Well done, super readers! Keep up the great work. Congratulations also for being the Music star of the week Juliana.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
More readers reach 75 nights!
Well done, super readers! Keep up the great work. Congratulations also for being the Music star of the week Juliana.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Congratulations
to Brooklyn, J and Ashleigh for fabulous work and effort this week. Well done, we are proud of all 3 of you!
Our Interviews
We have worked out that Hauraki School is a community because everyone has a job, and all the jobs are important...but we've realised that we don't really know much about everyone's different jobs.
So...we made lists of all the people we knew that work at Hauraki School, brainstormed what we thought their jobs were, then wrote some questions to help us find more out.
Next...we took some of our questions, our 'microphone' and set off to interview some of the workers around school.
We talked to these people, and here is what we learned from them:
Mrs Franklin is the Principal. Her job is not too hard, but very busy, with lots of different things to do. She loves coming to school.
Miss Whitehouse is a teacher. She helps children to learn and grow up to be smart. She works on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Mrs Gillies is the teacher in Room 4. Her children are Year 1 & 2. She helps the children learn.
Mrs Jones' job is to help Mrs Franklin run the school, and to help the Junior teachers and children. She also helps the children who find learning hard. It is a very hard job and takes a lot of time, but she enjoys it because she likes the children, the teachers and the school.
Mrs Waghorn works in the School Office. She loves her job and enjoys all the people.
Mrs Golightly teaches the children in Room 15 to read and count. She says teaching is not an easy job - sometimes it's hard.
Mr Pipes thinks Hauraki is the best school in New Zealand! He is a classroom teacher to the children in Room 16. He is also the Deputy Principal and leads the Senior school.
Mr Cullen is our caretaker. He does a lot of jobs like hammering, drilling, mowing the lawns, taking care of the school pool, keeping the courts clean, weeding the gardens, getting the leaves out of the gutter on the roof, unlocking the doors in the morning and locking them up when the children go home. He enjoys working with the children and teachers.
So...we made lists of all the people we knew that work at Hauraki School, brainstormed what we thought their jobs were, then wrote some questions to help us find more out.
Next...we took some of our questions, our 'microphone' and set off to interview some of the workers around school.
We talked to these people, and here is what we learned from them:
Mrs Franklin is the Principal. Her job is not too hard, but very busy, with lots of different things to do. She loves coming to school.
Miss Whitehouse is a teacher. She helps children to learn and grow up to be smart. She works on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Mrs Gillies is the teacher in Room 4. Her children are Year 1 & 2. She helps the children learn.
Mrs Jones' job is to help Mrs Franklin run the school, and to help the Junior teachers and children. She also helps the children who find learning hard. It is a very hard job and takes a lot of time, but she enjoys it because she likes the children, the teachers and the school.
Mrs Waghorn works in the School Office. She loves her job and enjoys all the people.
Mrs Golightly teaches the children in Room 15 to read and count. She says teaching is not an easy job - sometimes it's hard.
Mr Pipes thinks Hauraki is the best school in New Zealand! He is a classroom teacher to the children in Room 16. He is also the Deputy Principal and leads the Senior school.
Mr Cullen is our caretaker. He does a lot of jobs like hammering, drilling, mowing the lawns, taking care of the school pool, keeping the courts clean, weeding the gardens, getting the leaves out of the gutter on the roof, unlocking the doors in the morning and locking them up when the children go home. He enjoys working with the children and teachers.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Super Stars
And Emil was our Music star of the week from Miss James...
Ronald McDonald comes to Hauraki School
On Tuesday Ronald McDonald came to school. We went to the library and met him. He told us about road safety! Ronald McDonald showed us a seat belt, but he didn't know how to get it on and off. Caitlin showed him what to do. Next Ronald did his washing but the wind blew one of his socks away! He was funny when he was trying to find it. Then he practised walking to our school safely. He walked on the footpath. "STOP, LOOK & LISTEN, before you cross the street....use your EYES, use your EARS, before you use your feet". He said always click your seatbelt when you are in the car.
By Room 2
More readers reach an important milestone!
Well done to...
J, Tessa, Tatenda and Samuel for achieving 75 nights of home reading! We are very proud of you, and it's no wonder you are doing so well with your reading...all that practice at home! Keep it up! Next comes 100.
J, Tessa, Tatenda and Samuel for achieving 75 nights of home reading! We are very proud of you, and it's no wonder you are doing so well with your reading...all that practice at home! Keep it up! Next comes 100.
Super Learners this week...
And 3 at Junior Assembly last Thursday...Benjamin - , Avan - , and Tatenda - . You are all trying really hard - keep up the great work!
Cross Country...
Well done to all the children that participated and tried their best! A special congratulation to J who received a medal for placing 2nd in the 5 year old boys event. Well done J!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
What is a Community?
We have discovered that the bees in the beehive are a community because:
To learn more about communities of people we watched a DVD that explained more about what a community is. We found out a lot of things! Our voice thread shares some of the things we learned.....
- all the bees work together to help the hive
- all the bees have a job
- every job is important
- bees would be missed by the community if they weren't there - there wouldn't be anyone to do their job
To learn more about communities of people we watched a DVD that explained more about what a community is. We found out a lot of things! Our voice thread shares some of the things we learned.....
Relational thinkers!
To help us move towards being more relational thinkers (click for explanation) we've thought about the bee community in new ways.
We've tried sorting and grouping facts...
a part/whole map - looking at the function of each part of the hive, and what would happen if that part wasn't there...
and compare/contrasts between members of the bee community...
AMAZING!!!!
It's amazing...Brooklyn has received his '75 night' certificate - for reading at home for 75 nights this year! A big effort Brooklyn...keep it up.
Onwards to 100........
We welcome 2 new friends to Room 2!
A big welcome to Matthew and Reihana...and their families!
We are very happy to have you in our Room 2 community!
We are very happy to have you in our Room 2 community!
Monday, June 8, 2009
Well Done you two!
Well done Jamie and Juliana for receiving certificates at our Junior Open Morning Assembly on Friday! Jamie for reading and Juliana for speeding up with her work...keep up the great work.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Two masterful Musicians...
Room 2 were doubly happy after Music with Miss James this week......Avan and Samuel received certificates for their singing - well done boys.
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