We worked on the mat with Mrs Koroa and she showed us what to do.  I can do it by myself now but I need Mrs Koroa to read the cards to me first."

Chuck

Writing Term 3

Writing Progressions 1P:
I am learning to

• add some detail to my writing
• choose words to make my writing more interesting

We wrote about about a Kapa Haka Performance that we watched in the auditorium during Māori Language Week.  First we wrote 2 sentences and then the next day we added some more writing to make our stories more interesting.

"I like to write.  I can copy the words from the card.  I can draw a nice picture."

Chuck

Maths Term 3

I am learning to recognise patterns to 5.

"I can play the snap game on the ipads.  I need to count them sometimes."

100 Days Smarter!

On the 23rd July 2015 Room 5 celebrated 100 days of school.  

We had a small class celebration, made crowns and wrote about our favourite things to do at school.

We are now 100 days smarter!!!

Reading Term 2

"Sometimes reading is tricky.  I like reading."

Chuck

Maths Term 2

I am learning to order numbers to 5.

"This is tricky for me. I like maths."

Chuck

Writing Term 2

I am learning to spell some high frequency words correctly.

"I can copy Mrs Koroa's writing.  I am learning to find the right words.  Sometimes it's tricky."

Chuck

Scooter Safety Skills Term 2

"The scooter was cool.  It was hard to stand up." 

Chuck

Butterfly Art Term 1

We used Kid Pix to create our backgrounds.  

We used black marker pen and dye to colour in our butterflies.

"My butterfly can fly in the sky."

Chuck

Room 5 Award

"I can do good work!"

Chuck

Water Safety

Water Safety Term 1

We have been learning to be safe in the pool.

"I like blowing bubbles in the pool."

Chuck

Welcome To My 2015 Learning Blog!

I am in Year 1 and my teacher is Mrs Koroa. Room 5 is my learning zone.

Welcome to my blog.