Maths - Transformation

For the last couple of weeks we have been learning about transformation in Geometry.  We displayed our understanding of reflection, rotation and translation by using the first letter of our name.  

Room 14 Continues to be Busy!

 We have just started Week 7 and we continue to be busy with our learning.  

The swimming pool has remained open and we are continuing to swim each day.  We had a Pool Party on Friday as a playground token reward and it was a lovely sunny morning for our session.

In our reading programme we are reading anything to do with the ocean.  We are very interested in sea creatures and how we can help stop plastic from getting into our beautiful waterways.

Our shared novel is Gangsta Granny Strikes Again by David Walliams.  Each week there has been a range of activities to choose from, the drawing ones proving to be very popular.  Some children were very interested in the Titanic and carried out some research on this.

Our student teacher, Miss Carnegie, has been taking a few lessons.  A very popular one each week has been the drama lesson.  Room 14 are getting very good at improvisation, thinking on the spot and being confident to act something out.

In art we are creating a self portrait in the style of Romero Britto.  We are pretty much ready for the colouring stage next week.

Room 14 Back to School Fun

We have had 2 weeks back at school and we have been very busy.  

We have... 

• taught the newcomers to Room 14 how to sign their names using NZ Sign Language.
• had a week of swimming lessons.
• been setting up for our maths learning and our basic facts system is up and going.
• talked about the Zones of Regulation and have lots of strategies on charts on our wall.
• discussed and sorted out the important expectations for our classroom.
• started creating our All About Me presentations.
• had fun creating collaborative portraits.