Celebrating Cultural Day!

This week we celebrated Cultural Day in Room 1! The children were very excited to share a little bit about their culture. We also looked at pictures and listened to traditional rhythms  from each place. We are so lucky to have a multicultural classroom!

Firefighters Visit

Today we had very special visitors at our school. Firefighters came to speak to the children about getting firewise. They talked about what to do if there is a fire and how to prevent fires. They also talked about the importance of having a smoke alarm. Afterwards the children looked at the fire engine and the firefighters showed some of their tools. They were very interested and had a great time while learning important skills.

Making Pizza! Yum!

This week the children in Room 1 and 2 worked together to make pizza! Yum!

The children have been learning about fractions and making pizzas and cutting them into equal slices was a great way to practice what they are learning about.

We made four pizzas and we needed a total of 32 slices. In order to work out how many slices the pizzas had to be cut into the children got into four groups - one for each pizza. When each group had the equal number of 8 children they knew that each pizza had to be cut into 8 slices.

                                                 

Making pizza was a great learning experience. The children really enjoyed making it, and of course eating it too !:)

Fun at the cross-country race

The children in Room 1 did a fantastic job last Friday running at our cross-country race!

The children practiced during the whole week and they were learning the difference between jogging and sprinting. They tried very hard to jog so that they could save some energy to sprint at the end and perhaps win the race. Ka pai!

Numbers before and after

The children in Room 1 have been learning numbers before and after to 20. They have been doing a great job working in small groups and helping each other to recognize and order numbers. Ka pai!