Wow, what an amazing Taniwha made from shapes!! The yellow line assists with our gross motor skill of walking heal to toe on the line.

Photo by Leanne Spicer

Term 3 in room 3 have been busy, come and see...

Leanne Spicer — August 16th, 2015

Kia ora koutou,

Term 3 sure has started with a hiss and a roar. We began our term celebrating Māori language week, of which we practised our Mihis, explored weaving with harakeke as we continue to learn through art, music and dance other cultures in our community.

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Thomas shares his learning on imagination station at Action Station reflection time.

Ryo, Eddie, Thomas and Senara are practising their weaving techniques. Collaboration in action!

Emily and Eva practising their poi On Stage, Action Stations.

We love to read in our quiet space:-)

On stage, Ballet lesson to classical music are Maniah, Evie and Emily.

Sharing our learning at Action Stations are Eddie, Yolanda, Eva, Jacob and Jonathan. "If it's not tricky it is not learning!"

Nora, Mrs Spicers' student from Germany loves visiting out tamariki and answering questions about life in Germany. Guten Tag Nora!

Thomas proudly shares his learning goal "I want to get better at building", whilst Yolanda listens and waits to share her Teepee.

Action Stations in action:-)

Creativity in action, using our shapes.

More creativity in action using shapes:-)

Alana is finding patterns using uni-blocks during Math goal inquiry time.

Wow, what an amazing Taniwha made from shapes!! The yellow line assists with our gross motor skill of walking heal to toe on the line.

Construction, Action Stations challenges and develops problem solving skills with 4 cardboard tubes and a sheet to work with. Joshua persists to complete success of his design:-) Tino pai Joshua!

Jacob shares his creation from Imagination Station:-)

Look what exploring with shapes can make:-)

We practice our spelling words on paper, windows, balloons, concrete and whiteboards.

Ryo and Peyton practice their math goal. Tino pai work!

Peyton practices writing as many words she can on her own within a set time frame. Wananei Peyton!

Hesandu carefully practises his letter formation to improve his handwriting. Love your work:-)

Jacob and Eva discuss their design plans as they work at Imagination Station:-)

Emily is practising her Math Goal on a whiteboard. Our Math inquiry question for week 5 was "How can I use a number line to help me learn?" Hoto Emily:-)

Action Stations sharing week 2 is Senara, Eva, Jacob and Ryan. Jacob and Ryan worked together at Art Attack demonstrating cooperation and collaboration. Wananei work tamariki ma! :-))

Cafe is our station for a healthy snack. This station promotes our tamariki to self regulate themselves when hungry and provides fabulous opportunities for developing oral language and table etiquette.

Evie and Hesandu showcase their Math goal practice on whiteboards today. Requirements for achieving our Math goal is providing evidence in 3 different ways that this has been correctly me:-)

Mrs de Vries our Assistant Principle loves coming into room 3 and making learning tricky for us. Thomas, Ryan and Georgia are working hard on making their handwriting as neat as possible. Tino pai progress is evidenced in our writing books.