Armistice Day

Today the whole school went out to the flagpole to mark Armistice Day. Armistice Day is the day the day that we remember the end of the first world war at eleven minutes past eleven. We had a minutes silence and then sang the national anthem. Miss Clarke talked to us about how they celebrate this occasion in Canada too, and then we compared the different ways the days are celebrated in different countries.

Miss Clarke is back!

After a terrible bout of pneumonia the children are thrilled Miss Clarke is back in the classroom to complete her final posting. They had a great time yesterday afternoon practicing their jumping skills while learning about working together and looking after each other, and giving and receiving.

Goal Setting

We have set some goals for ourselves for running to get ready for the school cross country.

Alyssa said "My goal is to run faster".

Aini said " My goal is to run the whole way".

Patrick said "My goal is to try to pass people quicker when I run the cross country".

Lydia said "My goal is to be faster than Meihana."

Austin said "My goal is to not run so fast at the start so I don't get too puffed".

TJ said "My goal is to run for a longer distance".

We have talked about ways we can achieve these goals and we will be keeping track of our progress

Maths with Miss Clarke

We have been learning about measuring in maths with Miss Clarke. We had to work cooperatively to make our identical twins from crepe paper and balloons. We measured from our neck to our hips, our arms and our legs with crepe paper. Then we measured parts of our bodies with things around the classroom. We had to remember to always measure from the start to the finish. It was quite exciting when the balloons started popping!

Chuck the Chicken

Today we learnt to play a new game with Miss Clarke, called Chuck the Chicken at school, because we are learning to play games where we have to cooperate.

How to play Chuck the Chicken

You will need:

A toy chicken

Two teams

A netball court

1 First make sure you have even teams.

2 One team is throwing the chicken and the other team is chasing it.

3 The throwing team yells "Chuck the chicken" then they chuck the chicken.

4 When they have thrown the chicken they get into a circle and one of their team runs around the circle. They get a point for each time the person gets around the circle.

5 Meanwhile the other team picks up the chicken then their team lines up and they pass the chicken over and under all the people in their team. When they are finished they yell "Chuck the chicken" and they throw the chicken.

6 The game finishes when the teacher says and the team with the most points wins.

By Room 2