week 10 news letter

Hello,                                                                               WOW WEEK 10!!!!!

Wow week 10, this term has gone so quick. Over the next couple of weeks the 9 children transitioning to Room 2 will be spending a few afternoons over there. This will help them with their confidence and ease them into the transition for next term.

Penguin day was AWESOME, you can check out the photos on our blog. Thank you to the three children that supplied the “Happy Feet’ dvd for us to watch.  

A few notices:

This week-

• Please make sure you sign the report part of your child’s Achievement Recording Book before you return it in the next week or so. Could all books be back before the end of term thanks J
• If you are wondering why you did not receive a book about your child this is due to the amount of time they have spent at school. Some children have little assessment there to see. If you would like to see the books however feel free to pop in and have a look.
• Remember to return ice skating forms please.
• Your child will be bringing home a copy of the music festival song lyrics, it would be great to read over these with your child.
• red day on Friday

Have a great week. Abby d.G

Penguin day!

This week we have been learning about Emperor Penguins. The children were very interested in this topic due to all the news coverage about the penguin 'Happy Feet' who came and visited NZ. Over the week we have been learning about where penguins live, what they eat, what eats them and  who and how they look after their babies.


There have been some fantastic stories written over the past few days which will be published an displayed in Room 1 along with some art and a selection of facts.
Today we had our very own 'Penguin Day.' Everyone was very excited to try some penguin food.
On the menu there was - salmon on seaweed squares and tuna on seaweed crackers....the facials were BRILLIANT!!! Our special guest Mr McKenzie paid us a visit and was brave enough to try some penguin food, he was kind enough to demonstrate how a penguin would eat it.


The verdict-Out of 21 children- 8 liked the salmon on seaweed and 16 liked the tuna on seaweed crackers!
The room was full of laughter, facials, spat out food and children asking for more.
I am very proud of all my Room 1 kiddies as everyone tried the penguin food, they were very brave.


Later we watched the movie 'Happy Feet.' All the facts we had learnt were in the movie which made us feel very cool.
We were on assembly today- WELL DONE ROOM 1 YOU ROCKED IT!!!!

SUPER HERO DAY!

Yesterday was Super Hero day at school. Room 1 was was full of AWESOME looking Heros! We had Batmans, Spidermen and woman, Cat woman, Bumble Bee's and much more! It was great to see the effort parents put into the costumes.

Liana Spidergirl

Emily's mask was sooo cool

Ash made a great catwoman

Super Sophie

Is that Rayden under there?

 

Guess who.......its Hunter

 

Super Bee

Miss Moncur looked awesome

Nah nah nah nah nah Emmmmaaaaa

News letter week 9

Hello,                                                                               WOW WEEK 9!!!!!

This week we are doing a mini research topic on Emperor Penguins due to the recent news coverage on ‘Happy Feet’ the Penguin who swam all the way to NZ. We are learning many interesting facts about penguins and their habitats.

Well done to everyone who has presented their speeches. They were FANTASTIC!!!!!

A few notices:

This week-

• Some children are yet to do their speech. Tuesday will be the LAST opportunity to get this done. Please pick a topic to present to the class.

• We have ice skating coming up- could you please write the size of your child’s foot into their home work books so Mrs Weir can start grouping everyone.

• Thank you to Mrs Holland for a fantastic two weeks work in Room 1. Everyone has been very busy creating many new displays around the room. Come and check them out.

• We are on assembly this Friday. Would be great to see you there J

STEVE THE ROOSTER

Meet Steve the rooster!
He has recently enrolled at Edendale School. Steve enjoys chasing the children on the field, eating left over lunch scraps, joining in on rugby games, singing and monitoring the classrooms.
Welcome to our school Steve- the children love you!

Writing

We are learning many new writing skills in class at the moment. Some groups are remembering to use capital letters and fullstops, others are using their sound knowledge to attempt words on their own. Everyone is trying so hard with their writing at the moment. Well done!

Hannah came to Room 1.

By Gabby

Heart Puppy said that I am going to be the star of the week next Friday. I love Heart Puppy because she is fluffy.

By Liana

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Liana is learning how to use all the sounds she has learnt to
help her with spelling attempts.

Gabby is writing down sounds she hears.

Our FANTASTIC speeches!!!

Over the past few weeks we have been learning about speeches. We know that when we are giving a speech we need to- stand up straight and tall, use a clear and loud voice, we don’t fiddle and we make eye contact with our audience.

I was so impressed with the hard work everyone has put into their speeches; I could tell that there was practise happening at home.

Thank you to the parents who worked on their child's speech with them. :)



Emily showed us her special duck.



Ashley's cue cards helped her remember
her speech.



                   



Josh had lots of props to show us during
his presentation.



Liana wrote her speech all by herself



Rachel talked about her neat iceblock stick
dog house.




Hunter's speech was organised onto cue cards.



Gabby's holiday journal was awesome.



Alex introduced us to George.



Jacobs tiger speech was awesome.



Emma told us all about her funky hat collection.

Kody's toy Lion cub was awesome.

Sophie told us about her trip to Australia.

Daisy and her cat Frankie

Aaron talked about his zu zu pet

Patrick's monkey game sounded fun.