Lily's Camp Movie

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Thanks Lily

Aiden and Teina have some fun with catastrophic results

Tu Tangata Thinking

Fingerprint writing

As part of our writing and learning about each other we have done some fingerprint writing. Rachel is going to share how we did it and her finished piece of work.


It was done with ink and your fingerprint. We looked at our fingers with ink on them drew what they looked like. Then wrote in the shape of our fingerprint.

Handwriting

Some nice looking handwriting from Madeleine

Kiwi Tryathlon

Well done to all the Hukanui students who completed yesterday in the Weetbix triathlon. Special mention goes to Celine who completed the swim as part of a team. Kia kana Celine we are proud of you.

Handwriting

Some nice looking handwriting from Madeleine

Spelling and Reading at home

Kia ora
This week we will be getting into our routines with Reading, writing and spelling groups. Please prompt your children to read to you and go over their spelling words. If they are not bringing home a reader from school there is still the expectation that they will read to or with you.
We are also starting Maths interchange so between 11.00-12.00 your child may not be in Room 10 but elsewhere.
Here's looking forward to a great week of learning.

Camp photos

Just a few

Camp Raglan

We are back from a great Camp at Raglan. Some awesome memories were made.
The flying fox was the best because you could zoom down the hill and scream as you whizzed down,"Geronimo".
'Low ropes was fun as I could do the whole course without touching the ground,' said Lily
'I liked the confidence course because it wasn't too easy'.    Madeleine
"The concert was fun as there were lots of funny things."     Aarya
' I liked going across the water on the confidence rope'.          Jayme
'The rocky shore was funas we found lots of different things there.'       Madeleine
'Jack the Peg was funny because he had 3 legs and he had his wife's jeans.'  Cam B
' I liked the rocky shore because I saw a hermit crab'      Isobelle
' The confidence course was great as everyone got across the swing bridge.' Cam L
' We could do lots of things at camp, there were a lot of crabs at the Rocky shore.'   Ryan

            

Reading bookwork

Thought I would share some of the children's bookwork they have done in Reading. Some of the activities that we have completed so far are closed reading where the reader guesses what word would go in a sentence when the word is missing. The children need to check the sentence makes sense, so it helps for reading for meaning. Another activity which is a pre-reading activity is the question. 'What words do you think may be in the story titled Undersea Gardens?' This helps children make connections with what they are about to read. Below is Lexin's, Ben's and Rachel's work.

Great ideas to start our Reading programme don't you think?

Questions we are asking about the Noisy Reef.

1. Why is the reef noisy?
2. Why is it called the noisy reef?       lily
3. Why does coral die white?   finn
4. Is the reef noisy?      lily
5. What is the noisy reef?   Cam B
6. Can seaweed move without dieting?   Cam L
7. What does the noisy reef mean?   lexin
8. Why are the reefs undersea?  teina
9. Why does the reef grow on the rocks?   gregory
10. Does seaweed grow near the noisy reef?      jayme
11. Are there fish in the noisy reef?  lily
12. How does the reef get noisy?   isobelle
13. Can the noisy reef be above water?  cameron l
14. Do things live in reefs?  teina
15. Are noisy reefs in other places?  cameron b
16. Are reefs always in the sea?  teina
17. Why are corals colourful?   aarya
18. Do people visit it? lily
19. Why is a reef a reef? Is it big?  celine

Jayme's colour Poem

Check out Jayme's Colour poem

When I am sad I'm blue like the tears that drip down my face like a waterfall
Blue is like the clear sky thats up in the air with the beautiful sun.
I am blue like the clear water thats in the cool lakes.
I am a waterfall with blue water going down with a splash.
Blue is like the colour of our eyes.
our eyes glow because of the blue.

Camp Raglan

Hi ho hi ho it's off to Camp we go! Be ready on Monday for the greatest camp ever. Remember Camp books and to pack your bags carefully.