Rainbow fish part 4

Then we used some glitter paint to give our fish the sparkly scales we had read about in the story this morning....

I can't wait to see the finished paintings this week - what awesome learners you all are Room 8! So lovely to see your creativity and how well you work together around a table - Ka nui te pai to mahi!

Rainbow fish part 3

Then we did our backgrounds for the fish....

Rainbow fish part 2

Then we used dye to give our fishes some colour....

Rainbow fish...

Then we started to work on our art for the week....

First we did a black line drawing of our fish....

The Rainbow Fish

On Friday we listened to "The Rainbow Fish" read by Earnest Borgnine. Click the link if you would like to listen to it too....      

http://www.storylineonline.net/the-rainbow-fish/

Planting out the tomatoes....

On Friday we planted up the seedlings we had sown in trays before the last holidays. The weather has been cold at night so we haven't seen a lot of growth this term - but we hope this will change in the next few weeks. Everyone will take home a healthy plant to care for over the Christmas holidays...

Geena and her rabbit visit Room 8.....

On Friday we had some special visitors to Room 8.....
Geena from Room 9 popped in for a visit on Friday afternoon - we learnt about how to be gentle with her rabbit and how to make the rabbit feel safe. Click the link for more photo's....
http://photopeach.com/album/a28pbo?invitecode=7a993e6d22

"His eyes were red", "he climbed up me!" said Xzavier.

"He went over me" said Sarmah.

"He felt fluffy, he was sniffing me" said Shelby.

"He's looking at me" said Lily.

"He scratched my hand" said Iwimaire.

"He was soft like a pillow" said Xzavier.

Otaki School - Positive Behaviours for Learning (PB4L)

We promote behaviours in our school where the children are STAR's - they are Safe, Totally Responsible, Awesome Learners and Respectful.

This terms focus is Awesome Learners. On Friday in Room 8 we thought about what it would look like when we are Awesome Learners. Whaea Nicky took some photo's of just a few of the awesome learners we have in Room 8...                                                

Christmas Show preparations...

We have started preparing for the Christmas season today by learning some Christmas carols during our regular singing and dancing on a Friday morning. It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas.....

Click on the link below to watch a slideshow of our time with Room 10 on Friday.

http://photopeach.com/album/qff0mu?invitecode=846247b57d 

'Making Ten!'

We have been learning about what numbers add together to make ten. Thanks Mrs Batey for the amazing new dice that Jayden is using! Jayden shows us his strategy for adding to ten using his fingers.

Click on this link to watch this awesome learner!
http://youtu.be/MFscA5vV1dM

Mr Tui is back!

This is a favorite time of year in Room 8 when Mr Tui and his friends come to the harakeke outside Room 8 to feed on the nectar from the flowers. See how his brilliant blue feathers shimmer and shine even though it is a grey Friday Morning! Nga mihi Mr Tui - great to see you again!