Week 6 Term 4

This week with Brodie we had a game of 'Chain Tag' to warm up before long jump. It was so much fun we had 3 games!

Brodie taught us a number of useful tricks to be able to jump a long way into the pit. We think we were pretty amazing at it!

Make a free digital slideshow One of our tricky words this week was 'take'. We were learning about the 'ake' family. Some of us made the word take at the playdough table. Sue from Room 4 gave us a box of 3-D shapes. We got them out at Discovery Time. We made  ice creams and castles!  Some of us had been reading a book this week about popcorn so that seemed like a good excuse to have it at Discovery Time!

Next week...
Our sounds will be sh,th,ch.
Our tricky words will be please/other.
During maths we will be counting on from the biggest number.
Please note that the Life Education Bus will be at school next week. There is a $4 charge that needs to be paid to the office before Wednesday. Thank you to those parents who have done this already.

Have a happy and safe week!

Week 5 Term 4

This week we were lucky enough to have a catch up session for tennis. We braved the weather with Ben and Andre for our last lesson.

Free slideshow design customized with Smilebox We have been learning about Diwali this week. Diwali is an Indian festival also known as Festival of Lights. People dress up in their best clothes, exchange sweets, decorate their houses with fairy lights and have fireworks. Drishti put on her sari at school so we could see what it looked like. It was stunningly beautiful! During maths we have been learning to count forwards and backwards to help us with our addition and subtraction problems. Next week .... At literacy time we are focusing on capital letters and full stops and the 'ake' word family. Our tricky words are take/start. During maths we will continue with add/sub. During Terms 1 and 4 the children are required to wear a wide brimmed sunhat. Please help your child to remember their sunhat each day. Alternatively a hat can be left at school. Have a happy and safe week!

Week 4 Term 4

We have had another busy week in Renwick 3!

Quality printing!

Our Star of the Day had her special crown to wear!

At fundamental skills this week Brodie was teaching us about shot put. We were using tennis balls so they weren't too heavy for us. We had to use 'chicken wings and to push the ball from behind our ear. It was quite tricky because we are more familiar with throwing overarm. When we had finished our lesson Brodie was so impressed with our effort he gave us all an apple!

This week we have been learning about the events of Parihaka. The people of Parihaka were well known for their philosophy of 'Peaceful Protesting'. They wore white feathers in their hair to represent peace.

Next week...
Our literacy focus will be capital letters and full stops.
Our tricky words are school/going.
During maths we will be doing addition and subtraction to 10/20.
Our Big Day Out will be here before we know it. Please mark the 14th of December on your calendar. We would love to see you there.