What are we proud of this term?

Brody - not talking on the mat Natalia - getting better at Kapahaka Anna - Performing to Mrs Gulbransen and Mr Canning Bailey - Doing Kapahaka Ella - Doing good work Poppy - Doing Kapahaka Tyla - doing kapahaka Jessica - performing for Mrs Gulbransen and Mr Canning Ciara - the feedback that we got from Mrs Gulbransen and Mr Canning Xanthe - making new friends Holly - making two new friends Arabella - working hard in all my learning Summa - Book Character Day Josh P - my maths has improved Daintin - Cyprus - I've got better at Kapahaka Josh O - looking after the devices Chloe - making new friends Archie - working on my learning Matthew - working on my myth Lochlan - I can plait Louie - My speech

Budding Musicians

Today we created music and sound effects to go with the story "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" We had fun finding out which instruments would make the best sound for the swishy swashy grass, the squelchy mud and the scary bear. Then this afternoon we worked in groups to create our own sounds and beats. We practised writing these down using 'graphic notation'. Check out the photos of our groups presenting to the class and the graphic notations they created.

Room 11's Flag Designs

For homework this week we designed a flag for New Zealand. This morning in class we talked about our reasons for our flag designs. We all voted for the designs we liked and ended up with three favourites. Here they are and the reasons they were designed or chosen.

I chose this flag because I like the design with the stars on it and the flag on it. From lochlan cockerell.

I chose a flag design that is called kore hearts. It has a river at the top. By Poppy

Frank's design has a long white cloud, blue because we are surrounded by ocean and some features of the old flag.

Weekly Round Up Week 7

This week we thought we would share how we do our weekly round up. Sometimes we write our ideas in our learning journals and other times we sit in groups and talk about our ideas. Then we choose 6 people to wear the hats and ask the children to share their ideas. We also have a 'Yeehaa' hat that we use at the end. Anyone can share something about their week that was great and we all say a big YEEEEHAAA!

White Hat - Facts - What did we do this week? Sidney - There was a fire drill Brody - We did kapahaka and Tiahn sang as an echo Cyprus - We did desk change Poppy - We did sample folder maths with multiplication and division Natalia - We painted parts for our pallet art

Red Hat - Emotions - How are we feeling this week? Arabella - I felt proud when I sang in front of the kindy kids Sidney - I felt stunned when the fire alarm went off Natalia - I felt sad because my friend got bullied by her friends Yellow Hat - Positives - What has gone well this week? Xanthe - I have finished my myth Jessica - I'm happy that the fire drill wasn't a real fire Frank - I've felt excited about going to the Science night with James and Bailey Zidane - The flag designs were good this morning Brianna - I'm looking forward to Father's Day Brody - The writing went well Blue Hat - Thinking - What thinking have we done this week / do we need to do now? Jessica - We've been thinking about science experiments Daintin - I've been thinking about making slides and getting them finished Tiahn - I've been thinking about publishing my myth Summa - I've been thinking about what I want to put on my flag Zidane - We were thinking about music and how to make beats Black Hat - Negatives - What do we need to improve on? Poppy - People were making silly noises Brody - Sitting on the mat nicely and playing nicely at lunchtime Chloe - people need to use their manners at Kapahaka Brianna - People getting bullied Frank - James got hurt Green Hat - Creativity - Did you try anything new this week? Daintin - We did music with instruments Holly - I tried e-ako on the computer again Brody - We did Spellzaar on the big whiteboard Arabella - We played Spellzaar with Snookems in our group