End of term 1!

The last day of Term 1 was an exciting but sad day! It was sad because it was the last day for four of our wonderful class members! Lisa, Jack, Lockyer and Isobel are off to become a part of Room 2 with Mrs Vause-Novak...It will be so cool for them to be part of another class but we might miss them a little bit. They have promised to come and visit us though!

As a special treat for all the hard work we have done this term, we did some baking with Miss Macdonald and Lisa's mum Michelle. We helped to make the mixture, then rolled out the dough and used a cookie cutter to make either a bunny or a gingerbread man!

When they were finished baking we iced them and decorated them with pebbles! They were delicious! A big thank you to Michelle for all of her help!

The baking groups...

The baking groups..

Great mixing Monique

Go Brooke!

William rolling the dough out...

Icing time!

Don't they look yum!

I hope you all have a lovely holiday with your family!! Please remember to keep working hard by reading books, visiting the library and using the activities on study ladder to help you!

See you next term! :)

Study Ladder

Here is a link to study ladder.

Study ladder is a great website with lots of educational games to work on over the holidays.

Enjoy your break!

http://www.studyladder.com/myschool/17108/myclass/232961

Cross Country!

We have been training so hard and yesterday we had our Cross Country day. We all tried so hard and Miss Macdonald was very proud of us.

A special congratulations to the people from Room 9 who came in the top 10.

From the year 1 girls, Lisa came 1st, Lockyer came 2nd, Brooke came 3rd, Monique came 5th and Ya-Wen came 9th.

From the year 1 boys, Matthew came first, Gason came 3rd, Anmol came 4th, Ronan came 6th and Aidan came 7th.

Woohoo!!!

Piwakawaka Cross Country on PhotoPeach

Reuben Patterson Art Work

Over the last few weeks we have been looking at the art work of Kiwi artist, Reuben Patterson. He uses koru, kowhaiwhai patterns and glitter in some of his pieces.

We used 'The Wharenui that Dad Built' to inspire us. Everyone made their own panel and we put them together to create joint art works.

Check them out!

'The Wharenui that Dad Built' By Jasmeen, Jaspreet, Mikayla, Lesleigh and Andrea

By Lockyer, Simran, Courtney, Myles and Miss Macdonald

By William, Adheesh, Madeline, Brooke and Gason

By Julia, Monique, Matthew, Ya-Wen and Isobel

By Lisa, Anmol, Aidan, Ronan and Jack

Balloons

For Fun Friday this week we got to play with balloons, we had so much fun!

We played some games with the balloons, we tried to keep them from touching the floor and had a race where we had to blow our balloons from one end of the classroom to the other!

Miss Macdonald and Jack had a race, but she wasn't very good couldn't even get the balloon to move!

Lisa, Julia, Courtney and Jasmeen racing with their balloons in between their legs! Go Lisa!

Jack, Anmol and Julia trying to blow their balloons to the finish line!

Brooke, Ronan and Adheesh decorating their balloons!

Julia and Ya-Wen making sure they know which one is theirs!

Artists, Courtney and Lisa drawing faces on their balloons! Don't they look cute!

Maths Time

We have been working hard at maths time.

Every Friday we have a basic facts challenge, everyone is practicing hard and moving through the levels.

We need to keep working hard on our 'number knowledge'. At home you could be practicing your numbers before and after, skip counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and practicing your basic facts.

Check out the slideshow of us working hard at maths time.

Swimming

We have been going swimming this term, we have really enjoyed it especially on those hot afternoons!

Some of us are so confident in the water and were practicing floating and blowing bubbles. On the last few sessions, our buddies came swimming with us and we played some games and did some races in the water.

Swimming on PhotoPeach