Today in BD Class (13/11/15)

It was a bit strange today because we had Mr D. teaching us on a Friday. But we had a great day. We did some more work on positional language. We built castles and towers, then placed a character on it. We took a photo on the iPads then used the Halftone app to add our words. You can check them out here;

For Discovery Time, we did some construction, dominos, games and messy play. We tried shaving cream, gloop and spaghetti. Some of us got a bit messy!

Messy girls!

 Harry, Caleb and Bagas getting their construction on.

 Casey was directing the traffic.

 Sophie and Liam were thinking hard playing "Headbands."

 Some KB Class got REALLY messy!

 So did Daniel and Alex!

ICT Open Morning

Last Monday, we had a great time sharing how we use ICT in our class with our parents. We used ChatterPix, Halftone, Numbers League and Slide 100. Here are some of the things we made using Halftone.

We also made some cool little videos using ChatterPix.

Positional Language

Today we were learning about using positional language as part of our writing. First we made a list of all the different positions we can be in. Then we looked at all of the different verbs we could use when we were on the playground. We came up with lots of ideas.

We went on the playground to practise doing these things and describe them. It was great fun!

Monster Truck Madness

Mr D. brought his monster truck to school. We watched it do jumps. It even jumped over Jennika! Check it out!

17/06/15 Today in BD Class

It was a super frosty morning this morning so we went for a walk down on the frosty field. It was amazing. Here is what we did and the amazing ideas we came up with.

15/06/15 Today in BD Class

Hi everyone,

It's been a really long time since we posted about the great learning we have been doing. So here is some of the latest stuff we have been doing.

We have finished our work on learning about all the long vowel sounds. Over the past few weeks we have learnt about these sounds:

o_e, oa, ow

u_e, ue, ew

oo

Mr D has been really impressed with the way we are using these sounds in our writing now. Today we upgraded our GoNoodle character. Bart Reynolds levelled up and we now have a new character called McPufferson.

Today we had our photoshoot for our class photos. You can check it out here:

19/05/15 Today in BD Class

It has been great to get back to a normal week in BD Class. We have been doing some amazing reading and writing. Mr D is really happy how we are being more careful with our vowel sounds when we are having a go at spelling words. This week we are learning about all of the ways that make the "long-i" sound.

Our GoNoodle character got maxed out on Monday, which was really exciting. Rad Chad is as big as he can get now.

Our new character is:

We started doing our science experiments today. We were looking at mixtures and how we can separate them. You can see what we did here.

13/05/15 This Week in BD Class

We have had a really busy week so far in BD Class. On Monday we had the Discovery School Cross-Country. Luckily the weather stayed okay for the Year 1 races. A huge congratulations to Daniel and Paige who were first out of all the Year 1s in the boys' and girls' races. What a great effort! Here are the highlights of the run.

On Tuesday, we all went to see the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra perform "The Happiness Box." It was great to see the instruments and hear them up close. It was a really cool story too. Check out parts of it here:

28/04/15 Today in BD Class

We have had a great day today. Every has been working hard and making good choices, even though the weather was a bit yucky.

Today we did some learning about the orchestra. We watched and listened to Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. We learnt about the different parts and instruments in the orchestra. You can listen to it here:

We learnt that there are 4 teams in the orchestra. They are:

• Strings: You pluck or use a bow
• Woodwind: You blow
• Brass: You do a buzzy blow
• Percussion: You hit it

After that we played a game where you can add instruments to your orchestra. Click on the link below to take you to the game.

http://www.tvokids.com/games/orchestra

21/04/15 Today in BD Class

We have had a great couple of days in BD Class. Mr D has been really impressed with how settled we are. We have been working really hard too.

This week, we are learning about ANZAC day and what it means. We learnt about the ANZAC Poppy and where it comes from. You can check this book out here: http://goo.gl/2A3QD4

Today we read the book ANZAC Ted. It is about a bear that goes to war. It was taken by a soldier and helped the soldiers feel a bit happier.

We also read the story, Greedy Cat's Door. It is a really funny story. We also did an activity about opposites

We had a really fun Kelly Sports session today. We had 5 activities to do. They were: hurdles, soccer, rugby, hockey and throwing.

