Our Favourite Stories and Drop everything and Read (D.E.A.R.)

Here are some of Team 8's favourite Stories.  We have really enjoyed listening and sharing our favourite stories this week!  Thank you to all for bringing your books in.

As part of Literacy week we had a Drop Everything and Read time.  A Bing Bong went over the speaker and we had to stop everything and read any book.  Team 8 loved it so much Mrs Grant had to stop us after 15mins to get ready for lunch.

Team 8 has loved Literacy week!!!!!!

Writing Number Sentences

Wednesday 10th April

WALT: Write number sentences. 

Some children in the class have been working on writing a number sentence. A number sentence needs to have numbers and something to join it together.  It might have a + sign or a - sign and is usually has a = sign. 
Here we are having a go to write our own number sentences.

1:1 counting

Today Anoji and Chloe took on leadership roles during Maths and showed the rest of us how to count each object. Well done for being so brave and sharing your expertise guys. :-)

And look how good we are getting at writing our numbers!

W.A.L.T: Draw our faces.

Self Portraits

Team 8 have been looking at the features and shapes of our faces.  We have been looking at mirrors to see where and what shape our features of our face are.  

We discovered that some of our faces are more round than others.  Our eyes are an oval shape.  

These are a few photos of us looking at the mirrors.  Then there are a few photos of the beginning of our Self Portraits.

We are still working on our masterpieces!

Talking about our Learning

Today Team 8 were practicing how to confidently and clearly share our learning. 

Mrs Turner showed us how to take a movie and we were left to 'give it a go' with a buddy. 

Here are some videos of us (hopefully if Mrs Turner actually worked out how to upload them!) talking about The Life Cycle of a Frog.

Our New Whiteboard Table!

Wednesday 8th February
Wow Team 8 have been so lucky.  

Mrs Driver has given us a new table and guess what...we can write on it! 
 Thank you Mrs Driver.

We wrote our words on there at Reading time.  We also wrote our numbers at Maths time!

Mrs Grant was so impressed with all our work she gave us a sticker.

Chloe, Liam and Ryan

Heads down, working hard.

Great numbers Tom.

How many numbers can you write Chloe, Anoji and Jarrett?

Happy number days in Team 8!

You are welcome to come in and try out out whiteboard table.  Ask one of Team 8 to show you what we can do.

Gong Hei Fat Choy!

Happy Chinese New Year!

This week Team 8 have been learning about some of the things we do to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

On Thursday we had a dragon visit! Each of us had a turn at making it dance and move in time to the music. In china, the 'dragon dance' represents wisdom, power and wealth. It is also said to scare away evil spirits and bad luck. We had a heap of fun dancing.

Everyone improved their cutting skills when they cut and made their own Chinese lantern. We decided to make them red as the Chinese people believe it will bring them luck. They are up in our classroom, so check them out next time you pop by!

We also learned about the custom of giving red envelopes -hongbao in Mandarin and lai see in Cantonese. Each child in Team 8 received a red envelope with a 'small' amount of money, and a New Year 'wish'. We learned that it was important to give and receive them with two hands.

2017 is the year of the Rooster. Make sure you come and have a look at the one we have made on our wall using our hand-prints.

Here is a picture of some of us dressed up in traditional Chinese costume.

Are any of you lucky enough to be going to Lantern Festival in Auckland this weekend check it out here? If you are, we'd love to see your photos on Monday.

All the best for the year ahead!

Gong Hei Fat Choy!

Learning about other cultures and different ways of life are important to help students to understand and respect diverse viewpoints, values, customs, and languages. It also allows them the opportunity to acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes that equip them for life in this multi-cultural world. 

                                               -Ministry of Education

Our first day!

Team 8 told Mrs Grant about all the things they knew that started with Bb.

We worked so hard!