27/09/12 What's Going On?

We have had a great day today with lots of fun things to do. Some of the reading groups have been practising reading plays. They have been focusing on using lots of expression to make their characters sound interesting. This play is called "Treasure Hunt"by Joy Cowley.

Mr D finished off publishing our "I Spy" stories this morning. You can check out the full version at this link: http://snack.to/fuma69kx

See how many things you can find.

26/09/12 What's Going On?

What a crazy day today. The day had only just started when we had our "Shake Out" practise. Everyone had to duck under a table and hold onto the leg, or get into the "turtle" position or get under a doorway like Mr D.

After that excitement Mrs Berney took us for maths, writing and reading. It is so great to see how well everyone is doing with their reading!

This afternoon we started to publish our "I Spy" stories. They are going to look amazing.

Here is some publishing from a while back. We had a go at writing some explanations with illustrations done with KidPix.

25/09/12 What's Going On?

What a busy day. We kicked off with maths then got stuck into our reading. We learnt about another two sounds that the letter "a" makes. There were heaps of words!

This afternoon we had a go at making our own "I Spy" pages. Over the rest of the week we will write our riddles so people can find things on the pages. See what you can spot.

A big thank you to Kaleb's mum who spent the day with us helping out the Taniwha wearable arts group. Thank you so much Nicki!

18/09/12 What's Going On

We had another HUGE wearable arts day today. Our costumes are beginning to take shape. Mr D has been VERY impressed with the way that people have been cooperating and following instructions. William's mum and Piper's mum came into help us today. Here is our big wearable arts checklist. We are getting there!

We now have some reading double centurions. Well done to Piper and Kaleb for reaching 200 nights!

17/09/12 What's Going On?

Today was full on! We got stuck into our wearable arts costumes. We were so grateful to have Sophie's mum, Piper's mum and Sam's mum come and help us today. We will post up some pictures tomorrow, but we don't want to give too much away!

This morning we did some amazing maths. The "Circles" group were doing some multiplication using "Flip Flies." Mr D said this was stuff they do in Year 3, 4, 5 and 6. Wow!