Monday, March 16, 2015

Action Stations in Room 9
At the start of the year we were learning to 
"Manage Ourselves" at Action Stations time. 
This meant... 
* Choosing an activity and staying on that activity till the activity is finished
*  Actually doing the station that we have chosen
*  Using marshmallow voices
*  Persevering in the task we have chosen
*  Making the right choices at that station
*  Using our KCM
*  Concentrating at our station and doing the best job that we can do
*  "Tidying as we go" - so the station is ready for the next person

Our current learning at Action Stations is learning to "choose a new station".
This means...
* Choosing a station that gives us new learning
* Being brave a trying a different station
* Trying a new station without a close friend
* Choosing a station that helps you get better at something- e.g. letter formation

Here are some pictures of Room 9 
"Managing Themselves" and "Choosing a New Station"...

Tui and Siena at the Writing Table
Coby at Room 0 - Playing Teachers
Ethan and Ella at Room 0 - Playing Teachers
Mae and Arika at Puzzles
 Mexi painting at Art Zone
 Phoenix at Create a Jingle
 Anton at PMP - practicing his ball skills
 Asher, Jaxten and Alex creating at the Builders Station
Marlee having a healthy snack at The Cafe
 Coby and Ethan at Room 0 - Playing Teachers
 Faith at Writing Expert - practicing letter formation
Joe and Noah at Construction - using Ogo build
 Tui at the Writing Table - writing a letter
  Keo painting at Art Zone
  Claudia at Puzzles
Siena at the Writing Table - writing a letter
Action Stations is soooo much fun!

Swimming

Swimming at Carisbrook Pool
Term 1   Week 4 
Here we are learning to swim and develop our water confidence.















Changes

Changes

Our inquiry for this Term is all about "Changes". 
During this inquiry our big ideas are...

Things are always changing. We all feel different about these changes. These can include changing schools, classes, teachers, sports groups…etc
It is important to feel safe about changes that are made. We can help to create a safe environment (with peers, friendships) whilst keeping ourselves safe.
We started by looking what things change and how they change.  Room 9 looked at the life cycle changes in the Monarch Butterfly. Here are some of our photos of our changing classroom caterpillar...
















Next we looked at the different groups that we all belong to, how these change and how we feel about these changes. We talked about how it feels safe to be part of a group. 
Finally we have started a programme called "Keeping Ourselves Safe". Constable Parcell is coming in to teach us about things we can do to keep ourselves safe. We are enjoying her lessons and visits.

Meet Room 9 and Benson Bear

2015
Kia ora and welcome to Room 9's class blog.  We are a class of year 1 and 2 students in Dunedin, New Zealand.  
We are using this blog to help share our learning.  We would appreciate your feedback on our posts.  Please leave a comment.

Meet Room 9 
and 
Benson Bear
Can you spot Benson sitting on Marlee's knee?
 What cheeky little monkeys...!
 What little angels...!