Sorting out the Furniture

Hi Room 1... I hope that you are having an awesome holiday!
Today I went into school and started moving around all of our lovely furniture, getting ready for Term 4.  I had lots of fun with our new tables, as you can put them all together or pull them apart.  We also have a brand new teacher table, which is a whiteboard as well.  Aren't we super lucky!
Here are some photos of our room so far!

Thank You to Room 1 Children and Whanau

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WOW!!!  Look at Room 1...
Our classroom is now finished and we have lovely blue and green walls!  Today our new furniture arrived and all of Room 1's bit and pieces were moved back into the room, ready to be sorted out...
Check out the photos...
Make sure you regularly check the blog so that you can see the progress being made in our lovely new room over the holidays :)

Look at our lovely green wall

Some of our furniture

Heading upstairs - blue walls here!

Visit to Cornwall Park

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Rap-unzel

This afternoon we went to a show called "Rap-unzel".  It was very, very funny.  There were only three people who played all of the characters in the show.  Room 1 got to sit right near the front.  The story was a modern day version of the original Rapunzel, but with a lot more music!  We really enjoyed it :-)

The Ranfurly Shield Visits Mahora School

Today we had special visitors to Mahora School.  Gareth Evans who plays for the Magpies, along with Simon Tremain, brought the Ranfurly Shield for a visit.  All of Mahora School dressed in white and black to celebrate this occasion... our class also got to have a photo taken with the shield.  How exciting! 

Maths This Week

This week you can help your child at home with their Maths learning by focusing on - 

• doubles to 10 - help your child to know the answer to 1 + 1 = 2,  2 + 2 = 4,  3 + 3 = 6,  4 + 4 = 8,  5 + 5 = 10 instantly - that is, without having to work it out.  If they know these, focus on doubles to 20.
• ordering numbers to 10 - e.g.) put 5 2 8 3 9 in order from the smallest to the biggest.  If they know how to do this, try ordering numbers to 20.

Here are two website links that can help your child with both of these knowledge steps.

Doubles to 10

Robin Hood Doubles

Monkey Ordering

Caterpillar Ordering

Have fun!

Focus on Fractions

This week we have been learning to find half of a shape and a quarter of shape.  We now know that it needs to be an equal share and that it has to be fair!
Here is a page of shapes that we cut into quarters...

Puppet Pal Fun

Today Room 1 and 2 had an afternoon of discovery.  In pairs, we explored the app Puppet Pals.  We had lots of fun discovering how to add characters and select backgrounds.  

Thank you to ALL the Fabulous Helpers!

Over the four shows, including three nights of our School Production "Colour My World", we had some 

A  M  A  Z  I  N  G 

Mums, Dads, Nans and sisters who gave up their time to help us in Pop Up Room 1 and 2.
Thank you too, to our lovely Mum who brought along rice crackles for the final night - YUMMY YUM YUM!

THANK YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH!  WE REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR SUPPORT!

After the Show was Over...

Today we had a quiet day in Pop Up Room 1 and 2 after a HUGE week doing "Colour My World".  We were super lucky too as we all got a balloon from the show, filled with helium.  Here we are with our balloons, having fun!

Colour My World

Little White Duck on PhotoPeach

It's Show time!!!!!

A Message from Mrs G

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Thank You to the PTA

Today Room 1 and 2 had their Book Ceremony.  Each child was given the gift of a book from the Mahora School PTA.  We were so excited to get our special book.  Room 11 came over to read our books to us.  Thank you to the Mahora School PTA and to Room 11  :-)

Check out our Magic Tree Branch!

Room 1 and 2 are amazing learners!  Check out our Magic Tree Branch in Pop up Room 1 and 2 :-)  We are covering it with all of our amazing learning...

Practice Today

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