Some info about Waitangi Day

Kids Blog has a short article explaining what Waitangi Day is.

NZHistory has some more in-depth info.

And here's a video with some good info:

Quote of the day

Today we did our quote of the day. The quote was about how everyone gets a chance to do something.

Today's quote...

Each day we focus on a quote and think about what it means to us. This morning we talked about open ended questions that invite a person to give us more information. We agreed that better questions give a better result. 

Welcome to a new year in Room 11!

Welcome back to school!

Liam's Lizard

On Friday Liam bought his birthday present to school to show us.  It was a real Blue Tongue Lizard!!

We described the lizard using the 7 Perspectives and Liam talked about caring for his new pet.

Can you tell your family about all the things we learnt about the Blue Tongue Lizard?

Thank you Liam for bringing such an interesting visitor to our classroom.

Tennis Fun

Wow!! Guess what we did today?
Tennis time, trying to teach us to learn tennis!!

Looking and listening to instructions.

Looking and watching.

Controlling the ball.

Relays

Tennis racket race track.

More relays.

Tennis racket hamburger.

Bucket catching.

Planet Warriors

Planet Warrior Exhibition at the Museum.

Creating energy to light up a light-bulb.

How much electricity do you use in a day?

Vampire Slayer, a game to help us save electricity.

Where does all the water go?

                                                           


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Hot and Cold House.

 

The 3 R's, Reduce  Re-use Recycle

Growing  things organically

Bio-degradable garden pots made from BLOOD!! 

(Bloody Plastics)

We had a wonderful time completing the Planet Warrior challenges and exploring the  activities,