Lamb and Calf Day

Lamb and Calf Day was a wonderful day at Ashhurst School. The children in Room 12 created some fabulous artwork and flower saucers to display. We also created some fabulous garden ornaments as part of our home project. The children were very creative and some of the ornaments they made included bird feeders, painted rocks, pine cone animals and wind chimes.

We watched the judging of the lambs. We met Logan's lamb called Rocky. We think Logan is very clever getting his lamb ready for judging. We know that it is a lot of work. Well done Logan.

WElcome To Term 4!

We are back online! We have had a happy and busy start to Term 4 and the past two have flown by. We have been preparing for Lamb and Calf Day which will be held on Wednesday 27th October. We have been creating some wonderful pieces of artwork to share with our families.

We have also started our music lessons with Mr Jones. On Monday we listened to music, played instruments, marched and danced to music. We are looking forward to our next lesson after Labour Weekend.

We are lucky to have Miss Mandolla in Room 12 for five weeks. Pop in and meet her if you haven't already.

Don't forget to leave some comments on our blog. We love to share these at school.

The Digestive System

Saffron, Caleb, Carter, Jaxon and Grace are going to share some of their learning about how the Digestive System works.

Why Does Our Heart Beat?

We have been researching to find the answer to this question. We have read books, watched a DVD and used the internet. We are going to share some of our learning with you using vocaroo.

Our Bones

Listen to our discoveries about bones.

Getting Firewise

On Wednesday to volunteer firefighters talked to us about getting firewise. Please share the Getting Firewise DVD with your child. You will find it in the back of their firewise activity book. Thank you for taking some time to talk to your children about the things your family does to make sure fires don't start at home.

The Skeleton Dance

What is a Skeleton?

Meet Bob the Skeleton - Hi Bob!

Our ideas about skeletons

• a skeleton is made from bones
• the bones are joined
• the bones hold us up
• the bones help us to move
• the rib cage protects the heart and lungs
• the skull protects the brain, eyes and ears
• bones are hard
• bones are strong
• bones can break

Our Most Amazing Machine

We have had a great start to Term 3. We are all excited about our new inquiry topic.

We will be discovering what our body is made up of and what it can do.

We have already started to wonder and make discoveries about how our body works. We think it is an absolutely amazing machine!

We would love you to join us on our learning journey.

Welcome to Term 3!

Hi!

I hope you have all had a wonderful time with your family during the past two weeks. I am really looking forward to a fun term of learning. We have lots of exciting learning opportunities ahead of us. See you all back at school on Monday 19th July.

Our Visit to Mt Bruce

We had a fantastic day visiting Mt Bruce Wildlife Centre. The day was packed with wonderful learning opportunities and many highlights. We loved viewing the Takahe and Kakariki. We fed the ducks and the huge hungry eels. The Kaka feeding time was amazing. We watched the Kaka busily swoop in and out collecting their food which was made up of corn, fruit, porridge, dates and cheese. One of our dads took some wonderful photos. Enjoy our slideshow.

Our Discoveries About Snails

Kai and Samiya have been discovering lots of interesting things about snails.

Listen to some more interesting facts from Albert,

Jenna and Kalaye.

Thinking About Snails

Here are some of the interesting questions Room 12 children have been thinking about.

What do snails eat?

How do snails eat?

Do snails have teeth?

How do snails make slime?

Why do snails make slime?

Where do snails live?

What do snails do in the winter?

Do snails like the sun?

Keep checking our blog to read about our discoveries!

Fun With Numbers!

Samiya and Logan are leading a maths activity called Traffic Lights. It is a great game to play to learn about place value. We are working with numbers up to 1000. Try this game at home.

Discoveries

Keirah has been discovering how the worker bees know where to collect the nectar from.

Kai's Question

Our Thinking

We have been doing some thinking using the Thinking Hats. Here are some of our ideas.

Discovering

We have read non-fiction books, watched a DVD about Honey Bees and researched on the internet to find out more about Honey Bees. We have organised our learning on a fishbone graphic organiser.

Our Wonderings About Bees

The Cross Country day arrived and we were fit and ready to run. It was exciting waiting for our turn. Some of us felt a little bit nervous. We all ran with determination. Come into class and read our wonderful recounts.

Cross Country

What Did We Find?

We are learning how to make a slide show!

