It is hard to control the ball and remember which way we have to go!

We are listening to know what to do in our soccer session.

We are learning how to write other names. We have to hold our chalk properly to do a great job.

Oops. I have to wait until Christmas to get my plaster off. I fell off a Flying Fox.

We were matching capital letters, small letters and pictures. We had to look carefully to get them right.

We worked so hard we needed to have a rest. We just love being at school together. The parachute is so cool!

The balls go up and down and over the edge! Some of us crawled under the parachute. We described our feelings.

We had a parachute in our class and we had fun throwing up some coloured balls. We wrote stories about it.

I love to share news. I had a 5th birthday and I was given a pedal car. I race quickly with my sister who has one too.

I wonder how many "Thank You" stones our table has this week. We work hard to collect them by being the best we can be in all we do.

We are learning about place value. We are counting our "Thank You" stones in groups of 10 so it is easier to count big numbers.

We are learning how to make groups to 10. There are so many ways.

Keeping the planes in the right order is hard.

We are learning how to count our numbers to 10 and put them in order.

Look at how we learn to write our letters

I can do tall sticks.  Lots of my letters have tall sticks.

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Look at what we have been doing in Room 12

Having Fun learning how to share.

We know how to shop and buy groceries for our family.

I just love hot chips.

Catch Up

Term 3 was so much fun and packed with new experiences, new learning and new little people starting school.

We had an amazing time making costumes for the Wearable Art Show. We used the story of Red Riding Hood to be able to use recycled material to create our designs.  The discussions and designs were well thought out.  The children learnt a great deal about recycling, how important it is and as a 5 year old, how much fun you can have making something new from something old.   We were very proud of them going under the bright lights of the stage to share their creations with the school community.

In maths the children used many different things to help them to have fun with numbers.  They have a been learning all of the groupings to 5 and within 5, counting forwards and backwards from 10 and finding out what comes before and after a given number.  We have looked at patterns to 10 and used ice block sticks, glass stones, counters and blocks to name a few to reinforce the learning.  Using the 100's board is always a source of great excitement.  The class love to count up to the "high" numbers as they call it and love to learn to count backwards too.  That however, is more of a challenge so we take it slowly.

Our alphabet and phonemic sound work is progressing well.  We do rhymes and body movements every day to reinforce the sounds of letters.  It is great fun just using the body signals for letters so the children find themselves spelling words and being so proud of themselves.  It is good to have the support of home to reinforce the learning going on during the day and as parents you can see the joy that little ones have when they realise they are learning to read!

There is never a dull day in Room 12.  Each day brings its own challenges, excitement and fun.  The children learn a lot, laugh a lot and look after each other in so many ways.  What more can you ask for in school!

High Frequency Words

We try to make learning fun. The children often spread out all the words they know and see how fast they can say them. When they make a mistake the next person has a go. They then collect all the ones they know and love counting them up.

Writing is fun and hard work.

Haum uses her chalkboard to practise her writing. Using chalk enables pressure to be exerted on to the board and so enables children to take their time to form letters correctly. You are a star.

We shares beanbag fun

We love to do all sorts of things with our beanbags. We are trying hard to use Fotobable to share our experiences.

We are learning how to balance things. We love beanbag fun

We do fun things to balance our bodies.

Tia becomes Rainbow Riding Hood

Tia wanted to become Rainbow Riding Hood and so created a costume that was so colourful. She showed great perseverance.

I am a beautiful Red Riding Hood

Esther loved every moment of creating a costume to be Red Riding Hood. She was patient and cut many cupcake wrappers to make flowers. She looked beautiful.

Seung Min is making a costume.

Our class took the story of Red Riding Hood and the children made their own costumes as a Technology focus. Seung Min had great ideas as to how his costume of a Wood-Cutter should look. Good for you.

Seung Min is learning to form his letters.