Batik Crayon and Dye

Today we had a go at batik pictures using crayon and dye. First the children drew their pictures and coloured them in thickly with crayon. Then they crumpled up their pictures several times. After that they added dark dye to give the batik effect. Well done kids, your pictures look great!

Spring is Here!

Xiantaye and Ruiha planted plants and seeds for outside room12. They planted calendulas and sweet pea which will grow up the stakes. In a few weeks the will have some beautiful flowers to brighten up their deck area. 

Magic Crayons

Hinerau had a turn at the 'magic crayon' table. The children were drawing pictures or writing messages with white crayons. Then they used dye over the top to 'reveal' their pictures and writing. Well done Hinerau you did a great job with your 'magic' writing. 

Crayon and Dye

Turongo got busy at discovery time. He wrote his name in red crayon, then he coloured the inside blue then he used purple dye to colour the outside. It looks fantastic! Turongo says "Hi" to his Mum and Dad 😀😘💥👒👹👺💀💀

Interviews Tomorrow

Just a reminder that we have interviews tomorrow. They start at 1.30 and I still have slots available so give Aroha a call to book a time. A big thank you to those of you who have already booked, Andrea and I are looking forward to seeing you tomorrow. 

If your child needs to stay at school instead of going home at lunchtime, we will have staff members here to supervise them until 3pm. 

See you tomorrow 

Elaine 

My Badges

"I made some badges. I stuck things on with glue. I really love my badges", said Vasati.

Making Badges

"I put glue on the badge, then I stuck things on to make the eyes and the nose and the hair. I love my badge", said Hinerau

Building!

Tomai and Kaitiaki are hard at work building together. Well done boys, awesome teamwork!

Sarmah's picture

Sarmah used sponges to make her beautiful picture. "I used different colours and I drew a line in the middle then I used the stamps on each side. Then I did my name". Well done Sarmah this is a very clever painting. 

Patterns with pastels.

Lily-Anne drew a picture of lots of patterns. She coloured it in with pastels. "Now I'm rubbing it to smudge the colours together. Now it's really great!"

Working Together

As part of our discovery time we are concentrating on 'working together'. Here are Kaitiaki and Hinerau working together to produce a pastel picture. 

Making Pom poms

Today one of our discovery activities was making Pom-poms. First we had to cut out two circles of cardboard. Then we had to wind little balls of wool which we used to wrap around the cardboard circles. It took a long time and we had to stick with it.....perseverance. Afterwards we cut through the wool to take it off the cardboard....and there it is, a pom-pom. Well done Lily-Anne, you really worked hard to make your pom-pom. 

Discovery Time

             

Hinerau is having a go at making a Pom Pom. 

Well done Hinerau I like your colours you have chosen. 

Toast!

Jayveah is enjoying some toast he made during discovery time. The children are learning the process of making toast and are following the steps from picture cards. Ka pai Jayveah, what an awesome learner you are😃

Discovery Day 3rd June

Kaitiaki and Lily-Anne are putting on a puppet show. They  are using our classroom puppets and the theatre. I love the way you are sharing and co-operating, you are both awesome learners!

Discovery Time 3rd June

Here is Turongo making a tower from plasticene and straws. I wonder how tall you can make it Turongo? I love your perseverance while you are working, what an awesome learner you are! Turongo says, "That's really tall !"

Discovery Time

Every Wednesday Rooms 8 and 12 get together in the morning to have discovery time. We do this from 9.15 am to 10.40 am and parents are more than welcome to come along and join in - and will very probably be given a group to work with :-) It is a wonderful opportunity for children of different ages to get together and to help each other with their learning and it is lovely to see the older children showing great patience as they help the younger children master new skills. We will be running a variety of different activities in order to help our children learn new skills and also work on key competencies such as perseverance, working together etc

Experimenting with crayon and dye pictures

Xzavier enjoying making toast with Mrs Mac

A group of boys enjoying some construction activities

Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

In Room 8 we have been learning to use different types of questions when talking about our news.

Thanks Sarmah for sharing your news! What great questioning Room 8! 

Zoo Trip

Well what an awesome day we had - from the bus ride in - to the wonderful people at Wellington Zoo - the sponsorship from The Warehouse - and a day exploring the zoo and seeing so many beautiful animals - and another bus ride home - so much fun! We are so lucky! Thank you to those parents who joined us on the day - we really appreciate your support!

Click on the links for a brief look at our day...

WhaeaNicky invites you to watch 'Going to the zoo.....' on PhotoPeach.

To watch the slideshow, please click the link below:
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WhaeaNicky invites you to watch 'Zoo Part Two' on PhotoPeach.

To watch the slideshow, please click the link below:
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WhaeaNicky invites you to watch 'Zoo Part 3' on PhotoPeach.

To watch the slideshow, please click the link below:
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Animals Animals Animals!

We are so lucky! Whaea Nicky's sister-in-law and her work-friends got together and made this awesome album of animal cards - then they gifted this and the animal sound players also. One came from lovely Hanzula who is only 8 - who saved up his pocket money to buy one for us! 

Nga mihi ki a koutou!

We have loved listening to the sounds the different animals and birds make. Some have surprised us - Lily thought the hornbill sounded a bit like a horse! I think you are right Lily! What a great description! Room 8 was especially excited by the present as we are off to the zoo tomorrow.....