Welcome to 2009 in Room 11

On Tuesday 3rd February 13 new friends arrived at Room 11 to start our 2009 class. In the 8 days we have been at school since then we have had lots of fun and plenty of learning has taken place already. Here you can see us on the first day checking out Renwick house.

Our topic is "Getting Along Together". Come and have a look in the classroom to see the qualities that we decided a good friend should have. Have a peep in our Kete Aroha (Friendship Basket) to see who has been a great friend this week. Here we are being good friends to each other during morning tea.

In literacy we have started our Jolly Phonics program and have already looked at the sounds s,a,t,i and the tricky words "I" , "a", and "the". We used the Starfall program in computing time to find out more about these sounds. Check out the links to Jolly Phonics and Starfall on the side bar of our blog. In maths we have been busy learning how to make graphs...come and have a look at the results on our maths board. We have also learned some simple "Brain Gym" exercises to help clear, wake up and focus our brains. If you would like to know more about this then ask your child for a demonstration or come and have a go in class. Here we are clearing our brains.

Next week we will be learning the sounds p and n and the tricky words "to" and "my". In maths we will be playing lots of new number games. Our topic work will move onto looking at conflict resolution and ways to deal with tricky friendship situations. Swimming starts this week so please send togs everyday and weather permiting we will be having our big day out at Tahuna on Thursday.

Thanks for reading our first blog. Remember to tell all your friends and family about it and have a go at leaving us a comment.

Reminders

Library books are due back on Mondays.

Thursday 19th February: Kowhai Tahuna Beach Trip.

Send swimming togs everyday.