Bunnings visits Elm Park

This week we were lucky enough to have Bunnings come and visit us and put together a fun day where students got to build a project.  Nga tamariki had an absolute blast hammering, glueing, problem solving and painting to create a masterpiece.  Here is a brief snap-shot of the fun:

"I loved painting my photo frame.  It was tricky hammering in the nails."

I am learning to make sets to 10

In Maths we have been learning to match the right number to the right set of objects.  Jayriss had to choose a card and then put the right number of candles on the cake.

We are learning to point to each word when we read

We are learning to point to each word when we read a story.  This is called one-to-one word matching and it helps us to focus on each word that we read.

"I am good at pointing to the words."

Baking Cookies

During mat time we read the story "The duckling gets a cookie".  This led onto a discussion about what types of cookies we like and what kind of baking we do at home.  Nga tamariki decided it would be fun to make some special cookies at school.  After baking the cookies we decided to share them with others, just like the duckling did in the story.  It made us feel happy to see people smiling when we gave them the special treat we had made.

I am learning to form my letters correctly

Everyday in class we practise writing an alphabet letter.  Sometimes writing the letters can be tricky but we are learning to show resilience by continuing to try.  Have a look at the letter "h" that I did all by myself:

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