Monarch Butterfly Visit

On Friday a monarch butterfly flew down and landed next to some of us when we were eating lunch. It must have been tired from flying in the wind. It crawled onto Silver's hand and stayed there for a while. Then it flew away. Silver knew how to treat the butterfly carefully so she didn't damage it's fragile body.

Dora and Malo

Dora and Malo came to school last week. They were a little bit scared but everyone enjoyed meeting them. We wrote stories about Dora and Malo.

Weemees

We had a go at making our own weemees. Check them out. Some of us forgot our shoes!

Volcanoes

We have been learning about volcanoes. A volcano is when melted rock called lava comes out of a hole in the ground. When the rock comes out it cools down and makes the cone of the volcano. We have lots of volcanoes in Auckland but most of them are extinct and the rest are dormant. If a volcano did erupt near us we would hear news on the radio, TV or internet and have lots of time to make sure we were a safe distance away. Lots of ash would also come out of an erupting volcano.

Comparing Weight

We had to manage ourselves this week whilst we were learning about weight. We had to use the balance scales to compare the weight of two objects. Then we had to use the easi-speak to say what we found out. Listen for our maths language and see if you can guess who's voice you are listening to.

Gymnastics

We are doing gymnastics in P.E. It's great fun. We move around a rotation practising our skills. This week the teachers were helping us on the beam. Check out our backward and forward rolls. We know to tuck our chins to our chests.

Introducing Ourselves

In Reading time, when we are not working with Mrs Irvine, we are practising our reading, writing and speaking. For the last 2 weeks we have been using the digital camera to video our friends introducing themselves. We had to try to stay on task, hold the video camera still and speak in a loud, clear voice. Here are the good introductions.

Earthquakes

We are learning about natural disasters like earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis. We made a movie to show people what to do if there was an earthquake. Look at our amazing acting! Can you figure out what is going on?

Length

This week we have been learning about length, height and width. We have been managing ourselves and checking off our activities on a piece of paper. We can choose which order to do our activities in. One of the activities was to make a worm and compare it's length to a friend's worm. We had to take a digital photo of our worms and record a sentence to compare our worms on the easi-speak. Watch this video to hear how William and Connor did. Watch the video below to hear more of our comparisons. Listen for the maths language we were using.

Chandini's Tooth

Last week Chandini's tooth was very wiggley. She was worried about the blood but eventually the tooth fell out. We sellotaped it onto a piece of paper so she could take it home. Yay! Wiggley teeth mean we are growing!

Cornwall Park

On Tuesday 10th May Year 1 went to Cornwall Park. We ate morning tea and had a play in a fig tree. It had wonderful roots to climb in and out of.
We went into the Information Centre and watched a movie about Maungakiekie.
We walked up the cone of the volcano and saw kumara pits left over from the maori people who lived here once.
We got to the top and saw a view of Auckland. We also looked down into the crater.
Check out our photos and come to our classroom to read the book we made about our trip.

Mrs Ivine's weemee

This week I learnt how to make a weemee. Hopefully everyone in Room 2 will make one on Friday. What fun!

Printing

Today we learnt how to make cardboard prints. We drew a picture in the cardboard then we printed it. We had to draw on a soft surface so an imprint was made in the cardboard. We worked independently to make our prints. We will make a different kind of print tomorrow.