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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

This term we are looking at different Nursery Rhymes.  Each week we will share our learning with you.  Feel free to practise these rhymes at home with your tamariki.

This week we have been singing the nursery rhyme ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.  We made a crescent shaped moon and made stars to hang from our mobile.  To complete this craft we needed to complete a lot of cutting and gluing.  The end result looks fabulous!  See if you can see them hanging up in the classroom when you come and collect your tamariki.

Billy and Helen come in every Thursday for music.  We sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star as well as played our instruments to the beat.  We also sang Six Twinkling Stars Shining In The Sky with some Room 3 children.

We also practised some hand rhymes to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.  See if you can join in with us!

Great mahi Ruma Wha!

 

Amazing Mazes by Room 4

This week our Big Book was called ‘The Gardener’s Maze.’

Room 4 and 3 have enjoyed giving different directions to get out of a simple maze.  We have used preposition words such as left, right, through, up, down, over, and straight ahead.  We have also created numerous obstacle courses in the classroom with Room 3 and used the same terminology.

On Thursday we created our own maze using paper plates and straws after watching a You Tube video.  We then tested out our maze with a marble.  What fun we had playing with our mazes!

               

          

 

 

Play It Again, Sam – Ruma Wha Big Book for Week 8

This week Room 4 read all about a piano that just wanted to played by the family in a book called ‘Play It Again, Sam.’

We learned how to play the song Three Blind Mice on our keyboard.  We also created some beautiful mice using triangles and circles which links with our Geometry unit this term.

Term 2 – People who help us in our Community

 

Our focus for Term 2 was on People who help us in our Community.

We were fortunate enough to have the Police visit the Whare Manaaki.  All of our tamariki had a turn at sitting in the front seat of the police car and seeing the flashing lights as well as hearing the sirens blasting.

We also learned about the different roles dentists, nurses, doctors, librarians, teachers and fireman play within our community.

On a weekly basis we have Speech, Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapists visit our kura.  These wonderful ladies work on a group and individual basis with all our tamariki.

 

Term 1 Swimming – Whare Manaaki – Room 4

 

In Term One, Room 4 had a wonderful time learning new skills and having a lot of fun in the Marfell Community School pool.   Swimming was a special time of the day for all of our tamariki and the squeals of delight could be heard throughout the school.

Water safety for all our tamariki was our main focus on a daily basis.  A highlight of one of our daily sessions was wearing life jackets to see how we could float.

We are so fortunate to have this facility provided for our tamariki so that they can learn water safety in our school.