Science Fun!

Today Miss Newfield worked with us on a science rotation. We got to learn about lots of different things around light. Ask your child what they learnt about! Here are some photos. We are getting excited about our visit from Science Alive at the end of the Term!

Alex looking at the leaf through the magnifying glass

Working hard at the mirror maze

Reflecting our laser lights to the roof

Bending a pencil

Looking through prisms

Making rainbows with CDs

Drawing our bendy pencil

Pencil Bending

Exciting Writing Happening in Room 12 and 13!

Room 12 and 13 have started doing their shared writing times together. Mrs H and Ms de Thier take turns teaching us. This week Mrs H bought a Tiger Skin in to show us. It is a family heirloom. We were surprised at how big it was! It was faded a lot, we expected it to be bright orange. We are going to use what we learnt to write exciting information reports about Tigers.

Youth Town Sports

We have been loving our sessions with the Youth Town Sport Leaders. We have so much fun with them! At the moment they are teaching us about hockey. We are learning about the equipment that you use to play, as well as the skills. Here are some photos of our nice afternoon in the sun!

Can you name all the parts of the hockey stick?

Practising our hockey skills

Special sharing time this morning

We had a very special sharing time in Room 12 this morning. Seb bought in his new baby brother, Freddy, to introduce to us all. He is six weeks old today and very cute! Room 12 thought of some great questions to ask Natasha, Ferg and Seb. Thanks for bringing him to meet us!

Welcome Miss Newfield!

Introducing Miss Tory Newfield

I am studying at the New Zealand Graduate School of Education and am in my second term of training. I am from Canada and have been living in New Zealand for two years. In my spare time I love being outdoors and spending time with family and friends. I am very excited to be at Parkview School for the next six weeks and look forward to working with the students and staff.

Geometry Learning In Room 12

We have been doing lots of work on Geometry in Room 12 Interchange. We have been learning all about 2D and 3D shapes, as well as symmetry. We made a classroom display to help us find out the names of all the shapes, and how many sides, faces and corners. We have been doing lots of fun hands on activities. Our favourite has been making shapes using toothpicks and marshmallows.

Lucy with her triangular prism

Alex with his square

Brittany with her cube

James with his cube