Lexi and Poppy's Adventures

I went swimming with Poppy and we had dinner together.  He helped me eat my dinner and he really liked the Lolly Icecream with strawberries!

Check this out...

You should see our beans!  They are growing really big now and we even have some flowers now.  We have been deciding whether we will actually have 'real' beans in our class.  Some children think we might need bees to make the flowers turn into beans.  I wonder if they are right? 

Lewis and Poppy

Poppy was asleep when the tooth fairy came to take Lewis' tooth away.

Celeste and Poppy

Poppy came to the hot pools with me.  He sat on the edge and watched.

Talia and Poppy

I took Poppy on the trampoline with Bella.

Magic Beans!!

WOW!  Look at the amazing growth for some of our beans.  Some have slowed down a little; we are wondering why?

The Great Bean Race continues...

All of our beans are now up...check out our chart to see who is growing the most!!

Alesha and Poppy

I took Poppy Pukeko to see my Poppy.  We had eggs on toast for dinner.

Rose and Poppy

Poppy had dinner with me.  He sat in my old highchair and ate all his dinner.

Zaymia and Poppy

On the way home we bought an icecream and Poppy ate it all. Yummy!

Ed and Poppy

I got dressed up for trick or treating but I didn't take Poppy.  I didn't want to lose him.

The Great Bean Race

Check out how our beans are growing - we are learning how to use a ruler to measure our beans growth.

Albatross Community Assembly

On Friday Room 19 attended their first Albatross Community assembly...we shared our beans that we are growing and measuring in our maths lessons.  Three Room 19 children received Principal's awards for their learning and wonderful attitudes - well done!  The other classes in our community also celebrated their successes with us.  What a great way to end our week!

Sarah and Poppy

I climbed up a big tree with Poppy and then we ate burgers.

Jaden and Poppy

I built a lego castle with Poppy.  My cat Junior liked watching Poppy.

Our Bean Measurements

Mackenzie and Poppy

Poppy had fun riding in my basket at Orewa.  We had fish and chips for tea.

Kayla and Poppy

Kayla shared her dinner with Poppy.  Then she read a story to Poppy.

Lexi and Poppy

I went to the park with Poppy, then we had a picnic.  Poppy's favourite was the pie.

Jack and Poppy

I took Poppy to the park on my bike and we went on the flying fox.

Jayden and Poppy

I had a picnic with Poppy.  We had Marmite sandwiches.

Measurement and the Great Bean Race

On Friday we planted our runner bean seeds - even Poppy got into the planting!  Over the next few weeks we will learn more about measurement when we measure our bean seedlings.  This is part of our 'strand' maths for this term. 

Room 19's Ideas for Poppy's Adventures

Kayla - "Sleep in my bed with him and read him a story and give him a cuddle."
Rose - "I would like to take Poppy to the library at school."
Ed - "I would like to take Poppy to the zoo and show him all of the animals."
Keanu - "Take him to the swimming pool so he can sit and watch me swimming."
Leah - "I am going to take Poppy to gymnastics and he can watch me."
Zaymia - "I would like to take Poppy to the park on my bike.  He could sit in the basket."
Lexi - "We could go bike riding where the park is."
Jack - "I would take him for a ride on the flying fox at the park near our house."
Jayden - "I would play with Poppy at my house with my cars."
Alesha - "I would like to take Poppy to a birthday party.  He might like the lollies."
Kandy - "I am going to play with Poppy and some of my other toys at home."
Sarah - "Poppy and I can watch TV downstairs together."
Jaden - "I would play in the sandpit with Poppy.  I will shake him to get the sand off."
Mackenzie - "When Poppy comes home I will take him on my trampoline for a bounce."
Talia - "I am going to play with Poppy with my toys."
Zavier - "I will take Poppy to the zoo and let him see the animals."
Mrs Lidgard - "When Poppy comes to my house I am going to let him sleep because he will be VERY tired from all of his adventures with the Room 19 children."

Poppy Pukeko

 

Poppy was a popular addition to Room 19.  Today we welcomed Poppy and talked about where we thought Poppy might like to go for some adventures.  Already joining in with the maths activities and of course a photo opportunity with all of the children (except for Lewis and Mackenzie who are still on holiday).  Keep your eye on our blog for where the children take Poppy next....

Welcome to Term 4 .... and Poppy Pukeko!

Welcome back to Term 4. I hope you all had a fantastic holiday. This term we have an adventurer in our class - Poppy Pukeko - who has been holidaying with Mrs Lidgard.

Poppy will venture home with each child over the term and we will talk and write about Poppy's adventures; and of course capture the special moments digitally on camera or video and post them here on our blog! I'm sure Poppy will also enjoy joining in with all of the special learning fun we will be having!! So watch this space....you are going to be hearing and seeing a lot of Poppy and the Room 19 children over the next 10 weeks.

Adele Lidgard

Term 3 - Powerful Learning

It has been a 'productive' term - excuse the pun! Our powerful learning has focussed on 'what makes a powerful performance'...

We have been working on our production roles and learning about being part of a wider, diverse community - being the whole school. This has been hugely beneficial for me as the classroom teacher; being able to see some of the children shine in the 'artist' role as dancers and singers and also having the opportunity to help those who find this area of the curriculum more challenging; flourish as they 'take a risk' and 'persevere'. Well done everyone - the performances next week will be fantastic and a credit to the children for their enthusiasm. I hope you all enjoy the show and see the children shine!

Adele Lidgard

I am a Smartypants!

We read "Smartypants" and made our own smartypants collage. Look at our beautiful artworks.

Just One Earth

Here is another one of our production songs for us to practice...

What makes a fantastic performance?

As we build up for our 'performance' in the school production "Time Traveller 3000" we are talking about and looking at what makes a fantastic performance.

Here are some of the ideas that we came up with today in our writing:

I am going to be Samoan. I need to listen. - Kandy
I am being sensible. - Zaymia
I am practising a dance. - Celeste
I am going to like being on stage. - Lexi
We are going to practice. - Ed
I am showing a happy face. - Keanu
We are on the stage. Lots of practice. - Jack
I am going to dance on the stage. - Jayden
I am learning the words. - Sarah
I am going to do what I am told. - Leah
I am listening so I know what to do. - Mackenzie
We keep going until the end. - Talia
I am on the stage. I am smiling. - Lewis
I am Samoan. I am learning the dance. - Zavier
I am on the stage. - Jaden

It will be great to see you all persevering to learn the words and your dance moves! Some of us will also need to 'take a risk' and be brave when it is our turn - But we can do it!! We are all in this together!

School Production Song - We're All In This Together

This video link has the words and music to the song "We're all in this together" that we are singing in the school production. Let's keep listening and learn the words so we sound FANTASTIC!

Heaviest and Lightest

We have been learning about heaviest and lightest in our Maths time. We had fun using the bathroom scales and making predictions about who would be the heaviest and the lightest in our class. The outcomes were surprising! Some people were even the same...we weren't expecting that!!!

Our Learning Adventure

Welcome to our class blog! We are some of the "little chicks" of Red Beach School and we are starting on a big learning adventure with our teacher Mrs Lidgard. On our blog you will see what we are learning about, some of our writing and artwork and some of the activities we do in our class to help make our learning fun! We look forward to hearing your comments and hope you enjoy sharing our learning with us.