Mufti Day- Friday 1 April

The Student Council have organised a Mufti Day for Friday 1 April to help fund the containers being sent to the people of Fiji.  Students are able to come dressed in mufti - this can be in the theme of April Fools Day or in normal everyday clothes.  The Student Council are asking for a gold coin donation if students wear mufti.  

Science with Mr Nicol

We were lucky enough to have some science sessions with Mr Nicol in Week 6.  We had lots of fun learning about how our bodies work.

Some of the things we learnt were...

• About body parts and where they belong in the body (Silver)
• The heart isn't shaped like a heart it's a blob (Holly)
• We have acid in our tummy to disintegrate our food into little pieces (Josh)
• The lungs are inside our body (Laura)
• The heart is really powerful because it pumps the blood all round your body (Aymeric)
• Your spine helps all your body parts to move (Ben)
• There are veins through your body that help take the blood back to the heart (Georgia)
• The brain sends the message to your bones to move (Ana) 
• Your brain tells your body when it's hurt and to move away if you can (Darcey)
• Some reflexes aren't controlled by the brain, they just happen (Gideon)
• Tingles are caused by blood running out of your fingers (Charlotte)

More Sport with LHS

On Wednesday we had another great session with the students from LHS.

Hockey Tournament

This afternoon we got to put the skills we had learnt during our hockey coaching sessions into action. We had lots of fun playing in different teams against other students from T3R and Team 3 Green.  

Let Me a Think -Using the Instruments

We have been learning to use accurate labelling and be precise and accurate when giving an instruction or direction.  Here are some photos of us using one of the instruments for Orientation in Space.

Writing Week 8

This week in T3R we are writing a descriptive piece about this house.  Today we talked and wrote about the house and the moon.  Over the coming days we will be talking about the garden and path leading to the house.  We would love it if you could talk to your child about this picture and give them some WOW words they can use in their writing and share with others as part of the writing process.  We were blown away by the quality of the children's writing today.  They can be very proud of their efforts so far.  

Sport with LHS

On Friday we had sport coaching with some Year 13 students from Lincoln High School.  This was a fantastic way for our students to make connections with these students.  

Koru Art

We have been looking at the Koru Fern and we have been practicing drawing the koru pattern. This week we are going to use our drawings to create a piece of art that shows who is in our family. We will be drawing a koru for each family member. We can't wait to share our finished artworks with you.

News Time

We really enjoy the opportunity to share about things that we have done or that we are looking forward to!

Ask Me About

Another busy week in T3R this week.  Here are some things that you can ask me about...

• Sport Coaching with Lincoln High School Year 13 students
• Best Part of Me Writing- Explain Everything  -  Please look on my U-Space page
• Enrichment Day Activities
• Bug Club
• Literacy and Maths TicTacToe
• DEAR and DEA Draw
• Maths Workshops
• Orientation in Space - Accuracy and Precision, Accurate Labelling

Word Work

This week we are focusing on specific words about ourselves. We will be talking about what the following words mean, putting them in alphabetical order and using them in sentences -

family
belonging
group
whanau
sibling

Whanau Hui Certificates

Well done to the students who received certificates at Whanau Hui today.

Week 6 Ask Me About

This has been a very busy week for T3R.  Here are somethings to ask me about.

• Poems
• Family News
• Family Tree - check out the Literacy Page on our blog
• Science with Mr Nicol
• Mihi
• Sport with Mr Nicol
• The Best Part of Me
• Let me Think 
• Spot it / Set
• Listen and Draw
• I Spy and Spot What books
• Memory Game
• Explain Everything

Reading to T3R

Today Jono shared a fun picture story with T3R. We really enjoyed listening to him read. Well done Jono you are a teacher in the making!

Let Me Think

This week during Let Me Think the students are participating in a variety of workshops that strengthen their cognitive functions. We have been listening to directions and drawing what we hear, scanning pictures to find objects, playing a game called SET and using our memory to recall a variety of seen objects. Here are some photos from Day One:

Family News

This week for writing we will be working on some short writing activities. Our first writing task is called 'Family News'. The children will be given the opportunity to write about something that is happening in their life, it may be a family birthday, a trip or holiday (that they have had or are looking forward to), a special visitor, an activity, a tooth falling out or a new addition to the family (a new baby or pet). We will be completing this writing at school however in preparation for it you could ask your child:
What special family news would they like to write about?
Who is this news about?
When did it happen?
Where did it happen?
Why is this special family news?
How do they feel about it?

Week 5 Ask Me About

This week we have been doing lots of exciting learning. Please ask me about:

Enrichment
Hockey
The Best Part of Me writing
Compare and Contrast Map
Word of the Week
Swimming
Let Me Think
DEAR
Drawing
Explain Everything to publish our writing
Basic Facts
Ladybug problem solving
Money problem solving Question
Literacy Plan
Maths Tic Tac Toe
Looking at the numbers 64 and 104, what is the same? What is different?