Basic words weeks 6 to 10

These are the basic words we are working on learning in weeks 6 to 10 this term. You can help at home by practising reading and writing these words until you know them all really well.
Maybe you could make up a set of cards with them at home and play games like memory or snap to help learn them.

Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony

      On Friday we celebrated the opening of the Rugby World Cup with our own ceremony at school.  All the classes were given a country to  represent.  We were given Namibia.

Namibia is a country in Africa.  We looked at some photos of Namibia on the internet. Our teacher has been to Namibia. She showed us where it is on the world globe. It is not green like New Zealand but it is still very beautiful. 

  

 

  

   We made a flag for our country and dressed up in the colours of the Namibian flag and rugby team. We made headbands with the Namibian flag on. Some of the children got their face painted in the colours of the Namibian flag. Carlos won a prize for his costume. His Mum made him a teeshirt that looked just like the Namibian flag and she painted his face like the flag too. He looked great.  We had a really good time at the opening ceremony.

   

Rugby World Cup Opening Ceremony Photos

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Air to Live

Last week the Life Education Caravan came to school. The Life Education lady brought Harold the Giraffe along to help teach us about how we need air to live and about how we breathe.

We learned we need air to live.  Our body needs air, food and water to make energy. Our body gets oxygen from the air we breathe.  We breathe in oxygen to our lungs. Then our blood carries the oxygen and food around our body to where the energy is made.

We learned we get oxygen from the air we breathe. We have lungs to breathe with.
We learned fish get oxygen from the water they breathe. Fish do not have lungs. They have gills to breathe with.

We learned that we need clean air to keep healthy. Clean air makes our lungs happy.
Dirty air makes lungs sad and can make us sick. We learned about things that make air dirty, like smoke. When air is dirty we call that air pollution. Air pollution is bad for us to breathe. It is unhealthy.

We all got an activity book to take home so the grown-ups at home can help us learn more about Air to Live.

Check out the website www.lifeeducation.org.nz for more ideas and learning from the Life Education team.


Life Education on PhotoPeach

Swimming Lessons

This term we are having swimming lessons once a week with Fulton's Swim School at Patumahoe School  Pools.  Rooms 3 and 4 swim with us too. We work in groups and each group has it's own instructor. We are learning lots and you can tell from the photos that we are having fun learning to swim.

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