Room 7's Botanic Garden Trip

Room 7 went to the Auckland Botanic Gardens on the 17th November, 2015.

We learnt how compost is made naturally using FBI - Fungus, Bacteria and Invertebrate and how to make our own worm farm and compost bin.

We were very tired at the end but we had an amazing day!

"I liked ripping the paper so we can make a bed for the food and the worms."

My Writing

Term 1, 2015

This is my writing at the beginning of the year.

Term 4, 2015

Look what I can write now!

This term I have been learning to use punctuation such as full stops, comma's and speechmarks and write more than one idea with details related to the topic.

" I am doing finger spaces and I can sound out words." Junaleah

Punctuation!

We are learning to identity capital letters, full stops, exclamation marks 

and question marks. 

"This is a question mark and an exclamation mark." 

I Am Learning To Add Details To My Writing

I am learning how to add details to my writing.  

I can write when something happened.

"I can use the day card to help me write the day.  It's tricky finding the right card sometimes."

I Am Learning To Tell The Time

We have made clocks at school. 

We are learning to tell o'clock and half past times using our clocks.

"I go home at 3 o'clock."

Our Big Book Activity - The Snake Cake

We have been reading the big book 'The Snake Cake' and decided that we would make a snake cake  too.  We spread pink icing on the biscuits and stuck them together so they looked liked a snake.  

Then we put some blue icing on the top and M & M's too.  

Then we ate it.  It was delicious!

My Art Exhibition Masterpiece

This term we painted pictures for the 

Elm Park School Art Exhibition 2015.

The focus of our artwork was experimenting with different painting techniques, blending and shading colours together and creating repeating patterns.

To create our 'flower masterpiece' we practised mixing different shades of the same colour to create the wavy lines.  Then we used black vivid to create a repeating pattern.  We had fun putting our pictures together to create a whole flower - this was the best part!

Come along to see our artwork on display in the auditorium, during school hours, between the 

25th and 27th of August 2015.

Reading Term 3

I am learning to find the

·      front cover

·      back cover

·      spine

·      title page

·      pages.

"I can show my mum and dad the different parts of a book.  We worked on the mat with Mrs Koroa and she showed us what to do.  I can do it by myself now.  I had to read the cards too."

Junaleah

Writing Term 3

Writing Progressions 1P:
I am learning to

• add some detail to my writing
• choose words to make my writing more interesting

We wrote about about a Kapa Haka Performance that we watched in the auditorium during Māori Language Week.  First we wrote 2 sentences and then the next day we added some more writing to make our stories more interesting.

"I liked the kapa haka.  I liked the songs.  I liked the poi.  I liked watching the play about Hatupatu.  When I need help to find interesting words I can ask Mrs Koroa to help me.  I can try and sound out the first letter."

Junaleah

Maths Term 3

I am learning to recognise patterns to 10.

"I like playing the snap game on the ipads."

Tane's Stars

We read the big book "Tane and the Stars."

Here is my kete full of stars just like Tane's kete.

"My stars are beautiful." Junaleah

Reading Term 2

"I am learning my alphabet letters."

Maths Term 2

I am learning to make groups within 5.

"I like counting numbers." 

Junaleah

Writing Term 2

I am learning to spell some high frequency words correctly.

"I can write my words.  I can copy them from the board." Junaleah

Welcome To My 2015 Learning Blog!

I am in Year 1 and my teacher is Mrs Koroa. 

Room 5 is my learning zone.

Welcome to my blog.