Today I ...

Today I ...

"I did really good at writing because I tried really hard" said Kain
"I learnt how to read new words with Mrs Higgs' said Amber
"I listened to another chapter of Charlottes web" said Tahlia
"I did really really really good at reading because I read faster" said Imogen
"I played a letter game on the computer" said Joshua T
"I learnt lots of my Wordwall words" said Eligh
"I got all my words right with Charlotte, I got on to a green list" said Jazmin
"I read really well too" said Colombia

We are also on the scrounge for wool. Any colours, any ply, any amounts would be appreciated. Any and all donations will be gratefully accepted. Then you can prepare to be amazed by our artwork!


Keep sending those Colgate Toothpaste boxes. Studio 1 has not yet made the top 10 studios so we need to bring as many as possible. Ask around - family, neighbours, workplaces - anyone!

Harold

Today we went to see Harold. He told us all about healthy eating. He taught us that we need "Food For Energy!". We made our own food pyramid.
We are reading Charlotte's Web at the moment.
This afternoon we went to the library.

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'Water' Acrostic Poems

Last week we wrote some acrostic poems about water. We wrote each letter from the word 'water' down the page and added our ideas on this topic. Here are some of the poems the children wrote.

Water on the flower
At Winter it rains a lot
Today it was foggy
Evaporation of a puddle
Rainbows are made out of sun and rain
By Jordan


Water on the plant
At the beach I sit in the sun
Today I went to the sea
Evaporate
Rainbow in the sky
By Karipa

Welcome to our Monday

Very Important Meeting -  Tomorrow night (Tuesday the 20th) in the KBS staffroom we are holding a very important meeting. Come along and find out what the government is planning for schools and how you can have your say. Added - Just realised that I forgot to say what time. 7pm


No Whanau Time this week.


Colgate Boxes - There is now a sub school competition to see which studio can collect the most colgate boxes. Thanks to all the families who have sent some in. Please keep sending them. Also if we win the main competition we may be able to get some new gymnastics equipment! 


Today we had a special maths teacher come in and teach a maths group. Today Mrs Henderson got to stay in Studio 1 all day! Poor Mrs Higgs is not well. Get better soon Mrs Higgs. 
Well done to the 6 people who got all of their spelling words right! Keep practicing everyone. 
We used the ipods today in reading time. We practiced spelling and words.
Today Eligh read 'My Sister" to Mr Guthrie. He thought Eligh sounded fantastic!
Kain really wants to let you all know that Karipa, Joshua and Kain built a huge castle with the blocks. It was an ice cream factory. 
Our Star of the Day for tomorrow is Colombia.

Puppy update - Mrs Henderson is now the proud owner of 7 baby puppies! They are English staffie x. She needs to find homes for them all. Any takers?

Thanks goodness it's Friday

A big thank you to the children and parents of Studio 1 for staying so calm during and after this afternoons shake. Everyone coped really well with even families of distressed children staying visibly calm (which I know is hard to do!). Children, you all did the right thing both in the library (getting under the tables) and afterwards (staying with Mrs Henderson until your families arrived) so well done to all of you. Mrs Henderson had to rush home after you had all gone to check on her dog Zoe who is about to have pups. She was very scared too but no pups yet. Have a good weekend everyone, see you on Monday.
Kia Kaha

Thursdays Thinking

Today we finished 'James and the Giant Peach'. Kain said "I liked it when the peach fell on the Empire State Building. Then we drew a picture about our favourite part. Come on in and see them on our wall!
Tomorrow we have a spelling test. Practice your words at home tonight - house, jump, begin, talk, yes, run, said, grow, show, open, put, off, old, good and out.
Gymnastics tomorrow - all help is most welcome and appreciated.

Daily Reflection

Here are some great things that happened today:
We had Whanau Time. We sang 'Love, Love, Love'.
We had another chapter of 'James And The Giant Peach'.
We went to the library and got some new books to take home.
Jazmin liked writing about Constable Karen's visit.
Imogen and Colombia read their recounts of Constable Karen's visits to each other and gave some
helpful comments.

