Calendar Art

Our 2017 Calendar Art is now up in Room 4. The children have made an excellent job of their art work. Pop in a see our stunning display

Visiting Harold in the Life Ed. Truck

We went to visit Harold in the Life Education Truck. He taught us about the respiratory cycle and why clean air is important. You can find some of our stories on the Life Education Facebook page. Here is a link to the photos we took with Harold as he explained how trees give us oxygen, which we breath in through our mouth and nose. It goes down our windpipe, or trachea and into our lungs. From the lungs it goes into the drops of blood that the heart pumps all around the body. Oxygen gives our muscles energy. They release carbon dioxide which goes back to our lungs in the blood, it then goes up the wind pipe, or trachea, to breath out our nose and mouth. The carbon dioxide is then absorbed by the trees. The trees then make this into oxygen and the cycle starts again.

Stream visit

We had a wonderful day at Dorothy Falls Stream. We found lots of mayflies, stoneflies, and damselflies under the rocks. Our father helpers netted an eel! Thanks to Lauren from Department of Conservation who showed us how to kick net and helped identify our critters. We had a lovely walk around the Kahikatea Walk at Sunny bight before lunch. We are learning how to identify fresh water that is safe to drink, and learning how we can help to keep our water clean.

We are learning about patterns

There are two different types of pattern: repeating patterns start again, the days of the week are a repeating pattern, and growing patterns, we count forward using a growing pattern. We read the Pitterpats, they have patterns on their feet. We made repeating patterns with the stamps. We noticed growing patterns in the pages of our reading books. Help us to find patterns at home.

Welcome back for 2017

Wow it is 2017 and I am really excited to meet all the new people in Room 4. Here we are: