Week Three

More magnets.

Shianne found out that her magnet even attracted the paperclip through the window!

Athletics

We have been practising different ways of running.

We are moving sideways and using our arms to make us move faster.

Melissa and Lola come for a visit

We had a lovely surprise visit from Melissa and Lola.

Lola can crawl now.

Week Two

Matua Madson comes every week and teaches us Kapa Haka. It is fun learning all the actions and songs in Maori.

Gardening

We have started clearing our raised gardens ready for planting with yummy veggies. Tim is helping us at Reading Time.

More Magnets

We have been investigating what materials a magnet will attract a paper clip through.

Wren and Eden are trying to get the paper clips out of the bottle of water with a magnet and not get their fingers wet.

Week One Term Four

We started off the week with a visit from The Secondary School's Brass Band.

They were awesome! We learned all the names of their instruments and the different sounds they make.

Magnets

We have been looking at magnets and compasses.

Mia and Cilla investigate how a magnet attracts and repels.

Cha Cha's puppies

Paris's Dad brought in Cha Cha with her five puppies. Cha Cha was very good letting us cuddle them. They were very tiny and very cute.

Kiera and Wren snuggle up with two of the puppies.

Mask Parade

We had a practise wearing our masks for the Mask Parade on Friday.

Term Three 2010 in Rata Class

This term we have been very busy as usual.
Here are some of the highlights.

Writing instructions

We have been writing instructions. We wrote instructions on how to clean your teeth.

Eden, Sophie, Shianne and Cameron follow the insructions to see if they make sense.

Making repeating patterns

We have been looking at repeating patterns in maths.

Ethan is making a pattern with the rods.

Magnets

We have started studying magnets. We have been experimenting with what they attract.

Caleb is playing with some magnetic rods and a magnetic figure.

A visit from Melissa and Lola

Melissa and Lola came for a visit.
We were surprised at how big Lola is now. Lola loved looking at all our faces. She really liked showing off by rolling over.Lola is sooo cute!

Paris's lambs

Paris has been looking after twin lambs. They are called Lady and Tramp.She has to feed them every day.

We had a go at feeding them from a bottle.

Shianne, Lucy and Paris patting Lady.

Big Ball Skills

We have been learning throwing and catching skills with big balls.
Mia throws the ball to her buddy.

Spring is here

We have been noticing lots of spring flowers.
Sophie studies these daffodils very carefully and tries to use the right colours. We noticed that not all daffodils are yellow!

We are authors

We have all written a book. It took a long time. First we had to plan our story with a storyboard and then we had to write it. Sally and Clare published our stories on the computer. We are really proud of our books.

Macey shares her book with Nina and Lily Quan.

Book Week

Some of our parents and grandparents came to read to us in book week.

End of Term Three Dress up day

At the end of Book Week we ahd a dress up day when we all dressed up as a character from a book.