Life Education...

We have been soooo patient this week as we walked into school each day passing the Life Education classroom longing for our turn to go and see Harold the Giraffe... some children were even counting down the sleeps. So as you could imagine, Room 5 was a buzz of excitement this morning as we prepared for our first trip to the Life Education classroom.

We had a lot of fun learning about how the things we need to do to keep ourselves healthy. Jo taught us that we need...

- To eat a variety of food

- To get lots of sleep

- To get lots of exercise

- Love, shelter and oxygen

- Safety

- Water

We learned how food can fuel our bodies and give us lots of energy.

Room 5 and the 'Life Education' classroom.

These are some of the things that we learned about today. We were super busy!

We learnt about how important it is to give our bodies exercise.
Time to get moving!

Our Star of the Day, had a special picture with Harold the Giraffe.

We listened very carefully to Jo.

We also learnt where food goes when we eat it.

We are all very excited to go back and visit Harold and Jo next week!!!

New Toys in Room 5!

Today the children of Room 5 received a very thoughtful gesture from the Yee family! Adele, Sophie and Caleb came to Room 5 to deliver a BEAUTIFUL wooden dolls house complete with accessories for the children to play with. Sophie no longer plays with her dolls house anymore and thought that the children in Room 5 would get lots of enjoyment from it!

Thank you so much for thinking of us when you had your clean out. Room 5 children LOVE it! And someone else does too.... is that MR PAMPALONE playing in the picture???

Discovery Time!

On Wednesday afternoon we had our very first Discovery Time session for 2013!

To begin with, the entire Kowhai syndicate met together in the staffroom to listen to and discuss the Dr Seuss favorite 'Oh the things you can do that are good for you!' We put on our white thinking hats and thought about ways we can manage ourselves that will benefit both ourselves AND others. We came up with these fabulous ideas...

 How can we take care of others and ourselves?

 be kind

 be helpful and caring

use our manners

 wash our hands

cover our mouth when we cough         

 think before we act and speak

      Next, we got to choose an activity to spend our afternoon at. Some people chose to do some threading with Miss Postma; sand and water play with Miss Perkins; construction with Mrs Wardle OR craft with Miss Jackson. Enjoy a couple of pictures of some Room 5 children and their crafty work!

We made 'Angry Bird' characters.

We designed an aquarium.

We got creative and made fish bowls too.

Welcome to the end of week 2!!!
The children in Room 5 have had a very busy start to the year.
Friendships are blossoming and it is lovely to see children maintaining relationships with their friends in  the other junior school classrooms!

Reading is well and truly underway with all children bringing home a book or 2 to read each night. We are working on developing independence in Room 5 (one the Maungaraki School values). The children are trying hard to remember to read their book each night and return it to school the following day WITH their reading log. Parents can also help by making sure that all children have a book bag to use at school - please remember that last years book bag is perfect for using again this year if you don't have a new one.

We have been writing poems this week called 'This is me'. We are all very excited to bring them home tonight and read them to our families!!! We hope you enjoy them. Remember that Poem books need to be returned to school tomorrow.

The Life Education bus has arrived at Maungaraki School! We begin our lessons next week. There are only a few people who still need to return their permission forms and then we are ready to see what Harold's Picnic is all about!

Next week we will also be carrying on with Hectors World (Cyber Safety). Today we learned about our 'Personal Information'. We discovered that we should NEVER type our personal information into the computer when we are on the internet. You never know who could see it.... We know that if we ever feel unsafe or unsure on the internet the golden rule is to...
                                     
                              Tell an adult right away so they can help us to do the right thing!

Our buddy class this year is Room 9. Each of us has our own buddy in Room 9. We listened to the Room 9 children tell us all about the things they like and then we got to choose a buddy who likes the same things as us! Today our buddies did spelling with us, read books, played language games AND took us to the lower ball field to check out the garden and play 'Stuck in the Mud'. It was AWESOME! We were all sooo tired after having such a great time with our new friends!


Here are a few snaps from 'buddy time' today :)

Enjoy the end of your week!
Miss Jackson

Welcome to Room 5!!!

Kia ora koutou! Welcome to the Room 5 blog for 2013. I hope that all of the children and families of Room 5 have enjoyed a fun filled summer holiday and are buzzing with energy ready to take on the exciting year ahead!

As the year gets underway so too will the Room 5 blog so be sure to check in regularly for informative updates on our learning and adventures at Maungaraki School.

Some of the excitement planned for Term 1 includes:

• Discovering 'My Pepeha' (where I belong) 
• Swimming
• Life Education
• Literacy 
• Visual Art
• Mathematics
• Digital/ cyber safety
• Physical Education (that is set to take advantage of the remaining summer days!)                         

Of course there is more! So keep your eye on this blog to find out all about it!

I am looking forward to meeting you all over the coming week and working hard this year to expand horizons for all of the children in Room 5!

Nga mihi

Miss Jackson