Greats and Grands day.

We had a lovely day with our Greats and Grands and would like to thank them for being wonderful Room 26 students for a day. We enjoyed showing them some of the things we do in class and it was fun doing the activities with them.

This is amazing!

We coloured in the pictures with a partner and then we used the coLAR Mix app on the iPad to make them come to life! We were very excited to see our picture moving around. Once we experimented with them we wrote stories about what we could see. (For this app to work, you need to visit their website to print off) the pictures.

Here is a screen shot of a couple of our pictures.

I like the spooky pumpkins. The pumpkin was funny. By Noah Van Tongeren

The pumpkins come alive in the piece of paper. The pukeko ate a worm. The worm was squishy and fat. By lucy McLean- Bluck

The pukeko was feathery. The pukeko was red and had a red beak. By Zachary Choi

The pukeko came alive. The pukeko did some funny walking. By Chloe Hopkins

Ronald McDonald Road Safety Show

On Monday we watched a Show about road safety. Ronald McDonald taught us how to cross the road safely and that we need to look out for "sneaky" driveways. He was really funny and we all enjoyed the show. We also learnt  a lot!

Writing Competition

At the end of term 3, Hukanui School had a writing competition. I am very happy to say that one of our children in Room 26 was chosen as a finalist. Well done to Lucy Hadley for writing a super story about frogs. Here is a picture of Lucy with her certificate and prize that she received.

Keeping Ourselves Safe

From the Hukanui School Newsletter 17.10.13

KEEPING OURSELVES SAFE PROGRAMME

This term all classes will be involved in this programme starting in week 3. Keeping Ourselves

Safe (KOS) is a positive personal safety (child protection) programme that is taught from early

childhood through to secondary school. It aims to provide children and young people with the

confidence and skills to cope with situations that might involve abuse. It helps them keep themselves safe in their interactions with other people. It has successfully run in our school for

many years on alternate years. It will be taken by classroom teachers with support from Adrienne Clark our Police Community Officer. Classroom teachers will be sending letters home when the programme starts which will let you know what things have been discussed in class and how you can support at home. Parents who are new to this programme are welcome to attend an information session next Tuesday 22 October at 2.30 pm in the staffroom.

Below is the Keeping Ourselves Safe Home Book. 

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KOS Home Book

Activity 1

Activity 2 

Activity 3 

Activity 4

  

Activity 5

Activity 5

Activity 6

Activity 7

Activity 8

PRODUCTION!

Last term the children participated in the school production, "Rewind". The children did a lot of practice to perfect their performance. They all did an amazing job, well done! Here are a selection of photos.

Holidays are not far away.

This term has gone super quick and we have school holidays next week. I hope you all have an awesome break and enjoy some rest and relaxation. 
During the holidays it is a good idea to keep up with what we have been learning. Below is a short list of things you could do at home:

Writing: 

Encourage your child to keep a holiday diary. 

Write about an important event.

Write about what they miss at school. 

Write a letter to a friend.

Write about anything they like!

Reading:

Keep up with learning the words on the word card. Encourage them to write the word also.

Reading Eggs website offers a free two week trial. I highly recommend this site as it is very engaging and motivating. http://readingeggs.co.nz/parents/signup/

Read to your child and get them to help you with some words.

Have a visit to the public library and pick some books.

Maths:

Use numbers in an everyday sense e.g. baking, counting items, adding and subtracting with everyday objects. There is no need to sit down and focus on maths as it can become a part of things we do everyday.

Websites:

Youtube has many fun songs and educational videos. The children particularly like Alphablocks. 

Have a search on the net to learn about things that happen during their holidays. For example, you might see an interesting bird and animal and the children can learn some facts about. They might even be able to make a poster about it to share with the class!

What is most important is to have fun while they are learning! See you all in term 4