Author and Illustrator Visitors to our space

Today we were very lucky to have Karyn and Jessica visit our space.  Karyn is a former student of South Hornby School and she is now a published author.  Jessica creates the illustrations for Karyn's stories.
The students had two stories read to them and then there was time for questions.  The students were enthralled by the stories, relating to New Zealand birds.

EAST Club Trip

A fantastic South Hornby trip to Leeston Showgrounds followed by a visit to  Southbridge School.

Very exciting for city kids to get a feel for the country life.  

We all had a wonderful day!

Now.......

Spring Party

Today Rob from Hope Church came to tell us all about the Spring Party that is happening next Thursday.  He had his friend Toucan with him and they did some magic tricks.  We laughed.

Lambs Visit

Chelsea and Isaac brought 3 little lambs to visit us at school.  They came in Chelsea's car.  We got ask Isaac some questions about the lambs.
We found out that they have a pink dot on them to help them know which lamb is which.  We found out that they get fed milk from a bottle like babies.  They are too little to eat grass at the moment.  We found out that they are 12 days old.
Some of us got lifted into the pen with the lambs and got to pat them.  Cedrick tried to teach them how to dab!

Magic Show

Yesterday afternoon as a special treat we went to a Magic Show.
A magician came to our school and did some magic tricks for us.
He even had a real bird!
It was amazing and we really enjoyed it.

Appreciating our Peers

We have been listening to some of the writing from other members of our learning space.  We have shown our appreciation of the author by clapping.  The writing was stunning.  We can see how we are getting better.

Our Fabulous Writing

Every Thursday we have a picture to write about.
This is our picture prompt this week.

We are learning to use our "Eagle Eyes," write about what we can see, and use wow words.
Here are 5 of our amazing stories read out by each author - Emma, Max, Taylah, RJ and Nadiya.

I think you will be very impressed.

Language Experience

Today we used cut up swimming pool noodles.  We talked about what we could see, feel, hear, etc.  We played a few games with them and then we made them pop.  

We wrote some amazing stories about our experiences.

Walkathon

This afternoon we had our school Walkathon.  We walked, and walked, and walked! We walked over tyres, through hoops, under the net and past the teachers with their funny string spray!  We even had lollies along the way!
Here are some photos of our fun afternoon - which ended with ICE BLOCKS!

The Solar System

We have been learning about the solar system.We know the names of the planets and that the sun is a star.  The planets goes around the sun.  The moon goes around the earth.

Learning patterns and facts to 10

We are using the red/yellow counters and 10s frames to learn patterns and facts to 10.

Making fruit kebabs

Today we made fruit kebabs.  We used sticks, bananas, marshmallows and grapes.  We wrote lots of words for our rich language experience.  Tomorrow we will write about it.