Term 4, Week 5

Goodness me but we have been busy this last week in Room 3! We have finished off our capacity unit and really enjoyed our Three Bears theme (did you make some yummy porridge at home?) J We have been keeping fit and active, and stretching our voices too as we practised our waiata with Matua Tom. Mrs Jessop showed us some awesome new fibre and weaving activities on Wednesday (some tricky tasks – we really had to focus!), and we’ve begun our collection of non-recyclable plastic waste (gladwraps, packets, wrappers, shopping bags) to create our amazing costumes for our end of year show. We were lucky to have a session of NZSL with Cathy on Thursday, and we’re also building up our vocabulary in te reo maori, learning new words from our “first words” book.

Looking ahead, we’ve got another kapa haka session on Monday, some more jumping to practise, and some serious work to do on our class item for the production, rehearsing and learning new dance moves. In reading and writing we’ll be focussing on onomatopoeia (o-no-mat-o-pay-ah J) – descriptive words that sound like the idea they represent (e.g. swish, squelch, splash, crunch, howl etc) as we take ourselves on an imaginary bear hunt! In maths we’ll be learning about place value, and working out the number of tens and ones in a number – can you explain what is the difference between 78 and 87? Which is a bigger number? Why? Mrs Jessop will be back on Wednesday (don’t forget your library books!) and we’ll be learning some more clever crafts.

We are still receiving frequent reports of headlice in Room 3. Please check and fine-comb your hair every night as a precaution. We need everyone on board to eradicate the problem :)