Helping Friends

Last week we were out and about collecting rubbish from the school grounds. We were glad to find less than we had expected. In class we added the rubbish from our 2 classroom bins and then sorted it into different groups. We found glass, fabric, paper, plastic, metal and plants. If you would like to repeat this idea at home please send in the results and any pictures for us to share in class.

Later in the week we were out and about again, but this time collecting leaves for a whole class art project that we hope to display in the school entrance area. The project is based around the poem by Eleanor Farjeon " Down, down, yellow and brown, the leaves are falling over the town." Last week we made rubbings, prints and sketches of the leaves and this week we will be making the buildings for the town. Here we are helping our friends to hold their leaves in place.

Our Maori legend this week was The Koroua and the Mauri Stone. It fitted well with our current topic as it was all about the animals and trees that we are so lucky to have on our planet and need to look after. The maori names of the animals and plants were quite tricky to pronounce so we invited Elmas to come along and help us out, eveyone learnt lots, including Tracy.

Our poem for last week was Sing a Song of Sixpence. See how many words you can hear containing the 'ng' digraph when you listen to the poem below. The illustration was coloured by Jenna.

This week we will be learning the single sound 'y' and the digraph 'oo' which has 2 sounds e.g. book or moon. Our tricky words are 'look' and 'too' and our poem focus is 'Hey Diddle Diddle". The big book we are sharing is called Rabbit and Rooster's Ride. In maths we are working on "teen" and 'ty' numbers. We are off to the Nelson Museum on Tuesday morning for a workshop on Maori Myths and Legends and in our inquiry will be thinking about what happens to all the rubbish we put in our bins. Another very busy week ahead!!!

Reminders
Cross country practice Monday to Thursday, please send suitable footwear for these daily practices.
Tuesday 26th May Maori Legends workshop at the Museum 9.10-11am

Wednesday 3rd June: Recycling Centre visit 1o.10-11.45 cars needed, followed by whole school cross country 1-3pm
Thursday 4th June Art and Movement Exhibition at the Suter 1-3pm (may be cancelled or postponed due to going out on Wednesday as well)
Monday 29th June Maori Musical Instruments workshop at the Museum 9.10-11am