Story from the ODT

Waving creations at St Leonard's School yesterday are West Harbour Arts Week artist-in-residence Jessica Latton and pupils (clockwise from bottom left) Valla Wilkinson (6), Isabella Davey (7), Billy Geels (6) and Pearl Daniel (6). Photo by Gregor Richardson.

Pyjama Day

PJ Day is always a favourite day in room 1!

Junior Camp Week

Well, camp week is nearly at an end and what a fantastic time we've all had. Drama, Music, Dance and Art have kept all the children really busy. Its awesome to see them take a risk and try something a bit different. There's also been loads of bucket filling this week with everyone being really helpful and caring.

Daily 5 - Reading to others

As part of our morning routine in room 1 we have the Daily 5. These are activities that children must complete each day. They choose when they do them and they have till lunchtime to complete them. They include: Reading to self (2 book minimum), Reading to someone else, Listening to reading, word work (independent writing activity) and spelling. When the children aren't working on their Daily 5 they're usually doing some Action Stations or followup work that I've set them. Here are some pictures of Sophie sharing some reading with Katie and Ahleya. The children really enjoy sharing The Dinosaur That Pooped Christmas, if you haven't heard it, pop in and I'm sure they'll be several children keen to read it to you.

Ahleya really enjoyed that Sophie…..Good job!

Handwriting Heroes for Term 4

Well done to Akira, Luke and Aoife! Our first handwriting heroes for term 4. They are all working really hard on the formation of their letters and are extremely enthusiastic…..AWESOME JOB!

Position

In maths this term we've been learning about position, using the language of position to describe where an object or person is (in front, in-between, behind, beside etc) and giving directions to a partner, using that language to create a copy of a formation of blocks that were hidden from them. The children have really enjoyed this unit and you can see how well they did giving and following directions.

Puzzle Time

Daniel and Akira worked well together on this puzzle….good job boys!

Wearable Arts

Just a selection of some of the amazing wearable arts from the children in Room 1. All those involved did a fantastic job and if you want to see them all there is a link on our school blog, just use the button in the menu on the right to get you there.

Playdough Numbers

Akira and Aoife enjoy using the play dough to create numbers, another fun and easy activity to do at home. Here's the recipe for anyone wanting to make their own. To add interest you can add glitter for a textural change, some aromatherapy scented oil for smell. With some shaped cutters, rolling pin and some imagination your set for hours of fun.

Ingredients 2 cups flour 1/2 cup salt 2 tablespoons cooking oil 2 tablespoons cream of tartar 2 cups boiling water 1 teaspoon food colouring Mix all dry ingredients, add oil and boiling water with food colouring, mix well. Store in an airtight container.

Maths time

Here Dustin, Kate and Phoenix are playing the card game FISH but instead of making 'matching' pairs their pairs need to add up to 10. In this game the Ace has a value of one and we don't use the ten, jack, queen or king. A great game for the whole family and all you need is a pack of cards!

Welcome Back...

Nice to see everyone back at school. Special welcome to Aoife and Luke and their families. Please introduce yourselves to them and their parents if you see them in the class or the playground. We've started a unit on Keeping Ourselves Safe with Room 2 so keep an eye open for notices or extra homework in the kids schoolbags. In maths we're doing a unit on position and so far we've looked at the 'language' we use to describe our position for example…beside, behind, in-between, left, right etc. Remember its No Hat - No Play time so if children could leave their hats at school so that they won't miss out on playtime outside. Final note: 62 days till Christmas!

Privacy

Just a note about privacy. Whilst our blog is in this case a public, open forum please keep in mind that it is intended for our school community. Parents and caregivers are welcome to refer their friends and families to VIEW the blog but please do not share photos, slideshows etc on Facebook particularly when it has children other than your own in it. Many thanks Lianne

Handwriting Heroes Week 9

Well done to our super handwriting heroes this week, Katie, Joseph and Pearl.

Joseph

Katie

Pearl

Creepy Crawlies invade Room 1

Look at the visitors we had in our class on Friday…..very creepy!  The children did some brainstorming about what they could see and then followed it up with some observational drawings.

Dustin's Independent Writing

Check out this awesome piece of writing from Dustin all about the fun run.  Super job Dustin and love the picture too.  Well done!

At the fun run it was a sunny day and I came first in room 1 and in the whole entire school I came 18th.

Bucket Filler of the Week

Well done Phoenix, our school Bucket Filler of the Week and very much deserved too!

Very proud of you Phoenix!

Handwriting Heroes

Our handwriting heroes this week are:  Phoenix, Katie, Haika and Dara.
Super neat team…well done.  Who will it be next week?

By Phoenix

By Katie

By Haika

By Dara