Look at our cool painted eggs!

Click below to hear about the exciting things we have been doing in reading this week!

Wheels Day!!!!!!

Today at school we had wheels day. This meant that we got to bring things like our bikes, scooters, little cars, heelies (shoes with wheels on the bottom!) and other things to school with us. We were really lucky because from 11am-12.30pm we got to ride our wheels and play! Some of us were outside riding our wheels and some of us were in the hall playing with our little wheels and other fun activities. Here are some photos of us in the hall......

These are plastic frames with wheels on them. We had to hold on to the handles and slide around on our tummy or back.

 It was hard at first but we got the hang of it!!

We made tunnels for our cars to drive through! 

We even made little farms to drive our tractors on! 

Look at me! I brought a go-cart to school. I am having heaps of fun. I am also remembering to be safe because I am wearing my helmet. 

We also made bridges out of blocks for our cars to drive on.

This was one of Miss Head's favorites. We decided to be really clever and creative and build our very own Jurassic Park. We made little cages out of blocks and put our dinosaurs in them. We called it Jurassic park. Miss Head thought this was really cool.

Room 4's Wall Displays.

Here are some of Room 4's cool wall displays.......

Room 4's Rock Pool!

Here is Room 4's rock pool! We have been working really hard on putting our rock pool together. We have nearly finished, however we still have a few more sea creatures to put into the water!

Our tennis lessons started on Tuesday!

On Tuesday we started our tennis lessons! We had lots of fun learning how to bounce the ball onto the ground with our tennis racket and learning how to bounce the ball up into the air as well. We also tried balancing the ball on our tennis racket and walking around the court! Here are some photos of us all having a go:

Special Visitors!

The Junior Syndicate at Normandale School had some special furry visitors on Friday! Eliza and Oscar brought their rabbits AB and Floppy Flo to visit us! Floppy Flo was named 'Floppy Flo' because she has a floppy ear! Here are some photos of us with Floppy Flo and AB:

Making our very own rocky shore!

Today we were busy making our very own rocky shore.  First we talked about all of the interesting sea creatures that live amongst the rocks. Then we started making our own sea creatures and we also started painting our rock pools. Our sea creatures will live in our rocky shore in Room 4. Here are some photos of us painting!!

Our trip to the rocky shore!

Yesterday our junior syndicate went on a trip to Island Bay beach. We learnt lots about the different creatures and plants which live in amongst the rocks and how to respect their habitats.
We also visited the Island Bay Marine Education Centre. This was really fun because we learnt lots of interesting facts about sea creatures. We also got to see a female octopus which had laid thousands of eggs and we got to hold some sea creatures, including kina, anemones, worms, sea stars, limpets, sea slugs and other cool things too! Have a look at us exploring!!

Taking on extra responsibilities in Room 4!

In room 4, we have been learning about our key competency for term one 'managing self' and what it means to take responsibility for our own behaviour. We have talked about what it means to organize ourselves and how we can be sensible and responsible people. We have a special weekly roster which involves taking on extra responsibilities. We are all really excited about this. Each week responsible people in room four will be chosen to take on special responsibilities. These responsibilities include:

Room Four’s Duty Roster
I.T Technician
Electrician
Librarian
Security Person
Gardener
Sports Technician
Arts Technician
Caretaker
Writing Cards Monitor
Courier