We have been learning to write explanations

Here are some of our explanantions:

Why do dogs bark?
My dog barks because somebody is at our door. By Minisha
My dog barks because he is hungry and he wants to go outside to play. By Ayesha
My dog barks because he wants me to play with him. By Shyah

Why we need to eat breakfast.
We need to eat breakfast so we have energy. By Tawhiri
We need to eat breakfast so that we dont get tired. ByJasmine
We need to eat breakfast because then we dont get hungry and we can grow. By Chantelle

How does a caterpillar turn into a butterfly?
The caterpillar eats leaves and flowers. Then he goes into his cocoon and then he turns into a butterfly. By Joshua.

Why do we need water?
We need water so we can wash our hands. By Jake
We need water because plants need water to grow. By Brooklyn
We need water so we can get clean. By Toni
We need water because we need to be able have a bath and shower. By Lincoln.

Keep on Trying!

Here is a video that Max and Amba from Kiwi Can showed us to help us to keep on trying our hardest no matter what! Tell us what you think about Ormie Pig.

In Term 2 we had a Snuggle up and read day as part of  the school book fair. Here we are in our new beanies from Kids Can and us reading.

Gymbaroo

Room 1 & 2 participated in Gymbaroo with Amba and Max. Gymbaroo is a balance and co-ordination programme. Check out our photos!

Welcome to 2012!

Discover time- Dolls

Today, Room 2 spent the afternoon discovery dolls during Discovery time. The children did dress ups, dressed baby dolls, made paper dolls and we made clothing out of newspaper.

Room 2 Developmental Maths- Mass and capacity.

In these photos, Paige and Maddix are testing which basket is the heaviest by pushing them along the ground.

In this photo, the children were deciding which piece of paper would make the biggest cone for Daddy Bears pop corn.

We looked at different containers and the idea of conservation.

In these photo, Theanim is testing the weight of the shopping bags to see which is the heaviest.

Here you can see the cones we have made for the Three Bears pop corn and we are ordering them from largest to smallest.