Week 8 Update

Things have been getting back to normal this week with just about everyone back in class now. For maths we have been looking at fractions and working out halves, quarters and thirds of an object and of a group of objects - so now there is no excuse for not getting EQUAL SHARES on Pizza Night.

We have been reading Nim's Island together and learning about Island life and Communication. The Sunrise Pictures and the shoe sketches look great and our buddy class was blown away by the amazing artists we have in Room 19.  Here are a couple of examples. 

The Doubles Song

Proudly presenting the latest hit single from the Room 19 Singers ..... THE DOUBLES SONG.

Sure to be a hit with everyone who wants to learn their doubles facts to 20, and guaranteed to stay in your mind for at least 12 hours. (Special Conditions Apply)

Thank you to Room 17 and Ms Ashby for accompanying us.

Back to School.

It was great to see so many of the children back in school this week. We spent time sharing our experiences and doing some fun activities. Check out our Sunrise over Christchurch pictures when you come into the classroom next. We voted on some names for our frogs and came up with Freddy for the biggest frog, Hoppy for the middle size frog, Ruby for the littlest green frog, and Shaky for the tadpole. (Shaky was named in memory of the recent earthquake)

At assembly on Thursday morning Mrs Warren told us how proud she was of the way everybody handled themselves and looked after each other. Then we got to do some ZUMBA! We have some awesome dancers in our class. On Friday the Funky Monkeys came and did a show for us - they were very funny.

Back to School!!!

I am looking forward to seeing everyone again on Thursday - I have missed you all soo much. The frogs are ready to return and I gave the aquarium a good clean this afternoon. I will bring some flies with me so you can see their hunting skills in action on Thursday. I have nicknamed the frogs Hit (because s/he always gets the first fly) Miss (because s/he usually misses and has to wait for them to fall into the water) and Sneak (because s/he like to sneak up the wall to grab unsuspecting flies). Beth has thought of a couple of good names too - what ideas do you have? Put your thinking hats on and we will have a vote on Thursday afternoon.

See you soon.
Mrs D

2nd March 2011 - Frog Update

We now have another frog! I got up this morning and the newest frog was sitting on top of one of the rocks. Here is a photo of him/her. You can still see what is left of the tail. Our other two frogs are also starting to get a bright green stripe down the middle of their backs which you can see in this photo.

Mrs Simmons has left a comment on our blog asking for help in identifying Room 15's frog. Can you help? Compare the photos on both blogs - do they look like the same species of frog to you? Their frog is called Sophie - I think we need to come up with some names for our frogs, but how do we tell if they are males or females? Maybe we could use names that could be for either boys or girls. Post your suggestions on the blog and we will have a vote when we get back to school.