New art!

Woohoo! It's nearly the holidays!! 

I hope you all have a fun, relaxing and safe break! 

Below are some pictures of our new art we have been doing over the last couple of weeks :) enjoy! 

Dress up day!

Below are some pictures of our awesome dress up day the other week!! Wow what an amazing effort the kids made!! 

Fundamental Skills Mini Movie!

For your enjoyment: A quick look at what we get up to!!

Some Easy Drawing Activities

I stumbled across some really cool and easy ways to draw simple objects and animals!
I thought I would share a few with you, maybe you could do them at home together with your children. :) Enjoy!

Robots + Money = Maths FUN

Last week we were learning about 2D and 3D shapes, however we decided to incorporate money into this topic as well.
The students were given some money (in $1 coins) and were told that each side of the shapes cost $1, e.g. square= $4, they then had to make a robot etc only using the money they were given.

They then had to write the number equation on some paper.

It was a great activity and even better with the fact that it taught students about money, shapes and adding!

Spooner Shield

Last Friday Bledisloe hosted the annual Spooner Shield competition. The Juniors were all very excited to see lots of different schools visiting us, so we decided to go for a bit of a wander around to cheer our team on!

New thinking in Room 4

We are always talking about how important it is to keep on trying in all things. Students are encouraged to understand that mistakes are important as our brain growns each time we make one, that asking questions is super important and that everything is about effort. 

As a school we have designed a new maths display that is school wide highlighting these important characteristics of learning. 

Below is a picture of our display: 

Try to get your kids using some of this language at home...maybe when you're reading with them or when you're doing home learning with them :)