Room 10 Nelson Central School 2017: June 2017

Saturday 24 June 2017

Week 8 Term 2

This week we continued to think about counting in 2's, 5's and 10's and made some very long number lines with our friends.

With Sam we continued to think about capacity by exploring which of the 3 Bears bowls would hold the most.

We practiced tall and short letters with our Tricky word 'of'.

As part of our Matariki celebrations we went to the Museum for a Maori Myths and Legends workshop. We were all very proud of our friends who shared their pepeha.

Nicki told us about the legend of the Pelorus dolphin which is shown on the tukutuku panel in the photo below. We made iti wheke, a little octopus and then listened to another legend about a wheke.

Check out the slide show below for more more Matariki activities.

We had a special treat on Thursday when we went to visit the artist in residence upstairs in Renwick House. We had a go at drawing birds using pencils of different hardness to make light and dark lines. You can see some of her work in the entrance to the school office.

In sport we continued to develop our soccer and rugby skills. So good to see everyone with an 'I can' attitude and having a go.

This week we celebrated our 2nd 6th birthday in Room 10.

Finally I was impressed to see that Room 10 are mastering the art of moving around school by hovering!

What are we learning in Week 9 Term 2

Letter Sounds: the sound 'qu' as in ''queen' and 'oi' as in 'oil'
Tricky Words:

Writing: weekend recounts and Pirate story

Maths:capacity, writing numbers, basic addition and subtraction facts to 10

P.E.: No Child Left Inside, Football skills

Maori: Pepeha. myths and legends, waiata

Inquiry Theme: Pirates, floating and sinking with pirate boats
Art:bubble wrap printing

ICT: maths apps

Events Coming Up

THIS WEEK

Tracy is teaching Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Thursday, Sam is teaching Friday

Library day: Tuesday

LATER IN TERM 2

Wednesday 28th June School Science Fair, parents are welcome to come and view this work in the library after 1.30.
Friday June 30th Whole School Cross Country event in afternoon

Monday 3rd July: Suter Gallery Trip Kowhaiwhai workshop, leaving school 9.00, helpers needed
Wednesday 5th June: Student led conferences for parents and children, after school
Friday 7th July hangi $10 per person, tickets on sale now outside the library before and after school

TERM DATES 2017

Term 2: Monday 1st May-Friday 8th July

Term 3: Monday 24th July-Friday 29th September

Term 4: Monday 16th October-Wednesday 20th December

Tuesday 20 June 2017

Week 7 Term 2

This week with Sam we have been thinking about capacity as part of our maths topic on measurement.

With Tracy we have been looking at skip counting in 2's, 5's and 10's in our numeracy lessons.

We completed our art project using printing and rubbing methods to capture the details and colours of autumn leaves.

We were also treated to some impressive Maori art designs during news this week.

Still on the subject of art, take a look at our portraits and pepehas that are now on display in the class.

Another art display new to the classroom is our handprints that explored primary and secondary colour mixing.

yellow and red make orange

red and blue make purple

blue and yellow make green

You can check out more of this art work on our Kidzstuff blog linked to this blog in the right side panel.

On Wednesday Jenny popped into share another Thinkers activity with us. This time we were focusing on asking questions about our big book.

Some of our parents have been learning one of our favourite thinkers games before school this week.

We have been very active outside learning skills to help us with hockey and football......

..it was all great fun even if it was a little muddy at times!

This blog would not be complete without a celebration of Saturday's Treemendous Garden Make Over..well done Room 10/ Take a look at the slide show below to find out what we got up to.

Finally if you have not caught up on all the pirate fun generated by this treasure map take a look at the slide show on our previous blog.

What are we learning in Week 8 Term 2

Letter Sounds: the digraph 'ch' as in ''chicken' and 'th' as in 'thumb' or 'thin'
Tricky Words: 'of' and 'they'

Writing: weekend recounts and Pirate story maps, Matariki

Maths:capacity, writing numbers, skip counting in 2's, 5's 10's

P.E.: No Child Left Inside, Football skills

Maori: Pepeha. myths and legends, waiata

Inquiry Theme: Pirates
Art:sponge printing

ICT: Letter School handwriting

Events Coming Up

THIS WEEK

Tracy is teaching Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Sam is teaching Thursday and Friday

Library day: Tuesday

LATER IN TERM 2

Wednesday 21st June Museum Myths and Legends trip leaving 9.30 helpers needed

Friday June 30th Whole School Cross Country event in afternoon

Monday 3rd July: Suter Gallery Trip Kowhaiwhai workshop , leaving school 9.00, helpers needed
Friday 7th July hangi $10 per person, tickets on sale now outside the library before and after school

TERM DATES 2017

Term 2: Monday 1st May-Friday 8th July

Term 3: Monday 24th July-Friday 29th September

Term 4: Monday 16th October-Wednesday 20th December

Thursday 15 June 2017

Our Big Pirate Day on Rabbit Island

Monday 5 June 2017

Week 5 Term 2

We have been busy learning about sentence structure and rhyming words this week.

On Wednesday we dressed in yellow for a special fundraiser for a family from school who need to send their young daughter to America for medical treatment. $626 was raised!!!