Term 4 Writing

Today we wrote about what we did in the school holidays.  Then we looked back at the first story we wrote at Elm Park School.  Look at the difference!

Stephen says:  I can do capital letters and I can write some words by myself.

Adding with 5

This game helps you learn about adding with 5 as part of the number sentence.

Stephen said, "I like doing the blocks and computers and not counting."

Making Words with Play Dough

Making words with play dough is a fun way to learn those important words.

Stephen said," I can read the words and I can do the words by myself."

Our Poupou

For one of our art projects we learnt to draw a poupou.  Poupou are traditionally a wooden carved Maori statue.  Poupou tell the stories of the meeting house, the local iwi and the iwi's ancestry.  We sketched our Poupou and then painted them using cotton buds and dye.  We learnt about symmetry and proportion.

Reading my Story

I am learning to read my writing to make sure it makes sense.  I can also read it to someone else to check.  Listen to my story!

Maths term 3

You have used the KidpIx programme to write and solve your own number problem. You had lots to remember- counting the pictures and writing the matching numerals correctly, adding up the numbers and having a go at using the correct maths symbols we have been learning. It was also a huge fine motor challenge to get the arrow to move where you wanted it to. Well done!

Celebrating Matariki

We have been learning about Matariki in our class.  We learnt that it is a group of stars that marked the beginning of a new year.  You know it is the beginning of the new year when the first new moon rises after the stars appear in the sky (you can only see Matariki for a part of the year).  To celebrate Matariki we made fried bread, we learnt how to sing "Twinkle twinkle little star" in Maori and we reflected on the year past and the year to come.  Here is a slideshow of some of our learning.