Room 16, 2018

Science, babies and an expo. This week our provocations had a science theme.  We experimented with rainbow colours, light, eggs and snot! We also did some baking for our expo. There was a lot of predicting, observing and explaining happening. We were so lucky that Becca came to visit with her gorgeous Natalie. The children were so respectful and caring. We did some lovely writing about the baby and asked lots of interesting questions. Thank you so much to all the families that were able to come to the creativity expo and share some of the learning that has been happening this term. It was lovely to see you!

This week Room 16 were lucky to trial a new Ready to Read book called How Kiwi Saved the Forest.  It was a retelling of a traditional Māori story.  Room 16 learnt about Tāne-mahuta who was one of the characters in the story. Some students had a go at measuring how big Tāne-mahuta is.  Tāne-mahuta is also the name of the largest kauri tree in New Zealand.  Everyone was very impressed that it was the same size as Tawa School's top court and its trunk alone is the width of 16 students. Sheryl, who was our wonderful student teacher that worked in Room 16 earlier in the term came in for a surprise visit on Thursday.  She showed us the beautiful henna designs on her hand and also worked with a group of students during writing time. Please enjoy some of Room 16's wonderful writing that they did about our big book this week. How Kiwi Saved the Forest Tāne-mahuta and Tāne-hokahoka called out to the birds to save the forest because the tree

Swimming sports and wearable arts We spent a day working on our wearable arts creations ready for the Expo in week 9. If you want to see the finished products and spend some time with the children so they can tell you all about what they have been doing – please try to come along. More details with the exact times will be sent out soon. We had a lot of fun at swimming sports, using the skills we have been learning and taking part in fun races. Thank you to our swimming teachers and to all the parents who were able to come and watch and cheer. We have also been thinking about Matariki and Ramadan. We have listened to stories, sung songs and made some models.