Room 4

Welcome to Room 4

Room 4 has 24 children, 11 awesome girls and 13 fantastic boys. During first term, children got to know one another and have settled into the classroom routines and expectations.

Exciting events of term one:

Our big event last term was Athletics Day which took place in March.

Room 4’s art project was elephant pen holders, which sold well at the stall.

Congratulations to Brooke Bradley and Jamillia Tepu for getting first place in the junior races.

Inquiry:

Our topic for term one was scientific experiments, this will continue in term 2 as well.

In the first term, Room 4 received a Swan plant with caterpillars. This allowed the children to observe and discuss the life cycle of a butterfly. We all were very excited when the chrysalises turned into beautiful monarch butterflies. By the end of term one, we had released 9 monarch butterflies.

Maths: Children have been grouped and will be focusing on addition, subtraction and statistics.

Literacy: In writing children are learning to write recounts. Children will be bringing home library books, poetry folders and easy to read books. Please support and encourage your child to read daily. Please make time to listen to your child read. Young readers also get great reading experiences when they listen to an adult read or take turns reading parts of the story with you.

Upcoming exciting events for term two:

Science Fair- Children will display their scientific experiments.

Matariki Night –Celebrated at school with Whanau.

Art Auction – Children’s handmade art will be auctioned.