Week 4

This week we welcomed Ollie Speight to school and to our Kauri classroom. He has his big brother Matthew to help him along with all the smiling faces behind him. We hope has a good time learning with us all. Certificates - Riley for being a caring and thoughtful person and Rafferty for keep trying even when it gets hard.

The Sun

Our inquiry this term is about how we get day and night.  We have been finding out this week about the sun. Did you know the sun is a star?  We could fit a million earth's into the sun.  The sun stays in the middle and we go around the sun. Here is our song about the sun.

The sun action song from Myross Bush School on Vimeo.

Week 2, Term 2

Kauri kids have been working so hard "at writing" said Katy, "at reading" said Emily Soper, "on self-improvement" said Hadlee, "on maths games" said Joseph, and "running around the field" said Cooper. We have begun training for cross-county each day so please check your child has suitable foot ware for this. Certificates were awarded to our new children in assembly on Friday for the fantastic start they have made to school - Joseph, Katy, Emily, Max and Keely. They are all getting very good at learning new routines. We are noticing how settled they are especially before school as they read yesterdays book to each other on the mat. Kapai.

Kauri Kids 'hopping' out the sounds in their spelling words. 

Welcome back to Term 2

Welcome back to Term 2.  We are very happy to welcome Mrs Forde back to school, and also our 5 new children Max, Katy, Joseph, Keeley and Emily.

We are enjoying getting to know our new teacher and our new action stations.  Here we are in action!

 "We are playing bingo.  We are learning to read words." said Hamish.

 "I am doing a certificate.  I am practicing writing"  said Greer.'

"We were matching the puzzles up.  We are learning to read numbers and put them in order" said Madeleine.  What super learners we have in Kauri!  We are looking forward to a busy and exciting term.

Term 1!

Wow, Term 1 went so fast!  What a busy and exciting term we had.  Here are some highlights.

Our inquiry was about working well together.  We learned and practiced some strategies for working together in groups, like participating, sharing, taking turns and listening to others.

We love Action Stations in Kauri.  Action Stations are learning opportunities set up around the classroom during our literacy time.  We can choose which ones to work at.  We do a lot of thinking and talking about our learning at the stations, with questions like "How do I know I am learning?",  "How did somebody else help me learn?" and "How can I get better at this?'.

One of the favourites this term was a construction activity using balls and sticks.  At the beginning of the term the children were keen to make all sorts of individual creations like...

An umbrella!

Soon we began to discover we could make great creations by working together, listening to each other and helping.  Then we had creations like castles, forts and swimming pools!  Great working together Kauri Kids!