The best part about today...

The best part about today:
Karipa said "Hearing the next chapter  of James and the Giant Peach"
Felix said "Learning about and making the earth's Water cycle"
Jazmin said "Colouring the clouds for the water cycle"
Eligh said "Playing outside at lunch time"
Imogen said "When Mrs Higgs did a reading test and I did really well"
Colombia said "Mrs Higgs reading us a book"

Welcome Zoe

Studio 1 welcomed Zoe into our classroom family today.  She has come to us from St Martins school. We are all very happy to have her in our class.  This morning Constable Karen came to talk to us about making good choices.  She showed us a movie about choices too. Karipa is our King of the Dice today! We read another chapter of 'James and the Giant Peach". We are really enjoying this story and are excited to find out what happens next!

'Rain' Senses Poems

We have been writing senses poems about 'rain'. We thought about what we see, feel, taste and touch when we think about rain. Here are some 'rain' poems that the children wrote.

I see water falling from the sky.
I hear water drops on the roof.
I feel cold and soggy.
I taste warm water.
by Kain


I see wet grass in the garden.
I hear raindrops on the roof.
I feel drips on my head.
I taste yummy water in my mouth.
by Colombia

It's Friday already. That came around fast! Congratulations to Amber, Kain, Jordan, Karipa, Felix and Tahlia who got all of their spelling words right! Well done all of you. You have worked hard.

We had gymnastics this morning and Imogen's dad took some amazing actions photos for us! Have a good weekend everyone. Kia Kaha

Today we read another chapter of James and the Giant Peach. We finished making all the characters. Come in to our class and have a look at our amazing wall display. At Whanau Time we heard the 'Silly Hat Song'. We liked it! We might sing it in class. We saw Lauren from Studio 5 do the hula hoop. Amber said "I thought she was very talented".
This afternoon, when we had finished our work, we had some choosing time. Eligh, James, Tahlia, Kain, Jordan and Josh M made a chocolate factory!

Today Daniel Burt showed us around the water station. We walked to Sewell Street. We saw pumps and a big generator. We learnt that if the power goes out the generator will pump our water. Mr Burt opened the water gates for us. Felix said "it was scary." We will share some of our learning and our stories with you over the next few days!

This morning Constable Karen came to talk to us. She talked to us about making good choices and bullying. She told us what to do if someone is being a bully. Kain reminded us to say "Stop it! I don't like it!"
In maths, we played a game about thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. We are getting really good at reading big numbers. Then we played King of the Dice and Jazmin is our king today. We read another chapter of 'James and the Giant Peach'. We look forward to reading it everyday.

What a fantastic Friday we've had! This morning we had gymnastics in Shine Time. We used the horse, the beam and the mini trampoline. We are getting better every time. After morning tea Daniel (Joshua from Studio 2's Dad) come to talk to us about water. He showed us how he tests the water. He was really interesting. This afternoon we went to the Library. What a nice way to end the week!

Today we made seagulls by smudging pastels and  James and Tahlia painted a giant peach. We are reading James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. Eligh and Jazmin went up a reading level todayl! Well done you two! We wrote about what water feels like, smells like, tastes like, looks like and sounds like. We will post some of our stories soon.
From Studio 1

Yesterday at Whanau Time Studio 1 sang Le Aute to the whole school and to some of our parents. It is a Samoan welcome song. We did some actions too. Some of us felt shy but we were all proud of ourselves.

Here we are with the amazing art work we did with Mrs Duxfield. We created pictures about insects using brightly coloured dye. 

Our First Post!

Welcome to the first post by Studio ! We are so so excited to be sharing this blog and we are looking forward to keeping you updated on all the amazing learning we are doing.

In Studio 1 you will find: Felix, Colombia, Tahlia, James, Jordan, Imogen, Amber, Karipa, Jazmin, Joshua M, Joshua T, Eligh, Kain and Mrs Henderson and Mrs Higgs.