Cultural Celebration Day!!!!

Today was a very special day in Room 3!!! We celebrated all the different cultures we have in Room 3 and at Good Shepherd School. All the children were invited to come to school dressed in clothes that represented their culture or cultures. We discussed this beforehand and came up with some ideas for lots of different cultures, including our own New Zealand culture. Children were encouraged to also bring in something to share with the class. In Room 3 we had food, songs, national anthems and toys from different cultures. Each child stood up and talked about what they were wearing and why it was important to them. It was a fabulous day and it was great to see so many children proud of their culture and heritage. Below are some photos from today:

Writing

Last week in Room 3 we wrote about Good Friends. We explained how to be a good friend. Here are fantastic pieces of writing from Rosa and Jiwoo.

Rosa Lewthwaite
Good Friends
If you are lonely and want a friend, you have to use manners. For example, if I walk up to a random person I would not say, "Be my friend now!" That's the exact path to them saying No! So this is the best way to make a friend. You walk up to them and say, "Hello, what is your name? My name is Rosa can I play with you?" That's how I made friends with Maggie. Now Maggie is my best friend because we both treat each other nicely by sharing, making sure we are not lonely and helping each other with our work. You also need to get to know them, that's how you make a friend.

Jiwoo Jang
Good Friends
If you want to be a good friend you need to first make a friend. How to make a friend is, use your manners. But don't say "be my friend." You can introduce yourself. When you have a friend they can look after you! They can help you when you're stuck at work, when you're hurt or when you have bad skin and when you're sick at home they will worry about you. When you have lots of friends like I do, you can invite them for a playdate or some birthday parties. I know when you start school it's hard to make friends but after two weeks you will have one hundred friends. When you're having a party or a playdate you can share your toys and play fun games. I think friends are very useful to you. So that you don't need to be alone everyday. In Good Shepherd School or other schools you might have some buddies to keep you safe. I love friends. You can have a friend who's a boy or a girl, you don't need to have an actual girlfriend or boyfriend. I love friends so much.

Get, Set, Go!!!!

Every Thursday all of Sheridan Syndicate have a session with Fabian from Auckland Sport. He is delivering a programme from Kiwi Sport called Get, Set, Go. It is especially designed for 5 - 7 year olds and works on ball skills (throwing, catching, passing), team games and co-ordination. The sessions will run for 8 weeks of Term 3. Here are some photos from one of our sessions.

Welcome to Term 3

Welcome to Term 3. I hope you all had a great holiday and got to relax and spend time with family and friends. We have an exciting term ahead of us. We have started our Pumanawa rotation on a Tuesday afternoon, which is going really well. Please ask your children what they are doing in their specific activity. On a Thursday we are participating in a sports programme, being run by Kiwi Sport and Auckland Sport. It is called Get, Set, Go and it's all about movement and learning ball skills. The children love it and it's a real highlight of our Thursdays. The speeches are in full swing at the moment and our Sheridan semi-finals are on Thursday of Week 3. Each teacher has chosen a number of children to compete in the semi-finals. A huge congratulations to everyone who presented their speech in front of the class. There were lots of interesting topics and well done for taking the time to write and practise your speech at home. A lot of the children's work is up on display in the classroom. So please come in and visit us and take a look around.

Chocolate Moon Sand

On Monday we made chocolate moon sand for a language experience activity. We made the moon sand, then played with it and made things out of it. We then wrote about the moon sand. We had to describe what it looked like, what it felt like, what it tasted like and what it could do. We came up with lots of wow words to describe the moon sand. Here is the recipe if you want to make it during the holidays:

16 ounces of corn flour
1/3 cup of baking soda
cocoa (as desired)
water
Mix all dry ingredients together in a bowl. Slowly add water until you have a crumbly, yet moldable sand dough. If you add too much water, it will turn into oobleck!!!

Here are some photos.

Book Week 2016

We had such an amazing book week this year. We loved dressing up on Friday for the book character parade. This is what we dressed up in!!!!