Jade's little piggies!

Today Jade brought her little piglets to show us. She told us they drink milk and eat food scraps and calf food. They have doubled in size in 2 weeks so they will be really big after Christmas!

Football Skills

Libby from Central Football is coming in for a few sessions and teaching us some football skills. We had lots of fun playing a game and learning new skills at the same time.

Cycle Safety Fun.

We had lots of fun this week bringing our bikes to school. We are learning how to wear our helmets safely and learning cycle safety skills. Roll on the next 3 weeks of lessons!

Science Observations.

We have been learning how to make observations, look closely and describe what we can see. We used magnifying glasses to look closely at the palms of our hands. We made some amazing discoveries and enjoyed exploring the rest of our skin - healing scabs became a favourite! Mrs Cooper was amazed had how wrinkly her hand was! Ask us about what we noticed about our hands and skin.

Science Inquiry Work.

We have been learning all about our body and how to keep it happy and healthy. The children posed their own questions for inquiry, lots of them were based around the heart. We watched a You Tube clip of a real heart beating and we listened to the noise it makes when it beats. We decided to do some experiments on our own hearts. First we listened to our heart beating and to our learning partners. Next we went for a run, listened our hearts again and talked about what we noticed and what we could feel when we put our hand on our chests. So much excitement!!

Popcorn Fun!

We had a great time making popcorn at school. We got really excited listening to the popcorn machine whirring away. While it was cooking we had to use our senses and describe what we could see and hear. Then we got to use our taste buds and taste ... delicious! Come in and read our great popcorn stories in our storywriting books.

Symmetry fun.

We have been learning about symmetry in maths. During our maths time we went to the forest area and looked for the line of symmetry in our environment. Look at our photos and see which things we found are symmetrical and which aren't. Can you tell? Ask one of our Gecko experts!

Production fun :)

We are working super hard learning our dance for the production. Our dress rehearsal is Friday, please remember boys will need a black t-shirt and girls black leggings. Don't forget to buy your tickets from Marilyn asap! It is going to be so much fun! A big thanks to Raeleen for making us expert dancers.

Lavalava by Gecko Room.



Lavalava fun by  Gecko Room.

 

The National Anthem

We are learning how to sing the national anthem. We want it on our blog so we can learn it at home and sing it to our families.

Sesame Street - Patterning Maths!

This week in maths we are learning all about patterns. Do you have any patterns at your house? Could you take a photo of them and bring them to school to share with us please.

Junior science rotation.

We had a fantastic time in the junior team last week, swapping classes and doing lots of interesting experiments. We made gas, exploded bags, made drinks explode out of bottles, made lava lamps and made lava! Come and see our display in class and read our interesting science observations.

We are Numberjacks too!

This week we have been learning how to sort things in different ways for maths. We have made groups with equipment and had to think carefully how many different ways we could sort thing. The Number Jacks taught us how to solve problems with sorting.

Fun during Maths time :)

We love learning new Maths games in Gecko Room. Mrs Cooper was sneaky and took photos when we didn't know. Maths time is lots of fun. From Gecko Room children.

Waiata Karakia - Whakataka te Hou

Here is a new waiata that we are learning at school. Today Kohen put this on the blog all by himself!! Mrs Cooper needs to remember to log out!! :)

It takes team work :)

Two wonder Gecko friends decided to work together on a project. They negotiated,took turns, shared and had to make decisions together about how to construct their building. They showed such determination and perseverance - team work!

A sunny day for parent lunch!

What a fantastic day for lunch with our families at school. Thanks for coming and joining us!

Our family stories and traditions.

We have been learning about family stories and traditions as part of our inquiry unit. Have a listen to our family stories and leave us a positive comment :) http://youtu.be/G7tqvpNsa9g

Waiata Tamariki

Kohen really wants to share this waiata with everyone on our blog. We are learning it in Kapa Haka with Matua Lucky and Whaea Jamie. Tino pai!

Te Aroha

We are learning this waiata in Kapa Haka at school. We are singing our waiata each morning in Gecko Room so we can learn it.

This one has the words for singing along!

Just keep getting stronger.

A very special song with an important message! Our challenge is to never give up and always try our best - it's all about perseverance!

Tryathlon Fun.

Today we had Claire White come and speak to us about competing in a triathlon. She showed us her equipment that she uses and talked to us about safety. We are working hard to prepare for our tryathlon and our goal is to persevere and keep going - even if we fall over or get worried.

The fabulous Gecko children 2014.

Welcome back to school and what a happy start it has been. We are enjoying the sunshine and swimming in the school pool. Our senior buddies have been up reading stories with us and we love buddy reading time!