Trying new things in Math

 In Maths our strand focus is Geometry. We were very inspired by Aroha 2 learning outdoors. So we went outside and looked at the spiderweb:
Things we were looking for:
- How many shapes did we estimate we would see?
- How many shapes did we count?
- What shapes can we see?

We loved going outdoors to do math and see how shapes can be found in different places.

We also tried having four stations in maths
1- Drawing shapes (geometry) and Number writing
2- Sticks (creating shapes)
3- Cubes (patterns)
4- Foam Shapes

It was a huge thumbs up from us! We loved having the choice to choose where we went and the freedom to change when we wanted to. 

Lastly we had a spontaneous visit from Mr Vasau and we were very excited! Thanks Mr Vasau for popping in!  

Full on Week 4

Week 4 started off with welcoming a new student into our classroom- Aziza! Having new students we have gone over our classroom treaty and Pride Values. 

 Aroha 4 were very proud to have won Inspector-O for the week. Inspector-O has very watchful eyes over our cloak bays to ensure they are kept in tip-top shop. 

Unfortunately FMS was canceled this week so we joined with Aroha 7 to do some fitness. We also learn't a game that is played in FMS. Boy oh boy that was fun and Braxton did an awesome job nearly winning. 

We enjoyed in maths dancing and singing along to counting in 2's.It is learning how to count in 2's with a physical aspect. We also enjoyed Letters and Sounds writing the words on the whiteboards. We are improving on segmenting and blending our words!! Wooohooo!! 

Our week ended with an awesome shared book lesson. We all read it together and followed our classmates who were leading. Well done to everyone that had the courage to get up and lead reading the shared book. 

Week 3- Training has started!

We are training up for cross country in Week 6. This week we started by walking the route we are going to do for cross country we then moved on to running it and boy was it fun. 

Thanks Miss Atkins for the photo!

Physical activity continued with FMS this week we recapped over ball dribbling and working in teams. We are enjoying learning new skills and techniques. We learn't how to control the ball when dribbling around cones.   

Good job to Kyra and Tali for receiving certificates at Assembly. Keep up the awesome work!

 Just a friendly reminder Whanau and caregivers that on Wednesday 15th August teachers are going on strike so school will be closed.

Kia Orana Whanau- Week 2

What an amazing week celebrating the Cook Island culture. We started off the week with the raising of the Cook island flag. It was great to have it flying for the week.  Rowandale ended the week with an awesome assembly. Aroha 4 are very proud of all of the students who participated especially those in Aroha 4- Jerry, Zjayden, Ivana, Nicole, Shania, Kyra and Niah. You all did awesome!!

This week we also learn't the importance of stencilling in the Cook Island culture. We gave it a go and boy was it fun. We got to choose our colours and which pattern template we wanted to use. We can't wait to show you all the end product. 

 A big welcome to Mele a new student in Aroha 4. Mele had a great first week and enjoyed FMS and Cook Island stencilling.  Here is Aroha enjoying their first session back at FMS. We learn't how to work together as teams and practice our foot dribbling ball skills.