Lucky us

 On Friday Mrs. Shirely gave Monaro and Aroha a special gift, new shoes! They were so excited that they decided to wear them all day. Thank-you Mrs. Shirely, you are so kind.

Aroha said, "I like them."

Monaro said, " I like them. They are green and black. I am so happy."

Fun with cups

Steven and Faith made a tower using cups. It kept blowing down with the wind but that didn't stop them.

Our Garden

 The children in Room 18 enjoyed doing gardening in their classroom bay.

Caylee and Gene are digging a

 hole to plant the flower.

Monaro and Aroha had no problem wearing gloves. 

They got tools ready for planting.

It was really exciting.

We planted some beautiful flowers.

It wasn't tricky for Arthur to put the gloves on.

Mr. Shaw watered our garden for us because plants 

need water and sunlight to grow.

At Lunch Time

 At  lunch time Alex, Tolati and JJ run to the bike shed and wait in the queue to get a bike. The three friends enjoy riding on the bike track.

Welcome to Pt. England School

Joscior is 5 years old started school. He is in Room 18. Joscior has settled well into our classroom routines and is eager to learn.

Joscior got a book bag and a
Duffy school activity book in assembly.

Memory Game

In class we have played a cup memory game and during the lockdown period I made a similar game and recorded it for the children to watch and play at home with their siblings and parents. This game helps us with our memory as you have to focus on the object, you have to think hard and remember as well as respect each others turn. Cullai enjoyed watching this video and I hope he had a go at playing this game with his sister.

Feeding the eels

Last week we went to Makerspace and Mr.Vogt took us to feed the eels. The children in Room 18 really enjoyed this time.

"We have to be gentle when we pet the eels. " said Alex

"We like going to visit the eels."
said Cullai, Isla-Mayand Laker.

Sparkles

Yesterday we had our first netball game for the Year One girls. They played against Sylvia park. The girls played really well and had a good game. We are so proud of all of them. Maddison got player of the day. She kept her feet glued to the ground when passing and with the help of her team mates she managed to score a goal.

Maddison was very happy.
Well done you!

Happy Mother's Day.

The children shared some lovely stories about what they did for their mums on Mother's Day. Lots of the children made cards. Maddison gave her mum a charm bracelet and some perfume. Imogen got her mum some balloons and other children gave their mums chocolates and flowers. To all the mums out there"Wishing you a Happy Mother's Day!"

I love you mummy. (Dictated to the teacher.)

What's for lunch?

Levi  loves eating tomatoes. He brings to school all the time. Not many children like tomatoes but Levi likes sucking out the juice first and then eats the rest of his tomatoe.

Yummy!

Is it kind?

Levi got a Duffy certificate in assembly today for being kind and caring towards his classmates and for showing respect towards others. He got a Duffy book and a mini board game as a reward. Well done you, Levi!

Levi said his mum is going read him the story before he goes to bed.

Levi can't wait play with his mini board game.

Lucky us!

On Friday during assembly lots of children in our class won the lunch box prize. We were so excited because this is the first time so many of us won something at one go. We have been learning about eating healthy so that we can have a healthy body and a healthy brain. Eating healthy helps us learn better as well.

Feeling lucky. 

Well done me!

Harmony and Catherine got certificates at team assembly today.

Harmony has been working hard at forming her letters correctly
writing neatly. Well done you, Harmony.

Catherine goes home and practises her writing.
She copies sentences from her reader and sometimes writes her own sentences.
Thank-you family, for helping Catherine with her learning.

A visit to the Pt. England Kindergarten

Yesterday our class went for a quick visit to the Pt. England Kindergarten to see the baby chicks.
Everyone was so excited as some of the children got to visit some of their friends, brothers and sisters that go to kindy.

Whaea Robyn showed us eggs in the incubator.
There were 11 eggs and  a few eggs hatched  during the night.
Three baby chicks were born.

We all took turns to see the cute fluffy chicks.

The children at the kindy shared their ideas about the eggs and chicks.
The teachers wrote down what they shared and put it on the wall
with the pictures for everyone to read.

Thank-you for inviting us over.
We had a wonderful experience.

Player of the day

Jordyn plays tee ball every Saturday. Her uncle John is the coach. Jordyn got a trophy for player of day because she is a good team mate. Levi is in her team too. By Mrs. Lal

This is Jordyn's trophy and she gets to keep it for the week.

Jordyn is so excited. Well done, you!

Swimming

We started our swimming lessons this week. After getting changed into our togs the Room 18 children walked down to the Glen Innes swimming pools . We had two coaches teaching us how to swim.

Gardening with Mr.Vogt

The children in Rm 18 had a wonderful time at Makerspace with Mr. Vogt. They went gardening actually not really gardening. They went around the Team 1 bays and pulled out some dried up swan plants and turning the soil, getting it ready to plant more swan plants, maybe some flowers, some children thought it would be great to plant watermelon. It's going to be very hard for Mr. Vogt to decide what will go in the gardens. Watch the space because Rm 18 will be going to Makerspace next week. I wonder what surprises Mr.Vogt has in store for them. By Mrs. Lal.

Mr. Vogt showed the children how to
Karate chop the dry swam plant.

Imogen helped put it in the yellow bin.

Isla helped carry the garden tools needed for turning the soil.

Levi and Jordan are trying to break the plant into tiny bits.
They worked in a team.

Winter is trying to pull it out from the ground.
It was hard because the swan plant was dry and prickly.

Winter broke a branch.

Catherine is happy, she can break some branches off and not get hurt.

Wow, Salesi
That's a big one!

These guys are happy  with their find and are done for the day.

Mia, ShweShwe and Nadi are turning the soil.
It was very dry and they had to be careful not to get it into someone's eyes.

Sione is ready to get his hands dirty!