Special Events in Term 1

Hi parents,

I thought I'd take a moment to share with you some of the special events we had in Term 1. 

ASB Get Wise Session

In early March we had a representative of the ASB Get Wise programme, Jadyn, take the years 3 and 4's for a session. 

The objective of the session was to improve the student's financial understanding i.e. how money works, real money vs digital funds etc. 

It was an upbeat, engaging lesson that the students learned a lot from. I wouldn't trust them with your credit cards just yet though... ; )

Reptile Park Visit 

On March 15th, Wentworth Primary visited the Reptile Park at Ti Point, Leigh. 

For many of us it was our first visit. It certainly was for me, and I was impressed with the place. The students were able to get up close and personal with a number of reptiles (though we did keep a healthy distance from the alligator). 

Teddy Bear's Picnic

On March 23rd we had our Teddy Bear's Picnic. It was great to see the splashes of colour and the variety of stuffed toys. I didn't bring my teddy bear to school because he suffers from 

social anxiety ; )

The picnic was a fundraiser for the Kiwis for Kiwi charity and $240.00 was raised. 

Year 4 - 6 Camp

The major event of this Term! It may have been at the regional park, but it was certainly no walk in the park: running, sliding, swimming, diving, shooting, flaming, climbing, kicking...all the intense verbs!

The Year 4's coped with it all admirably. I'm sure it stretched them all in one capacity or another, and I'm sure they won't forget it in a hurry.

Welcome

Hello!

Welcome to Class Korora's (Year 4's) blog, and it's first post. Let's all ignore the fact that it's 7 weeks into Term 1. Mercy for the new guy, and all that!

I'm pleased to share with you some of the things that we've been doing...

Reading

We've been looking at Aesop's fables. Pulling them apart to learn their narrative structure as well as how different language features are used to make the stories more engaging.

Writing 

Any language features we learn in reading we try to immediately use in our writing. One thing we are clear on now is that our narratives need to have a good problem and resolution. To add interest, we are learning to add description using adjectives, verbs, and adverbs.

Science

After a fantastic introduction from our Life Education lessons, we've been continuing to learn about the digestive system.

In pairs we are studying a different part of the digestive system and will soon be presenting back to the class.

P.E. 

The students are enjoying their lessons with Mrs Sancto. They particularly like an outdoor game named Coco, which uses strategy.

Music

The students are enjoying their lessons with Mrs Poppe. They have been listening to pieces of music from The Carnival of the Animals.

Phonics

We have been using song-writing to strengthen our understanding of phonics and how words can rhyme together based on common vowel sounds.

We are pleased with the two songs we have written together as a class so far: "I Can't Stand the Heat" and "Dylan and the Possum" (based on Dylan's unusual experience, waking up next to a possum in his bed!).

You can hear us singing "Dylan and the Possum" below:

Art

Recently we completed some coloured-paper art. This was an application of the drawing skills we have been working on. You can see them hanging in the hallway outside our classrooms.

Topic

We've been looking at the Commonwealth Games. As part of that, we are looking closer at the globe and how the countries are arranged in continents.

ACTING OUT POETRY

We are learning to act out poetry, using our imagination and having a bit of fun. We acted out
Te Ika a Maui and Swimming, both are lovely poems. Can you guess which one is which?

CIRCUITS

We have been studying circuits and wiring.
Each group did their own bit of experimentation, looking at open and closed circuits.
It was fun.

CLASSROOM VISITORS

Last week we got a visit from the local swan family, we think they came to show off their latest family members.

ZOO TRIP

The Year 1-5 students went to the zoo to study the habitats of NZ animals.

We also had a good look around the zoo and saw lots of other animals.

Here are some photos of our trip.

HABITATS - We're going on an animal hunt

For Science this term we are studying Habitats.
We decided to explore our local environment and find some animals in their habitat. We looked all around the school and this is what we found -