This week all of room 4 have been getting very tired because we have been swimming every afternoon.
We are leaning how to be safe in the water and learning how to swim.
Jade thinks that swimming is cool.
Tayla said "it was fun"
Kaylie thought we all did a good job.
Paige said "I want to go swimming too"
Jessie thinks it is really fun to play games in the pool with Mrs White.
Amanda-Rose said "I can swim now without a board"
Caleb said that he can now go underwater.
Miciah was trying to swim on her back underwater.
Sierra said "I can put my head down and blow bubbles"
Darren said "I learnt to be a starfish in the water"
Maddix said "I can do the dolphin in the water"
Tyler really likes swimming.
Tehoia said "I like the water"
Theanim thinks the water is warm.
Holly said "I can put my head down in the water"
Rarotonga said "I like to go swimming"
Ivysha said that she likes the water because it is soft on her skin.

We are all going to have a big rest in the weekend.

This is a photo from Kiwican. 

We were at Kiwican yesterday which was Tuesday.

We are learning about Respecting others. 

Room 4 is very respectful of other people and Mr Johnstone 

says that we are the best class in New Zealand.

Today we wrote a story about two little lambs.

One lamb was called Angel and one was called Rainbow.

Everyone wrote a fantastic story.

 

OUR NEW BLOG FOR 2012!!

Hello everybody.
We have a new blog and a new teacher.
Mr Johnstone is now our teacher in room 4.
We are going to use our blog to show off our amazing stories and display our awesomeness!

From room 4

School Fair Inquiry

Our Term 3 school inquiry is:

'How can we be involved in the "School Fair"?

Tuning In:

First we discussed "What is a School Fair?" and "What things would you see at a Fair?"

We made a list of things that we would see at a fair. These included food, entertainment, rides and games and stalls where people sell different things e.g. books, cakes, artwork. 

We then looked up Youtube and searched for video clips of different school fairs to help us with our ideas and discussions.

Finding Out and Sorting Out:  

As a class we then discussed -

 "How can Room 4 help at the school Fair?" 

"What can we do to make money for our school?" 

Some of our answers included:

* selling different food e.g. icecream, cakes, candyfloss

* selling tickets to a game or ride e.g. ferris wheel, throwing balls into clowns mouth, dunk tank

* a clown selling balloons

* face painting and hair creations

 

When children were asked which idea they liked the best, it was obvious that there was a trend towards having some kind of 'food stall'. So we narrowed down our ideas and ......

 

We have decided we are going to make ...... 

Lolly Bags!! 

Discovery Time - Pirates

On Monday the 8th of August we discovered all about 'Pirates'.

Emily in a sword fight

 We looked at what pirates wear - a pirate hat, hoop earrings, an eye patch and sometimes they have a parrot sitting on their shoulder. We made pirate hats and pirate ships out of newspaper.

Captain Tane

We also looked at pirate ships. We discovered they have cannons alongside each side of the ship that fire at other ships out at sea.

Room 4 pirates with their newspaper pirate hats

 

Dejohnae and Emily pretending to have a sword fight.

We made our own pirate maps, marking the trail to get to 'x' marks the spot. We pretended we were pirates and had sword fights and 'walked the plank'. 

Swimming at Splash Palace

It is that time of year again, to dig out your 'Swimming Togs' and learn how to swim. 

 I'm looking forward to jumping in the pool myself, and looking for who can put their head under the water and blow bubbles and who can float with a board. 

Room 4 are swimming Monday - Thursday afternoons during weeks 3 and 4
(15th - 25th August).

We will be having an early lunch at 12pm and travelling down to the pool ready to start swimming lessons at 1pm. Please make sure each day, you have your towel, swimmers and if you need your goggles in a swimming bag with your name on it. Please don't wear your togs underneath your uniform.

We are looking for some parents that could be available during these afternoons. If you are interested in helping out with our swimming visits please let the school know :)

Cheers Melanie