Wonderful Workers

Today we are very proud of Ti'a for being today's Music star, and very proud of Jamie for reaching 100 nights of home reading. Keep up the great work!

Monday's Stars

Congratulations to Ashleigh for great progress with handwriting, to Jamie for increasing independence and to Tessa for achieving 125 nights of home reading.
Mrs Hawkins is so proud of you all!

Such Improvements

Our handwriting is improving (getting better) so-o-o-o much that Mrs Hawkins struggled to find 1 'most improved writer' today, so here they all are...

New Vocab

Recently we've been learning, practicing and using some new Maori vocabulary - for farm animals. Which ones can you remember?............

Uwha Heihei, Kuri, Kawhe, Hipi, Tame Heihei,
Reme, Kau, Poaka

Cow is... Pig is...
Calf is... Dog is...
Sheep is... Lamb is...
Rooster is... Hen is...

How many did you remember?

125 Nights

Both Juliana and Benjamin have reached 125 nights of home reading - it's no wonder you are such good readers with all that practise!

What a Week

It's been another great week in Room 2, especially for these children...

Well done Samuel for being Miss James' Music star, Matthew and Hannah for receiving certificates at Junior Assembly, and Avan for reaching 100 nights of home reading!
Well done to all of you!

Making Milk

Yesterday we learned about what happens to milk once it leaves the cow!
We found some very interesting information on the Anchor Milk website which explained what happens to the milk once the farmer has milked his cows.
Relational thinkers can sequence or order information, so to make us more relational we looked at the things that happened to the milk and put them in order, from when the cows eat the grass right through to when we drink the milk at home! First we mixed up large pictures and put them in the right order, then we sorted our own pictures into sequence. We used arrows and numbers to help show the order.

Many of us could do this without any help, so are relational thinkers already...some of us found it quite tricky or needed some help so are on the way to becoming relational thinkers.
Here are our 'Making Milk' charts...

Some more Stars!

Juliana has been working hard at developing the fluency and expression of her reading, Emil has made fantastic progress with the size and neatness of his handwriting, and Kody is working quickly & confidently when adding and subtracting. Well done to all you super learners!

First in the Reading Race!

Well done Brooklyn and Samuel on reaching 125 nights...you are doing so well!

We are proud of you both!

Today we celebrated success for Eric - achieving his first home reading certificate for 25 nights, and Matthew - for being Miss James' singing star in Music. Well done and keep up the great work.