Our Bug Safari

We investigated under logs, stones and leaf litter, in tree bark, on plants and trees and in the soil. These are the mini beasts that we found. We have made a pictogram to show the results.

How many different types of mini beasts did we find?

Talk to Mum, Dad, Nana or Grandad about where we found most of the mini beasts. You could describe the different habitats we found.

Responsible Room 12 Students!

Ms Giles was so pleased with the way we look after our belongings in the cloak bay that she gave our class some free time in the senior playground. We loved it! Thank you Ms Giles!

Reading With Our Buddy Class

It was great to catch up with our buddy class on Thursday. We loved reading our books and poems with our buddy. We also found out about the great inquiry learning that our buddies have been doing.

We Are Going On A Bug Hunt!

On Thursday Rooms 11 and 12 went on a bug hunt. We wanted to discover the minibeasts that lived in the bush and what their habitat was like. We had lots of super mums and dads to help us with our investigation. Thank You!


Back at school we talked about and grouped the minibeasts we found. We made a list of things we were wondering about.
I wonder what is living in here?

I wonder how spiders make their webs?

Pop into class to learn about our discoveries!

Anzac Day

Lots of the children from Room 12 attended an Anzac Parade on Sunday. Back at school on Monday we shared the story about Private Simpson and his Donkey named Duffy. This brave man walked miles each day to rescue injured soldiers. They were carried on the donkey's back to the medical area on the beach.

Read these stories written by Logan and Jaxon.






Poppies by Luke, William and Keirah.

Cross Country

We are getting fit! We have started to train for the cross country. We will be getting better and better and better every day!

Inquiry Learning

This week we have been talking about living and non-living things. We used a graphic organiser to help us sort our ideas. We know that living things need food, water, air and light to stay alive.

Our Maths Buddy

Alexander is our class maths buddy. Alexander will once again visit you during the term. He has a little bag with maths games and instructions. Please play these fun maths games at home. Let us know how you get on with this fun learning.

Our Class Bear

Nicholas loves going on adventures. He will be visiting you again this term. Please write about his adventure in our class writing book. We love to share these stories each morning.

Welcome Back To School!

Welcome to Term Two. I hope you have all had a great break with your families. We have a great term of learning ahead of us. We would love you to follow our class blog. You can add comments and ask questions about our learning.

Butterfly Art

We have used pastel, paint and dye to create our beautiful butterflies. You will find these in our cloakbay. Come and have a look.

Our College Teacher

We are so lucky to have Ms Corkran working with us in Room 12 until the end of the term. Ms Corkran is loving being in our class. She likes the way we all work on our activities in a happy way. She is impressed with how quickly we learnt to sign - 'Yes, I'm here today'.

Athletics Day

On Thursday 18th March we all walked to Lincoln Park to take part in Athletics Day. We showed our families and friends our excellent skills. We took part in the 50m and 100m Sprints, Long Jump, High Jump, Discus and Shotput. We enjoyed the sausage sizzle at lunchtime. After lunch we took part in some novelty relay races, watched the House Relays and cheered on the Teachers in their relay race. We walked back to school with our buddy class and talked about our great day.

People Who Help Us In Our School Community

As part of our Inquiry Learning we have been thinking and talking about people in our Community. We made a list of all the people who help us and then chose an occupation that we wanted to learn more about. The children chose the Dental Therapist. We invited the Dental Therapist to come and visit our class. We then talked with our buddies about the information we wanted to find out from the Dental Therapist. We made a list of the things we were wondering about. Our questions included - What do you do in the Dental Clinic? How do you fix our teeth? What instruments do you use? Why did you become a Dental Therapist? How do you become a Dental therapist? What is the best thing abut your job?

We made some great discoveries! Talk to your children about the Dental Therapist's answers to these questions and you will too!

We Have A Blog!

I am really excited to have a new blog. We are going be putting photos, writing, artwork and special school events on the blog. We hope our families enjoy viewing our learning.

Our caterpillar has been eating and eating and growing fatter each day. We wondered how long it would take to turn into its chrysalis.



One morning we arrived at school to find the caterpillar had made its chrysalis. We had to be very careful to keep it safe.



We noticed the chrysalis beginning to turn orange, yellow and brown. A few days later we watched the butterfly push out of the chrysalis.



We watched the butterfly unfold its wings and stretch them out. About three hours later we took the butterfly outside and set it free!

The children in Room 12 have now seen the Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly. What a fantastic learning experience!