Fractions

Our Rectangles and Squares maths groups have been learning about simple fractions. We are learning to recognise the symbols for these fractions as well as find 1/2 or a 1/4 of a shape or set.

We have learnt that 1/2 means we need to share into 2 equal groups and look at how much is in one of those groups.

We have learnt that 1/4 means we need to share into 4 equal groups and look at how much is in one of those groups. We look at the symbol to know how many groups.

We have used crystals, teddy bears and playdough.

Sunflowers

 This term we are learning about the life cycle of plants. We are growing sunflowers to watch them change and grow.

Last week we talked about what plants need to grow so we collected yoghurt pots, soil, and some water. We planted two seed each.

When we came back after the long weekend, some of our seeds had turned into seedlings. 

We are keeping track of our sunflower experiment in our Sunflower diary. Come and see how much they have grown.

Football Promotion

Today we got to participate in a football training session with Tom from Football Kidz NZ.

We practiced out dribbling while playing Red Light, Green Light.


Tom tried to tick us into moving in Cat and Mouse.

We kept our ball away from the sharks in Shark Attack.

We had great time. We are bringing a notice home about weekly football sessions after school. There is also more information at  http://footballkidznz.co.nz/

Olympics Day

Torbay School celebrated the Olympics today. 

We all participated in 6 events in the hall.
The events were:

Jandal Tossing.

Target Throw

Stick Together

Human Quoits

Jumping Bunnies

Emu Egg Race.

We dressed in mufti and raised money for the New Zealand Paralympic Team. We have been working on making Olympic Rings using rolled up tissue paper, and we wrote stories about the event we would like to compete in at the Olympics.

Come and share our stories.

Auckland Museum

Yesterday, Tiritiri team spent an amazing day at the Museum.

We had time to look through the general exhibits, and we loved the dinosaurs!
But we were there to look at Maori culture and art. 

During our time in the Maori Gallery we looked out for koru in as many places as we could find. 

Koru means "loop" and it is a shape based upon the unfurling fern. It symbolises new life, growth, strength and peace. Koru is an integral part of Maori culture and art. 

We spotted some koru on handrails,  In carvings, And in pieces of art.

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We are going to use the koru in some art of our own over the next few weeks. 

Inside the Meeting house, or wharenui, we learnt that Maori use kowhaiwhai patterns to tell a story. 

We learnt a haka. Sorry the clip is so dark. 

And we were allowed to use a tool called a Tuwiri, used for make holes. 

We had a wonderful day. Thank you to our Parent helpers. We could not do these trips without you.

Some more photos from our day.

Room 9 are Pirates!

Over the past two weeks we have been writing and creating art about pirates. We read a story called "The Pirate Who Wouldn't Wash." Our Poem was called "Peter Pirate. "

At writing time we were learning to use our imagination and pretend that we were pirates. We wrote stories about pirates with our names. We were learning to use words around the room to help our spelling. 

At art time we created pirates by gluing different materials and shapes. We used crayon and dye to create the background. 

Today we finally glued all our pieces together and attached our writing. We even invited Mrs Sandifer to come and see our art and hear our stories. 

If we shared our work, we received a Principal's Award sticker! 

We are so proud of our finished work! 

We look forward to sharing it with you. 

Keeping Ourselves Safe with Constable Wansink

KOS Session 3- Physically Me

Constable Wansink came to Room 9 last week to help us with our learning. 

We are learning to use the correct names for the parts of our body. 

We talked about some names our families use for the private parts of our bodies. These are ok, but we also have to know the proper names for these parts too. 

We read a story about Milly, Molly and Meg. Meg fell off a climbing rope and didn't want to show the Doctor her bottom. Meg's teacher helped her to understand that no one should touch her body unless she wanted them too.

We are learning a lot ab out Keeping Ourselves Safe.