Category: Ako | Learn

Fast Food Logo’s

Our Inquiry for Week 3 and 4 was  about different Fast Food Logo’s our tamariki knew.

We balanced out our discussion of Fast Food with foods that are healthy/everyday foods compared to the treat/sometimes foods of Fast Food Restaurants.  The children were looking at their own lunch boxes and we were discussing everyday and sometime foods with them.

                                                                 

The children have been engaging in creating pizza patterns which links directly to our maths unit this term.  We also made a delicious pizza and shared it with our friends in the class.  All the children took part in adding different ingredients to the pizza.

As part of our learning we also practiced lots of different songs.  One song in particular definitely caught everyone’s attention.  It has been such a hit in Room 4 that we got Room 3 to come and join in the actions with us so that together R3 and 4 could perform it at assembly on Monday.

Click here for a link to this song.

 

Fantastic Food

This week we have been focusing on the Letter Ff.

We have been looking at healthy foods as well as foods which we eat sometimes as a treat.

For our craft of the week we were sourcing pictures from magazines and pointing out and cutting out different types of food to collage onto our Letter Ff.  This created a lot of discussion about what the different foods were and whether they liked to eat them or not.

We hope you enjoy the photos below.

                                                                                                                                                                          

Grand Opening of the Cycle Track

This afternoon the whole school was involved in the Grand Opening of the Cycle Track.

We were treated to a sausage sizzle and then we all got to ride bikes, scooters, or roller skates on the newly concreted cycle track.  All of  Ruma Wha tamariki rode our 3 wheeler tricycle around the track numerous times.

It was so lovely to see the joy on their faces while the rest of the school rode alongside them and encouraged everyone.

What a great afternoon!

Letter Ii

Welcome back to Term 3!

Our letter for Week 1 of Term 3 was the Letter Ii.  Our inquiry this term is looking at Environmental Logos which we see all around our community as well as on television.

We linked the Letter Ii to the Interislander Ferry which many of you may have been on in the past.

Our craft activity was to watch a You Tube clip of how to make a rocking ship with paper.

Great mahi Ruma Wha!

     

 

 

Yy is for Yellowfin Tuna

Our letter of the week for Week 9 was Yy.  We linked this to our Inquiry Unit of animal classification and specifically to fish.We created some fish with the use of bottle tops as scales.

 

We also created some paper fish earlier in the week where the children followed step by step instructions.  The children were all engaged and extremely gentle with their creations.  We displayed the cool fish on top of the tote trays for the rest of the week and the children would often pick them up and investigate their work which was lovely to see.  Some even tried to see if their fish would fly. Great mahi Ruma Wha!

Feel free to link onto the Class site to revisit our learning for the week with your tamariki.

 

Hh is for Human

While we were studying mammals each child began to understand that we ourselves were mammals too.

We created some human skeletons out of pasta for our letter of the week.  This was a fun fine motor activity that all the children participated in.  They also enjoyed spreading the PVA glue with their fingers.

We hope you enjoy the photo’s.

                                                                                

 

 

 

Awesome Amphibians

Our Inquiry focus for Week 5 and 6 was Amphibians.  We were looking at the characteristics which make amphibians special such as them being cold blooded and laying soft shelled eggs.

We enjoyed singing the song ‘5 Little Speckled Frogs’ with the green frogs we created to go with the tune.

 

We also loved the song ‘Over in the Meadow.’  This was a great song to reinforce one to one counting of different animals.  Click on the link above to revisit this catchy tune.

In Week 6 we focused more on the life cycle of a frog.  All the tamariki created a headband and a booklet showing the life cycle.  They all looked very proud of their creation while wearing their individual headbands.

                                                                              

 

Zippy Zebra’s

Last week we focused on the Letter Zz and the sound it makes.

We enjoyed creating finger puppet zebras as well as cutting strips of black paper for our craft zebra.  Zinzan also completed his writing which was inspired by our zebra craft.  Room 4 is becoming very proficient at cutting of late which is truly pleasing to see.  Keep up the great mahi Room 4.

 

Reptiles

Our Inquiry for Week 3 and 4 was Reptiles.  We learned about what characteristics are unique to reptiles and classified them into their correct grouping.

We created some beautiful tuatara’s and stuffed them with shredded paper then hung them in Room 4.  Crimson also showed his creative skills by drawing a tuatara on the whiteboard once he had completed his own stuffed tuatara.  He then continued to draw other reptiles he had learned about through our Inquiry Google Slide.  Love your initiative Crimson.

We also created some free standing tuatara’s which are positioned within the classroom.  I wonder if you can see where they are hiding the next time you come into Room 4?

            

 

In Week 4 we focused more closely on crocodiles and sung some fun songs about 5 Little Monkeys teasing Mr Crocodile.  We enjoyed using props to demonstrate this song and after we had created a snapping paper crocodile by following a set of directions some of the children used their own crocodiles to catch the cheeky monkeys.

Another favourite song was this action song in our Google Slide on Reptiles.  You may like to join in with singing the song and performing the actions with your tamariki.  Enjoy!

 

We were extremely grateful to Amelia who brought in an enormous turtle shell that she has had in her possession for many years.  The children loved feeling how smooth and hard the shell was.  Zinzan even enjoyed pretending to be a turtle himself.  Thank you so much Amelia this fitted in perfectly with our learning about reptiles.

 

Day and Night

This term for Mathematics we are concentrating on Time.

For the first two weeks of this term, we have looked at the difference between night and day.  We have been able to name different activities which we do throughout our day and whether they are performed during the day time or night time.  We then created a night and day picture.

Great mahi Ruma Wha.

Please feel free to check out the Maths Google Slide on our Room 4 Class Site or leave a comment on this blog.