Term 1, Week 4: We are counting forwards and backwards to ten!

We made posters of the numbers to ten in English, Maori, Tongan, Samoan and Hindi.  We loved choosing and putting the right number of stickers on the shapes.  Making the numbers and adding glitter was fun too!

We can point at the numbers on the posters and say them.

Ms Gilbert likes to trick us by going backwards and forwards, but we are learning to pay attention and say the number.  We are taking turns doing this now.

Here are photos of the number posters:

Term 1, Week 3, It's My Bread

This week Room 12 read the story, "It's My Bread" by Diana Noonan.

On Thursday, the children made it into a play with Mrs Leota.  

On Friday they coloured masks and Ms Gilbert recorded them doing the play.  

Here it is:

"It's my bread" from Ms Gilbert on Vimeo.

Term 1, Week 3

This week the children will bring home a large piece of paper to make a poster about their family on. I will staple the instructions to the sheet, but if they lose them, you can find another copy here.

Kia ora!  Nau mai, haere mai.
Welcome tamariki (children) and whanau (families) to the year one syndicate.  We hope you all had a wonderful break.

For our first homework task for the year, we would like our children to create a poster with their families showing us how they keep well and how wellness is valued in their culture and family traditions.

Wellness has many different parts, such as sleep, hygiene, spiritual well-being, mental and emotional well-being, physical well-being.  These are some of the aspects you may wish to include in your poster.

Each child will be provided with a large piece of paper.  You have two weeks from the day this is given to complete the poster.  your poster may include photos, pictures, drawings, prayers, songs, recipes... and any other creative ideas you can think of.

Most of all, we hope this project is fun and the we can learn more about your family values.

Week 1, 2016

We started school this week in Room 12.  We read Mrs Wishy Washy's tub.  Here is our version:

Room 12 are in the tub! from Ms Gilbert on Vimeo.