Room 15 2022

This week one of the teacher-led provocations was making musical instruments from a variety of materials.  We chose to make shakers and noticed that we could produce different sounds by adjusting the size of our rolls, how much rice we put in and by filling them with different things.  We compared the sound made.  The curriculum area we were covering was The Arts.

Welcome to Week 5 and our first week of swimming in 2022. Last week we introduced the children to their Maths groups, so we now have both our Maths and Reading programmes up and running. Our next step is to reintroduce the Structured Literacy programme to the children, following on from the testing completed last week. It was really good to be able to celebrate Mass together as a school last Friday on the field. We heard lots of comments from children saying it was so cool being outside for this celebration. This Wednesday starts the season of Lent and Ash Wednesday Liturgies are planned ] As you have probably heard there have been cases of covid at St Mary's and all appropriate action has been taken in getting those involved to isolate and in dealing with close contacts. Please read the covid updates that are sent out regularly. Mr Macmillan and all teaching staff would like to remind you that if your child is unwell they must stay home. Ministry of Health Advice is: You and...

  24.2.22 Dear parents and whānau,  Tomorrow for Golden Time Room 15 will be having a Teddy Bear Picnic. They are allowed to bring 1 teddy or stuffed toy to school to share with the class. Kind regards,  Sophie Bowie

Our provocation focus for the past fortnight has been The Arts. The children have enjoyed sketching, tracing, colouring and crafting.  One provocation involved using protractors to make flowers. This was challenging because protractors are a new piece of equipment to year 3's.  On Monday morning we had some very heavy rain and the drain outside our classroom overflowed! The children used this opportunity to make paper boats to see if they would float.  Having introduced maths workshops this week, the children have Must Do's (follow up activities) to complete before Friday. Here's some children getting their Must Do's done early.  Have a great Wednesday!

  Kia ora koutou, Welcome to week 4, we hope you have had a lovely weekend thus far. The year 3's have settled really well into school and have adjusted to classroom routines beautifully. Last week we introduced guided reading into our morning programme and this week guided maths groups will take place as well. As posted last week, Maths Whizz is able to be used at home. Sunshine Classics will also be up and running this week.  Last week, the children completed their own statistical investigation. When learning about tally marks, we used the different coloured cars on Ranolf Street to collect data.  On Friday, your children were sent home with their Pepeha and the following notice:  Kia ora whānau, The children in Room 15 are writing their pepeha and need a bit more information. With so many wonderful cultures in our school, I am unfamiliar with the landmarks in some countries. If you could help your child find out what the closest maunga (mountain) and awa (riv...

  The year 3's completed their Maths Whizz assessment yesterday and are now good to go using it at home.   It would be great if you could encourage your child to use Maths-Whizz regularly at home.  Aim for 60 - 90 minutes usage and 4 progressions per week.

Children have a huge range of free play options during the morning play-based learning session. There are options both indoors and out and they are all being fully explored by children in Rooms 15, 16 and 17. Teachers will also be offering teacher-lead provocations to link play to curriculum learning. Below are some photos of children involved with free play and science provocations offered by Mr Bach.