Term 4 - Weeks 2 & 3

 We had a great session learning golf today. 

We enjoyed our Cluster Athletics Day on Wednesday. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed having our whānau here to support us. 

We have been been doing lots of great learning about Elmer the Elephant. You can see us talking our story maps that we drew. We have also been painting and print making our own Elmer's. 

Term 4 Week 1

 We have been learning about patterns. We have been pattern hunting and creating patterns with a range of different equipment. 

We have been busy learning run, jump and throw skills for Athletics. We have one more week to practice before our Cluster Athletics Day in Week 3. 

Term 3 Weeks 7 - 9

We loved being able to perform in our Junior Production this week. Miss Patrick was very proud of us all. 

We have been learning about shapes. We went on a shape hunt around the school. We also went shape searching in Samoan artwork. 

For Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori we learnt the Taniwha song. We also created our own gorgeous art work using pastels. 

We have been starting to learn throwing skills for Athletics Day next term. 

Term 3 - Weeks 5 and 6

We have been working on our fine motor skills by using these tweezers to move the cotton balls onto the correct colour. It is tricky, but we are getting better at it with perseverance. 

We have been using a range of materials to work out math problems.  

We are very thankful to Kai for Kids and them serving us delicious lunches. 

We have been working extremely hard on our writing. Miss Patrick is very proud of the progress we are making. 

Thank you to the whānau who attended our Pasifika Fono on Thursday. It was great to see you all there. 

We made Autumn tree art as part of our season focus this term. 

Term 3 Week 3 & 4

We are loving our winter fitness of whole school Jump Jam each morning. We are getting a lot more confident and are showing perseverance with learning the dance moves. 

We have been completing science experiments to help with our curiosity, predictions and thinking skills. We thought this colour mixing one was magic.

We have been learning how to dribble the ball in soccer. We love being outside and learning new skills with our friends. 

We had fun playing a maths game on Friday. It was about adding or subtracting people on our own bus. 

We loved being on stage and leading assembly. We were very brave and it was great to see our whānau come to watch us.

We have been learning how to work independently. 

Term 3 Week 2

We have continued our learning about the different seasons linked to our school production. Each week we are learning about a different one and making a amazing wall display with all our work. 

We have been leaning how to create graphs from information. This graph we made about the colours of smarties we had in our bag. 

We are enjoying trying new vegetables with our Kai Kids lunches. Thank you to all the volunteers who are helping with this. 

Term 3 Week 1

 It has been great to be back at school. Room 6 has 8 new tamariki who have started this term, so we have been getting into school routines and our learning. 

We have Mr Taylor our student teacher back for 5 weeks, which we are also very excited about. 

This week our shared reading book was called "Little Goat's Coat". We got to paint a little goat, add fur and write a story about him. 

We have also started learning about the differences in seasons. This links into our Junior School Production that we will present later in the term. 

Laura was very impressed with our ball skills on Friday as we have been practising these everyday. 

We had several children see Mr Wheeler for quality work this week. Everyone has been trying extremely hard. 

Weeks 10 - 12

A big thank you to Kai Kids for trialing hot lunches at our school. We cannot wait until next term when we get them everyday, we are very lucky. 

We had a visit from the local Fire Brigade during our topic focus on Firewise this term. It was very exciting to get to look at all the things on the truck and get to hear and see the sirens. 

We have been learning about statistics. We made pictographs from the data we collected about favourite flavoured ice-creams using tally marks. 

We had very been creating a range of art projects that link into what we have been learning about.

We have had several new students visiting our classroom who will be starting at Netherby in term 3. We got creative with our maths equipment this week. 

We celebrated our support staff last week by presenting them with cards to show our appreciation for what they do for us all. 

We enjoyed having our whānau come in and see our new maths programme. 

Weeks 8 & 9

We have been very busy learning about a range of things including; Firewise Safety, Fractions and our term 2 story of The Noisy House. Below you can see us creating our story maps, writing and working with our buddies during maths. 

Room 6 has had new students having school visits. These happen every Thursday and are a great opportunity for students to experience what school is like. 

 We have been learning how to hold scissors correctly. The students go creative last week and got to make something for someone at home. 

 We have been practicing our ball skills in the hall. We are getting very good at catching and throwing. 

Term 2 Week 7

We have loved being back at School this week. The students all settled in really well and are focused and back into their learning. 

Week 4 - Online Learning

Miss Patrick had the best week at School teaching last week, but is missing everyone in Room 6. Mrs McCully enjoyed talking to you all. 

This week it has been great to have the Room 6 tamariki participating in Zoom meetings. It was fantastic to see 

and hear all the work you have been doing and a great chance to share it with all your friends in the class. 

Miss Patrick will send out the daily zoom link via text. These will be at 11:00am each day. 

 

Tuesday - Sharing session with work you have been doing at home. 

Wednesday - Guided Writing Lesson

Thursday - Guided Reading Lesson 

Friday - Math Problem Solving Lesson

Hi parents and whānau of students in Room 6,

Mrs McCully and I hope you are all well. We just wanted to remind you of the learning we are supporting you and your child with during this time.

-       The learning packs we sent out before school finished.

-       The learning packs from the Ministry you all got in the mail.

-       The Ministry of Education TV channel.

-       The weekly phone calls you receive from us both. Ask us any questions.

-       The learning activities we have posted on our schools Facebook page. There are hundreds you can do.

-       The learning tasks that are written on our class blog weekly.

-       The opportunity to attend daily guided zoom lessons at 11:00am each day this week.

-       You can also request a Facebook video call at any time with a day’s notice.

We are here to support and help you, so please contact either so us if you need more work or advice. We are doing our best to support you without making you feel bombarded with too much work.

Regards

Bridget Patrick and Jaz McCully