Hugging and Holding our iPads

We are very excited in Ruaumoko today because we get to start our learning about our iPads.

We have been thinking about how we look after our pets.  One thing we do is to carry our pets safely.

Our iPads need to be carried safely too.  We carry them by using the Hug and Hold.

Here are some photos of us hugging and holding our iPads.

Red sight words

 Here are some more words to read with your family!

Sight words to help us with our reading

How many words can you say?

Smarty Pants

 We love reading about Smarty Pants and all the silly things he does?

 Which picture do you like best and why?

 Are you a Smarty Pants?

Birthday boy

Happy 5th birthday Ollie.

 We look forward to seeing you at school soon!

Who is going to be next to turn 5?

Learning together.

Here are some photos to show us learning together.

  

What is your favourite place to learn with your friends?

Wednesday bike riding

We love Wednesday mornings as it's bike riding!

  We  were better than last Wednesday! We remembered how to check our helmets and we checked our bikes.

 When we fell off, we got up and had another go.

'I didn't even cry,'' said Olive. didn't cry. It was great having Herb to help us. " I had a go on a big bike", said Weston. You can have a turn now on the big bike Theo. Some of us even went where the big kids went. It was so much fun.

Where do you like riding your 

bike at home?

Casey Caterpillar.

 We are learning how to form  letters starting in the correct place.  Using the story of Casey is helping us and it is a fun way. 
 We are practicing really hard  and we don't give up if we sometimes find it hard. we can ask some one in the class or ask Mrs Loudon if we need help. We also tell our friends if they have formed the letter correctly. We love celebrating new learning.

Happy birthday Layla

 Happy 5th birthday Layla. 

We love having you in our class.

Counting to 20

 Some of us can count to 20 and some of us are learning how to count to 20. 

We open our mouths and sing  from the beginning.

  Are you practicing with your family and friends ?

Are hens allowed in the library?

This is a fun song about animals wanting to go to the library to read books!

Our Library visit

We went to visit Rachel in the library this afternoon. 

She showed us how to choose and care for our books.

 We can choose a new library book to read each night.

 We are very excited about visiting the library today.

" This is my favourite book", said Pippa. 

We love books! 

 Which library book are you going to choose tomorrow?

Let's glue!

We are learning how to become great learners at using our Glue sticks and pasting in our new home learning books.

We are practicing how to glue the paper we want to put in the book!

Following instructions 

We are working together.  
This book is called 'My home learning book'.

 Can you please write a little 
about your child.

Our aim is to read lots and lots of books.

Our packing up song

This is the song we use when we are packing up. We are learning to count as we pack up quickly. We are trying to pack up before we count to 100. It makes packing up fun!

 How do you pack up at home?

Tena koe

Here is our new song to greet people in Maori.

 What greeting song/ waiata  do you like?
 Did you have a special one when you went to preschool.

Makaraka school grounds

We are learning where we are able to play and NOT PLAY in the school grounds. 

We want to be safe at school when we are playing outside.

                                                                    YES

 YES On the playscape

YES In the bushes  

 YES in the bushes

YES 

 YES in the trees!

YES  on the court

YES In the sandpit 

 Monday, Wednesday and Friday 

 Seniors - Tuesday and Thursday 

 NO gate to be closed during 

school time.

 NO on the carpark

 NO to picking the fruit. The 

apples need to ripen first.

No to climbing the gate