Discovery Day On The 27th May

The Kahurangi Dance Company Visits South School

Last Friday we were treated to a visit from the Kahurangi Dance Company which is based in Hastings.  The group consisted of three females and three males.

Snow at South School

Last night it snowed in Dannevirke.  This morning when we came to school there was still some snow on the ground.  Some people wrote some stories about the snow.  Read some of these below.

We went in the icy snow.  I am cold because I touched the white ice.  by Paige

I can feel the snow.  It is crunchy.  by Kade

I went to the white snow.  I am standing on the white snow.  by Jesse

I saw my Dad's ute covered in snow.  I played in the snow.  It was soft in my hands and hard on the tramp.  by Eden

In the morning my tree was covered in white snow.  It was my first time seeing white snow.  I like playing in the snow.  by Jenny

Nature Study Today

Today we went for Nature Study with Room 1.  This is what we got up to.

Our New Way of Doing Maths

Room 1 and 2 are trying a new way of Maths that the teachers learnt about on a course in the holidays.  The schools using this method are getting some good results.  In Room 2 we have been learning about skip counting and this week we are reviewing dice patterns and tens frames and being able to recognise these instantly.
Each day we also have a daily problem. Here is today's problem and how some people chose to solve it.

Jenny and Eden drew 4 children and each                 James and Lexi R used yellow counters for the 

person had 2 moosies and they counted                     people and pink counters for the strawberry 

them all up.                                                                 moosies.  They skip counted  2, 4, 6, 8 to get                                                                                           their answer

                                     
                                          Larisha and Isabel used the threading beads.                                                   They got  4 threaders and put 2 beans on each
                                           threader and skip counted  2, 4, 6, 8.

Kade and Hayley used the playdough.
The big circles were the people and the little
ones were the moosies.  They counted all the
little balls to get their answer.

Friday Night Hockey

We have about five Room 2 children playing hockey at The Sports Centre on Friday nights.  Kade even got 5 goals! Everyone had lots of fun.  Here are some photos:

Nature Study Today

Today we had Nature Study in the forest. We made patterns using natural materials.

Mufti Day

Today we had a mufti day to raise money for The Rescue Helicopter.  Everyone brought a gold coin for wearing mufti.

Discovery Day Today

Room 7 Children Read To Room 2

Room 7 have been looking at all the rubbish at school. They wrote a book about it and they came and read it to us today. It was very interesting.

Maths Yesterday and Today

This week we have been learning to skip count in 2s, 5s and 10s. We have sung songs, used hands, fingers, feet, toes etc.  Here are some photos.

skip counting in 5s using fingers

and  toes

We have also been working on repeating patterns and were put into 2 groups and each group had to make a pattern using the people in their group.  Can you work out what the patterns are and where the pattern starts and finishes.

Ipads

Today we used the ipads for story writing.  We were writing stories about Space.

Here are some of our stories:

Maths This Week

This week we are looking at Patterns.  Yesterday we looked at a You Tube clip about what a pattern is and then we made some patterns using our bodies.  We went for a walk around the school to look for some patterns.  This is what we saw.