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Carnival Moon Dough

We had a lot of fun making Moon Dough to accompany our Recipe Books.  Moon Dough is made by mixing cornflour and hair conditioner.  Not only does it feel soft and silky, but it smells great to.

Book Club

Once a week we get together in our book club groups to discuss the latest book we are reading.  This is a great opportunity to talk about the things we like, don't like, favourite characters, favourite genres, favourite authors, and things we have learned.  Sometimes we get ideas about books or series that we might like to tap into.

Maliesi's New Puppy

We were so lucky to meet Maliesi's new puppy last week.  She was very friendly.  Some of us were treated to a cuddle and a face wash.

 

Odd and Even Numbers

Do you know the difference between an odd and even number?  Ask Blake - he is an expert.

Playdough...Fundough

We have a new task to explore...

The TASK

The teachers at Kahikatea Kindy have noticed some of their children are bored with the playdough.  They are concerned that if they don’t change their recipe to make it more exciting, lots of children will stop playing at the playdough table.  Many of the children have food allergies so they need to be careful what ingredients they use.  Your task is to come up with a recipe for playdough, that meets the following criteria:

- doesn't stain

- is safe to eat - might be horrible to eat but is

safe for children with allergies

- doesn’t go mouldy

- is inexpensive

- is pliable and stretchy

- is exciting for kindy kids to play with

Collaborative Writing Using Google Docs

Wednesday 8pm

At 8pm on Wednesday night, Mrs O and Mrs H discovered Logan and Ethan working together on a collaborative document via their google drives.  Together they were drafting, recrafting and editing an A to T poem on Minecraft.

Mrs O and Mrs H were able to watch the writing unfold and to make comments as the boys went.  The photo above is a screen shot of what was happening. 

Google docs has sparked a real interest in writing for these boys and this has spilled into the classroom today.  Other children are becoming interested.

This is an example of how learning can happen anywhere, anyplace and at anytime. 

Such an exciting time.

Fancy Dress 2014

New Maths Site added to Blog

This is a great site with links to games to support students at the different Maths stages. http://mathzlinks.wikispaces.com/

We'll done 67

This message was left on our board by our lovely relievers Mrs D and Mrs W.  We are so proud of the Room 67 kids.

More Trap Explanations

NgaMotu and Ethan GACA

Man vs Wild Trap Explanations

Te Aroha, Grace, Lucy Gabrielle, Olivia Jasmine and Nikyla Sarah and Maliesei

Fact vs Opinion

How do we know the difference between a fact and an opinion? Fact = you can prove it Opinion = people's thoughts and ideas To help us learn these, we found a cool game on the web. Click on the link below and have a go yourself!

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/factsopinions/

Place Value Song

Koru Art Video

Koru Art from Amanda O'Dowda on Vimeo.

Skip Counting in three's

Skip Counting in fives

Skip Counting in twos

Maliesi and Amber