Week 10 in BD Class

We had a very busy last week of the term but it was lots of fun too. Marissa's dad brought in his big truck. It was really awesome.

We read a funny book called Rosie at the Zoo. We laughed when Rosie got wet.

On Wednesday, we went to Takapuwahia Marae. We had a great time there. Check out what we got up to.

25/03/15 Week 8 (So Far) in BD Class

We have been working really hard in BD Class this week. Mrs Berney and Mr D. have been impressed with how well we are doing in our reading, writing and maths. Mr D. showed us this really cool counting video. We can practise counting to 100 and get fit at the same time.

Here is some of our awesome writing based on Dad's Snore from last week. There is some great descriptive writing here.

Part 1

Part 2

We have also been practising our mihi mihi this wee. Our mihi go like this:

Tena koutou

No ____(place)____ ahau

Ko____( dad's name)____ toku papa

Ko____( mum's name)____ toku mama

Ko____( child's name)____ toku ingoa

Tena koutou katoa

17/03/15 Today in BD Class

We had a great day with Mrs Berney today. She was teaching us about the marae, the different building and what happens when people are welcomed onto a marae. We watched two little movies about what happens at a marae. We all presented to be the manuhiri (visitors) or the tangata whenua (people from the marae.) We even got to practise doing a hongi. Some of us did a hongi with Bugsy.

This song is called Ko Tōku Marae Tēnei ...it is about the things that happen on a marae. Sing along.

We also watched a story about a little girl who goes to marae with her friend. Watch what happens.

Here we are playing with our puppets and welcoming them onto the marae. 

In maths, we are learning about "teen" numbers as well as "ty" numbers. This rap can help us with remembering that a "teen" number is 10, and some extra one.

Kyra was the Star of the Day today.

16/03/15 Today in BD Class

Look at all our amazing 25 Night readers. Well done Eadie, Manaaki, Sam, Casey, Caleb, Liam and Jack for working hard at your reading.

This week we are reading the book A Busy Day. We were looking for lots of words that have a short vowel sound in them. See if you can find some short vowel sounds.

Sam was today's Star of the Day.

13/03/15 This Week in BD Class

We have been having a great week in BD Class. After reading "Dad's Snore" we did some fantastic descriptive writing. We were using verbs and prepositions in our writing.

Our swimming has really improved. We are getting more confident and we are starting to use our straight arms and floppy feet.

We have done some amazing portraits with Mrs Berney. We used skin coloured paint and pastels to make our artwork look amazing.

Here are last week's Stars of the Day.

09/03/15 Today in BD Class

We had a great day with Mrs Berney today. We did some great writing this morning. Mrs Berney is really proud of how well we are all writing.

This week we are reading Dad's Snore for our shared book. It's got lots of more positional words. See if you can find them in the story.

Week 5 in BD Class

We've been doing some really interesting things in BD Class. Jennika brought a cicada shell to school so week looked at it up close with the visualiser. Mr D found a movie clip about how a cicada sheds its skin.

We continued our writing about Walking the Dog. We added some more ideas. You can check out our stories here:

Congratulations to Sophie, who is our next 25 Nights reader.

02/03/15 Today in BD Class

It was lovely, sunny start to the week. We did some great writing this morning. Mr D was impressed with our "hearing words."

For reading, we read the story "Walking the Dog." We read the story then looked to see where the girl and her dog went on a map. Check out the story here:

Click on the map. See if you can see where they went.

This morning we practised doing high jump. We were learning to jump onto the mat rather than flop onto it. Paige, Harry and Eadie did really well.

We have our first 25 Night readers. Well done to Ellie, Marissa and Jennika.

Today our Star of the Day was Daniel.

25/02/15 Today in BD Class

This morning we went for a walk down to the tunnel. We tiptoed, whistled, screamed and hooted. We had a great time. We recorded our ideas by thinking about what we saw, heard and felt.

We had our first swimming session today.It was heaps of fun! Mr D was really impressed with how quickly we got changed and sorted out. Here is a bit of what we got up to.

Our Stars of the Day for the past two days were Caleb and Sophie.