End of a busy Term

Farewell Adrian
Thank you to everyone who sent along a plate of yummy food on Friday to celebrate the end of term and to farewell Adrian who is relocating with his family out to Amberley. Hopefully he will remember us at Parkview Parua in years to come. This photo of Room 7 was taken on his last day at school. Thanks for being an awesome student Adrian and all the very best as you continue on in your learning journey.
Reading high-frequency words at regular intervals throughout the day is helping children to commit them to memory. Here is Jhaius taking the class through the list.
Buddy Reading
A spot of buddy reading before whanau hui on Friday afternoon.
Due to wet weather classes weren't able to share snippets of their learning around the topic of' Change' so plan B was to share within our classes. Rooms 1, 2, and 3 have been learning about how we change as we grow and the different stages of life people go through.
These clever children have been making and writing groupings within 5.

Photos of our day

Mornings in Room 7 start with phonics (learning the names of the alphabet and their associated sound), handwriting and Writing.  Check out some of us working on our capital letters A, N, M

We stop for a milk break in the afternoon. 

And we enjoy running breaks during the day to keep us active.

Getting to know our buddies

Room 10 @ 11 with their buddies who very much enjoyed spending time with the older students.

Maths in Room 7

Our maths programme is in full swing with lots of maths skills being practiced such as 1-1 counting, recognising patterns to 10 in a tens frame, number recognition and writing numerals up to 20.

Marae Visit

For most children today was the first time they had visited a marae. Rehua Marae is a community based marae offering the ultimate cultural experience for our school visit. Children and adults alike observed many aspects of the powhiri process as we moved onto the marae. Of course, the bus trip was also a highlight of the trip. Now when we talk about a marae children will have a little prior knowledge and will be able to picture what it looks like. We are looking forward to painting some super hot 'suns' with some Maori patterns based on the story - How Mauri slowed the sun.

Week 5 in Room 7

This week Noah received a certificate for making a wonderful effort in our dance interchange class and Vivian received hers for a big improvement in her letter formation skills - well done tamariki. Eight children from Best Start preschool visited us on Thursday afternoon joining us for a short maths lesson. A fun time was had by all playing counting games and using the maths equipment.
On Wednesday afternoon Room 7 got to meet their buddies from the middle school. Children spent some time outside getting to know their new friends. After a little reading they headed into Rooms 10 @ 11 to see some animations that the Kereru team have been working on.