Saturday 23 April 2016

We get excited about the photo prompt!

Next Term please bring along INTERESTING AND THOUGHT PROVOKING photos or newspaper articles to WRITE ABOUT in our own Class Newspaper to share in Literacy time.



The AUTHORS were able to choose if they wanted to write using the PROMPT (which you can read at the bottom of the iPad screen) or use the image alone. The children then recorded themselves if they wanted to, reading aloud their writing. Other children can now use the iPad as a reading device as well as a writing device. We like to hear each other read. Reading and Writing has become interactive.









Children were able to independently choose a picture which inspired them to write about any topic they chose.

Sometimes we have an Author's Block! This app enables us to use our imagination and the world around us to dream up a story - whether is fiction or non-fiction!
Children were able to independently choose a picture which inspired them to write about any topic they chose.






Independent writing using a new app on our iPad mini






Our Write Abouts - we are learning how to use a new app on the iPad mini


A Rocky 10 Times table

A song to help you get into the Times Tables!

Get those Mighty Mouse Maths Brains going with this video!

Thursday 21 April 2016

Hope you are enjoying the holidays!

Just a short message to parents: as we enter into rainy wet days, eek, and you are thinking about winter shoes...Velcro straps are easier than laces. Or if your child has laced shoes please start teaching them how to undo them and do them up again. We will be changing for PE at least 3 times during the week so this is an essential skill. They will also need socks and sneakers for PE. The days will be written into their diaries.
Please name all uniform, especially shoes; and check all uniform belongs to your child.
Mandy has been looking for her sandals the last 3 weeks of term. Her shoes are 2 different sizes and do not match. 
Thank you for taking the time to look on our blog! 
Mrs T 

Thursday 14 April 2016

Woohoo!


Congratulations Sienna on your maths problem solving this week - perseverance is the key!


Super Book Cover Finalists from our class too! Beautifully drawn book cover designs Chloe C. and Jasmine. Your designs will be on display in the Library.

Crazy Hair Day - Have a wonderful holiday everyone!


Monday 4 April 2016

Lovely Grandparents read to us today!!

 Jessica's Grandma

 Brodie's Nana

 Sienna's Grandma

We really enjoyed having you in our room. Please come and visit us again! We hope you can come to our Book Character Parade on Friday at 9:15am in the Hall. We are all dressing up even our teachers!


Watch out for Slinky Malinky this Week!










Miaow Children and Teachers at Sunnyhills School!
I’m Slinky Malinky,
(a rapscallion cat!)
By day I am just like any ordinary cat
but at night I am wicked and fiendish and sly
I leap over walls and I prowl and pry
All over school I have pilfered and pillaged
 from classrooms and corridors your teacher’s belongings
I’ve pulled them and dragged them and heaved them until
I reached the music room high on the...concrete
Take yourself off to the window to see
If your belongings are sitting there one morning this week
Make sure that your teacher can identify the item I stole
So that your classroom will once again

be whole



Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Mrs Trembath brought 2 versions of the story to show our class today - one version was her book since she was our age and the other collected on her travels - the pictures are the same!

We made Wild Things Bookmarks to take home for our books.






Next we made delicious versions of Marvellous Medicine with Soda, Vanilla Ice Cream and a sprinkling of marshmallows!

A drop of yellow or green food colouring for that extra sparkle!





Delicious!!