Word Mosaic 'Patches'

What we've learnt:
The ANZACs were grouped together into Battalions. A Battalion had nearly 1,000 men. When the ANZACs were training in Egypt, they found it very difficult to find their tents at the end of the day because there were so many, and all the tents looked the same. It was decided that each Battalion would fly a flag from their tent with special colours to help the ANZACs find their way.
This was so successful, the ANZACs decided to sew tiny flags onto their uniforms so they could find each other if they were lost in battle.
The ANZACs became very proud of their patches.

What have we done with our Knowledge?
We created our own Patches using a Word Mosaic by choosing a symbol, text and background colour. We then entered our name inside our symbol and post it into our KnowledgeNET Home Area's Welcome Page!

Room 4's Patches on PhotoPeach

P.E. and Co-operation

We have been practising our Large Ball Skills with Room 1. We learned about positive relationships with our peers and how to make the right choices.

We are learning how to co-operate and work together as a team.

Planting our Vegetables

We learned that in traditional times, Matariki was a season to celebrate and to prepare the ground for the coming year.
Today Matariki means celebrating the unique place in which we live and giving respect to the land we live on.

Watch our Slideshow to see how we planted our Vegetables, as just one of our Matariki activities.

Veggie Planting - free slideshows with music

Conflict Cartoon Interpretation

As part of our Term 2 Inquiry Study, we discussed the meaning of Conflict and what we can do to solve a problem. To help us understand this, we choose a cartoon to Identify, Describe and Analyse our thoughts.

We cut picture strips, sorted them in the right order and glued them onto our sheets.

We learned that Conflict can be resolved with Co-operation.

Caught Being Good

There are many different kinds of animals, and they all make up the animal kingdom. Some animals eat plants and some eat other animals. Some live in the ocean, and some live on land. There are different animal kingdoms.

Today we choose a book about an animal that we like, to look at in the Learning Centre.

Some of us learnt some fascinating facts.

Feelings

We learnt about why it is important to think about peoples feelings.

We read "Giraffes can't dance"
* Gerald felt sad when he though he couldn't dance.
* Then the cricket was kind and taught him he could.

School Cross Country

Room 4 had an enjoyable day after training hard for this event.
Well done everyone -you can be proud of yourselves!

Congratulations to Troy, Hudson, Jamie & Kane, who have been selected to represent our Year 1 Group in the Cluster Cross Country.