Maths Week

We have been doing some maths art as part of maths week. Look at our beautiful tangrams. We used different colours and look, everyone's art looked a bit different! They will be displayed in our classroom if you would like to come and have a closer look.

From New Zealand to Malaysia and back again

Last year Maisy and her family left New Zealand for Malaysia, they were away for 7 months. They came back this term and Maisy has come to Room 4. Today they shared shared some of their adventures with us, we heard about how the ADAPTED from life in Auckland to life in Malaysia. 

We didn't have family Over there so we made new family.

We didn't go to school there, we had a nanny and she taught us everyday. There were only three of us. 

They have geckos like in Tonga - Nathan 

Lots of festivals with Chinese dragons and a week of loud fireworks 

It was hot and they had lots of storms and lightening 

Because it was hot there were lots of fires and they don't really have a fire department like in New Zealand 

The city was old and new together 

There wasn't much to do so they went to lego land.

The oceans aren't as nice they went to the South China Sea

Here are some questions that we asked after they shared their photos and stories.

What was hard about moving to Malyasia?

The long plane ride and there wasn't much food I liked. I missed my friends and family

How did you talk to people that didn't speak English?

We kind of followed their language, we used sign language and smiled lots

Was the food the same or different? 

Some of it was the same, Maisy's favourite was a pizza place that they went to. Oh and the cake shop. 

Is it the same time in Malaysia?

No it's 9:30 here and it's 5:30 there. It's 4 hours different. 

Was anything the same as in New Zealand? 

They had McDonalds but that was about all. 

What will you miss about Malaysia?

The science museum and the heat it is so warm and we could swim everyday

What did you miss the most about nz?

School and her pets?

Did you go to school?

No we were homeschooled and had a nanny

Sometimes it was so hot you couldn't go outside, we could only go to the mall.

We are happy to be back in New Zealand it is very nice here.

We are very happy to have you and your family back in New Zealand Maisy, thanks for sharing all about your time in Malaysia.

Maths Week: Day One

Today is the first day of maths week. Today we looked at a clown made out of different shapes, we had to count the shapes and then write how many we could find. Once we had finished we used the shapes to make our own clowns. We also figured out that if we couldn't find a rectangle shape we could put two squares next to each other. 

Kindergarten to School Adaptation ideas

A pep talk

This is such a great video clip. This boy is only nine. He reminds us that we can be great!

A letter from Rosie

Last term as part of our communication inquiry we sent letters. We wrote to an awesome author Rosie Boom who wrote the book we are reading as a class. This morning when Miss Long got to school she saw that we had mail and look what was inside. 

Thank you Rosie for sending us such a lovely letter and a beautiful book, we are so excited to read it later this afternoon. The pictures in her book were drawn by her children when they were younger, how cool is that! 

What an awesome way to start our Wednesday! 

Harry Hedgehog

This morning when Fe'ao arrived at school she said that her family had seen a hedgehog while they were walking to school. She asked if we could go and see it because she wasn't sure that all of Room 4 had seen a hedgehog before. We went on a lovely walk. It was quite cold but we soon warmed up. Meet our little Hedgehog friend he ended up being named Harry.

Here is a picture of Harry Hedgehog and an awesome story that Nathan wrote about the hedgehog. 

We then discussed the way that they hedgehog looked. Room 4 said that he hedgehog was

• spiky
• had sharp spikes
• prickly
• little eyes
• snout like a pig
• little mouth
• tiny feet
• moves slowly

We also talked about what it might be doing walking around on the field.

We decided it was looking for food, these are the types of food that we think he would like.

• Beetles
• Worms
• Eggs
• Snails
• Spiders
• Caterpillars
• Slugs

A great story about Harry Hedgehog.

If your child brings home the readers Hedgehog is hungry or Hungry Hedgehog talk about the hedgehog we saw and what they already know about hedgehogs.