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You may have wondered why you haven't seen much from us lately. We have a new blog! Come and check out what Room 1 has been up to lately at:
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Discovery Time

Pool Party Fun!!

This week we finished filling up our sparkle jar!! We earn sparkles in our classroom by being kind to each other and trying hard with our learning. Because we filled our sparkle jar up we got a whole class reward. We had a pool party this afternoon. We were very excited! 

Snapshots from Discovery Time Wee 5

Cricket Week 4

This week we had cricket coaching again. We are all improving so much with our throwing, catching and batting skills! Here are some photos of us in action. 

Greedy Cat is Hungry

This week our shared book was Greedy Cat is Hungry by Joy Cowley. We painted our own Greedy Cat and put them up in our classroom. Our letter of the day on Thursday was 'C' so our Greedy Cat art matched perfectly with that too. We are getting so clever at learning different letter sounds. 

Our Published Stories - Week 4

Today Room 1 published their stories that they wrote this week. Some children published their stories that they wrote based on a cameo they did with Mrs Walker this week and the other published stories are about cracking open the coconut. I think you did a great job Room 1. I love all the juicy words you used to make your stories exciting for your readers to read. Miss Gentil 

Coconut for Letter C

Today our letter of the day was 'c'. Miss Gentil brought in a coconut for us to hold and taste. We put a hole in the coconut using a knife, to drain the coconut milk. Then we cracked the coconut open with a hammer. We each got to taste a piece of coconut. After we ate the coconut we wrote stories about our experience. Published stories to come soon. 

Reading Must Do and Can Do Activities

In Room 1 when we're not reading with Miss Gentil or Mrs Walker we work independently on 'must do' and 'can do' activities. Today our 'must do' activity was to do with our letter of the day. We practised tracing and writing the letter 'c' and then coloured in a picture of a cat on a couch. The 'must do' activity is the activity that we do first; then we choose from the 'can do' activities. Today's can do activities were puzzles, sandpaper letters, making the letter of the day with play dough and reading stories from our book box with puppets. 

You're such awesome readers Room 1!! Mrs Walker and I are very proud of you all. 

Miss Gentil's Pet Chickens Come to School

 Today Miss Gentil brought her chickens into school for a visit. We each got a turn to pat and hold the chickens. Then we wrote about them for writing time. We have been learning to use juicy words in our stories. Once we have published our stories tomorrow we will share them on the blog.