Room 26's Class Blog

  We have been working on using descriptive words in our writing to help our readers “see the picture” in their heads. We have also been using the 5 senses to help us write about our photo inspiration of a little boy mowing the lawn. Our backyard - 5 senses summer challenge By Ethan I see small birds chirping in the trees. I smell dog poo that was in the grass. I hear lots of bees buzzing in the beehive. I feel really wet grass on my feet. I wondered if the lawnmower would break. I felt the squishy dog poo on my feet. Our backyard - 5 senses summer challenge By Joshua I felt spikey grass on my feet in the backyard. I felt the hot sun shining on my back. I heard the birds chirping in the tall trees. I saw the people playing next door. I wondered if the lawnmower would break down. I wondered if I would hear sirens from the road. I smelt the fresh grass from next door. Our challenge today was to be the illustrators of two of our classmates writing, using the words they’d written to sh...

FAMILY GOAL SETTING CONFERENCES RESCHEDULED TO WEDNESDAY 31 MARCH - THURSDAY 1 APRIL This is a wonderful chance to meet with your child/ren’s teachers, to share some information and set some learning goals for the first 6 months of the year. Your child has already come home with a “goal setting” form, which is to be brought to the meeting. To book a conference time with your child/ren’s teacher please log onto www.schoolinterviews.co.nz then enter the school code of waehr. Follow the steps and select the appropriate time with each teacher you want to meet. Remember to leave a gap between conferences if you are booking times with more than one teacher. If you do not have access to a computer with internet at work, home or through a relative or friend, we will make the schools Library available before school between 8:30am and 8:55am for you to make your conference booking. If you have any questions or need help with this service please phone the school office between 10:00am an...

 We've been given a challenge to write a summer poem, that uses only 3 of our senses, based on a picture of a boy mowing a lawn.  Stage 1 was to draw and then brainstorm some ideas for the sounds and smells we would have on a summer's day while lawns are being mown in the neighbourhood. Today's stage was to read the mentor's piece of writing, and look at the set out and language used. Using highlighters we located nouns, verbs and adjectives; talking about how they were used and what they do in a piece of writing. Our next stage is to write our own, and share with each other so that we can make it come alive for our readers.

 We have enjoyed learning how to Read to Someone as part of our Daily 5 independent reading activities. It was great reading to a buddy, and listening to them read to us. We started a STEAM unit with Room 7 called The Great Pioneer Town. Our first task was to design, make and test a water filter using found natural objects at school. Some groups made such good filters that the murky water was quite clean after being filtered!

 As we begin to get back into the hang of doing Zoom meetings, we need to review some of the norms and expectations for how they should run. Just like in class where we have talked about how each of our New Windsor Way values show in our Learner Behaviour rubric, we should also be thinking how "Prepared for Learning", "Mat Space", "Group Work" and "Outside the Classroom"can also be used in our Distance Learning.  A key place is how our Zoom meetings run when we are all on our computers at home. Please watch this video link, and create a list of things you believe need to be refined or improved on by the people attending this Zoom Meeting. Do we need to share some of these to make our Zoom Meetings better too for everyone attending? GOOGLE MEETING CHALLENGE 

  Dear Parents,   We are currently trialling Matific as part of the teaching and learning of Mathematics. We hope you will witness your child engage in the rich, interactive activities and see the benefits it can bring to their learning.   Matific has thousands of Maths activities and we encourage you to help the school promote positive Mathematics learning with the children at home.   Please ensure that your home device is using an updated web browser or the most updated version of the app, Matific Student . If you are experiencing any technical issues first check if you need to update your browser or app. If the issues continue, email support@matific.com with your child’s school, username and password. To access Matific, please: ●              Go to www.matific.com or, on tablets open the app, Matific Student (you must use the app when using a tablet). ●      ...