Remember to keep reading!!!

Now that its officially the holidays....

Remember to keep reading!

This is a perfect time to tuck into a new book or pick up an old favourite.

Reading can give you new ideas and take you to new places ....and you don't even need to leave your house!!

Enjoy the holidays : )

Autumn Leaf rubbing

Has anyone ever tried leaf rubbing?

I found this leaf outside yesterday and thought I would try making a leaf rubbing.  This is how it turned out....

Can you find anything at your house to make a leaf rubbing with?

Here are the steps:

1. Find a leaf.
2. Place a piece of paper over it.
3. Rub a pencil, crayon or pastel over the top of the paper.

I used colours that reminded me of autumn leaves.  The pencil rubbing seems to show more detail than the pastel one.

Make sure you post a picture of your leaf rubbing on your blog so everyone can see it!

Rich challenge and Basic Facts tasks

Hi everybody,

 

On Tuesday, we left sheets in the hall with Maths Basic Facts questions and Rich Challenges.  

If you or your family didn't pick them up don't panic!  Most of the information is on the Kauri site.

You can also click on the link below for the Rich Challenges tasks.

Rich Challenges    If you need to write things down for these tasks, use your purple Everything book.

I have also put the Basic Facts Maths questions into your Drive in your Maths folder.  

The file is called Mad minute basic facts.  Write out each question and your answer in your green Maths Working book. 

Blog you later : )

Puzzle Ponder Week 7

Busy in the garden...

I was busy in my garden on the weekend.

Click on the link below and see what I've been up to.

My vege patch link

You can make a genial.ly image too.  

Click on the link to create one for The Explorers task.

Click on the link to create one for the Ancient Egypt task.

You can send me a link to your genial.ly image and show me what you've done.

Our fish have moved home for the time being....

Lola, Taylor Fish, Sinky, Floaty and King Bob 

have moved home!!

They are well and happy in their new home away from home....my house

Let me know you are safe and happy at your house too : )

Also, have you noticed you can access the Kauri site, Home Learning and Room 7 class site from the blog toolbar ?

Kauri Team Home Learning

Kia Ora students and whānau,

Your Kauri team teachers have created a home learning site. Here is the link:

https://sites.google.com/owairaka.school.nz/2020-home-learning/home

On this site there are a selection of learning activities that you can work on. We suggest you do your learning for 1 - 2 hours each day, Monday to Friday. 

An example of a daily timetable:

Online learning Apps - MUST DOS: 40 minutes

Writing - 30 mins (Remember good writers revisit their writing over many days)

Explorers of NZ and/or Ancient Egypt - 30 minutes

Rich Challenges - 20 minutes, these are long term projects to be done over several days.  Remember quality over quantity. 

Once you have finished:

• Proofread your work
• Show it to someone at home to check
• Publish to your blog.

We are looking forward to seeing all your great work!

If you have any problems getting onto the online learning apps, please email your teacher.

Remember to be kind and safe.

Your Kauri Team Teachers

Explorer Ponder #5

Get to know you Week 7

Swimming Week 7 - The swimming pool is now closed.

The swimming pool now closed.

Room 7 Water Skills For Life Coaching Lessons have been postponed until Term 4, 2020. 
  

Puzzle Ponder Week 6

Explorer Ponder #4

Get to know you Week 6

Swimming Week 6

Room 7 will have the opportunity to swim Monday, Tuesday and Friday this week.

Busy Week 5

Here is our busy week in pictures.....

We managed to miss the rain this week during Garden to Table.  After a lot of hard work we cleared a garden bed ready for replanting.  Then we sat down to a delicious meal.

Our buddy class loved reading stories with us.

Our aquatics lesson gave everyone a chance to practice their skills.

Caught Being Good Week 5

Congratulations

 to Lila and Ethan our Caught Being Good winners this week.

You have been great role models by showing Kaitiakitanga towards our class and our school. 

Ka pai keep it up! 

Puzzle Ponder W5

Explorer Book Ponder #3

Get to know you Wk 5

Howick Historical Village trip

What an amazing day we had on Thursday at the Howick Historical Village!  We learnt about the games children played in the 1840s and that these toys were often made by the children themselves.  We also found out about the kinds of communication that were used at this time and had a fantastic semaphore demonstration.  Then we discovered what it felt like to be at school in the 1840s with slate to write on, timetables to recite ...and watch out for the cane!!
Thanks so much to our parent helpers, we hope you enjoyed the day too.

Look out for students' posts about the visit....

Swimming in Week 5

Room 7 has class swimming on Tuesday and Friday this week.  

There are also Kauri lunchtime swims Monday, Wednesday and Friday this week.

Garden to Table week 4 ...come rain or shine ; )

Come rain or shine we still managed a great Garden to Table session today.  

Half the class cooked up a storm in the kitchen and between the showers, the rest of us spent time harvesting and planting herbs and vegetables.  Look how many potatoes we harvested today!!

"The rice was quite hard to put into the seaweed - then we had to roll it in the sushi mat" Amy 

If you would like to make any of today's recipes click on the link Garden to Table recipes

Puzzle ponder w4

Ocean explorers

Today as part of our Green/Blue Week, we were lucky enough to receive a visit from Riley Hathaway from Young Ocean Explorers.
Our class, with the rest of the school, listened intently as she described some of the amazing creatures found in the waters around New Zealand and around the world.  She talked about problems we are facing in our oceans but also about ways we can all help to solve those problems.

Riley showed us how long a Bryde whale is.

If you are interested in learning more take a look at their amazing website:
https://www.youngoceanexplorers.com/

Get to know you ponder Wk 4

Swimming days during Week 4

Unfortunately owing to our school trip to Howick Historic Village this Thursday 5th March and a guest visiting our class on Tuesday afternoon we do not have swimming classes this week.  I am trying to find an alternative time and will advise on the blog and via students if this can be arranged.  There will still be Kauri lunchtime swims Monday, Wednesday and Friday that students can enjoy.