Room 2's First Mahora Cross Country

Today the children of Room 2 got to experience their first cross country.  Mrs McKinley was very PROUD of you all.  Ka mau te wehi!  Check out our photos of the day.

Mr Forman with Green House

Mrs McKinley and Blue House

Mrs Manson and Black House

Mrs Gempton and Red House

Waiting for their race

Year 0 Girls warming up with the fit Miss Smith!

Year 0 Boys doing their warm up

Congratulations Year 0 winners!

Year 0 Girls - Well done Piper and Herana

Year 0 Boys - Fantastic effort boys.  1st Place Jayden, 2nd Zedekiah and 3rd Fenton

Stasia getting into Blue house spirit!

Fractions

Yesterday in Maths we learnt about fractions.  We started with learning about halves.  Once the children had finished their activity they were able to go and practice on their whiteboards.  It was great to see Blake and Shilou practising their new learning.

Teddy Bear Graduates

It has been a very exciting week in Room 2 with more children learning their Teddy Bear Words.  Well done Fenton and Hineawe.  Fantastic effort tamariki!  Piki Haere - Keep on Climbing.

Piper - Teddy Bear Word Graduate

Congratulations Piper - You did it!!!  Fantastic effort for learning all your Teddy Bear Words.

Peyton - A Teddy Bear Graduate

Congratulations Peyton you have learnt all your Teddy Bear Words. Well done.

Teddy Bear Graduates

Another exciting day in Room 2 with more children graduating with their Teddy Bear Words.  The competition is on!!

Congratulations Zedekiah and Corban - you are Piki Haere Learners!

Teddy Bear Graduates!

Congratulations Shaun and Blake for completing their Teddy Bear Words. 

Room 2

We were all at school today.

Hundertwasser Houses with Rei Hendry

Today we had the pleasure to work with Rei Hendry for Art.  We learnt how to use our magic finger to draw before we used our crayon.  We then learnt about mixing colours and created some fabulous art!

This is the art that inspired us. By F.  Hundertwasser.

We are great artists!

Magic Tree Celebrations

On Friday some children completed different stages of the Magic Tree.  We celebrated by adding their reward to the Magic Tree.  Well done everyone - you are great Piki Haere Learners!

Corban and Piper

Apple - Letter Name

Josh - Teddy Bear Words

Lourenz - Caterpillar Letter Sound

Fantastic Effort!

Lilla - Grasshopper Words and

Butterfly Spelling Words

"Bobbin" the lamb!

Room 1 and 2 were lucky to have another special visitor.  This time it was Bobbin the baby lamb.  We listened to the story of Bobbin's life and how a special girl rescued her by caring, loving and feeding her.

Hop! Hop! Hop!

Room 1 and 2 were very lucky this week to have some cute, cuddly bunnies come and visit.  The children absolutely loved seeing and patting the bunnies.

Welcome Jak

Room 2 has a new friend - welcome Jak.  Jak has started at Mahora School.  We hope you enjoy your school days.

Miss B Story Time

Lilla brought her library book to school today and wanted to read it to the class.  She did a fantastic job of reading to Room 1 and 2.  Well done Miss B!!!

Healthy - Treats

The question was -

What foods should we eat a lot of?

Room 2 joined with Room 1 to answer this question.  We are learning about which foods we should eat a lot of and which foods are treats.

We discussed, looked and sorted the foods into two groups.

Then working together in groups of three we cut out pictures of food and sorted the.

First Day in Pop Up Room 1 and 2

The children arrived to school this morning very excited about their new learning space.  Pop Up Room 1 and 2 is the new name for our classroom (Mr Pearse came up with our new name!).  The children had a fab day!

The children at literacy time.

We are learning to self manage our self, to engage in learning tasks, being responsible by completing a task and tidying up at the end and working together.

Well done tamariki!