Who am I?

We published our Mihi mihi.

We learned to talk about ourselves in Maori.

Koru Pictures of our Whanau

Tryathlon

Lined up ready to go! 

What amazing kids we have. So proud of our Room 1 stars xxx

Bike skills and helmet safety

 Helmet Perfect!

Let's go!

We were practising our bike riding skills. we played games to be aware of others in the space, change direction and stop safely. We also had a good look at the 2-4-1 rule when wearing our helmet.

2 fingers between helmet and eyebrows to protect front of head.

 4 fingers - V shape on both sides of helmet to show where the side straps should sit under ears.

1 finger fitting between chin and the strap. Anymore and it is too loose!

sorting and classifying

Finding answers to our inquiry questions... we are learning more about who we are, how we are alike and unique.
We have used statistics to find out, sort and organise this information.

We sorted every day objects into sets. We looked at which sets had more or less and discussed why they are the same and different. 

  

This helped us to make sense of our inquiry questions - The girls are looking at the pictograph and reading which pets are most popular in room 1. 

Sorting skills also helped us on the community day - when we made face biscuits from around the world, the children had to consider different eye, hair and skin colours, so they sorted the lollies into colour sets.

Mathematic fun and thinking

 

Our fantails - Sharing, communicating and learning numbers through group games.

           

Our octopus - having a go and feeling success to order numbers. 

Deep thinking owls- using our tools to see the relationship between how a number looks with the value in counters.

Learning focus and doing the right thing...

"I'm going to make a long line up to 20" and he did!

Inquiry break out!

What do you want to find out? Encouraging wonderings about the butterflies.

Our nature table was filled with info to stimulate questions, writing and paintings about butterflies.

Our wonderings...

Is the butterfly really in the chrysalis? 

How long will it take to come out?

What can a butterfly eat?

Can I make a butterfly picture that looks the same?

Week one - Getting started!

 

 Room 1 engaging in learning - Making choices for Action stations!

Culture and Identity - Who am I?

The children showed great interest in colour mixing paints to create new shades and colours, so we extended this learning opportunity to explore our own unique self. We mixed paints and looked in the mirror to create a self portrait. (All the best artists paint themselves!)