Term 2, Week 7

First of all, a massive thank you to those families who came to watch us taking part in the junior school cross country last Tuesday. We had a fabulous time in the sunshine and everyone put in a top effort. If you have not seen them already, there are a couple of photos on our blog. Well done on all your hard work Room 3, your running technique was excellent!

We have also been looking at our topic, Same, Same But Different, and thinking about possible similarities and differences between ourselves and people living in other parts of the world and people living here in NZ who may have come from, or have friends or family living in, different parts of the world. You can see our brainstorming on the wall in the orange corner. We have been inspired by some picture books we’ve been reading about children around the world, by mapping out the family origins of our own Room 3 learners, and by a youtube clip “if the world were a village of 100 people” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtYjUv2x65g&safe=active We’re coming to terms with what a broad concept “culture” really is!

This week in Room 3 we welcome Mr Mitchell Neal who will be with us for the next three weeks. Mr Neal is a student at the University of Canterbury with many musical talents! We also look forward to a visit from Mrs Heather Eades on Thursday while Miss Driver is on release. On Thursday and Friday we’ll begin our gymnastics programme with a focus on safe technique for springs and landing, and we’ll soldier on with literacy and numeracy, beginning a new unit on fractions – such fun! Tuesday will see us finger printing peacocks, and of course we look forward to kapa haka each Thursday. Here’s to another fabuous week in Room 3!