In P.E this term we are learning different netball skills. We have started by throwing and catching a ball and making sure we are throwing chest passes. Secondly we have been ‘shadowing’ each other, trying not to let out buddy get in front of us like we would if we were defending in a real game of Netball. We have made improvements already in only two sessions.

Wow! What a fun filled day the Juniors had today. We made finger puppets, dragons, our own land and played fun games! We rotated around the four Junior teachers’ classrooms to do the different activities. Here are a few photos from our time with Miss Buchanan making finger puppets – a few photos of other classes too. Can you spot the children dressed up as different fairy tale characters?    

In Maths lately Te Ra have been learning about Patterns and Shapes. We can copy, create and continue a pattern. We are also able to group shapes into colours, number of sides or corners or in their shapes. On Monday we started learning about position and orientation. We are learning to tell our left from right and what a 1/2 or 1/4 turn is. Some of us went outside with a buddy to direct them using the correct language such as take a 1/4 turn to the left and take 5 steps… Read More

Te Ra loves our Buddy Class time on a Tuesday afternoon. We meet with Tirohonga every second Tuesday. We read with our buddy or show them some work we are proud of that we have completed since the last time we met. Here are some photos from throughout the year.