Room 7's Botanic Garden Trip

Room 7 went to the Auckland Botanic Gardens on the 17th November, 2015.

We learnt how compost is made naturally using FBI - Fungus, Bacteria and Invertebrate and how to make our own worm farm and compost bin.

We were very tired at the end but we had an amazing day!

"I liked doing the tunnel because it was pretty fun. Even the bird."

My Writing

Term 1, 2015

This is my writing at the beginning of the year.

Term 4, 2015

Look what I can write now!

This term I have been learning to use punctuation such as full stops, comma's and speechmarks and write more than one idea with details related to the topic.

I am getting good to remember fingerspaces.  Riley

First and last sounds

We are learning to look at the first and last sounds in words. 

"I can say the first and last sound of new words." Riley

Painted Paper Bouquets

LI: We are learning to mix and blend primary colours.

First we mixed primary colours together to make new colours then we

blended them together to paint our vase and petals. Next we used watercolours to paint our flowers and then we put it all together.

Measuring with our Gingerbread man.

LI: We are learning to compare and measure the length of similar objects.

First we measured and made a gingerbread man out of cardboard. Next we had to build a bridge out of blocks and cardboard of different lengths that were long enough for him to cross.

"I made the gingerbread man walk over the bridge. He fell off!" Riley

Last but not least we made a Gingerbread man, 

decorated it and got to take him home and eat him. Yum!

Sharing fairly

We have been looking at fractions like halves and quarters and I have been learning to share one whole object fairly between 2 and 4 friends. 

This can be tricky sometimes when I have to share one object with 4 people, 

so we practised how we could do this by cutting our dough ball and pizza's into 4 equal pieces.

"I can cut it into pieces."

Fun at Chipmunks

I am learning to use desribing words and add detail to my story writing.

"I can find new words."

Sounding out new words

I am learning to sounds out new words.

I know I can look at and sound out the beginning and end letters of new words. I can robot the sounds as well - this helps to read new words.

100 days smarter!

Room 7 celebrated our 100th day of learning,

 we are now 100 days smarter!

Ordering numbers

I am learning to sequence my numbers up to 10.

Sometimes it can be tricky to remember which number is the smallest number, but I know I can check on my number line.

"7 is smaller."

Alphabet sounds

 I am learning to know my alphabet and alphabet sounds.

"F f-f-f-fish."

My car

I am learning to publish on Kidpix.

"I have a fast racing car."

Scooter Skills day

I am learning how to be safe on my scooter when I ride on the footpath and past sneaky driveways. It was tricky to remember to stop at the sneaky driveways, but I stopped and walked my scooter past each time.

Mixing colours at Te Tuhi

I am learning to mix colours together to make new colours.

Room 7 went on a class trip to Te Tuhi where we learn't how to mix 

primary colours together to make Secondary colours. 

I mixed the colours and painted my colour wheel, 

I was proud of my colour mixing.