This week Room 4 tested out Sunshine Online. Everyone had so much fun reading different books on the iPads. We then completed some activities online. Some of us then recorded ourselves reading the book.
Sunshine Online
Splashing Fun!
Every day Kopa Wha goes swimming in the Marfell Community School pool. When we are in the pool we practice windmill arms, kicking, blowing bubbles, holding our breath, floating and gliding. Look how clever we all are!
Airport Visits
For the last couple of weeks Kopa Wha have visited the New Plymouth Airport.
The first week we visited, it was very quiet due to an aeroplane recently leaving. This was a nice introduction to a new environment for some of our tamariki.
Today when we visited the airport it was bustling with people. Our tamariki watched a plane take off as well as two planes arriving.
One of our students was fortunate enough to go and sit on an empty Air New Zealand plane. What a magical morning we had!
A huge thank you to Aaron, the New Plymouth Manager, for making this amazing trip such a success!
School Production
What a fantastic time we had preparing for our School Production!
This journey has been a wonderful success for all our tamariki. I am especially proud of our Whare Manaaki students who showed such bravery performing on stage for all three shows.
It was an absolute delight to see your smiling faces and genuine enjoyment!
Letter Jj
This week Kopa Wha has been learning about the letter Jj as well as -dge and -ge at the end of words, which has the same sound as /j/.
We made Peach Jelly Cups as well as making jam sandwiches. We found letter Jj’s as well as read a recipe and created the procedure of making a jam sandwich.
Great mahi, Kopa Wha!
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Old MacDonald
Welcome to Term 4!
The Big Book of the week, ‘Old MacDonald’, has been an absolute hit. We have enjoyed singing the song, making hand rhymes as well as creating some sheep for our puppet show which you can view on slide number eight below. We also listened to different animal sounds, named them on our talking devices, and recreated these sounds. What a lot of fun mahi we completed this week!
Baby Shark Show
For the last couple of weeks we have been working on the Letter Ss.
We have been singing a favourite song called Baby Shark, which all the tamariki enjoy.
During our weekly sessions with Fiona, we have been perfecting the art of Google Vids. It has proven to be a hit in Kopa Wha, as once the record button has been pushed, the teleprompter begins, and the students can sing the words displayed on the television. (Click on Slide 6)
What a lot of fun we had creating this music video for you. It really was a team effort. I am so proud of all of our tamariki for giving this a go!
Ss is for Sea, shells and sharks!
Our Letter of the Week has been Ss as well as Sh.
We completed a range of Ss activities and one particular activity was to complete headbands for our Baby Shark performance next week with Google Vids.
We also visited the seaside where we collected sand, seaweed, shells, and sticks. Once we returned to school we had sensory play with our findings as well as creating some environmental pictures.
Little Red Riding Hood Puppet Show
For the last couple of weeks we have been using Google Vids in the classroom with the assistance of Fiona.
We thought it would be a lovely follow up from our Movie Premeire to perform a puppet show of Little Red Riding Hood.
All the students helped to make the different characters and setting in this famous fairytale.
We hope you enjoy watching the puppet show. (Slide 6)
Please feel free to leave a comment, we would love to hear from you!
Fabulous Fulton Swim School
Whare Manaaki is so very fortunate to begin attending Fulton Swim School again every Wednesday morning.
Swimming has many benefits for our tamariki from improving motor skills to creating a variety of opportunities for our students to interact socially, reduce anxiety as well as provide sensory regulation.
