Number Collections

 Maths is one of our favourite times of the day.  One of the things the children like to do is make 'Number Collections.'  They choose a number and then see how many ways they can show or make that number using our maths equipment. When they have finished their collections, they like to share their thinking with a buddy, then share it with Koka Jodie and I.  We take a photo of them and their mahi before we pack up at the end of the session.  The children are getting really quick at instantly recognising the number sets in different ways without having to count them out. This is called subitizing.

Busy Little Beavers

 We are busy beavers in Ngā Ngaru in our play and in our mahi.  We have been talking about the Key Competency of Self Management.  We know that managing ourselves means that we can make good choices for ourselves and do the right thing even when the teacher is not there.  Look at the way we are managing ourselves in our mahi and in our play.

Fun on the deck creating a giant marble run.

George choosing to create with the Mobilo on the Room 11 deck during our Play Based Learning time.

Moz choosing to look at a book in Room 11 at Play Based Learning Time.

"Look Koka Jodie! We made a hut!"

More fun with marble runs on the deck.

Oliver choosing to draw in Room 7 during our Play Based Learning time.

Busy in our mahi.

Hugo is feeling proud of his mahi!

Playing together in the box corner.

Hunter worked hard on his poem art.

Playing together in the Whanau Corner.

Nina choosing to practise her writing at Play Based Learning time.

At the craft table.

There's lots of ways to build in our play.

Busy, busy, busy in Ngā Ngaru!  What a fantastic bunch of learners we are!

Butterfly, Butterfly

 We are learning about prepositions or words that tell us where things are or where they are going.

Our Poem this week is about a butterfly. Koka Jodie wrote this poem for Ngā Ngaru. It includes some of this language to describe how the butterfly moves.

Click here to read the poem. How many prepositions can you find in the poem?

Butterfly Butterfly Poem

We made our own butterflies to illustrate our poem books. Check out a few of us with our mahi below.

We are on track!

Last Friday, Wai Syndicate headed down to the cross country track. We are getting pretty good at walking in our lines and got there in no time! Down the road and over the bridge all the way to the reserve opposite the Okitu Store. Once we were there, the kids from Ngā Ngaru got to have a go at jogging around the track. Everyone got round with smiles on their faces and we are looking like we are well on track to having fun on cross country day. Check out our photos...I tried really hard to get a photo of everyone, but some kids were just TOO FAST! 

If you would like to check out the track and maybe get a little bit of extra training in, get your child to show you where the track starts and where it goes.

And after all that walking and running we were still smiling!

Off back to school! Go Ngā Ngaru!