The Easter break was a good time for us all to rest and recover. 

When we came back to school on Wednesday it was Discovery.

                           Have you heard about Discovery?
This starts with the Kowhai Syndicate meeting in the staffroom after lunch. Together for 15 minutes we explore and develop a value or Key Competency and think how it affects us. We have recently focussed on managing self and now we are looking at relating to others.
Then we choose an activity that the teachers organise and we split up into groups. At the end we discuss the value/concept again in relation to the activity session we have participated in and go back to our class.
In our classrooms we have a Discovery Caterpillar. Special Discovery stickers are given out when the teacher notices that we are consistently showing a good example of managing ourselves or working well with others and making good choices. 
                      Come and check out our caterpillars. 

Welcome to the second week of swimming in Room 11. 
We wrote a poem about swimming which we took home last week.

Many thanks to the Mums who help us with dressing as it is harder when we are wet.

  

Look... 

We are having fun floating and are very proud of our progress.

We started swimming today. Wow! We all got wet and had heaps of fun. Thanks to the parents who helped us get dressed.

It is Week 4 and we are working hard in Room 11. Thanks to our wonderful parents for their support. We are doing lots of reading, writing and maths, but we thought you might like to see some of the other things we are doing too.

Our school environmental project is to spray white vinegar around the sandpit to keep the dogs and cats off. We take turns and really enjoy it.

Mrs Coyle did music with us on Monday. She thinks we are great percussionists.

Our letter of the week is C. So we went to Room 6 to see their caterpillars. One had even hatched!

Welcome to the start of the year in Room 11. It is great to have you here. We have lots to learn.

 As Dr Seuss says ...." Oh the places you'll go. "