Welcome back to our Blog - thanks so much to parents who have given me verbal feedback about the Blog.I have asked Laura, our I.T guru who comes in once a week to work on our I.T difficulties to see if she can solve the problem of not being able to comment on this Blog and hope that will be sorted out this week.
Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy these photos - again, they are in a bit of a muddle, organisation wise, but maybe Laura can help me with that too!
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| Shakana had a turn at being 'Mrs Savill' and telling a story, ably aided byAva! |
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| Maths games - scarecrow... |
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| Cathy comes once a week to work with Room One on NZSL and this week was teaching the National Anthem.She says she is 'blown away' by these children and their perception and engagement of sign language - well done, team! DEN DAYOn Thursday afternoon I arranged a total treat for my class. Our letter of the week was D so we had 'Den day' whereby I brought duvet covers and towels from home, made popcorn with the class and let the children play in the dens we made using their tables. We had four different 'homes' which were shared, neighbours invited each other over to play, lunches were finished and in the end the children also completed a 'd' worksheet in their dens too by choice! Wow! |
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| Louis is the first child to make up this racing puzzle |
We love to go back to Kindergarten, to meet our old friends and play with them. We share in 'mat time' and have valuable time to remember where we came from and our friends who will be coming up to Birchwood school - either in the near or distant future love seeing us too.
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| Sophia is hairdressing with her friends. |
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| Cheryl had a special pack about aeroplanes for Leon from a while ago when he was at Kindy and met Robert who works on the airlines and remembered Leon's passion. |
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| Doesn't Evie look fabulous dressing up? |
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| Cade and Jayden helping collect sunflower seeds from the seed heads. KIDS CAN COOK On Wednesday we had a special Kids can cook outdoor kitchen at Birchwood and Rooms one, three and four combined for their cookery lesson. Caitlin was chosen as 'sous chef' and helped Chris make delicious crepes. |
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| Waiting for a taste.... |
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| Tasting time - crepes filled with fresh silver beet and apple - not everyone's choice! |
MAKING MUSIC
We used the untuned percussion instruments to tap, clap or shake to the beat this morning (Thursday), we are learning to take turns, listen carefully and only play when the 'conductor' tells us to !
Marvellous meals...
Our marvellous meal place-mats are now finished and on show in the window spaces of Room One. They will be coming home this week and we hope you enjoy looking at them and that they are helpful keeping the dining table clean at meal times. Each child cut out pictures of their favourite foods and we have some interesting choices!
Our marvellous meal place-mats are now finished and on show in the window spaces of Room One. They will be coming home this week and we hope you enjoy looking at them and that they are helpful keeping the dining table clean at meal times. Each child cut out pictures of their favourite foods and we have some interesting choices!
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| Den work! |
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| Jack and Andy chose to do their den work 'outside'. |
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| Sharing time - Leon showing Louis his transformer. |
We are concentrating on our drawing skills this term in art and as our letter of the week is D we drew our Dads. As big as possible, on massive paper.... the results are so fabulous that this next week we will be doing the same with Mums. Every child described their Dads and their voices were recorded on the Activboard which then meant I could print out the exact phrases in order to have a written record to display with the art. Come into our classroom and enjoy!
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| Sharing time using the 'talking stick' (turn taking and only the person with the magic stick is allowed to speak) Evie is showing her lego lanyard and dolly. |
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| Kobe and Sofie working happily together... |
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| Look at my pattern matching skills - Shylah. |
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| Marvellous meal completion. |
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| Kindy visit - these are some of our friends who will be turning five before the end of this term so will be in our class, how exciting! |
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| Patrick came at last to touch the ceiling - the children have been asking and asking for him to visit and show us how tall he is and on Friday he managed to pop in very briefly... |
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| Evie is counting her animals carefully and joining sets. NEXT WEEK Monday - We have the i-pads this afternoon and will be drawing Mums... I look forward to it very much! Important letter about our Natureland visit will be coming home today with the newsletter! Tuesday - Mrs Eades will be teaching this afternoon, Mrs Savill is on an afternoon of CRT but will be in school. Wednesday - No school this afternoon, please collect your children at lunchtime today. We have library too so please remember to return last weeks book and bring your library bag. Thursday - New Entrant Meeting for prospective parents from 0915 - 1030, please let your friends know if they are considering Birchwood as a possible school for children turning five. Mrs Lawrence will be taking Room One until morning tea time. Buddy reading with Room 7 after lunch. Friday - Whole school assembly at 2.30 all are welcome. Our letter of the week this week is N. |
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