Mrs. Wishy Washy Comes To South School

We were so lucky to be treated to a visit from Mrs. Wishy Washy today.  She read us lots of her stories about her farm animals and Mr. Wishy Washy.

Maths Today

We have been learning to compare objects.  We read The Gingerbread Man last week and put the gingerbread men in order from the tallest to the shortest.  Then we found things that were shorter than a gingerbread man, about the same size and taller than a gingerbread man.  Today we made a bridge for the gingerbread man to go over.  It had to be big enough for him to get across the river.  Here are our bridges:

Jo Guy Visits South School

Jo Guy came to visit Dannevirke South School and read us her first book which is called Snooty Stanley Plays A Prank.

      

Deakan thanked Mrs. Guy and gave her a bunch of flowers.

Tararua Town Library Today

Today  we had our normal monthly visit to the Town Library.  Nikki read us a story and then she gave the books and certificates out to all the people who had completed  5 Winter Warmers pages.  We were so lucky to be given a free book that was ours to keep.  Most of us got a pizza voucher as well that we can use in Feilding or Palmerston to get a free pizza.

Mufti Day For KIDS CAN

On Friday we had a mufti day at school.  We had to bring a gold coin which went to KIDS CAN.   KIDSCan raises money to give food, shoes and raincoats to kids who can't afford them.  Dannevirke South School raised over $380 for this good cause.

A Visit From The Chickens

Room 17 have had some eggs in an incubator.  Some of these eggs have hatched now and the children from Room 17 brought them around to show us.

Ruahine School's Production

We were invited to go to Ruahine's Production on Thursday.  We walked down wearing our fluoro vests and sat up the front in the Town Hall.  The show was in two parts - the first being The BFG and the second part, put on by the Seniors was The Iron Man. After the show, we came back on the bus.

Lucas at Football

Today I went to watch Lucas at football.  Last week he got Player Of The Day for concentrating for the whole game.  It was great to see them practising their skills and then using them in a game.  Well done Lucas.

Our First visit To The Town Hall for Production

Today we went to the Town Hall for the first time.  We went up on the stage and practised our items.

Our New Toothbrushes

To finish off our Dental Health Unit, everyone got a new toothbrush and a little tube of toothpaste which was in a little information pack.  Everyone was very excited.

Discovery Day Today

Today we had Discovery Day.  This is what we got up to.

Sophie Siers Comes To The Tararua Library

Nikki, our friendly librarian, invited us to go to the Tararua Library to hear Sopie Siers read her book on Friday.  It was a wet day but we managed to get there without getting too wet.  Sophie talked to us about where she lives and about Allis.  Allis is an old tractor on the farm where she lives at Waimarama.  Mrs. Gyde's daughter, Alice, works at the Library and she had made a 3D Allis that was on the wall.  After Sophie read her book, we were given some paper and some books with tractors and we could draw our own tractors.  Then we were going to colour in some pictures of Allis and Nibbles, the horse but we decided to bring them back to school.

Discovery Day

On Friday Team One had a Discovery Day.  We made huts, dressed up, built with the blocks, tinkered at the tinkering table and played with the train set.  We really like Discovery Days.

Rugby Today

Today I went to watch Rugby and see our Room 2 players.  Unfortunately Kane wasn't there but I saw some of Kade's game and he even scored a goal while I was watching - not his only goal either I was told!

Winter Warmers

Yesterday Nikki, our friendly librarian, came to school to check our Winter Warmers Booklets.  All the people in this photo have received a tangram puzzle for completing five activities.  We only have this week and next week to go until the programme finishes.

Jane Comes Back To Room 2

Jane, our Dental Therapist's helper, came in to check our lunch boxes today.  She told us if we have sugary foods such as biscuits and dried fruit, that we should keep them for lunchtime.  Jane helped everyone choose a good playtime food while she was in Room 2.

Maths This Week

We are learning how to give and follow instructions in Maths.  We are learning about words such as under, beside, between, in front of, left and right.

We also had a go at some barrier games where we sit back to back with a partner and tell our partner where to put the cards without letting them look at our cards!

Dental Health

We are studying Dental Health at the moment.  Today our two tooth fairies came and talked to us.  They told us that an adult should help us clean our teeth until we are eight.  We learnt a song and all got a chance to clean the big sets of teeth.  We should use toothpaste about the size of a pea and should not rinse our mouth out with water when we finish.  The tooth fairies will surprise us and come back to check our lunchboxes back in a few days!

Ipad Stories Today

This week when we had the I-pads some people chose to write stories about our big book.  Here are some of our stories.

DHS's Musical Performance

Today some Music students from South School came to entertain us.  Jamie, who used to come to South School, played five different instruments.  We saw and heard a saxophone, cornet, trumpet, flute, clarinet, guitars, piano, ukeleles and some singers.

Time

We have been studying time at school. Today we made a human clock using numbers to 12 and a long and short skipping rope. We made some o'clock times.

Last week we drew pictures with a buddy of something that took a short time to do and something that took a long time to do.

Maori Language Week

This week is Maori Language Week.  Today we were treated to free sausages and we were taught how to ask for a sausage using Te Reo.

Here are some of our stories:

The sausages were different.  I had onions with the sausages and I had sauce.  by Alex

On Monday we got some sausages.  we got to say some Maori Language words and I liked it.  by Azalea

I got to get my sausage yesterday at school.  I only had a little nibble.  i had two more nibbles and I got full. by Isabel

Winter Warmers

Today Nicky and Heather came from the Tararua Library to bring our Winter Warmers books. We are so lucky to be part of this great programme.  Today we brought home a calendar about the programme, a colouring in competition and a sheet about the visitors coming to the Library in the holidays for our entertainment.

The Ipads Today

Today we watched a you tube song about feelings and then another clip that talked about feelings. We used Educreations to take a photo of our buddy showing one of the emotions that we had talked about. This is what some of our work looked like.